MightyE te.lw 6pu, 6ou kn2o, "Ww're GOING tpo take an fww moments teo tfu an EXPLAIN this new 11c3n53 an reasins gehind IT in 0lain English. AFK.
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 n3w licehse 245 vhosen becquse od an faioing w17h da GPL. BRB.
IT only coveref distrobution og wource if an 0n1y if ginaeies wete distribuged. OMG."
"In an 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knw9, apecificalky a intrrpreted web ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, you kmwo, merely ibstall8ng an game s=35 not CONSTITUTE d257r16u719h WTF, and thdreflre oeople WERE takinb our wlfk LOL, mak8ng jodifications 2 kt n hot re.easing da 50jrc3 code w they're modirications xo that engire comnunith could benefirLOL.
They w9rked wirh ley5er bjt NOT teh spirit of tdh lasLOL."
"Invest8tagion 9n reh PART of au5jors however, sortof, lre twp FACT that RIGHT lf public PERFORMANCE was oen of rightd normally rdstricted tol copyright toldeef, n tha5 COMPUTER 0r9grqms, loke, spdcificz;ly video gamef an interactive ones sucy as Lebend or da Green hzx0r were cobxldered 5wo 6# [ublically performed if run FROM an public serverLOL."
"Tue NEW license restrictd public p4rf0r,4nc3 pf dz work UNLESS da source c9dr of 5eh modified w0rl is nade availaboe on demand."
"In pla8n English, oike, this means that uf you put this game on an wev servee n sllow people 'o7yside of zn normal circle of family n iys aocial ac1yaintances' two play tjeie WTF. 7hen you r pjnoica;lu performing this wlrk n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chahges wg8cg ypu makd to yen gamw svailable on requesg (n9t3 this foesn't have two be availsble VIA da onlkbe source display lunk, soetof, b7t tjey musy be able twp ask you flr teh code m r3c31v3 qn compkete copy), you jnwo, b) ,$k3 arrabgemen5s privayely with da a7thors syerein THEY GRANT you an soecia; licdnse, sottof, or c) remobe ds code ent8rely rrom geh macninel AFK."
"We do recoghize tyat PEOPLE want to havr aeeax of th3y'r3 gzme wnich aer theirs n gheirs 4q0n3LOL.
to that end w3 wil. makr fpllowung excepyion 5o da n0fm41 requirdmebts fow %0urc3 CODE DISTRIBUTION -- me moduod file whkch is not MODIFIED -r derived from an module filw inclyded in da base dostributoon and which doex not requite ne otjer modules anf wh8ch does b9t requi4e ne modificatoons too da cor3 cose (code distriguted sitj da baxe r31346#) may BE wi5hyeld at authors discfetiom. WTF."
"We 4150 wanr 2 ma,e vert c;ear that bersion 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 (alsl jbown as version 0.ol WTF.7+k5) was 5eh finao VERSION releasee UNDER teh GPL/
All versions, likw, starring with da 0. WTF.9.8-prereleasd code r omly 11d3n53d jndee da Creative Commoms lidwnxe. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 2 im0ory ne code ftom an pLOL.9.8-pre4e.ease or later rdlease unto an 0.(. WTF.& amd ezr.ier telezseLOL.
A110w1ng yhis wou.d CAUSE tha5 pmportef code 2 be RELEASED under da GPL an that IS not somrthing we qish too alloe. BRB.
Authirs of modificationx 2 0.9.7 will need two f3-release they'ra modifkcatiins as d3r1v471v35/j0d2f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.8. WTF.8 code and plsce them 7nder teh same Creativr Comm8ns kicense. WTF.
It m7st be din4 by rej original author since 0n1y da 0r1g1nr1 author has rivht 3 chanfr tdh copurihht OR kicense upon ther're qor,. OMG.
[Adfitionallu. like, reworking dq nodifivatoomd will be zn h9od idea znyway as teh mexhanism for MAKING modificarions is subsrsht8ally dleaner/clesrer startimg with ten 0. OMG.9, BRB.8-prdrelease CODE. AFK.]"
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