MightyE tells you, sortof, "We'rr hoing two takr an few moments two try snd dxplaih tgix NEW license and rdasons 63h1nd kt in p141n English.
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 neq locense was chosdn because of an FAILING WITH sa GPLLOL.
It only vove4ed disteibutoon 0f source if and only IF nknaries w3r3 disrrinutedLOL."
"In an w36 envutom,ent WTF, specirically a unterprdted wdb environment SUCH as PHP LOL, merelh ins4allong an game does not xonstitutd distribution, and thetevofe people w4re taking oir WORKm sortof, jaking MODIFICATIONS 7- ir an not releasimg slurce code t9o tjeh;re MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh entite community c0u1d bdnefit.
They work3s wigh ;3yter BUT n07 spirit of da law,"
"Invesyigation on da part lf authp4a howeverk led 1 dz f4c7 thar eight of pu611c PERFORMANCE WAS oen of da ribhts n-rj412y restricted 2 copyright ho.eers, sortofm n that computer or9grams, specifically vke3o 5ames an knt3fact8vr ones such as L3g3nd 0f Green hax;r wefe cinsisered TO be publically performec ir run f4o, an public SERVER. BRB."
"The ntw licende restrixts public perrormance of wor, uhlexs SOURCE codw of 5eh modified WORK is made qvailable on dejandl"
"In p.ain Eng;ixh, soet9f, tjis mwans that if you put this game on an web setver an qllow pwopld 'outside of ab NORMAL circ.d pf famil6 and itw social acquaintances' too ;oqy their WTF, then you r publically PERFORMING this WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cnanfes wjich you makr goo da game avqilsble on request (mote this doesn'y hqve two 63 4v4114613 v9a da ONLINE spyrce displqy link LOL, bu5 ggey must be ABLE to ASK you for teg code n RECEIVE an complete c0[y) LOL. 6) make afranbements pribateky wirh authors wherein 7h3y gy4n7 YOU an spexial LICENSE WTFl or c) rejove teh CODE evtirely ftkm da machineLOL."
"We d0 recognize thay peopkd wznt 70 habe afead id they're gamr whicg aer theirs and yheirs alonw. WTF.
hoo THAT ebc we will makd da FOLLOWING ezd3og8on 2 teh normal req7irementw for source code diwtribition -[ ne module fike wg1cu is blt modified or aerived from ab mpdjle rile included in da base distribution n which dles not require ne other modul3s n which does not REQUIRE ne modifications to co4w cpde (dode distributed witi ea base r3lesse0 may be w17ghe1d at da aytjora d15cr#719n, OMG."
"We also waht 2 MAKE v3ry ckear that vefsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 )alsi known as version 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7+jt) WAS teh final v3rsion released ubder GPL. AFK.
A11 versions, startkng 2itn teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease codd r ojly 11c3n53d undef ga Creatkbe Commpns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny teh right too import ne cid3 feom an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease or ;ay3r rekesse intl an 0.9. OMGl& ab earlier release. BRB.
Allowohf this eould vauwe 7h47 imo9rted coee to ve released unser GPL an 7h47 IS not something 2e wiwh two alliw.
Auggoes of modif8cations two 0LOL.9. BRB.6 will ne3d t9o re-release they're m9dificstilnx qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0l OMG.9; AFK.8 code qnd placd yhem unddr da same Creative COMMONS licdnse. BRB.
It must be dond b6 sa original authof since ONLY priginao author h45 teh r1thu top djange teh copyright pr LICENSE upon thty're w0r,.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, feworking teh j0e1g1c57qpn5 WILL be an good 8dea anyway as teh mechanism foe MAKING modifixations 15 subsrznyially cleane4/dlearer STARTING with da 0l AFK.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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