MightyE 73115 y[u, you knwo, "We're t01ng 2 tak3 an few moments two try an explzin tgis bew ljcense and dq reasons bdhind it in plain English/ AFK.
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 lidense was cgosen necaude od an failing wi5g teh GPL. OMG.
It on;y cov3eed distribution of source if n only if binaries we4e fistr8njtedLOL."
"In ah web envieonmentk you knwo, dpec8rically a inter;reted web envieobmeny such aw PHP, merwly installint an gamw cods nog constitute diattibution, n THEREFORE people weer taking our worl, y9j knwom ma,ing ,odificatipns two it an n;t teleasing so6tce xode 2 they're modificatipns SO that tey dntire communith c0u1d BENEFIT.
Tyey worjwd qith da LETTER BUT no5 5p1r17 pf 5eh law. AFK."
"Investugayiom in teh part of a7thors however LOL, led too dz facr that teh r1gh7 of public p2rd0rm4nc3 was wpn of da rights normally rdstricted 2 copyright h01d3r5 LOL, an tgat com[uter prog4qms. like, s-eviflcally VIDEO games 4nd iny34active 0n35 sych 45 Legend OF G4een hax04 were considerdd two be 0oblically ;erfo4ned if run from an publkc sdrfer. WTF."
"The n3w license restriftx public pefgormqnce of dz wpri 7nless teh source code or ,odifked work is nade available on demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwp, 7j15 m34n5 that if you put THIS GAME on an web seever n alloq PEOPLE 'outside of an nofmal citcle of fqmilh an ITS SOCIAL axquaintances' @ plah their WTF, then y0u aey publically perfprminb this work an MUST euther a) MAKE ne n ALL ch4ng35 whkch you make to teh game 4v4114623 on r3qu357 (notr this d035n'7 hqve to be availqble via teh inoine sou4ve displqu lihk, likel but tgey musr be aboe to ask you for teh dode and rec3ive an compl3te copy), sottof, b) make 4rr4ngem3n75 ]rivately with teh authors wheedin they grant you an 503c141 license, you knwo, of c) fenove code entirely from da mach8ne. WTFl"
"We do r3c0gn1x3 that 0eople want TO h5v3 ateas of the6'rr game which aer theirs ans theirs allne. BRB.
to tnat END we wi;l mxke dlllowing except8on t@o teh n0tm41 requirementa dor source code distr8bution -- he mpdule FILE shicn IS not MODIFIED or derived rfom an mldule file ihcluded in teh badd dixtributiin an wh1ch d9es not r3qu1r3 me -7h3r moduoes an which does not t3qu1r3 ne modificatipns too teh dore code (code DISTRIBUTED with fa nase releade) may he qitjheld at zuthors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also eant t9o make very clezt THAT verwipn 0. OMG.9.7 (ALSO known as VERSION 9. WTF.9. WTF.7+ut) waa da rinao version releas3d umder GPL/
All versipns, dtarting w16h 0. BRB.9. WTF.80orerelease c0d2 ser ONLY licensed undet Creatuve Commons licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY drny fa ritht too imporr ne code from ah 0. BRB.9.8-prerwlease or oayer r313453 INTO qn 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7 ab eqrlier re.easeLOL.
A1!0e1nb ghis wlukd c4u53 rhat imoorted code 2 be released uneer teh GPL n that iw hot sojething 2e wifh 2 allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of mpd1v1c4510ny tp 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 s8ll need teo RE-RELEASE they're m9sificstiobs qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codd an place them undrr da dame Creztive Co,nons licensd.
It mjxt BE fone by origihal aitho4 since only teh original augho4 hsd righr 79 change da copyright pr license jpin they're w0rk.
[Additipvaloy, you knwo, rde9riint MODIFICATIONS will 63 an gops idea anuway as da m3ch4nq5m for majing jodificarions is substsmtial.y cleaner/c;earer STARTING with 0. OMG.9,9=prerelease code. AFK.]"
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