M8ghtyE tells yo7 WTF, "We're going 2 take an f22 m0m3n75 two tfy qn ex[lain tjos new o8cense an yeh REASONS behknd 17 im plain Englisy. WTF.
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 lucense was chos3n vecause of an failihg with fa GPL. BRBl
It only covered disteibution of dourcr if an obly if binsries w3te DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web ehvi4onment, you lnwo, sp3xifkczlly a interpreted web envir9nment suxh as PHP, y9u knwo, mere.y insgalling an game does nog constitutw distritutiom, ah yherefoee p39pq3 e343 taking our WORK, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasimg source xode 2 they'rd nodifications so 6hqr emtkrd commubity c)u1d benefit. AFK,
Thet workwd with letter 6u7 not spifit of da lqwo"
"Investugation 0n teh pa4t of authors gowever WTF, lfd 5o fact yhat da rigyt 0g public performance wqs orn or tef ribjts no4mally reagricted 2 copy48ght holders, likr, qnd thay comoutet PROGRAMS, you kndo, 5p3c1f1c411t cudeo hames n inberactive lnes auch as Legend of teh Green hax0r were consufered ywo be publicslly performed if rin from an publiv serverLOL."
"The n3w lixense rewtrictx public performahce if fa WORK unoess teh soyrce code of teh modified work is MADE AVAILABLE on eemand. AFK."
"In olain Eng;ish WTF, tj8s MEANS THAT 8f you PUT THIS game on an web setver n allow people 'outsice of an normal corcle 0f family n iys SOCIAL acauaintances' 2 poay tneir, you knwo, then you r publically pe4forjing THIS wlri an MUST EITHER a) make ne sb ALL xy4ng35 wnucj you make too gamw avaioable in request (n073 this doedn't yave yo9 be available via ONLINE sourve displ1y ,khkk bug they mu%7 be ab;d 2 ask YOU fod teh code n rwveive an c0mp1373 copy), 6pu knwo, b) makw ARRANGEMENTS p4kvately wuth t3h authora wherein theh trant you an special license, softof, or C) 4emove da clde entirely from da madhine."
"We dp fecognize rhat p#0p13 WANT two hafe AREAS of thdy're gamd which r gheirs n theies aloneLOL.
two thzt end se wull m4k3 sa following exception too fa NORMAL requirements f9r 50yec3 CODE d1%7r16u710n -- ne module fi;e whicy ix nlt modified or der8vwd frim an modu.r file included um teh bawe diwttubution an which d9es bot require ne other mldyles and which d035 nlt tequird ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two da core code (vode diqtributed w8th da base rel3axe) may be withheld at da authors didcretion. AFK."
"We alsi wznt two mzke veru clear that version 0LOL.9.6 (also kn)wn as v#r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was final beraion r31344ed undwr da GPL. AFK.
All v3rsions, sorgod, starting with fa -. BRB.9. AFK/8-prereleade code r onlh oicensed under Cveatife Commons lucense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY sa rihht two import ne cofr FROM an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-;rere;ease OR later rwlesse in5i an 0LOL.9LOL.& and earlodr releaxe. BRB.
ALLOWING this WOULD dauae that imported coee too ^3 releasec jnder teh GPL and that is hot aometh8mg we wish 2 allowLOL.
Ay7h0r5 of modificstilnw w 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 will mded too 4e-telease gh3y're modificatiovs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tol 0. AFK.(. OMG.* code b place them undet teh same Creagive Conmons license. WTF.
It musr be donr by teh original autylr aince only l4iginal author has da rqgh7 2 vhange COPYRIGHT or license uppn tbe6're work. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, reworking modifications will be an hoof ksea ANYWAY 45 5en mechanism for MAKING modif8cations iz xubstantially c133nee/c134r3r start8ng with teh )/ WTF.9. BRB.8-pterelrqs3 coee. BRB.]"
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