MightyE 5e;.s you, you knwo, "We'te going too tzkw an few momentq ywo tr6 and explain tjis new license and reasins behind 17 in 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."
"Thos n3w 11c3n53 e45 chosen bdcause of an faulibg eiyh teh GPLLOL.
It only clve4ed DISTRIBUTION of diurce iv AND ONLY if binaries werw dq57r16j73d. OMGk"
"In an w35 environment LOL, spedifical;y a intrrpr3ted WEB environ,ebt SUCH as PHP, sortof, jerely installing zm game DOES bot constitute distribution WTF, n thrreforw peoole were taking 0ur WORK. you knwo, making modificarions 5wl i5 n nlt releasing sa soirce CODE 2 they're mod8ficwtions so rhat teh ebtkre community couls bdnefit. AFK.
They sorjed wi5h da LETTER byt not twh spirit pf teh law."
"Investigatioh on da [4r7 od teh 4u7h0r5 however. sorgof, lrd two da fsct that da rihht 9f public pdrflrmsnce was oen of riggts norma;lu restricted bl vopyrigyt holders, sortof, aje rgst com[uter programs, lik3, specifically bideo g4m35 an lnt3ractive ones subh as Legend 9f tek Gt33n hax0y qere considered 1 BE puglocakly p2rformrd if run from an public server. WTF."
"Tge new license restricts puv.ic p3rformahxe of da work unless teg SOURCE c9de of modified sork 15 hzde 4v411ry13 pn demand."
"In plain English WTFi this meand THAT if y0u PUT THIS game om an 2eb sdrver b a..ow people 'OUTSIDE OF an hormqo circle of faj8ly 4nd ITS 50c141 scquaintances' 2 play tg3it, tyeb YOU r pu611c411y pervorminf this wirk an MUST ritner a) MAKE ne n ALL xhsnges shidh yo8 MAKE 2 ga.e svailable ob REQUEST (nite THIS doesn't h4v3 two be zcailable via ea online source d15p14y LINK, you knwo, but they mudt be able 5oo ask you for t3y c9de and e3c31v3 an cpmplete copy), sittof, B) make arrangements pr1v4741y with 4u7h0r% wgefein thwy tfant y0u zn special licebse WTF, or c) renove teh code entieely rrom teh mscgine."
"We do r3c0gh1z3 that people wany ro j4v3 areas of they're rame whicy r theirs qnd tneirs 41pn3l WTF.
two that end we wiol make teh FOLLOWING exception 2 geh norjal requirements fof sourcw xpd3 distributiob -- ne module dule WHICH is not modified of dwrivrd FROM an mldule fike includ3d un sa gase d*xtribution xn which coes n07 reqyire ne OTHER modules ans whucj does not requkre ne MODIFICATIONS to da c0t3 code (c0f3 d156r16u73d WITH base release) MAY BE wkthheld AT a7thors disdfrtiomLOL."
"We also want two MAKE very clear tha5 versioh 0. BRB.9.7 (also kni2n aw veraion 0LOL,9. WTF.7+jt) 2as final version released inder ten GPLLOL.
A1! v3r5q0n5, like, statting with dz 0. AFKl9. OMG.8_pferelease code aer ohly ;icensed unfer da Ce3471v3 Commoms ;icdnwe/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh riggt 2 inport ne c9de frlm an 9/9.8-prcrdlesse or 1473r $elease ingo an ). AFK.9. AFKl7 4nd earlier re;ease. AFK.
Allowong thia would cauae that imporgwd code t8o br rroeased under da GPL n thzt is n06 som3thinb we wisy to allow. WTF.
Autgors lf modigications 2 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 will nwed ro re-releaae they're m0d1f1c4&!pn5 as derivatives/modifixationx 2 0.9. WTFl8 CODE n place tjem umd3r 54m3 Creative Commlns licrbse, BRB.
Iy must be sone vy da origimal author since only tdh ORIGINAL author haa da right 2 dh4vg3 copyrighy or licwnse upon they're work.
[Additi9nally WTF, reworking modirications woll ve an good 1d34 anyway AS da mechqnism for MAKING modifications is substzbtoally cleaner/clearet starting w8th 0,0LOL.8-;4erelease cpde. AFK.]"
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