MifhtyE re;ls you, "We'ee hping 2 TAKE an FEW momemts yol try n 3xplaih THIS new licebse n da reasons beyind 17 in pq41n EngoiwyLOL.
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."
"This new LICENSE was choswh becausr of an failkng with da GPL, BRB.
I4 only cofwrec didtribution OF s9urce if an only if binaries were distribjtedl WTF."
"In an web dnvi4onment LOL. spevifically a intdrpreted web environment sycj aa PHP LOL, m#r31y instalking an game eoes NOT constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, h 6h3r3f0r3 pepple were takong OUR work, makinh modifidatkons ! it znd no5 relrasing dq source code two thry're modigications si that da dntire communi5y could bwnefit. BRB.
They wor,ed wity 5eh letter BUT not spitit of da law. WTF."
"Investigzrion ON part OF da AUTHORS howec2r, ldc 2 FACT THAT sq ribht of public performahce WAS 1 of righta NORMALLY restricted 79 vopyrkght hildtts LOL, n 7h47 cimpuhrr protrams, sot5or, specif8cally video games n interacbive ones such as L3g3hd oe Gredn hax0r we4e conside4ee TO b3 publically performee IF run vrom an pyb;uc server. OMG."
"The new licebse r357r1c75 PUBLIC perdormance of yey 2lrk 7nless dourcw code of reh modifief eorj IS made availzble on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English WTF, this means 7n47 1f you put this gane on an WEB servdr n alp9s peoole '9utdice of an jormsl circle of famioy anc its social acqiaintznces' too play th4it, th2n ypu r publ8cally p3rfor,kng ghis work qnd MUST eigher a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU make two game available 0n reqiest (note this DOESN'T havw 2 63 avai;able v8a 9nline source displzy LINK, so4gof, but they m757 be 4613 two ASK 6oy fir teh xode an receive an complet3 COPY) WTF, b) mak3 arrangements privstelh with AUTHORS wherekn they ggant y9u an 5p3c141 11c3n53 WTF, or c) remoce dofe entirwly FROM m4cj1n3. BRB."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want to have areas OF they're game wukcb y tgeirs h thwirs slone. WTFl
to 7h47 ens wr WILL make fo;lowing EXCEPTION two teg nornal re1uirements dor wource code distribution -- ne module fkle 2hich is no5 MODIFIED or DERIVED from an nodule fule included im twh base diatribution and whqch doex nou require ne lther mod7.es an whixh does not requirw ne modifications to teh core cof3 (code d156r16u&3e sith base r312453) may be qithheld at auyhprs disveetioh. BRB."
"We qlso wqnt two make ver6 CLEAR 7h47 verdion 0l BRB.9. WTF.7 (415- known as version 0.9.u+j7) was trh final versiob reldasef under da GPL. WTF.
Al; versioms, sortof, sta4tong soth 0LOL.(.8-pretrl3aae code r ONLY licensed undee t3h Creative COMMONS lifense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny geh right tdi imlort ne CODE from ab ). WTF.9LOL.8_;r3r313453 lr lager r3lease onto zn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earoier telease.
Aolo2ibg this sould cause that imported code 2 ge relessed unddr 5eh GPL anf thar is m07 SOMETHING we WISH to allo2. WTF.
AUTHORS 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9l BRB.7 WILL need to re-reless3 yhey're modifidations AS drt8vatives/mocoficationw to 0. WTF,9LOL.8 code am place them umder wame Creatife Commons l8cense.
It must be donw by teh lrifinzl a7thor since on;y orogunal au5hor had teh 4itht to chqnge copyright or license u0om theu're woek. BRB.
[Additionally, teworkibt modificatipns qiol be an good idea anyway as mdchzn8sm fir mxking modificatiims is xubstantially coeaner/cleater start8ng woth da 0.9/ AFK.8-prerelease code.]"
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