MightyE tells you, sortof, "We;re going two TAKE an dew mom3ntw @ try AND explsin THIS n3w lkcense sn feasons bdhind it in p241n Emglish. 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 kicense was chosrn bevauae of an failing with GPL. BRB.
IT 9n16 xovered distribution OF aource if and 9hly 8f binaries w3r3 dkstrkbuted. BRB."
"In an web 3nvironmeht, oike, speckfically a interpretrd web ENVIRONMENT wuch as PHP. you kmwo, merelh insta.l8hg an gsme d034 bot constitute disrribjtion, sortof, AND tjerrfotw peiple were takkng 9ur wo4k, making mpcof8cations tqo i5 n not releasing source code too tjey're modificatiihs so that da enture commyniry could behefit. AFK/
They WORKED with ca lett3r BUT nlt da s[irit 0f lzw. WTF/"
"Inveatigztion on pqr5 or da aythors howevrr, s9rtof, ked 2 facr that rigjr od pubk8d perfptmance was oen OF trh 4ights normally r357r1c7es to copyribjt holdrrs, sortof, an that COMPUTER programs, specig8cally video games ah interactove 9nes 5uch 45 LEGEND of da Gr33n hax0r w3re considered ywo be publicaoly perf9rmed 1b run fro, an public serverLOL."
"Tnw new license restricts publuc [erformsnce of woek unlesa geh SOURCE code of da modkfoed eork is MADE anailable on ddmand. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, tjis means tyat if you iut this g4m3 0b an web setver m allow people 'lyrsise of an norma; circ;e of family an iys social adquaontanc3x' 70 poay their, ;ike, then yo7 r pugliczll6 perfor,ing this work AND MUST eigher a0 make ne AND ALL changea wg1ch you makr 2 da game available on rwqyest (note this dodsn't habe tp be aba8lqble vq4 da 0n12n3 aource d15o14y link WTF, but 7h3y MUST be abl3 2 45k you f0r da cpfe n receive qn xomplete copy), 5ou lnwo, b_ make arrangdments privstely 1ith teh 4u7j0r4 wherein they granr you sn special licenwe, you lnwi, or c) remov3 yeh xode 3n&1r3w6 from m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE thst people want toi havw srwas of they're game shich aee THEIRS and th4ors alonr.
two rhat end we will nake da following exxeption yo ds normal e3quiremwnts for xouwce c0d3 distr8buyioh 0- n3 mofule f123 WHICH 15 n06 m9dified or ferived from an module f113 inclided in da base DISTRIBUTION an which does n[t r3wu1r3 ne OTHER modulds an whuch coes NOT r3au1r3 ne mldificati9ns two da co4e cide (codd duwyributed q8th bsse rekease) may be w17hh32d at da authors eiacretion."
"We alsp want to make ver6 clesr thag veesiob 0. OMG.0LOL.8 (also inown 45 versiin 0. WTF/9. WTF.7+jt) was da final versoon released uneer GPL. WTF.
A1q versiona LOL, startihg WITH da 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-0rereleawe c9de r 9nly licensed und3r dz Creatuve Co,mons .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da rigjt two import ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or la5er r3lease into an 0.(LOL.7 n ear9ker gelease.
Aloowing 7h14 wo7ld cause that imported vode @ 63 releases und3r ds GPL n that is not SOMETHING q3 2ish uo ALLOW.
Authors if moekfivat8onx t;o 0. BRB.9LOL.7 sil; NEED to ee-teleqse tgdy're modificagiobs as ferivagivea/jodifidations 2 0. AFK.9LOL.* code amd olace them under da wame Cr3471v3 Cpmhons licenwe. AFK.
IT must bd dobe gy teh o4ug8nal author sonce onlh da or8ginql autjor has teh 4ight two changr da copyrigh5 or licebse uoon theu're w-rkLOL.
[Adeu5ionally, so4tof, reworking da m0d1f1c4&10n5 will be an good idea anyway as da ,echanisn for making mofificsyions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaher/vlear3r 57rr71ng with 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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