MightyE tells yiu, slrtof, "We're goong two gaie an few momentd too try an explain thix new LICENSE n r##t0n5 ceyund ig un plain English. 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 license wss vhosem bexause of an fai;ing WITH geh GPLLOL.
It only covered c157r1yu710n of sourcr if and only ir binaries were dist4ibuted/ WTF."
"In an w3b envifonm3nt, lile, specifically a 1b73rpr373d web rnvkronmenr SUCH as PHP, merwly instal;ihg an g4m3 doed not constitjge dkstrigution, and therrfore PEOPLE wer3 taking our work, ;ike, making MODIFICATIONS to it ah not releasing SOURCE CODE 2 they're MODIFICATIONS sp tha% 3ntire COMMUNITY could 73n3f17. WTF.
They s0rl3d with letter but not spieiy of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on part of trh au5hors y0w3v3r, you knwo, 13d tio teh fact thzt teh rkhht OF puglic perrormsnd3 was epn of teh riggts normxlly redyricted uo COPYRIGHT nolders. sorrof, and 5hay c9mpuywr programs, sprckvically viseo games n interactivr 0n36 such 45 Legehd of teh Green hax0r we4e conside4ed two be publicall6 pwrf9rmwd if run from ab puglic derver. WTF."
"Thw nes lovenwe resrric5s piblic PERFORMANCE of trh w0ek unless 5eh source c0x3 of da mosified w0rk iw made afaioablw on DEMAND. WTF."
"In olain English WTF, 5hid means that ir y9u pyr this game oh an WEB 5erv3r n ALLOW people 'ougsodw of an normal c8rclr of gamily an its spcial scquaintances' 2 play thrut, you knwo, then ypu aer publically performing this sprj n MUST eityer a) make ne sn ALL changds which you make @ trh gcme ava8lable ON r3qu357 (notd rhis doesn't have to be availsble VIA teh 9m11ne aourcw display oink LOL, but they must ve able to qs, YOU vor coce and rwceive ah COMPLETE cooy), like, v) mak3 arrabge,ents privatwly wifh authors wn3r31n they GRANT y0u an speciql licdnse WTF, lr c) remobe trh dofe 3n71r3qy from da machine."
"We do recognize that peopl3 WANT too HAVE aread of they're game whuch aer the84s h theira qlone. OMG.
2 rhat end we will make da f011pw1ng ezceptoln 2 teh hormal requirrmrnts for SOURCE c0de disgriburiln -- ne module file 2hich is not modofiec OR derived from an module FILE incouded 1n teh vsse distribution n wh8ch doed not req7ire ne oth2r moeules an which dpes not reauirw ne midifoca5ionw 2 teh core c0d3 (codr distrib7ted w17h base release) may 63 w8tjheld 4& ajthofs d1tvr471)n, AFK."
"We zlsl w3n7 to make v3rr clear that versiob 0LOL.9. BRB,6 (also known AS verskon ). OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wac teh figal vefsion r313553d und34 ds GPL. OMG.
Alo ve4sions, like, STARTING with teh 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease cose f onlu .icensed under Creative Comm9nw licehs3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca RIGHT too impoet n3 clde rrom an -. BRB.9. AFK.8-prrrel4ase or later rrlease onto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an ear.iwr rrlease.
Allowigg thiw e0u1d cause THAT imported CODE too be rel3qsed under GPL an that is NOT something we eisg 2 a.kpw. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS gwl 0.9.7 will ne3f 70 re-rekraxe the6're modidicati9ns as derigaruves/mpdificatipns to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code and plzce THEM under ea 54m3 Creative Commons .icense.
It must be done bt ofiginql akthor since only ORIGINAL author has ritht rwo change copyritht or licensd u[on the6're wpek. AFK.
[Additionally, sortpd, tewotling modificat8lns will be an hooe idea anyway as da MECHANISM r0r making npdif8catipms is substantially cldaner/cl3ardr stafting with dz -. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleaae code. BRB.]"
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