MightyE telld yo7 WTF. "We're going two take an few moments too 5ry am expla8n this new lieense zne reasonx benind it in [lain Enb.ish. AFK.
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 lixense was CHOSEN brcause OF an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It only coveres distribution 0f sourxw uf snf only if binariew were distributed."
"In an eeb emvironment, you knwo, specofically a interpfrted wwb ehvironment such as PHP, j3eeoy 1n5741!1ng an GAME does nog constitutr distribjtion, likem and thereflre people were rqking our WORK, you knwo, ,aking mpdificatiomd too 17 4nd not releawing da xource vode two th3y[re mpdifizqruons SO uh47 teh ENTIRE community ciuld bebefit.
Th3u w9r,ed s8th lerter but bot da spurit lf lawLOL."
"Investigation 0n da part of ea auth.rs ho2ever, k3c @ fact that t3h ritn5 8f public p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of da ruhjrs normal.y restricted 2 cop6right holeres, sortpf, and that COMPUTER pepgrams, you knwo. spexifically v1d30 games and onteracrive omes 5uch as Legend of da Geeen hax0r we4r consierred 2 be publicall6 oerformed of run fr-n an piblic 53rv3r. WTF."
"The n3w licenwe testrocts publuc [erformancd of teh wori unlesx so7rce code of da modificd work is made availabke 0n ddmand. BRB."
"Ih olain English, like, this meanx that if you p7y this g4m3 on an qeb serve4 n allow p40p13 'oytsidr of ah normal xircle 0f family an its socia. acauaintanxws' to p14y theit, you ln2o, rhen 6ou r publicaooj perf9rming this work and MUST 317h3r a) make ne ah ALL ch4hg35 whocj you make rio teh gam3 avai;ablw on request (note this doesn't h4v3 to bw available via online wource dis0lay LINK, kike, but THEY mjsg be able too as, uou b0t code and receive an clmplete copy)k sorgof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privztely 2ith da aytho5s wherein they grant you an special license, like, OR c) REMOVE CODE entu4ely FROM da machine."
"We d0 tecognize THAT peiple e4n7 2 jabe areas of theh'rr GAME which r theirs and theirs qlone. BRB.
tp 7h47 END we will make teh gollowkng exception too n0rmr1 requirwmdnts fpr source c)d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodjle file WHICH is not m9divi3d or derived from an modu;e file inxluded in teh nawe s7sttivution znd shich dped n95 tequkfe ne othrr modules and which do3d not requurr ne modigicatioms 2 da core code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED w17h yeh BASE 4eleaae_ may 63 WITHHELD at da autjors discretion. WTF/"
"Wr also wqnt 2 m4k3 VERY CLEAR THAT version 0. BRB.9. BRBl7 (alao known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+JT) waw teh final b3r%10n released jndrr da GPL. BRB.
All versions, lkkek startint s17h da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prefelease CODE aer only lidwnaed ubder Creativd Commond 11c3n%3l OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh da 41th& TO import ne cide from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerwlease or lzt3r relrase INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an 344113r relwaseLOL.
Al,owing THIS WOULD cause THAT impor5ed code 70 be released under tdh GPL an that is not sometjing qe qish txl alliw. OMG.
AUTHORS of modificayions 2 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 will meed ro rw-release they're modkficagions ax defivatives/modkdications to 0. WTF.9. BRB.* codr an PLACE tyem undet 53m3 Creativw Comnoms 11c3n53. BRB.
It musg BE d0n3 by da oroginal quthor since 0b1y 9rigunal AUTHOR yas da right 2 chqhge ds copyright i4 lkcense up0n they're WORK. AFK.
[Additkona.ly, yoi kne9, reworking ca modifocations will be an tooc idea ahy2ay aa MECHANISM for mskubg m0d1f1c4810n5 is substantia;ly cleanee/clearer sraeting wigh trh 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prereleaae codrLOL.]"
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