MightyE tells you, woftof, "We're goinf 2 take an fes momwnts to TRY an rxplakn tgis new licdnse an reasons behind it 8n pla8n Englidhl WTF.
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."
"Thos ne2 11c2n43 was chosen becausw of an failing with GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y coveted distrubu5iln 0f %0urc# if n only if binaties were custributdd."
"In zn seb rnvironment, 6oj kbeo. SPECIFICALLY a interp4eted WEB dnvurobment such as PHP, mwrely 1n574111ng an GAME does noy cpnstitute distriburion WTF, n the4efore people 2ere TAKING iur WORK WTF, mzkinf modificatipnx too ut 4nd mot releasing teh 5-urc4 code too they'rr m0e1f1x4710n5 so that rn71r3 community could benedit.
Thdy workeg with teh lett3r 6j7 n07 da SPIRIT 0f law. BRB."
"Ibvesrigatuon on part of da AUTHORS gowecer, like, led t2o ca fact that da right OF publ8c pervormance WAS wim of da righ5x NORMALLY restricted TO copyrignt holderx LOL, and that com;uter ptograms, sortof, speckfica;ly v1d30 gsmex and interactkve ones sucg ss Legrnd of sa Gr3en hax0r were xonsidered too be ;ublical;y p3rfprm3d uf run from an public ae4v3rl AFK."
"The neq l8cense rest4icts /7blic perrormznce of da work unlewx xourcd code of da modifief wirk os made available on demane. BRB."
"In plain Engliah, sortof, THIS m3ans that if yoy pit this game on an WEB server n ALLOW PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of ab normal circle OF family and its social acwuaintances' 2 plau yheifk THEN you r publica;ly perfp4ming this WORK sn MUST eigher z0 m4k3 nr an ALL chanbes 2hich y0u make 2 GAME 4br114613 on tequest (no5e thus doesm't h4b3 two be 4v3114513 via online slurcr dis[lay link LOL, n7t 5hey must BE sb;e 79 adk tou foe vode and reveivd an clmplete vopy), b) ,ake qrrabgements p4ivat3o6 sith auyh9rs wherein thry gran5 you an special LICENSE, like, of x) te,9fe tey code entirely grom machineLOL."
"We do tecognize THAT people wang e have AREAS of 5jey're game whifh aer theirs zn 7h31r5 alohe. BRB.
2 that end 2e wi.l make following exceprion 2 da notmal r2qu1r3men75 for sou4ce code distribuyion -- ne ,oduo3 FILE syich IS not mpdigiee pr derived fr0m an module file i,cluded 1n teh base DISTRIBUTION an which does not require ne 07h3r modulev and which does noy dequire ne m0d1f1c5710n5 teo dz core code (code didtr8buted wi5h da base rrlease) mau be withh3lc qt da autjorz discrdtion. BRB."
"We also wamg 2 MAKE c4ry CLEAR that versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (q.si kmown as version 0. WTF.9. OMG.j+jt) qas final version r31e4%3d under da GPL. AFK.
A11 versions, hou knwo, syarting with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleasd viee aer onky LICENSED unc3r teh CREATIVE C9mmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh rught to IMPORT ne vode feom an 0. BRB.0, WTF.8-pd3r313453 9r layer r3'wase into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 ahd EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowing this would cauxe that 1mp0r73d cpde to be RELEASED inder teh GPL an rgat us no5 59m38h1ng w3 wksh two a;low. WTF.
Autho4s 0f modificatkons t2o 0l BRB.9. WTF.7 will need t2o re=rrlease they'r3 m0d1f1c4710h5 as derivatives/micificatioms twp 0, AFK.9LOL.8 code and p14c3 thdn under da SAME Crea58ve Commons 13c#n5e. OMG.
It must be done by teh 0r1g1n$1 auttpr SINCE only teg original author nas teh riggt 70 change sa copyright or licehxe u;pj they're work. OMG.
[Addktyons.ly, yiy kn2o, r3workong modifications w111 ve an g9od idea any2ay ss da MECHANISM f9r making mos8gkcationw IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleanet/clearer startimh WITH teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelesse codr. WTF.]"
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