M8ghtyE 73115 y0u LOL, "W3're going tol takr zn de2 momebts two tfy n explain 7h15 nww licwnse and da reasons beyind it 1n PLAIN EnbliehLOL.
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."
"Thux nwe lidense was ch053n because or zn faiking with teh GPL. AFK.
It pnly covered dosyribution of source if abd on.y IF bimaries were dist4ibured. WTF."
"In an web envirinment, sortof, s[ecudical.y a ihterprered web envirlmment such as PHP, you knw9, merely installing sn gamw does not constitute distributiln LOL, an yherefore people were TAKING our wlfk, likr, making mosifications 5o ut AND not releasing soirce CODE TO tgey're mosificat8ons so thst 3n71r3 commuhitu could benegitLOL.
They WORKED witg da ketger nut NOT ca soirit 9v teh 14e. AFK."
"Invdar8gation on 5eh part of teh 4i8h0r5 however LOL, led two da fact that da righg of PUBLIC perfirmance was oen if righys normalky restricted twp copyright HOLDERS LOL, and ghat COMPUTER PROGRAMS WTF, apeckfically bud3[ GAMES and interactive onea such AS Ldgend 9f Gteen hax0r erre considered two ge p7blicaloh performwd 1f run feom an public server."
"The new licwnse restricts public PERFORMANCE of teh work unlesx teh source code of modivied worj is mzdr afailable on c3m5ndLOL."
"Ih plain Englosh, like, this meahs 7hr7 if you put 5h8s game 9n an web aerfer and allow peo;le 'outside of an norjal c1rcq4 OF family zns its social adqiaintabcex' two play tgeir, sortog, then you aer publicaliu PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) maid nd 4nd ALL changes which you make 2 ds tame available ON 3eqyws5 (n9te this diesn't have too be availabld viq lbline sojrce display link, but tjey MUST ve able to adl you for code n receive an xojplete copy(, like, b) make afrangejenta privately woth auyhora wherein they grant y9u an xpevoa; licehse WTF, 9r C) remove teh code en5irely FROM da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize 5hat pdip.e 2ant too hafe areas of they'r4 game WHICH t 5he8rs an THEIRS a;one. BRB.
two that end WE will make da following excwpti9n tl sa normal 4rquirwmenrw for siurce CODE dist4ibution -- ne ,odule FILE which is not modiried ot derived from an m9dule f213 oncluded 1n teh base disyr8buyion and which dies not REQUIRE nd orhrr MODULES n WHICH dors not REQUIRE ne mosificatkons too da cord code (code distribured woth teh bade relezse) may be w8thhw.d ar dz ru7n0r5 discretion."
"We qlao want too m4k3 vdey clear that v3rsiin 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knisn AS vers7on 0. WTF,9. WTF.7+jf0 was teh fimsl vwr5q0n RELEASED under GPL. BRB/
All versiona LOL, sgarring witg 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8-;4erelease code f only licensed unce4 Creative C9mmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rifht to import ne c9de ftom ay 0.9, AFK.8[prereoease ov later reodase into an 0. WTF.o.7 n 3arloer release. OMG.
Alliwing rnis wou.d cqude tha5 impoe5ed code 2 ne releaswf under da GPL n that is not something we qush tou alllw.
Authors pf modkfications roo 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 re-telease theh're modifucayoons as derivatives/mlcificatiobw yoo ).9. OMG.8 eode and PLACE THEM 7nder same Crea%ivw Commons licensdLOL.
Iy musy BE done 6u ORIGINAL authir since pnly da original 4j7g0r has righy 2 change teh copyrighy or licenae upom tgey'fe w0rk. BRB.
[Asditoonal;y LOL, rdworking cq modifications w8ll bw an g9od idea anyway as da MECHANISM flr making modifications is substqntially c!34n3r/c134r3r starging w17y teg 9. WTFl9. WTF.8-prerelease xode.]"
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