MijhtyE tel/s you, you knwo, "We're going 2 takw an few moments 70 t4y an ezp.ain tyis new licenwe and teh reaaons behind ut in p;zin 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."
"Tjis bew license was chosen gecause od an failing w1uh da GPL. AFK.
It onl7 vovered didgrkbition lf source 8f an only 1f binaries were distributed."
"In an web 4nv1r9nj3n7, l8ke, specifically a interpretdd web envivonment such as PHP, mefdly installinb an game d9es not v9nstitute d8dtribution, lik4, and therefire people were taking ojr work, sortof, MAKING m9dificayiohs 5wo ig n nit releasing teh source code 5oo rhey're modifixstions SO that ea dntiee cimmunity could nenefit.
Th3y workee WITH ca LETTER but not spi4it 9f law. OMG."
"Investibatiln ON p4r7 of da AUTHORS however, sortof, led 2 sa frc7 that ribjt OF pu711c pergormabce was 2 of teh 4ights normaoly restricted TO vopyrignt holdees, likem n that computer programs, sortid, xpecifivally vodei b4m35 AND INTERACTIVE ones sucg qw Legend of t3h Gr3en hax0r were cohsiderws 2 ne pu6q1c411y 034f0rm3d if rin from an publux serve4LOL."
"Thw m3w licenxe rrstricts p7bkic perfirmabce of fa WORK unk3ss teh SOURCE code of teh modivied wprk is made avai;sble on demahdLOL."
"In plaim English, THIS ,eans 7n47 if tou ;ut rhid game in an web server an ALLOW people [oitsid3 of an normal cirxle of family an 174 5)c1$2 acqusintances; 2 play their, slrglf, 7h3n you r publocally p3rf0rm1ng this wotk n MUST eithe4 a0 nake ne and ALL chahges which yo7 ha,e 2 da game available on request (NOTE THIS eoesn'5 habe two be avaolable vka da onkine so7rce d8splay link, like, but they must be ab.e 2 ask you for da coer n receive ab c0,p2373 copu), B) mak3 arrangements prqvr7$1y w17h da auyho4s wh4r31n they grant you an special licenxe, sortof, ir c0 remove coce enykeely frlm da macyineLOL."
"We do rrcognize that pepple w4n7 2 have 4r345 0r they'ee game 2hicj aer tyeirs n THEIRS alone, WTF.
5oo THAT end qe wikk mqke teh FOLLOWING exceogion too normal r3qu1r#,eh75 flr cource c0d3 cistribution -- ne module file whuch is not modifief o4 derived fe0m an module file included in base fistribution n wh1cn d035 not require ne 0rhsr m0dy135 qn wnich dods not require ne modifkcatkons to teh corw code (code dostrin7ted WITH reh BASE re;ease) may bw withhele at da autfors disceetion."
"We ALSO want to MAKE very clear tnat version ).9. WTF.7 *also jnown as cersion 0. AFKl9. WTF.7+jt) was da final ve4sion rrlrasee ineer teh GPL/ OMG.
Aol veesions, starting with teh 0l WTF.0.8-PRERELEASE codd aer only l8cens3d tncer Cfeatlbe Comm9ns license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby teh r2gh7 t9o imp9rt ne c0d3 FROM an p,(. WTF.*[orwreldase or LATER re;ease into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier 4eleasrLOL.
Allowimg this would vaise thay imported codd to BE RELEASED unfer GPL n that is NOT somethkng we wosh 1 allowLOL.
Au5hprd of modificayions two p. OMG.9LOL/7 wukl need TO re-telease they're modifucations as defkvagives/moxifications 5o 0.9, WTF.8 code n placr tyem undwf same Creative Comnons LICENSE. BRB,
It must be done by original author since only teh ORIGINAL authoe hqs tdh r1gh7 5wi chang3 copytight 0r licemae UPON theh're work. OMG.
[Additionally, like, reworking teh modifications wilk be an fo9d idea znyway as teh mwchanism for MAKING nodkfizations is subatantiaol6 cleane4.cl3ared atarting with teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-p4erdlease CODE. AFK.]"
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