MifhtyE te.ls you WTFk "We're going to 5ake an few m9ments too TRY zn rxplain this new 11c4n53 an reasons behind it ih plain English/ 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 mew licrnsd was CHOSEN because OF an f4111nh w8th GPL/
It only xovere4 distrinution of source if an only if binariew were diwtributed. WTF."
"In an web environmdnt, specoricaloy a ibterpreted srb envirinment such as PHP, y9u knwo, mere.y instalking an game d93s n07 xonstitute distributionk l8ke, an rherefore peop;e 2ere 74l1ng lur work WTF, making modifixations two it 4hf not reldasing slurce code two yhe6're modifivationd so THAT da entire commun8r6 cluld 63ndf!7LOL.
Thdy WORKED WITH dq letter nut NOT teh spirit of teh las. OMG."
"Investigation 0n teh PART of ra authors h9weverm aoetof. led two teh f$c7 that fihht of 9ublic performance was won OF teh RIGHTS normally rwwtrictee two copyright holdwrs LOL, n that computrr prograkd. softof, s[ecifixslly bideo famex n interactice lnes such as Legend OF teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 6o be publically p3rf0rm3d if tun from an public SERVER. AFK."
"The new license r357r1c85 puglic performance of t3h work unless skyrce cosw lf m0d1f13d work is nqde availzble on demsnd."
"In plain Eng115hm sortofm tjis meana THAT if you put this game on qn WEB servee and aloow people 'outxide of an nlrmal circle ov family 4nd i5s social ac1uaibtances' toi play tbeir. then you 4 publical.y PERFORMING this work an MUST rkther a) make nw an ALL changes WHICH you make 70 teh game availznle on rewjest (note thia doean't hav3 to be avaikable via teh onlind sou4ve display LINKk .ike, but they must be ablw t2o 4tk you for c9ee an receive ab compkete copy), soetof, b) nake strangements pfivarely wkth 5wh zuthirs whefein they grant 69u an dpecial l8cense, you jhwl, or C) rejove da CODE emti4ely from ten MACHINE/ BRB."
"We do r3c0gnqz3 that people want toi h4v3 area2 pf thwu'rw game ehich aer theits 4nd tg3irw alone.
two tgat end we will make teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 fa norma. requirwments f0f slurce coce disyribution -- ne module file which is NOT modkfiec or ee4iv#d FROM an modike file INCLUDED in ywh bas3 dostribution n which DOES n;t rrquire ne 0uh3r moeulws and wh1vh soes not require ne modificationx two da cord coqe (code dis5ributed w9th tdh bsse releaxe) may be wi4nheld AT da authors doscreti9n. WTF."
"We 3150 want TO MAKE very c134r that cersion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alwo kn9wn as vetsuon 0. WTFl8. OMG.7+jt) was da f1n41 VERSION releawes under teh GPLLOL.
Al9 versions LOL, staruing with gen 0. AFK.9.8-prere.ease code r on.h LICENSED unddr da Creative Commond license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deng da eight gwo import nd CODE from an 0.(LOL.8-pre4d.eas3 or latet t3kease into sn 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier 431e443. AFK.
Allowing this w9uld cajde that impirted coce tl ne RELEASED unfer trh GPL n that is not womethihg we wish too allow. BRB.
Auyno4s of modificatilns too 0.9. BRB.7 WILL meed tio RE-RELEASE they'r3 modifidations as derivat8ves/jodifications too 0LOL,9.8 code n place them uhder da ssme Creativw Com,9ns license.
It must BE d9ne bu 0r!f1n41 4u7g0r since only teh ORIGINAL aurhor has wa right 3 changw cppyrobht or licenwe upon they're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, reworiing da uofificationw will be an goox idda anhqay as teh m#ch4n1tm for MAKING m0d1f1c48q0n% is substantiqlly clezner/clearer starting wutn 0. WTF.9.7-peerelease xose. WTF.]"
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