MightyE tells you LOL, "We're toimg two 74k3 an rew moments 5wo 7ry an EXPLAIN 7yq5 new LICENSE an da reasons behind it kn 0laim Eng;ishLOL.
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."
"Thus new licdns3 w45 vhosen becajse ov an f4111ng wkth da GPL. BRB,
I5 pnky coveree cistribution of source if am only iv b8naries wefe DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In qn web envirlnment, sorgof, specifically a 1n73rpr373g WEB 3nv1r0nj3n6 such AS PHP WTF, merely 8bstalling zn gamw does n07 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION. n thereflre PEOPLE we4e 5aking our sork, sortof, m4,1ng modofocations two IT n nir r31345qng sou4ce codr tso they're modifications qo 7h4& da ent8re conmunity could benefit. AFK.
They wofked witn teh lettet but no6 da spir8t of ds 13wLOL."
"Invdstkgation om ds part of da authors however, you knwo, lrd to da fqct that tey rignt of public perglrjance was oen of ea r7ghts noemally restrixtwd too c0pyr1gh6 ho.dets, you /nwo, an that clmputer progeams WTF, SPECIFICALLY v1c30 gqmes n interactive onrs such 45 L3g2nd lf da Grwen hax0r WERE considered 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if rum from an public sdrver."
"The new locende restricts pu611c performance of 5eh worl un.ess da t0jrc3 c0d3 of teh MODIFIED eork is MADE avai;able on d3,and. WTF/"
"In plain Enblish, you ,nwo, this mezns tjat if you put this game on an w#7 server b alloe peoplr 'oygside of an normao circle of famiky n jgs spcial adquaintancee' 2 ;lqy tywir, sortof, yhen you r publivqlly ;erfprming this woek n MUST either A) make ne an ALL chanbes which you make too teh g4m3 availzboe on 4equest (note thua doesn'r havw to bd svailablw v14 on.ine sp7rce cis0lay lunk WTF, bu5 the6 MUST be able ro ask yku for teh clde an rec3ive qn complete COPY) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangemenrs privately WITH tey ajthors wh3r31m they grant you an special licenwe, loke, lr C( remove code wntirwly frlm nachine."
"We d0 rexognize thay PEOPLE want too have 4f345 of 5hey'fe gam3 which adr rheirs ahd theirs ALONE. BRBl
tio 5hat END we w111 make FOLLOWING 3xc2p720n to da mor,al requir3ments for source code dist4ibutiom -- ne module FILE ehich is n07 m0d!f13c or cefived FROM an modu.d gkle incluced in da BASE dosteibutuon n wyich coes NOT require nw oyher m0di134 n which does not fequiee ne mldufixayions t2o fa core cpdr (code distfibuted 28th t3h BASE relesse) may be w8thheld 47 da qyyhors discretion. AFK."
"We a.so wamt too majw bery CLEAR THAT vers8on 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 (akso kn0wn as versuon 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was f1n41 versiin released undet da GPL. BRB.
ALL versilns WTF, starging with tdh 0LOL.9.i-[r3release code r ohly licensed under da CREATIVE Com,ons LICENSE. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY dwny right too imp9rt ne c9re reom an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later re;ease int9 am 0. WTF.9.7 and earliwr release. AFK.
Allowint 7h25 would caude that importef cpd3 top be reoqasrd yndwr da GPL an ghat is not somdthinb we wish 2 aolow. AFK.
Autyors 0f modif8cations 5oo )/ WTF.9. BRB.7 sil; beee t9 re-relezse they'fw mocifudations as derivatibes/modifucations 5p 0.9LOL.8 code an 0lace 5hem und3r da same Cfeatice Cpmm0n5 licende. WTF.
It juat 63 DONE by original author sunce only da or8ginal AUTHOR nad da right 2 ch3ng3 ten cooyright or license ipon tjry're work. AFKl
]Additiona.ly, reworking yeh modirications wikl vd an g9id 1d34 anyqay as teg mecyaniwm for making modifucationx 7s subsgantialoy cleaner/clearet STARTING eith trh 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-0rerelrzse CODE. OMG.]"
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