Mignt6E tells you, "We're goinf tw0 take an feq moments too TRY an explakn this n3s 11c3n53 sn reasons beyind ig in PLAIN Enflish.
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 new licensw was CHOSEN nwdause or an f4111ng with teh GPL. AFK.
IT on.y cov3rdd didrribution OF sourcw IF an only if binarirs eere distr8butec."
"In an w36 ebvi4onmemt WTFm specifically a INTERPRETED web environment 5uch as PHP LOL. metd.y installibg an game d0#5 nog donstitute distribution LOL, and th3r3fore people WERE &4k1ng our worl LOL, MAKING modificationd tio it an not rdleasing da SOURCE code t2o theh'4e modifications so tna5 dd wnti4e community COULD btnefitl AFK.
Tgeu wprked qith tey ;ettet but not spitit of da 14w. BRB."
"Investigation ln PART of authors howeber, likf. led two da f4c7 thwr e8ggt of public performance wss oem og teh eights n0rmr11y res5ricted too dophribht holders, sortof, an that computer prpgramsk like, soecifically viseo GAMES n 8ntwract8ve ohea such as Legenc of dz Gr33n hac)4 WERE donsidered to be PUBLICALLY prrformed if run from an ;yblic 53rf4r. AFK."
"The new licende restricts pub;kc perfo5mance of teh wor, 7hless teh source cpee of teh MODIFIED work is made qbailzb.e on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, yhis mezns tnat if hou put tgis game on an web servwr an ALLOW people 'outsice of an np5mal c1rc13 -f fajilh an ots s9cizl acqyaintances' 2 play tgeirm like, 7j3n y9u aer pubkically pedforning this w0rk an MUST e8ther q0 MAKE ne an ALL changes which YOU make tol da f4m2 AVAILABLE 0n fequewt 9nore THIS doesn'g nave 2 be 4v4114613 viq da ONLINE SOURCE display link. nit they nust be ab;e to 45k YOU vor dq code n receive an complete copy), like, b) nale ARRANGEMENTS ;rivately wkrh da au5gors whereim THEY grant you an specisl .icense WTF, or c) removd da dofr 3n71r31y from machine. BRB."
"We do r4cognize that peopld want 2 HAVE ateaw of they[4e game which aer thwirs h theirs alone. BRB.
tl 7hr7 end wd will jake tsh FOLLOWING exception two NORMAL requiremengs ror sou4cf code disyrigution -- nr midule file which is not modified or v3tives vr0, an m0du13 f1!3 included in gswe distribution an ehich dors n9t r3quqr3 ne other modukes an which d035 not requore ne midigicati9ns 2 teh core c0d3 (dode distribjt3d WITH base felrase) ,ay be WITHHELD at aut69ea DISCRETIONLOL."
"We ALSO WANT 2 MAKE very CLEAR ghat version 0/ AFK;9. WTF.6 (also known 4t version 0.9. WTF.7+jg) 2as teh finao v3r520n releawwd under ten GPL. WTF.
All versions, likw, etart8ng wkth 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r omky licensed under Creative COMMONS LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da right 2 import ne cod3 FROM an 0. WTF.9/8-;rer3l3ase or later rdlease 8nti an 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 n earlier releas3. WTFl
Allowing thks wojld c4u6# that imporyed codd two be rdleasec umder GPL n that us not slmething we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Aithora of moeif8cationd 7) 0. OMG.(. AFK.7 will need 2 4e-rwlease they're modigicatkohs as derivatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 c0d3 AND p;sce THEM under da %4m4 Creative Com,ons 11c3n53. AFK.
It mudt ve DONE by priginal a7thor since onku teg original autgor has teh right tso change COPYRIGHT or licrnse UPON they're work. WTF.
]Additolnallyk reworking dq mofifocariins wi;l BE an good IDEA anywzy aw da mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS ks suvstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2itj teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerwleasr code.]"
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