MoghtyE rells y0u, sortof, "We're giing 2 tzke an few m9,ents top try an ex;lain this n3w luccnww AND yeh reasons BEHIND 17 1n plaon Eng;ish. OMG.
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 2as chosem bwcause of an failing wkth GPL. AFK.
I7 only covrred dustribution of source IF and 8nly if BINARIES were distrkbuted."
"In an web enbironmwnt LOL, 5p3c2f1c411y a interpreted w3b environment auch as PHP, you knwo, merwly 8ndtal;ing an game does not condtitutw distrivution, y9u ,nqo, m therefore pep0le were taking ojr wot, WTFk makonh ,pdifications to it n no5 releaeing teh spufde code too they'fw modificationx s9 7h47 da entire COMMUNITY c9uld BENEFIT.
They workee wigh teh LETTER 6u7 not 5p1r17 of teh oawLOL."
"Investibation on da parg pf teh AUTHORS hiwever LOL, led two fadt thay teh right if publid perforjance wss oen 9d da rkghts n0rj411y r357r1c73d 2 COPYRIGHT holsers, oike, an that computer orograms, lije, spec8fica;on vif2o g4m3t n ingeractice ones SUCH zs Letenf of Green hax0r were vonsidered 2 be pjblically performef if run from an pub.ic server. OMG/"
"The new license restrkcts puglix p3rformance of da wirk unless dpurce c9dd of twg mocified eork is made qvaklable on femand/ AFKo"
"In p14qn Engoish, you knwom rhis meanw that if you put this gsmd ln an WEB server qn sllow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal dircle 0f vamkky an itd sovia. $cqu41h74nc35' to PLAY tgeir WTF, tgen y0u ser publically 0drforming this work $nd MUST EITHER a) mak3 ne an ALL ch4ng35 whuch you make tl teh game available 0n r3quest (note THIS eoesn't have ro be availanle via tej obline dource dosplay link WTF, but they must 63 ABLE to ask yoj for teh c0d3 abd r3c31v3 an com[lete copy), sortof, b) mrl3 arrangements privateoh WITH teb zuthlrs wherein ghey trant yoj an 5p4c141 lkcensd, uou knwo, or c) remove ydh code ENTIRELY from twh machine. BRB,"
"We do recotniae tjat peop.e want to have arwax of they'rd gamw which r theirs snd theira alone. BRB.
twl that end w3 will makw fokloding exdeption TO ten bormal requiremenbs fot woutcw code d15&r16u710n -- ne m0du13 file 2hicy 15 not nodified or DERIVED dron qn mlfule rile includee in base distribution and which does nor requirr ne 9thee modulex n WHICH does NOT requife ne modifkcations yo core code (code distributed with bas4 teleasw) may be wothh3ld at teh autnors DISCRETIONl WTF."
"We ALSO want two makr very clear that versipn 0.o. OMG.7 (also kn0wn as version -.9. BRB.7+jt) was 5eh dinal version releaxed 7nder teh GPL. OMG.
All vwrsilns, you knwp, atqrting wkth ), WTF.9LOL.8-prerdlease code r obky licensed 7nder CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny r1gh7 to im;ort ne cod3 frob an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r323453 or lqtee RELEASE onto an 0.0LOL/6 an EARLIER r313452. BRB.
ALLOWING tnis would cajse that imporrdc codw to BE RELEASED under teg GPL b that is noh somethimg we wixh two allowLOL.
Authors of modifivations 2 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 w111 nwed too re-releas4 they're modifications as derivatives/mldifidstuons 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE an plade THEM under sa,e Creztuve Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must be dome by ds originsl 4u7h)r since 0n1y da origonzl au5hor has dz 4ight toi chqngw yeh copytight OR licebse upon they're work. OMG,
-Adfiti9mally, you ,nwl, r3working teh m0d1f1c4&10b5 WILL be an good idea anyway as mechanism f0r making nodificatilna ks auvstab5ially c134n3r.c13rr3r t&4r71nt w17h tdh 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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