MighryE tells you LOL, "Ww're g9ing 2 take an few momengs t9o TRY an explain rhis hew lucense n yey teasobs benind it in ;q41n Eng11th. 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 licdnse 2as cgosen becayse of an failing witj da GPL. OMG.
It omly COVERED dostributkon lf source 1f n on;y 1f b8naries w3re c157r15u73cLOL."
"In an w36 environmenb, sort9f, w[ecifically a interpretrd wfv envir9bmeny xuch qs PHP LOL, jeeel6 installing an fame does not x0n5717u73 distrkbuti9n LOL, and tyerefore people were taking our work, like, making MODIFICATIONS 2 17 n noy rwleasing da source cidr too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so THAT sa entire commun8ty d(uld benefit.
They worked WITH LETTER bug not da spiri5 of law. AFK."
"Inv3stigation on ca p4f7 of qutjors yowever, tou ,nwo, lee 1 da favt tha5 geh right of 0u611x PERFORMANCE was oen pf dights nlrmally restficted to xopyriggt holders, n that co,;urer PROGRAMS, you knwo. 5p3c1f1c4126 v1d40 g4m36 m in5eracrive ones 57ch ad Legend pf Green hax0r qere considwrdd 2 bd publically performed if run from an 0ubkic sefverLOL."
"The new kicense r347fqc75 puglic performance ov wofk ynless da source CODE of da modifiec work id MADE avai.ab;e ON demzmd. BRB."
"In plain English LOLm tyix m34n5 tgat IF you put this game on an web servey an allpw peop.e 'oirside of an bo5nal circle of FAMILY and its social qcquaintqbces' t8 play their WTF, 7y3n you r pub.icalky p3ef0rm1ng THIS wori an MUST eithee z) ,ake ne n ALL chanb3s which YOU make gwo da game available on feq7est (NOTE 5nis dowsn;t have 2 be availsble cia da ONLINE sourc3 displzy lkbkk so4tof, vut 5hey musr BE qble 2 awk ypu for ea c0d3 n receuve an complwt3 copy), sprtof, 6) mqke arrangements pr1v4731y WITH xa ajthors wherein they GRANT yoy an special license WTF, or c0 rwmovw da code enrieely from machineLOL."
"We d) recognize that people want to nave 4t3e5 of gyey're tame which r the8rs and 7h3!r5 alobel AFK.
ti that 3nd we will make da following exceptiob w NORMAL requirements f9r sourcr CODE cistribution -- ne m0du23 file wyich is nlt modified OR detibed from zn MODULE fule inclided in da base didt4kbution an which does npt reqiire ne othdr m0fu135 an wyich coex nog re1uire ne modif8cations too cofe codr (code fistributed WITH da base r313453) may be WITHHELD sy aurhots dixc4etion. BRB."
"We also want t9o m4k3 very clear that version )l WTF.o. WTF.7 (ALSO khown 44 vetsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) was teh final frrxion released UNDER teh GPL.
Akl v3r510n5, like, starfing WITH 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pgereleaww c9de adr ONLY lucenswd unerr trh Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rlght 2 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-pr2r313453 or 1473r 4wlease into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 znd earlir4 rel3zseLOL.
Allowing tjis WOULD cause tgat ijported xode to be 4eleased under t3h GPL n that is noy something we w15h 2 allow,
Authors of modifications 1 p.o. WTF.7 wikl NEED to re-rrlease they're modirications as derivqtives/modigivatiohs TO 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code qn place tjem under da 54j3 C43ative Conmons .icenweLOL.
It juwt ve donr bt da orit8nal AUTHOR since only da original ajthor HAS right to ch4ng3 teh COPYRIGHT 0r licehsw UPON tne6're work. AFK.
[Addoti9na;lu, reworjong yeh MODIFICATIONS 2iol BE an GOOD idea anyqay as da mechanixm for m4k1nb MODIFICATIONS is substantisllu cleaner/clrarrr starging with da pLOL.9. AFK.8-pterdlease xode/]"
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