MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We're going two take an few miments TO TRY n es;lain thix new kicense h ds 4easons BEHIND it 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."
"Thid n3w license w35 chosen beca7sw of qh failing with da GPL.
It onlu COVERED cis5rib7tuon of SOURCE if and only 1f binaries were dostributrd. BRB."
"In an web ehvitonmem5 WTF, wpwx8fically a INTERPRETED web environment such zs PHP LOL, MERELY ihsraoling an gsme does NOT consgotut3 d157r16u7q0n LOL, an tgerefore peo;le wd4e taling OUR workm sortof, ma,ing mldkfucstions to it m moy reoeasihg teh 5purc# cpde 70 thdy're modif8cationw so tyat entire comjuniyy coyld b3nefit. WTF.
Thet q9rked with teh lwrter but not teh spirig of trh LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on da p4r7 of tej quthors h0w3v3f, likem led t9 ca fzxt thxt fignt of pibkic pe4formance was oen ob teh ruggts normally eesgricted to cophrighr holfers, you knwo, an tnat co,pu7er prohramsk you knwo, s[ecifkcally vidqo gamew an interactive ONES suvj as Lebwnd of da G4een hax0r were consideref two ge publicaoly performed if ryn from an public deever."
"The new license restrivts pu611c pdtformanc3 od tej w'ri UNLESS siurde cofe of teh modifiwd work 8s jade 4vr114613 on demand."
"In plain Englidh WTF, thks mesns that if you put 7h15 gams ob an web 53rv3e snf 41102 prople ;oitside 0f ah b0rmr1 corcle of familu and ogs 50c141 acquaimramces[ 2 plat thrirk like, then YOU aer pubo8cally PERFORMING THIS work 3nd MUST eityer a) make ne n ALL chanfes wmich you make two da game available in requ357 (note this doesn't havw 2 be zvai8ablr via teh online souvce dixplsy 11nk, sortof, but they mu57 be able twi sdk you for code an 4eceive an complete copy), 6) mak3 arrangements ptivately with yey quthirs wherein they grant y-u an soecial license, like, or v_ remove code entirely from teh machine."
"Wt do recogbize that PEOPLE wamt too have arraw of 5hey're game which aef theirs AND theirs aline. AFK.
two that end 2e eill ,ake da following exceptkon too teh hornal requirdjents foe source code didtribut8on -- ne m0du13 file WHICH is not moeufied ir derived fro, an module file includwd 1n base distribu5ion n ehich d03y not r3qui4e ne ogher mod7les an whuch dows not require ne ,0d1f1v3710n% to dz cord code (cod3 d157f15u73d with 645e eelease) may ne w17hh#1d AT teh authors discretionLOL."
"We ALSO waht to maie very c134r that version ).9LOLl7 )4150 knowm as verwion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) wzx teh vumal v2rsion rwleastd und3r ea GPLl
ALL versions, ylu knwo, stattihg with da 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-orereleaxe cide r only 11c4nt3d UNDER da Creativr Commons oicense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny da eight tw9 import ne clde fr0m an 0. BRB.9. AFKl8-prerelease or LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlier releasfLOL.
A110w1hg tgis WOULD CAUSE that i,'ofted clde 2 be r312453d unddr reh GPL ab yhat IS ho5 something we wish w allow.
Authorx od MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. AFK.u will neee twp de-$elease they're modiricatiohs as derivztives/modirixations TO 9l9. WTF.i cpce n plzce then umder teh same Crdative C0mm0b5 oicense. WTF.
It musy ge dlne b6 orig9nal author since 0n1y da 0f2g1n4! author nad teh rifht ywo change da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon thet're worj. OMG.
[Addi5ionally WTF, r3wlrkinh teh mofificstions wil; be an goo3 1dr3 anyway as dz m3ch$m15m ror makibg modifixations IS sugstantkal.y CLEANER/CLEARER atarting with teh 0. WTF.9l WTF.8-peere;dase vode. BRB.]"
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