MighgyE TELLS you, likw, "We'ee goinh teo 74k3 an ddw momehts tp te^ and explsin thid new license n da reasond behind ut ib p141m English.
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 license WAS chpsen becajae of ay failing with da GPLLOL.
IT only c0b3r3f dixtribution of source if n 0n1y 8f binsriea wwrr diatrinu5ee. BRB."
"In an web envkronmeht WTF, spexifically a inge4;reyed web environment SUCH as PHP, sortof, m3r3!u ins5zlling an GAME does not vonstiture disrributkon WTFm and therefore people were TAKING OUR wirk LOL, making mosifixqtions 2 ut and hot relezsing dz soirde code 2 they'4e MODIFICATIONS so that beh engk4e c9mm7nkty could bemefit. OMG.
They worked with teh ketter n&t not apirit 0f lawLOL."
"Investigation on pary 0f geh authors however LOL, led 2 da fact yhat right of pu611v pe4foemsnce was won of teh rights noejal;y festrocyed 4oo copyright holders, yo7 knwo, n that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, ylu knwo, s;ecifica.ly v1d30 games and 1n73t4c71b3 ohes SUCH as Legend pf da Green hax0r w3r3 considercd 1 BE PUBLICALLY perro4ned if run frpm an pubkic xerver. WTF."
"The new ;icende resrricts ;ubl8c performance of dz qorj unless twh SOURCE CODE os modigied WORK is madw AVAILABLE on demand/ WTF."
"In pla8n Engq16g, sorgof, this MEANS 7h$& !f yo7 PUT rhis game 0n an web s3rver n allow peo[le 'outside of an normal circle of family n iys social acquaon4ances' 2 play tyeor LOL, then you r pu61qc411t PERFORMING this qork and MUST EITHER a) maie ne n ALL chqnges WHICH 6ou MAKE two da ga,e svailabld on teqyest *note tj8s didcn't have to be available via da online source displah link LOL, bit they must be aboe to zsk you for teh code n receove an complete co;y), sogtofk b) MAKE 4rr4mg3m3b75 privatrly qoth da autgofs whereun they grant you an apeckal lkcense, tou kbso, or c) remove c9de entifely fr9m teh nachine. WTF/"
"We so r3cotnize that PEOPLE want goo have ardzs OF they'te g4m3 syich r thei4s h theifs a;oneLOL.
two that end we will make teh following excdption 5wo da no4mal eequurementa flr sourde CODE disgribitiln -[ ne module filr wg1ch is npt m0d1f12d or d3r1v3d froj zn mpd7le dile included un da bzse DISTRIBUTION n whueh doew not require ne OTHER m0dy135 and which dows not REQUIRE ne mod8ficqti(na too trh cofe codr (code fistribuyed witn basw release) MAY ve withyeld at da authors discr3tiom. BRB."
"W3 a.so wang 5oo make vrry clear THAT version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (alwo kn9wn aw v34sion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was ten FINAL versoon RELEASED under da GPL. WTF,
ALL verxions, s9rtor, sta45ing wity yej 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-oreedlrasd c9d3 adf only lucensed under teh Cr3471v3 Commons lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny ds tight to i,0prt ne codw from an 0l9.9-PRERELEASE pr later release 8nto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and earlier release. WTF.
Alloeing th8s WOULD CAUSE 5hat 1m;0r73d code to br released under GPL 4nd that ix not xomething we wish two allowLOL.
Authors of modificqtoobs too 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wull NEED two te_releaae they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as detivatives/modifica5ions tqo 0. WTF.9.8 code and place gh3m uhder da xame Creative Cimmond licensel WTF.
It must BE eone by da original author sknce only orkginal author has ca right TO CHANGE ca v0py41gh7 or licebse i[on they're work.
[Aedituonslly, like. reworiing modiricationd wiol be ah good icea anyway ax teh mechanism for makkng ,ldificatoons IS substantially c.eaner/clearer STARTING with teh 0LOL/9. WTF.8-pterekeasd codeLOL.]"
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