MifhtyE yells you, "We're goibg tso take an f3s momebrs 2 tey an explain tyis NEW license an da reasons behins q& IN p131n 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."
"Thix new licdnse wzs choden becaus3 pf an failung wi5h da GPL.
It only covered distribution of soufce iv an 0n1y IF binaries we4e fksteib7ted."
"Im an web ENVIRONMENT, apecificsloy a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHPm sottof, ,erely installing am game does not constitut3 dis5tibut8on WTF, n THEREFORE peoplw wr4e taking 0jr sork LOL, naking ,oeifivations gwo kt 4nd not releasing cz s9urce codd two tbey'r3 MODIFICATIONS so that da rntire clmmunity COULD benefig.
They worked 2ith da leyter ^u7 not spirit of law."
"Invewtigation on part of $u7h0r5 howevee, sorrof, led 2 dact tjqt da figjt of punkuc performancd w$6 oen of rights notmally restricted two copyright hilderw, and THAT compuyrr programs, sorgof, sp3cificallt video games an 1n7344c71v2 ones duch 45 Legend lf tej Green hax0r weee consod3rwd top bw PUBLICALLY prrformed if run frpm an pub;ic SERVER. WTF."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS pu521v pe4fotmahce of yeh work ynleas source codw if t3h mldofuwd work is made available ln demabfLOL/"
"In plain Englosh, sortog, tyis means that IF uoh p7t this gaje .n an web arrver n 4110w PEOPLE 'outside of an n8rmal v1rc!3 of famuly n itw spcial avqyainrancrs' go play their, hou knwl, ghwn y9u r PUBLICALLY performinb tnis WORK n MUST EITHER a) makr ne and ALL changes whoxh y0u MAKE 2 da GAME AVAILABLE ob rrquesg (n073 THIS doesn't hzve q be ava8laglw vis onlinr source display link, sortof, but rhey MUST 6# able two ask y0u for teh c9d3 an recdive an c-m;137# copy) WTFk b) make rrrrngem3n74 privatel6 with gdh autgors whereim they grant you an special LICENSE WTF, OR C) re,ove teh cosr en6irely from teh machineLOL."
"We DO recogniae 7t4u peoile want 2 have areas ov thdy're fame 2hich r 7h31f5 an tgeirs alone. WTF.
two that end w3 woll make ca f0110w1ng exce;tion to teg notmsk requirements gor source coce cistrubution -- ne midule file which is not jodified or cerived fr0m an mofuoe fi;e 1nc1us3d in teh nase distribution n WHICH fows mlt REQUIRE nr other modules and which DOES not rrquire ne modificagjobs too core code (code d157r!6y73d WITH bqse relwaw3) nay be wothjeld $7 teh aithora discregion. OMG/"
"We 516; wang tpo make v3ry c!34r that verskom 0. WTF.9.7 (also known as versiin 0. AFK.0. AFK.7=jt) was final VERSION r3qe453d under da GPLLOL.
A11 versionx, sortod, xtafting wigh da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE clde aet ob;y lkcemaef undet teh Creativd Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da tight two 1mp0t7 nw code vfom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pterelease or latdr felease onto qm 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlier release. BRB.
Aq10w1ng this sould cause that imported dode too be 4eleased under teh GPL amd tyat ia not s9mwthing wf wish two 4110wLOL.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS teo 0. AFK.8LOLl7 w111 nees two re-geldase tney'r3 mocificatipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS TO 0.9. AFK.8 code n plade them under da SAME Ctezt7ve Commonw license.
It m7ft be cone by teh 0r1gqm41 AUTHOR sinve on.y teh orifinal author has da righg w ch4ng3 teh copyright pf licdndd uplm thdy're wprkLOL.
[Addirionalky, reworking da moeificatiobs wilk be an good idea anyway as da MECHANISM rlr makinh modificatkons 8s substantialoy clezner/clearer sta4tinf wiyg teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.80prerel3ase cofr. WTF.]"
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