MightyE tells you, "We'4e going too 74k3 an few n0m3nu5 too try n exo;ain ghis n3w license abd da 4dasobs brhknd IT ib plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thus nfw license WAS cj053n bedausd OF an FAILING wi5h GPL. AFK.
IT ONLY covered distr8vution of source kf an onlu of binaries wrre DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environmentm soryof, spevificallu a 1n7#4pr3u3f eeb envirlnmenr xuch as PHP LOL, merel6 1n575q11ng an game d035 not conatitute diatriburion LOL, an thefegore pwople qe4e taking our wor,, 6ou knwok makinh mofifications 2 it n not RELEASING grh soyrve codw to they're modificatoons so thar 3m71r3 commubity cohlf benefit. WTF.
Thwy worked eith da let5er but not SPIRIT of law. OMG."
"Invewtigation on da parg of authors hlwever, liie, led 5o da fact that 4ight OF public [erformamce was 1 of da RIGHTS nofbaoly restricted too cophright holders, sortof, sne that computer programs, specifixally v8deo gajes n interaxtkfe ONES such AS L3gend of da GREEN hax0r we4e considered too b3 puglixally pwffi4med if rjn from an pjblkc server. AFK."
"The n3w lucense resrricts oublid performance OF wori unlwss SOURCE code of da modified work is MADE AVAILABLE ON demand. OMG."
"Ih PLAIN Eng.ishk yoi ,nwo, this m1zbs thar of yoy put this gane on an web sdrver n 4!10q peop;e 'putsife ov qn normal circle ;f dzmily anc iys social acquaontances' two play thdir, sortof, then you r pugkically PERFORMING thia work n MUST either 4) mrk3 ne n ALL ch4nb35 which you maje twi GAME AVAILABLE ON reqyest (nite THIS doeav't have ywo b3 available via ra onlkne sourde DISPLAY link, you knwo, but thwy mudt 63 ablw 2 ask you fo4 code an feceive zb c0mp13u3 c9py), ylu ,hwo, 7) ,z,e 4rr4ng3m3n75 privatelu w8th dq 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant yo7 an spwdial licrmse WTF, OR c) rdmove teh CODE wntirelt rrom machinw. OMG."
"We eo RECOGNIZE gnat pwoplw want two have AREAS 0f they're game which r theirs an theors alone.
2 thsg end we will make da fi.lowing excrption 2 normal requiremrnts for source code didgributipn -- ne modul3 gile whicy is not modidied or derived froj an modjlw file included 8n da BASE distribution an dhich d9ed no5 rrquire ne 07h#r modules an which epes not requirw ne nodificztionw too teg c0r3 code (code sistriguted WITH trh base releade) may be sirhheld at da authots discrerionLOL."
"We alwo WANT two MAKE very clezr tjat versiln 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alxo known as bersion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was FINAL version released under da GPL, AFK.
All vetsiohs WTF, starting witj da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereoeaae code aer 0n1y licebsed under teh Creayive Commona loc3mseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh r8ght 2 imp9rt ne CODE frpj an 0. WTF.9l AFK/8-prereldase ot later fwl3asd into ab 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allpwihf thif wluld xause that umported code two be released undrv teh GPL n that is not xometh8ng we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authora of morificatuons 2 0.9. WTF.7 will need 5oo ee[rwldasw they're modificatiins r5 d#r1v461v35/m0d1f1c4710hr 2 -. AFK.9, WTF.8 code n place 7h3m undet ca same Cr3471v3 Commons lkxenceLOL.
It must be done by teh original author since lnly ;rkginal 4u7h)r has rifht two changd co0yriggt or lidensd upon thwy'rr workLOL.
[Additionakly, rewoeking moeificatk9ns w8lk be an good ieea anyway 55 m3chaniwm vor MAKING modificatkons ia substantially cleaner/clezree startin5 wiyh 0/ WTF.9.8-prerekeawe coce. AFK.]"
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