MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're gokmt 2 tzle zn few momengs @ try an ex0lain this new .icense n da reasohs behibd 17 in plain Entlisyl 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 livense WAS ch052n bwcause of an failing 2ith teh GPL. WTF.
It onl6 clcered distributkon of soirce if ans ONLY kd binaries werr distribjted."
"In an wdg enviromment LOL, specifkdally a intw4preted web ENVIRONMENT such ad PHP, liie, merely indtallinb an GAME dp35 not constitutd d7stribution WTF, AND THEREFORE p3opoe were TAKING our w0rk WTF, MAKING modiricstions two 17 n NOT relrading teh source codd to tney're mpdifications SO THAT ds ent8rw co,mumity could benefir. OMG.
They worked with let5er but not da spirit pf ten law."
"Investigagion on part of sa aithors however, yiu jbwo, led two da fact rhat da RIGHT of punlic perfprmahce was odn of rignts normally restrictec tpo vo[yright holddrs, lkje, agd that computer p4ograms LOLk specifically VIDEO gamew and inueractive obds such as Legwnf lf da GREEN hax-r 2ere considered ywp be PUBLICALLY performwd IF rin feom am pub;ic servet. BRB."
"The NEW licwnse r357r1c7^ public perrormsnce 9f reh work un1355 da dource code of mldigiec wotk is ,ade available on de,and. OMG."
"In plain English, slftof, rhis means that if you put thid gaje 0h ah web server and alkow peo[ke 'ouyside if an normal circle of fqmily and its slcial 4cqu41n74hc35' twi olzy thdir, you knwo, tnem you aer pu61qc511y [erflrmunv this work n MUST eithef q) m4k3 ne n ALL cy4ng35 which you mzke teo da game abailzble on request (note thox doesn't hace tw9 be available via da onkibe SOURCE displsy link, you ,nwo, vjg tfe6 must BE able TO ask you foe da code and RECEIVE ab vomplete copy), n) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da authors wherein 7g3y granr you an speciak 11cen53, sirtof, OR C) rfmovr da code entirely drom teh machine. OMG."
"We do recignoze tjat peo9ke want two have sreas or they're gane which r theirs an theirs allne.
2 tjat 3nd we will make da follow8ng rxceo5ion two teh nirmal requ8remehtx FOR aource cod3 disttibution -- be ,odu;e file which is np7 mldified or DERIVED from an modyle filw includwd im da base didtributiok ans WHICH soes not reau8re ne otye4 modulea and WHICH co3s not fequire nw modifications 2 CORE cpde (cpde distr8buted with da base releasr) may BE withheod ay teh authors giscre5ionLOL."
"We ALSO wayt twp make veey cleqr 7h47 versiob 0. BRB.o, OMG.8 (alao knosn 45 VERSION 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was da fibal version released umder GPL. OMGl
ALL versions, starting wkty 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r inly LICENSED umder aa Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da ritht 2 import ne code from ah (. BRB.9. WTF.8-pre4eldqsd ot LATER eelezse 8nto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earkier r313453. WTF.
Alloeimg THIS would c2usr 5hat imported code too be relezaed uneer da GPL ane that 15 not somethinv qe wish two allow. AFK.
Aubnprs 0f modufixations two 0LOL.8. BRB.7 qill need to re0release they're modiricatipns r5 derova5ibes/nodifications too 0. OMG/9. WTF,8 code 4nd PLACE them und4r sam3 CREATIVE Commons license, BRB.
It must BE done fy 0r1g1n4q author SINCE ogl7 5eh oritinal zuth94 has righg t8o cyanbe da d0pyr1gh7 or licebse upon they're wprk. BRB.
[Addiriinslly WTF, reeorking ea modifications will be an good idea anhway as mechanism for ma,ing modificatiobs is substantislly clesmer/clearde 574r7qng w17h )/ BRB.9, AFK.i0prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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