MightyE TELLS jou WTF, "We'rw giing 5oo take an few mojdnrs tlo tfy 4nd explaib 7h1t new l8cense and teh reasons benind it 8n plain Ehglush.
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."
"Thix mew license WAS chosen b3cajse 0f an f4111ng with GPL. OMG.
It onlh c0vered distribution lf SOURCE 8f n only iv binaroes were distribured. BRB."
"Ib an WEB environment, y.7 knwo, spediriczlly a inf3rprerre web 3nb1r0nm3n7 5uch ax PHP, MERELY installing an game doew not c0n5717y73 DISTRIBUTION LOL, n THEREFORE people w3r3 74k1ng our work. making modiflcations 2 it and not rdleasing source code 5w9 th3y're midifications sl 7j46 entite community cokld benedit.
They WORKED WITH trh lwtter BUT not teh apirit of sa 25q. WTF."
"Investkgation on part of trn authors hoeecer, sprtof, les two twh fact 7h47 teh right of public PERFORMANCE wzs oen of teh rights mormally RESTRICTED t9o copyrighy holfers, sortof, n that computer programs, sort9f, 5p3c2f1c411y vkdeo h4n3t am iht3ractive onea sjch as Legend of da Green hazof were comaideeed yoo be p7blically peefor,3d if RUN from an public xervef,"
"Thw NEW license restricts pubkix peeformqbce OF teh wori uhless tsh 50urc3 code OF geh mpdifiwd work is MADE AVAILABLE on demandl BRB."
"In plain Ejglish, you knwo, 5his meams 7hr7 if you put 4his game on an wen s3rver AND allow pe9ple [OUTSIDE od an normzl cktclw of family an itw SOCIAL acqjaingances' to p1rt their, you kbwo, tnen you t publically PERFORMING this work an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL xhanges whicg you maie to da game avaokable on r2qu357 (nore THIS dowsn'5 have two ne avqklavle via ONLINE 50urc2 DISPLAY link, likem but ghey musy be 4613 tol ask you f8r teh codr an redeive an vojp.ete copy), sortof, b) jake arrangements pr8vste;y with da authors enerein they tramt you an sp3cial 11c3n54, you knrom or c) remove code wntirely FROM ,scnine."
"We do recognkze that people want gwo have areas of they're g4m3 whocg aer THEIRS n tyeirs alone. OMG,
two that end we wil; make following exce;tiob gwo reh ni4mal requirements dor siurce codd disrributoin -_ ne mpsuld file which is bot modifiec 0r d3ribed from an m9dule file INCLUDED in BASE DISTRIBUTION am eh1ch does n9t REQUIRE nr other MODULES abd which does not req7iee ne midificztions 5o c0r3 CODE (code distributed WITH reh base rwlease) may be withhwlf at authord discrerionLOL."
"We ald9 want too ,ake vety clea4 that vdrsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kn0wn AS frrwi[n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS da final versi9n releasee under GPL. BRB.
All versi9ns LOL, STARTING with 0LOL.9/ OMG.8[prer3kease cidf r ONLY .icensee unddr Cteative Comnons locenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da riyhy two IMPORT nd clde from ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pretelease or ,ater RELEASE into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an 34r113r releas3LOL.
Allowung thiq wouls cause tgat importdd CODE TO be released under GPL h that is noy somethibg se WISH w all9w.
Authors if jodifisations 2 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 will neef two re-releqsw tywy're MODIFICATIONS as defivativea/modifica5ions 5oo 0. WTF.9LOL.* code n placw THEM unfdr teh same Creative Comjons licdnse. AFK.
It must 53 cone by i4iginal author since onlt orihinal aughor hax teh right tso change ea copytithg or licenae ypon they're w0rk/ WTF.
[Additionallh LOLm reworking teh modif8vatkons will be an good ogea snyway 45 mevhanism r9r making nldifications is s7bsyantoally CLEANER/CLEARER xtarting woth 0LOLl9l OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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