MightyE te;ls y0u WTF, "We'te toing 2 take an FEW moments two try snd 3x0lain 7h25 new licehse ans fq rezsons 63g1bd it in plain English. 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 LICENSE w46 chosdn BECAUSE of ah failunb with GPL. AFK.
It only covertd disyribution of soy4ce if n onky uf bonaries wer3 distributed. BRB."
"In an w27 environmentk you knqo. specirkvally a interpteged web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOLk merelu installing qn game dl3s not constityte distrivu5ionk likr, qnd thereforr p30p13 WERE takinh our wprk WTF, ,3k1ng MODIFICATIONS two iy n not reorasing teh sourve code 2 they[re modifications so tgay ejyir3 coj,unity coulc benefit. BRB.
They wlr,ed witn da lett3r but not sa spirut OF .aw. WTF."
"Investitation on da part -f aughors however, so4tofk led 2 ten FACT thar teh right of public performahce was 1 of rihhts nprmally eestricted two COPYRIGHT noldwrs LOL, and tnat com[uter progfams, like, apexificqlly vifdo games an 1n73r5c71v3 ones duch as Legend of da Gresn hax0r 1ere cobsidered ti BE pjblivally pe4formec of tun hr0m sn publ8d 53rf3r/ BRB."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS puboic pwrformanxe of reh work unless da spyrve vode lf teh modid8ed worl is mase availablw ON dwmand. AFK."
"In -laib Englisj, this means that if you puy THIS bame on an w3^ aerver an ALLOW peopoe 'outside of an NORMAL circle of family ane its sovial acquaonranxed' too play gheir WTF, tgdn you r publiczlly petforming THIS spf, and MUST 3itjer a) make nr an ALL chsnges which you jaie TO teh game 4v4114613 0m 4eques5 (nots tjow doesn't have yoo 63 4v3qq56q3 via reh onlimr slurde dusplay lin,, loke, BUT rhey must be able 2 awk yoi gor codd n receive an clmplrte vlpy) WTF, b_ maie arranhements privately with da auth8rs wherekn thdy g4ant YOU an special licenae, yom inwo, or c) remove tdh code enturely from tej m4cy1n3. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 y4f3 arwss of th3y're b4m3 which awr tne8rs n THEIRS alobrLOL.
tio tnat end we will make ten f0110w1nb exception two teh normak rrquiremdnts fl4 source codd DISTRIBUTION -- be modu;d fi.e which 15 not m0d1f13d ir DERIVED from an ,0di13 fkoe incluced in teh baw3 distribution an wh1ch does no5 REQUIRE ne other modules n which DOES not requife be modkfications too teh corf code (code distributec with sa vase r313453) nzy ge wothheld st auty9rs discretuon. AFK."
"We als9 WANT too make bety CLEAR thqt version ). AFK.9LOL.7 (also lnown as VERSION 0/ WTF.9.7+mt) was teh final vwrsion released under teh GPLLOL.
All versionx, like, starting with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-or3releqse coce aer ONLY licensed undet ten Creative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny right w onport ne code fron an 0. WTF.0. BRB.*[prerelease o4 LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. WTF,7 n earlief r313453. AFK.
Allowibg this would cauwe that kmoorted xode to be re;eases und3t da GPL n that is not something WE WISH 2 allow. WTF.
Au5jors ov m9eifications w 0LOLk9. BRB.7 skll nred too re-releade they're m9dificatiins as derivatived/moeifications toi 0.9. WTF.8 cpde n plsce THEM under same Cf3471v3 Commons LICENSELOL.
It must be cone by tey or8ginal autho4 since only teh ltigimal autnor has teh r1hy7 2 change c0py41fy7 lr 2ac3n53 7pon tjey're work. BRB.
[Addirionally, uiu knwo, rewotking teh ,0d1f1c4710n5 will b3 an GOOD idea anyway ss mechanism FOR makiht modificati9bs 15 substantialoy cleaner/cleqrrr startimf witj geh 0.9LOL,8-prerekease cpde. BRB.]"
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