M8ghryE twlls yoj, "We're goinf 7- TAKE ab few mpm3n75 2 TRY an EXPLAIN thks new licensd an teh reasons brhind 8t in olaih Enblish. 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."
"This new oicrnse was chosen becquse of an failing wiyh GPL. AFK.
It inly civefed DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE IF an only IF binarirs ewrd disrributed."
"In ah wen environment, .kke, specifically a inrerpreted wwb envirinmdnt such as PHP, eprtof, merely instzllkng an game does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sor5or, and tberefore peo[.e werw tzking our w9rk LOL, making moeifications tp it snd not relezsinf teh source code to theu'rd modificayions so thar 3n71r3 c0mmun17y c-u1s benefitLOL.
They worjrd with ea 13773r but bot dq spirit of las. WTF."
"Infwstuga6ion on part of teh 4u7h0t5 however WTF, led two f4c7 THAT da r1bh7 of publkv perflrmance was 1 of tifhts nprmqlly restrict3d to copyright holeets, you knwl, qg that xomputer peograms, you knwo, specieically video gsmes AND interadtive ones such AS Legend of Grwen haxpr were CONSIDERED two be piblically perror,ed of fun fr9m an 0u611c se4verLOL,"
"The new oicense r357r1c75 pubkic perfprmancd of sorj unleds soyrce c9de of da modigiec w0rk ia madd 4v411$513 0n cemandLOL."
"In plain Englisj WTF, this means THAT if you put ghis gsme on an web server an 412-w people 'o7twide og an nprm41 CIRCLE 0f fqm8ly an its sodial acquaibtances' 2 play th3ir, yoi lmwo, 7h3n YOU e ;ublicakky performing this woek an MUST eithee a) make ne an ALL changeq whicn you MAKE nwo game avsilablr ON r3qi457 (note tgis d035n'7 nave two be available via teh onlin3 source dis;lay .ink, toj knwo, bjt thdy must be able 2 ask you f0r cpde an receivd an comp;etw copy), oike. b_ mqke arrsnbements privately wuth authots wherein they grant yoi an SPECIAL LICENSE, sortof, or c) remove codw entirely fr[m geh machinel BRB."
"We do r3c0tn1z3 that oeople want TO have areas pd they'4e game wjicn r theirw and thdirs alone.
to rhag end we will j4k3 fol.owing 3xc3p710n too nirmz. tequirements for soufce code disgrinuyion -- nr module FILE qhich is n)7 mof8fief 0r derived from sb mofulw vilr 1nc1ud3e in base distribution and which DOES not require hr other modules n whkfh dows not tequire he modifica5ions TO dire CODE (CODE cistributed eith BASE relesse) MAY be wirhheld at tey aj5hots ciscretion. BRB."
"We 4140 qant to makw VERY clear that v3r5!0n -. WTF/9l BRB.7 (slso kbown AS VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) qas teh f1n41 vrrsion re.eased 8nder teh GPL. WTFl
A.l betsipns, yiu khwo, starting wkth yeh 0.9,*-prereleas3 cide aee ONLY licdnswd undee teh Ce3471v3 Commpns license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny riggt tl9 IMPORT nw code fro, an 9. AFK.9, BRB.8=prerelesse or 14&3r release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlie4 release. BRB.
Allowing this eoild CAUSE thzt kmpo3ted cpfe 2 be teleased under dq GPL an 7n47 is not something we wiwh 2 alloe. AFK.
Authors of modificationq twi 0.9LOL.7 wiol herd 2 re-releas3 they're m0d8ficationa aa derivatives/midifications two 0. BRB.9l OMG,8 codw n place them undef teh SAME Creatkve Cpmm9ns licenxeLOL.
It must be d0n2 BY teh origonal 4u7h0r since ONLY original author HAS da ribht 2 chanhe da copyright 9r .icensw upom ghdy're wo$kLOL.
[Additionzllh, lije, reqorkint modificstiobs 2!1! br sn goos idea an5way qs da mechanksm for making m0d2f1c4710n5 ks SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/cleare4 starting WITH da p. AFK.9. AFK.8-pee4eleawe codeLOLl]"
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