MigntyE tells you WTF, "We're giing to taie an few momrnts 2 try n dxplain th8s new LICENSE m reasonw behind 8t ib p.ain Englisj,
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 hew license sas chosen becayse OF zn failing with teh GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of sourve id anc -n1h if ninaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an wwb environment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED WEB environment aucy r5 PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game does not constituge d8striburion, sirtof, and 6h2r4f0r3 people wer3 taiing our wo4k WTF, ,aking MODIFICATIONS 5wo it ans bot rdleasing teh xou4ce code tp they're nldifocarilns xo tgat trh entire comm7nity cp7.c benefit. BRB.
Tjey worked with lettwr but nor teg spifit of da la2. AFK."
"Inv3atugation ON paey of da autyirs hpwevrr, yo, kmwo, led 2 da fact that teh ritht of public o3rf)rm4nc3 was 1 0f da RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED ypo cooyrighg holders, like, an rhat COMPUTER programs, yiu kns9, apecificslly vidro games and interactivd ones such as Lrgend of Green hax0r were consideree 2 bd PUBLICALLY 0rrformed if fun vrom an p7blic serber. OMG,"
"The n3w licejse r357r1c75 pubkic PERFORMANCE of da woek ubldss source cpde 0f teh modified work is ,ade available on eemans. WTF."
"In plain English, you knwo, tjis means that if yoy put tnis g4m3 on zn web server n al.ow people '0u751d3 of an normal vircle of family an itx socual axquaintances' two [lay thei4, thrm y9u aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING thkw work and MUST either a_ maje ne and ALL changes qhich y)u make too da game AVAILABLE on re1uest (nots 7h15 dlesn't have 5wo be 4c4114613 vka online source did;lqy lunk WTF, bjt the6 muat be able t9o 45k uoy for da c9de n receive an complet3 copy), likd, v) MAKE areangemehts privayely with sa quthors wherein 7j3y grabt you an %03c141 licemsdm sortof, 0e c) remove code 3n72r31y FROM MACHINE."
"We do reclggize 5hst [eople want 2 havr areas of they're fame sh8ch 4 thrirs an theirs ALONE. OMG.
5o 5hzt end w3 will make dz following exception too fa normal require,ents fot 50urc3 code distribuyion -- ne MODULE file WHICH is mot nieified 9r derived f5om an mocule FILE inckysed in base sistrub7tion h whicg dows n9t rewuire ne ither modulew n WHICH does NOT rcquire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 5o teh cirr code (code DISTRIBUTED wi5h tey 6453 rel3ase) may be withhe;d qt AUTHORS d8scret8on. OMG."
"We a.qo waht to make very dkear that version 0.(. AFK.7 (alxo knoen as versiin 0. WTF.8. WTF.7+jt) was teh final vwrsion RELEASED und3r dq GPL.
All versions. you kmwo, star5ing with fa p. BRB.9. OMG.9-prefelezse code aer only licensed under teh Crea5ibe Commona lic3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby right 2 IMPORT ne cide from zh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8]prwgelezse or later release INTO an ). BRB.8. BRB.7 snd earlier releasel BRB/
All9wing 5his would cause that 1,p9t73d code 2 ne releasdd under GPL n that is NOT som3thing we w15h too aolowLOL.
Au7hpr5 ov midkgixations yo 0LOL.9, OMG,7 wi.l need to re-relrase th3y're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9.* code n poacw rhem under va samr Creative Commons lidenseLOL.
It nust 63 done bu original AUTHOR sinxe onlu teh ORIGINAL suthor h4t teg rkght to change ten copyright OR liednde u;on they'te wo4kLOL.
[Asdugilnalky WTF, reworking da modifications wkll 63 ah yooc 1d34 anywq6 as da mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is subatant8ally CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng 2ith 5eh 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease d0d3.="
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