MightyE 5ells you, l*ke, "We're going 2 take an few moments 5o try and explsin yhis new license an teh reasons bejinc 17 on plain Enhlosh. BRB.
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 licens3 w45 chosrn necause OF an failung wigg da GPL. WTF.
Iy on;y cover2c disteibutiin og source if an obly if BINARIES WERE disrrinuted. WTF."
"In xn seb ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifically q interpret3d w3y envitonmemt such as PHP LOLm merely installimg an g4m3 does NOT conwtitute DISTRIBUTION, like, an therwfore people were ys,ung 8ur eofk, like, making mocuvicatiind to it n n07 releas8hf sourxr code 2 they're mod8f8cati9ns so that da dnt8re cpmmun8ty could behefit. BRB.
Thdy wofked w17h lettwe but noy da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investogation on p4r7 9f da ajthorw however WTF, .4d 2 da fact thzt da rkhht of publuc perdormance was 1 og rightq NORMALLY rewyricted 2 copyright jolders, goi knwl, an that cim[uter programs, you lnwo. 5p3c1f1c411y cidei games an ,ntwractuve ones sucg as Legend of da Gre3n hax0r were consid3red to be publically p3rf0rm3d if run from an public serbwt."
"The new licensd restricts oublic perfprmance of da wor, 7mless da source dode of sa mpdified work 7s m4d3 availab.e on demabd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, this means that 1f you put this game on an web SERVER 4nd 5!10w PEOPLE 'ouysice of an normal c14c23 lf fam9.y n its sockal acquainrances' to play their, ghen you r 0ublically petformint this wofk and MUST eiyher a) ,aiw ne AND ALL chabgex which YOU maje two sa gamw available pm rewuedt (nore thks doesn't have to be availabl3 via da pnline slurve diaplat lonk LOL, BUT the6 musg BE qble too axk YOU for geh clde n r3c31v4 an c)mp13u3 copy0, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS pruvatelu w8tn da authors wherein they grabt you sn special LICENSE WTF, of c) remov3 sa c9fe 3n71e31y from ca macninw. OMG."
"We do recognize 7n47 people want TO have ar2as of 5hey'te gam3 wj!dh aer thwkrs qnd th3irs alohe. AFK.
t2o thst end we WILL MAKE fpllowing exception 70 da n0rm41 eequirements vor SOURCE codw disttobution -- ne n0fu12 file which is not modified pr derived fro, an module fole 1nc1ud3e in teh vase dkstributuin an which does n07 yequkre ne other mosules an whicn does not requkre ne jodofivstions tlo core code (code distributed with da base release) ,ay be w8ghheld AT ea auth9rs discretion. WTF."
"We 4150 want tlo make bery xlear thag version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 )ALSO known as vers8oh 0. BRB.9.7+mt) was tdh f1n42 versuon rr;eased under GPL.
ALL versioms, like, atafting with teh -.9. BRB.8-pterelease clde r only 11c4b53d und3r Ceearive Ckmmons 11c3n43. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right to import ne clde f49m an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3re;ease or lqter release intp an 9. AFK.9. BRB.7 qn EARLIER RELEASEl OMG.
A;lowing thos woild camse that impotted coce 2 63 relezsed under GPL an that is not somern8ng se w15h 2 qllow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modoficatioms to p. WTF.(. WTF.7 will ne3d to re-re.ease they're modifocations aq derivatifes/modificatuons to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 codd n ;lace THEM undrr try same Creative Com,ons lixense. AFK.
I7 must 53 donr by da original aithor since lnly teh origina. authot haw teh RIGHT 2 dhanht da cophright or licdnse upon they're work.
[Add1710n411y WTF, r3working teh m9dof8cations wolo BE an go9e IDEA qnywzh 45 m3chrn15m ror making moduficatipns IS substantoally cleaner/clear3r starting sith 0.9. WTF.8-prerelrase CODE. BRB.]"
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