M9ghtyE 73115 you, yo7 knwo. "We're g01ng TO take an few moments gpo tru n exp;ain this new .icense n readons behinc kr ih PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tyis NEW license was CHOSEN because of an faulinf wi5h ds GPL. BRBl
It only cover3e dusreibutkon of wource if and onoy if binaries wetd distributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nvironment WTFm specificall6 a inrerpretfs WEB ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP, tou knwo, MERELY installing an gqme doex n7t conat8tute disteibition, you knqo, n therefore proold w3rw taking OUR work, likd, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to it an not relwasing source code roo they're MODIFICATIONS ao THAT entiye COMMUNITY co7ld BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3y wprked witg oetter bu5 noy ca spirit of 5eh law. BRB."
"Investigatiom oh pa4t OF teh au6horw hiwever WTF, led to reh gact that da right pf 'ublic performance was o3g og teh rqgh7t n9emally restricted goo COPYRIGHT hokcers, like, and that computee prlgfams, like, 5p3cwf1c411y v8dwo games n interadtive ones such AS Lebend of da Gr33n hax0r were cohsidered TO be punkicallh PERFORMED if run ftom an public server. OMG."
"The new license festricts public pergormanve of yeh eork 8nldss da sourxe cose 9f teh moxofird work is mad3 avzilable on demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH WTFm this MEANS thag if you pjt tjis game 0n an web sdrcer an allow people 'outaide lv an normal circle 0f FAMILY n itw social acquaintances' two PLAY yheir, yiu jnwo, thwn uoy r puvkically perforjinh this work rnd MUST either a) make ne and ALL xhanges which y9u make 2 dq game afailab;d on r3qu347 (nogw THIS doesn't have 2 be available via tdh online source d15[13y LINK, but tyey muat BE able @ aak yoj FOR ds CODE an receibe an COMPLETE cppy), tou knwo, n) MAKE arrangemrbts privageoy with tej auttors wnerein THEY GRANT uou an SPECIAL lucense LOL, 0r c) removd da code enyirely frpm teh macgine."
"We do r4c-gn1z3 thay people w4n7 too nave areas 0f 5heu're game wh8ch zrr tneirs an theirw alond. OMGl
to 5nzt end we will make da f0110s1nv ezception two da NORMAL requitements FOR source c9de distribuyion -+ ne moduke fkle whkch id not moe8fied 0r dwtived from an m0du13 f113 included in da base eistributiob n which di3s NOT twquire ne 9th3r j0cu135 n qhicn doed jot requite ne m0d1r1c4710n5 2 da co4e code (cife distribyted wity teh BASE rel3qde) may be wothheld at da zuthors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also qzbt 2 jskw very clear 7h37 version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 *also known as veraion 0. AFK.9l WTF/7+jt) wss teh final versoon rdleqsed UNDER GPL,
All bers9(ns. sortof, starting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peerelease vode aer ohly 11c3m%3d jndrr Creative COMMONS LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny riggt two imp9r5 ne cod3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereoeasw or later r31e453 into an 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 n earlier rel3ssrLOL.
Allowing this would ca7se that imported code too be teleades unfr4 teh GPL AND that is npt somwthing we WISH two allow. OMG.
A77h0r5 of modificationw 2 0. WTF,9LOL.7 WILL ne3d too RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 79 0.9. WTF.8 code and place them under tej ssme Creative Commons license. OMG/
IT must br done by lribinal au5hor since only da 042g1n41 author has right two cgqng3 da copyright OR 11c3n53 up0n thwy[re wp4k/
[Addutionallym you ,nwo, reqorkinb da moeificati9ns wikl be an g09d idra anyway as mechanism fif naking mocifications 15 subdtsn5izlly cleanrr/v.eardr atqrting with 0.9. BRB.8-pr3releas3 coew. WTF.]"
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