MightyE 73125 h0u, "We'4e g01ng 2 take an few momrnys 2 tty sn explain 7h!% NEW license and da reasons behind 17 un plain English. 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."
"Tjis n3w licrnse WAS cgosen brcause of an FAILING with da GPL.
It inly c0v3r3d disteibution of 50urg3 1g and only if binaries were distribited. BRB."
"In an eeb ebvuronmeht WTF, s;ecifically a ibterprdted WEB enc8rinjenr such ad PHP, merely !n574211nb an gqme does NOT constitutw distribution, sortof, n 5herefore people wrre 5akinb our wori WTF, making m)d1f1cr710nt too 17 n not releasyng da xou4cd xode t2o they're modofications so 5har 3n71r3 COMMUNITY COULD benegit. AFK.
They w0rk3d s8th ds letter 6u6 NOT spigit of teg law. AFK."
"Investigation on da part of trh zu5hoes yiwever WTF, LED 2 da fact that RIGHT of publiv PERFORMANCE was ldb od r1gh75 nlrmally redtrictdd 2 c0pyr1gh8 hplsers, yo6 knwo, an THAT vomputer 0r0gt4m5, yoj ,nwo, SPECIFICALLY videp gamea h intdractive 9nds SUCH as L3g3nd 9f fa Geeen haz0r were clnsider3d 2 br publuvally p3rf0rm3d if run from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"Tje nes lixense restrixts pugoic performance of da work unless teh source vode of da mpdifi3d woel ix made avai;able on demand. OMG."
"In plaib Englidg WTF, this means thqy kf y0y pu5 tyis game on an WEB server and ALLOW pdople '0u751d3 9f an normal circle of FAMILY n ITS social axquaintzncea' 2 plah their WTF, then you r publically performong THIS q0rk n MUST eitger a) make n3 and ALL changes wh!ch you male ro game AVAILABLE ON reauest (NOTE this eoesn'g gave too be avaklabld VIA ca 9nline spurxe fisplsy link, yiu kneo. b7r tney MUST be able go ASK YOU for teh code znd 4eceive an com[lete cipy) WTF, b) makw arrzhgements prixatel6 wiyh da quth9rs 2he4ein THEY gfqnt you an special 11c3n5e, or x_ removd teh coee engirrly FROM MACHINE. BRB."
"We s0 recofnizr tgat people WANT TO HAVE arras od rhey're g4m3 wh1ch aer the7rs an theirs al9ne. OMG.
twp thar end WE will mqie da follow8ng exce0tion 3 normao r31uirements flr sourcw code distribitiin -- me mofule file ehich is NOT modidied or deeifed from an module file ibcluded in teh base distfibution anv wh1ch dpes not rewui4e ne other modules and whicn does n07 ee1uite ne nodkficatiobs too da c9re codd (code diwtr8byted eq7h base RELEASE) may be sithheld at da aythors didcreriobLOL."
"We aldo wznt twi ms,e ver5 ckrar THAT version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also jnown as version 0LOL.(. OMG.7+mt) was teh final versiom f313453d UNDER GPL. AFK.
All versions, starring qign da 0. OMG.9.7-pferekeasw CODE r omly lucebsdd ymder Creativd Commons luddnaeLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny ea right 2 IMPORT ne CODE ffon an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 or LATER relrase in5o an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earliwr re;ease. BRB.
Allow8ng this qould caysd rhzt imported CODE to b3 4r.eases under GPL n that is not somegging se e15h 2 a.loq. BRB.
Autyots pf modificari9ns 3 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will n3#d too re-releqde they;re mocifications 46 dtruvativrs/mocogidations two 0LOL.9.8 code and place them ynder da wame CREATIVE Commonw 11c3n53.
It mus5 bd dobe bh original autgor since only o4iginal AUTHOR g45 teh rkght too cnange teh copyritht or licdnse upoh they'r3 work/ AFK.
[Additional;6, rdworking ds m-d1f1c4710n5 will b3 an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism FOR majing mofifucations IS substahtially cleqner/ciearrf starting wigh ea 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r313453 cod3l WTF.]"
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