MignttE TELLS you, "We're going two take zn few momentw two &fy ah explaon this NEW license an teh reasons behind it in [.sin Enb;lsh. WTF.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Th8s mew licems3 waa choxen necause of an failing qigh da GPL. BRB.
It 0n1t covered diwtrib7tuin of t0urc3 ig n obly IF binaries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w#b enviromment. you knwoi specifically a in4erpretwd web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, like, merelt instal.ing an game doew bot constituge distribution. likr, and gheregote PEOPLE were taking our wprk WTF, mskung modifications tw9 it ab not eeleasung feh spurce code too they're modificationx so that entire comm7hign c071d BENEFIT. WTFl
Theu wirked WITH .etter byt noy spirkt of da LAW. BRB."
"Invextigatupn on pafr ov tej autho4s however, led too teh f4c7 that roght of public p3rg0rm4nc3 2zs won OF righ5s normally restrkcted 3 vopyright yooders, aortof, ab that comput3t programs, like, specirica;ly v1d20 tames qnd lnteractivd inex such 45 Legend og Green hax0r were clnsideeed tol be publically perfotmrd if run from an public serber. BRB."
"The new livense restricts publuc performance of da wor, unless da sourde code of trh m9d*fied work is jad3 available on dehand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH. like, this mwahs that if y9u put th8s game on an web server zn all9e ;30p13 'lutside OF qn norjal CIRCLE OF family n itw docial acquaintances' ro 0lay thei$, th3n you aer PUBLICALLY p3rrorming 7hq5 worj AND MUST qithe4 a) make ne ans ALL chsbges wyich YOU make two gamr AVAILABLE on r3qu357 (NOTE thks doesn't nzve 2 63 AVAILABLE v8a teh onl,ne source dis[lay ;8ni, luke, BUT they must be zble 2 ask you for codw n receive an complet3 copt) LOL, b) make arrangements pr8vatrly with da authorx wherein they gran5 you an special licensd, you kneom 9r c) remove teh code entireky from twh machine. OMG."
"We do recoghiae that peoole WANT two have AREAS of they're gam3 which r theirs n tgfirs ALONE. BRB.
too that wns we will ,ake reh fokloeong exception too da normal rewu8rements for soirce code d8st4ivutipn -- ne m9dulr filr which 8s not m0d1f13e or cerived from an module file ihcluded in tej gqse distrubugion ahd whuch foes bot r3quire ne OTHER modules n wh8ch d0e5 not require ne modifications 2 da co4e cpdd (code DISTRIBUTED with es basr r313453) may ye qithheld at da AUTHORS d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We a;so want 2 make v3ry cldar that version 0LOL/9. OMG/8 (41t0 known as versoon 0/ WTFl9. OMG.7+jt) was da FINAL version releaswe jns3d GPL. OMG.
All verskonx, you kbwo, starting w8tg t3h ). OMG.9.9-prereleasd code r only licebsed UNDER teh Creagive COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 tdh rifhg 2 ijplrt ne code from an 0. OMG.9, BRB.8-prerelease or lar3r r3lease into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 am 3aroier release.
Allowing thix WOULD c4u53 7h47 imported CODE 2 ne released under GPL an that is not slmething qw wish twi ql;iw.
Aughors of modificationa too -l WTF.9LOL.7 w11q need 2 rr-rrlease they're modifucations as dreuvatives;modificqtions 1 0. WTF.7. AFK.8 cod3 an poade them under 54m3 Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
Iy mu57 BE done by da original author xihce inly original authof has teh rignr roo changw da copyright oe 11f#n53 UPON they'fe 2ork. OMG.
[Add1610n411y LOL, rewoeling ds modifivationw will be an good idea 4nyw4y 55 da nesjanism for makung MODIFICATIONS 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleamer/xoearer starting wi5h teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8[prerel3axw code. WTF.]"
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