MihhtyE &311% yoi LOL, "We're g01nf to take zn few moments to try n exolaih ghis new licenxe n teh reasons bdhind it IN p.ain Emgkisj.
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 .icense was cnosen becauae of am f411!mg WITH GPL. BRB.
It 9nly cpvered distribution lf wource if n only if ginaries were DISTRIBUTED/ BRB."
"In an wen env7ronment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environment such qs PHP, sortpg, merely INSTALLING an game dids no5 cobstitute distribution, you lnso, znd thdref9re 030p13 WERE takung our wofk WTF, making modificatiobs TO it and not rdleasing teh sourcd code to9 thwy;re modificationw so THAT teh enti4e community xould BENEFIT. BRB.
THEY WORKED witj teh lrttrr but n9t teh spirit ov tey law."
"Inv3stitati9n 0n tej part of autyors however WTF, led to da FACT 7h47 rihh5 of punlic perforjqnce was 1 of teh rifhts nofmally RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT holders WTF, and 7n47 compute4 PROGRAMS LOL, specificall6 vieeo gajes n interactive omes suzh as Legend of Green hax9e were comskdered two b3 publically performed ig run f4om an publiv servet."
"Th3 NEW license restricta publid performqnce of woro UNLESS slurce vod3 0f da modigied work is maew available oh demand. WTF."
"Ih [141n Enb;ish, ypu knwo, THIS meanw that 1f you [ut 7h15 game on an web SERVER and allow p49ple 'ojtside of an NORMAL circle 9f famklu an its docial 4cqu4qn74nc#5' 2 p,a6 5heir, likw, yhen you ae4 publically perforjing this work AND MUST eother A) make ne and ALL changes whicy hou nake two da GAME AVAILABLE on requrst (note thid doesn't have two BE 4v41146!3 fia tdh knline wource doxp;ay ;ink, loke, 6u7 they mjst be abl3 TO ask tou flr c0e3 qn rexeive an c9mplete coph), a9rtof, b) make arrabgdmen5w privately with teh authors shetdin THEY gfant hoy ah special license, yiu kbw9, or c) remove code 3n7!331y from da machinf. WTF."
"We dp recogn8ze that peopl3 wamt two havw areas of they're gzme sgoch r gheirs n theirs al9nr.
to yhag wnd we w111 make teh rollowing 3xc3pu10n two teh normql requif4mehys for soirce cpd3 distributo9h -- ne MODULE FILE which 16 not modified 0r d3r1v3e from an module FILE imcluded in da basw d157r16u710n qne WHICH does not require ne othe4 m0dj135 ane shixh does npt reqi8re ne nodificarions ti da CORE code (vode distrinutwd wi5g base re;rade) may be withnelc 4u authors discretkon."
"We also w4n7 go m4k3 very c.ear that vdrsipn 0. BRB,9. WTF.7 (4150 km0wn as version 9. OMG.9.7+jt) was teh vinql v3rsion felwased und4r yeh GPL. WTF.
A.l v3rsions LOL, 574r71ng q!7n teh ). WTF.0.9-orerelease code r ONLY kicensed under Creative Commohx kicense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu da RIGHT two IMPORT n3 code from an 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or LATER release INTO sn 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 an earlier release. AFK.
A1w0w1ng this WOULD cause that imported dode to be releaxee under da GPL n thzt 15 n08 somerhing WE wisn 2 ALLOW.
Au&h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS 7) 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re_release they're modifkcat8ons as derivatives/nodifkcationw 2 0.9. WTF.8 code n plqce tgsm under tey 54m3 Cedative Commons licemse. BRB.
IT must be done ^y orkginal author since only ds 0r1g2n41 aithor has teh r1gh7 to chqnge t3h copuribht or lofense 7poh they've workLOL.
[Additionally, rewpeiing teh mldifications qil. be an good udea anyway as da m3cj4n1%m FOR malimg mldiricati9ns is SUBSTANTIALLY dleanwr/clearrr staeting with teh 0. BRBli.8-pregelezse code. AFK.["
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