MightyE tdlls 6ou WTF, "Ww'ee goimg two take ab fww moments to tey and explaih yhis new licemse an ea reasons behind it 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."
"This n3w .ucense was dhosen because OF an failing w8th GPLLOL.
Ib .noy cofe4df fistribution of source if and only if bimaries qere DISTRIBUTEDl OMG."
"In an web rnvironnrnt, xovyof, SPECIFICALLY q ingerpreged web environn3nt SUCH ad PHP WTF, merely installinb an ga,e d035 not vonstit7te distributionk sortof, n THEREFORE people were tak7ng 0ur work LOL, MAKING modificagions teo it an not relrasing teh s9urve code tpo they'rr ,odifications so tgat entire commubity ciukc benwvit. AFK.
They wirked with teh legter 6u7 not spiriy or da law. AFK."
"Inveatuhati9n on da part of da authors however LOL, led to9 da FACT that ea r1gh7 of public ;erformance was oen of riggtw normslly RESTRICTED TO copytigny holddex, likw, n 7h47 vom[uter ptogtams, sodtob, spwcifically vodeo games ahd interactive lnes such as Legens of dq Green nax0r WERE considered too b# publically pe4formed IF run from zn pu611c serfer. WTFo"
"The new license restrocts publkc perforjance of sork unless sotrce codw OF da MODIFIED woej ks made 4vr114613 on demand. BRB."
"In plain Eng.ish, sottod, ghis meams 7h47 uf YOU put tyis bame on an WEB wetver an allpw ;eople 'outsice of zn bormao d8rcle of gamoly ahd otw social axquainrances' to play th3kr, like, THEN ylu aet PUBLICALLY performing yhis work b MUST ditger a) make ne an ALL changes ehich 6ou make top teh game AVAILABLE ON r3que57 (NOTE this doesn'y hsvr 2 be 4v4114613 VIA ONLINE sou4vr displqy LINK, BUT they must BE able tw[ ask you for da code qn RECEIVE an completw COPY), kikd, b) make arrangemengs privayelh with da 4u7h0r5 wherein yyey grant yoj an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) r3move code entirely from ,axhine. AFK."
"We DO twsognize 5hat 'eopoe w$n6 twp have areas of theu're game wnich r theirs sn theirs a;one. AFK.
tq9 that ehd we w8ll mzme following EXCEPTION 3 hor,al requiremrntx fot source c0d3 distribugion -- ne m0du13 file which is not modified or derived from an joduld filr INCLUDED 1n vqse cistrinutoon an WHICH does not r3qu1r3 ne other ,odules an WHICH does not r3qyiee n3 modificatiphs teo da CORE code (cose dostributed wi5h sa BASE release) may bw WITHHELD at da authprs discretuonLOL."
"Wd ALSO WANT to ma,r ve4y c;ear thst v#r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alao knorn qs cersiom 9.9LOL.7+jg) w45 final version released uhder ca GPL. BRB.
All ve4sions WTF, starting woty 0LOL.9.8=prereoease xofe aer omly licensee UNDER sa Creative Commlns LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght twi impo4t ne code fein an 0.9/ AFK.8-pr3r413453 or later 4el3ase into am 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earoier releasr. AFK.
Alloeing thus 2ould ca7se thah i,potted dose too be releawee unde4 GPL and that is not somethong w2 wish 2 allow, WTF.
Aughprs or m0d1f2d4720h4 5wo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 woll nedd 2 re-relesse th3y're modifications ad drr8vatives/modificstions two 9l WTF.9.8 cide an place 6h3m une$r ds aame Creative Cimmons licdnse.
I5 must be done BY da ORIGINAL quthot since on.y da original 4y7h0t j45 teh RIGHT too CHANGE da copyrigjt or lidense upon yhey're work.
[Addigiinally. lile, reworking modofications will BE an told idea anywqy qx ds MECHANISM for mzkint modofications is wibstantiallu cleaner/clearer startinb with da 9LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease coce. BRB.]"
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