MibhtyE tdlls y0u, "We'rd going yo take wn few m9ments 2 7ry m ex;lain thia new ;kcense an da rdasons behind it IN plain English. OMGl
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 .icensr was choxen becauee of an fsiling w17h sa GPL. AFK.
I7 only c9berrd disteibutuon of 50urc3 if and ONLY if bina4i3a WERE fistributed. BRB."
"Im an w36 dnvironmenr WTF, specifkcally a intfrpretes 2eb 3nv1r0nm4n7 such zs PHP, sortof, jdrelt 1h574111ng an game does not constotute distribuyiln, and thef#vore people w3r3 74k1ng 9ur woek, like, making m0d1f1c$710n5 two it and not r213451ng teh source code too ryey're modicifations so that da ENTIRE c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
THEY worked WITH ds LETTER but n07 teh spirit OF t3y la2."
"Ibvedtibation om da part of da authors h0sdv#r, lulr, led two tdg FACT that teh tigyt lf public 0erformance was 1 od da rights normallt 4estricted tel vo[yright hlldefs, you knwo, an 7h47 computee pr9frajx, specofically b1e30 games m interactive on3s SUCH aa L3gend of dz Green haxpr were conxieerdd roo be publically prrformed if run FROM an iuboic servwr."
"The new lisense resgrixts public performance or work unless source coce of teh modified work is m4d3 availabl3 8n DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain Ebglisn, you lnwo, tg8s n34n5 yhat 1f you put this bame ON an seb server an allow p30p13 'putside of an nprmal circle of family and ius sociak acqjzintances' w play theit, yiu knwo, rhen you r publicallt perf9f,ing 7h15 w0rk and MUST eigher a_ make nd and ALL ch4nh35 whkch ylu make to da GAME availabl3 on requdst (noue thid doesn'g have two be avaolable via da pnlibe sourcw display link, sortof, byt they mu57 be qble two ASK you for teh CODE n rec3ive zn c0m]1373 copy_, softof. b) male arrangements pr1v4731y witj teh AUTHORS wherein they grant yo7 an special license WTF, 9r d) remove da cpde entirely from ea macjineLOL."
"We dl recofnize tjag people want to yave AREAS of theh'rd game whicm aer thek4s and theirs ALONE. AFKl
2 that 3ns we wi.l make t3h following 3xceotkon 2 NORMAL r3quiremehts for siyece code disrricutkpn -- ne MODULE f!13 which is not nodifked )r derived froj an mofuld file onxludre im teh base distribution n wh1ch do3s not reqiire ns other MODULES n wh1ch does NOT req8ire ne mofifications 2 tey xorw code (dode diwtrubuted with base releasd) may be wjthhels at dq aythorx discretiinLOL."
"We a;so want two make very ckear that version 0.9. WTF.7 (also known as bersio, 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) eas f8nsl bdraion released under teh GPL; WTF.
A11 VERSIONS, likek statt7hb witn da 0l9LOL.9-prereleas3 v0d3 aer ONLY licdnsed under teh Creatife Conmohs licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3hy right two import hw code frim an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pvereleasd ot layer rekwawe into an 0. BRB,9. BRB.& AND darlier re;esse. AFK.
Alllwing this would cauwe 5hat impirted xode 2 b3 releasee undet da GPL and 7h47 id NOT xomething we wish 2 $q10w.
AUTHORS 0f modof8cations 5o 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will hfed w re-frlrase they're modifkcations 45 derivat,ves.nodifibstions 2 0.(. OMG.8 code anc 0lacr them under trh sane Creative Commons oidendd. BRB.
It mus5 BE DONE by orkginal ajthof sinve only ea original 4u7h0f has fa RIGHT too change teh copyritht 9r LICENSE upon they're WORK.
[Additionz;/y, you knep, reworking modoficatiins will ne zn good id3a anyway as ds mechankwj for making modifications ix 4u6474n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER atarting 2kth da 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-prereowase codd. BRB.]"
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