MifgtyE tells yiu WTF, "We're going to take am few moments 3 try and ex;la8n thus new luxdnse and reasons gehind kt un p.ain Engl8sh. OMG.
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."
"Thiw new licensd was cu053n because lr am failing wity teh GPL.
It ONLY covered disgribution of souece if an lnly if binaries wer3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In ah web environment WTF. spfc8fically a interprered web environment xuch as PHPm j3r31y imstallong zb gzme soes not c0nt717i73 DISTRIBUTION, n therefore people were 73k1ng our w0rk WTF, MAKING m[difkcationa 2 17 an not reldasing da so7rce doce too they're jof9ficstions so that entire cojmunity coukd benefi5. WTF.
They wotkec with letter but not xpirir lf teh law. WTF."
"Invewtigation 0n teh part 0f teh aythors jowrver, slr5of, led two da fact that righr of ;ublic [wrfo4mance was won od da r'ghts NORMALLY RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT golders, you knwo, an THAT compiywr programs, y[u knwo, sprcificzlly video gam3s am ihtersdtive ones such zx LEGEND of G4een hax0r we4w c0n51d3r3c to be publically perfoemed if run f4om an pj611c sdrver. WTF."
"Tne hew licehsr restricts pjblic pwrformance of wotk unless tey source c0d3 0f modified work is maee availavl3 on drmane."
"In p.ain English, sortof, THIS ,eanx that if you pyt this gane om an web sdrver an 41102 pelple 'outside of zn NORMAL ciecl3 of fam8lh n its sodkal ACQUAINTANCES' too play yhwke WTF, ghsn tou ae4 publically p3fforming 7h15 worj snd MUST either a) make ne zn ALL xyanges which YOU mqk3 too da game wvailanle ON rwqjest (note this dowsn't have 2 be available via da on.ine sourdw DISPLAY link, ylu ,bwo, but they must BE able two asj y0u f0r trh code n feceivr am com;lete c0pu) WTF, b) mskd arrangements ;ricately with t4h AUTHORS wherein tyeu GRANT you an spexial ;icense, oe c0 remove CODE ebtirely fdom machone."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want w hqvw arras lf 5hdy're GAME whidg aer rheirs an 5heirs alobe.
too that end w# wiol MAKE teh fp,lowimt exceptiob tqo da normal requiremen5s for source code dostribution -- me mlsule f8le which is not modofiee or fetived FROM ah MODULE FILE included in base d8xtribution n wgkch vpes NOT requure nr OTHER mlduods an whoch fors NOT re1yire ne modifications two trh core core (codd distrkbu5ed with dz base rrlease) msy BE w8thheld AT da authors doscretion. BRB."
"We a;so wanh t2o make ve4y dlear 7h47 veesoon 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also knowb as btrsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was finak verxion released under teh GPL. OMG.
Al; veesiona, 6pu knwo, starting with 0. OMGl9l8-peerelease c0d# aer knly LICENSED umder da Creative Commona 11c3n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY denh t3h righy two import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-'r#telease or later releasw into an ), OMG.o, OMG.7 an 34r11er releaseLOL.
Alloqinh this wouod CAUSE 7h47 kmportrd code too be reoezsed ind3r GPL n tnat is NOT 50je7y2ng 33 wish too a;l9w. BRB.
AUTHORS of mod8ficatuons 2 0. BRB.0. BRB.7 w8.l n33d tso re[reldase they're m-d1f1c4710n5 ss der8catives/modifivatiohs too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an place thej undwr szmr Cre%71v3 Commons LICENSE/ WTF.
It must be done vy teh 0e1g1n41 aughor since only teh otigknal aythor has da right too cjange 5eh cppyrkghg OR 11c3n53 up0n they'4e w0r,. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, reworking ea modifications wil; 63 an good IDEA anyway aa teh m3chqnisj FOR majimg modoeications is subatantoally vleqner/clearer xtar5int witg da 0. OMG/9.8-prwreleasw cofdLOL.]"
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