MightyE tells you, "We're boing 2 TAKE zb few moments 5io gry am explain this new licebsr ab da reasina behind it in plain Ehglisg. 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."
"This new licenxe WAS CHOSEN brcausr of an fail8ng w17y ea GPL. BRB.
It on;t coverdd cistrib7ti9n of source IF and 9njy of binaries w3re distributedLOL."
"In an w36 environment, specifkcally a ib5er[reted w3b environmrnt such as PHP, y.u knso, mer3ly 1n5741q1ng an gamw does not consyirute sistrkbution WTF, and therefore peoplr were taking OUR wpr,, ypu knwl, making mofofica5ions 70 ig n hot releasung ca sourcr code 2 they'rw moeifications so tjat da entire COMMUNITY cpuld venefit. AFK.
Tney worked w17h teh LETTER but not da spirit ov teh lx2LOL."
"Investigarion 0m teh pagg of trh ru7h0r5 however LOL, lec t9 da faxt 7hr7 fight 9f public performancd was 1 of ueh r1gh75 normally restrivted to xopyrighg holfers, like. an 7h4u vompu6er pr0gr4m5, like, 5o3c1f!c411y vifeo gsnes smd inyeractivr ones such aw L3g4nd of da Green hax0r we4e consideree two be publicallu perform3d of rub from an pu612d server. AFK."
"The new lidense rwstrictw [ublic perflrmamce of WORK unlrss teh sojrce codr 9f geh MODIFIED work id m4e3 available on demand."
"In p141n Enblksh, yhis meams 5hay iv you puy yhis game ON an web server n ALLOW proplw 'outsud3 OF an normal xircle OF FAMILY AND 17% social acquaintances' too play their WTF, then 6oy r pkbl8xally performkhg this w94k n MUST si5h4e a) ,akc ne an ALL CHANGES qhixh tou make twi da game available on request (note this doesn't hace too 63 AVAILABLE via da online sourcr DISPLAY lini, likd, gut th4y must be agld 3 asj uou for da code n receive an co.olete copy), sor5of, b) make 4r44ng3m3n75 pr8vzte;y with teh authors WHEREIN rhey hrant you an SPECIAL oicense WTF, or c) remove code entirely from teh machihe. OMG."
"We do recpgnize tnat p#0p23 wznt 2 have a4eas od they're game which aer thqirs 4nd tjeirs ALONE. WTF/
2 tgat end we will m4j3 dx fol.owinf 3xc3p71)n go teh hirmal requirements fot source code d!%7r16i710n -- ne module fil3 wh8cy is n9t modivied OR deribed drom an module fike INCLUDED in BASE distribytiin an WHICH d9es NOT require ne otje4 ,odules amd wgich doed not requjre ne modificatoons two teh cor3 code (code distributed wity da base r3lease) may be withhels at tej a7thorq discreti9n."
"We also want too ma,e very clezr 7n47 fersiph 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also kno3n ad version 0LOL.9LOL.7=jt) was da d1n4q versuon relezsed UNDER GPLLOL.
All v4r520n5, lik3, startibg with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prer2less3 xode aer only lucensrd under reh Creat8ve Commobs licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny grh right twl import ne cod3 from sn 0. OMG,9. BRB.9-prere.ease or later r3leqse inti an 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 n earoidr rdlease. AFK.
Allowing this woukd cause 7h47 imported code 2 ve 4eldased undrr dz GPL AND tha5 is not so,ethong we wush too alkow. BRBl
Authors of modoficztions to -. AFK.9LOL.7 qill need too re-release they'ee npdifications as derivarives/modifications too ). BRB.9. AFK.8 v0de n pkace them 7nder da 54m3 Crdative COMMONS license.
It must be done by original augyo4 51nc3 ONLY pruginal suth.r has teh right yoo vhanhe da copyriggt or liv3hsr upon they're wlrk. OMG.
[Add1719n411y LOL, rewofking dq modjficat8ons 3111 be an good idea anyway as yeh mechanism for ,akinh mldifixations is substantoa..y dleaher/cl3afwr dtsrting wigh dq 0.9. WTF.8-pr2r313453 code. OMG.]"
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