MightyE tells y0u, xprtoh, "We'ee going t9 take an FEW momentd to 7ry zb exp.ain THIS new LICENSE qn reasons gehind ig 1n plain Englidn. BRB.
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 licebwe was cnosen 6ec4u52 0f an fai.ing with tey GPL.
It only covered disyributipn of 50urc3 if n only i4 binar8ws were distributed. AFK."
"In zn WEB envir9nment WTF, specifically a inyerpreted web ebvuronment suxh aw PHP, yoj knwok m3r31y installing an game does nor cons5ot7te DISTRIBUTION LOL, n therefore 9ei0le were takinn our work, yoi .nwo, making nodifications two it n n07 r3leasing teh d9jtce codc toi they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire community c0u1d bdhef7t. AFK.
They wprkef qith lettee gut nor teh spirit of teh 14w. AFK."
"Invedtotstion on 5ej p4r7 of teh autjors howrvef. sortof, led two da gact yhat dq right of public pervormsnce WAS won of da rithgs normally r357r1c74d to copy4ught hi;sers, dlrtof, an rhat compurw$ peograms, sortof, specifkcall6 vide9 fsmed an ihteracykve ones sucy as Legend of da Green hax0r w3re CONSIDERED to be ;ublically perfofmed if run from zn public servet."
"The new lixense eestricts public pevformanc3 of da work unleax teh soyrce code lr 5ey modified eork is made available oh demand."
"In plain English, you ,neo, this means that 1f you put this game on an seb derber snd 4110w p30p13 'outside 9f ah n8rmal circlw of family am its social acquaintancew' 2 play their WTFk then you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this WORK n MUST eigher a) MAKE he ab ALL changes 1hivh you mxj3 too game avai.avke on requdst (note tyis doesm't have 2 be availzb;d VIA geh onoine sou4ce c15p14y link LOL, bjt they nyst be abke too ask yli for geh code n RECEIVE an compiete copy), n) maje ARRANGEMENTS privatdly with teh autyors WHEREIN thwy grant you an s0ecksl 11c3m53, sortof, 0r c) REMOVE c0d3 entid3ky gron teh madhineLOL."
"We do recognize that pwipld want too have areaw pr they're game which r theits and 5heors 4q0n3/ WTF.
tio ghat enf we 2ill m4k3 teh follow8nf wxcdption 2 teh normal rrqujrements for source code distrigution 0- ne modjle d113 which is not modifoed or dwrived frim an moduke FILE included in nase DISTRIBUTION n whuch does not r3qu1r3 ne other m0du135 qbg which DOES nlt requir# ne ,0d1v!c4710n5 two teh clrw dode (code disttibutec with ds 6453 release) may be wiyhheld at teh quthors d14cr$u10n."
"We also want 2 m4k3 VERY clesr tnat cersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 *also knixm as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) wad final versuon eeleased 7nder da GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, you ,nwo, wyaetint worh 0. WTF.9.i-prere.ease codr aer only licensed UNDER 6eh Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 licensd. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY denu da right to i,0ort ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. BRB/8[[rerelease -t later release 1n70 an 0. BRB.9, BRB.7 an earlier rekeade. AFKl
A110w1nf this wou.f cause that i,pprted code 2 53 relesxee und2r GPL abd thay is not someyhung w3 wish to aokow. BRB.
Au7h0rt OF m0d1f1c371pn5 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will NEED to re-rwleaxe rjwy're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0, WTF.oLOL.8 cod3 an place the, under same Cr3472v3 COMMONS ;icende.
It mudt be done by da ORIGINAL aughor x9nce ONLY original author has dq right %o change copyright ir licdnse UPON thet're w0ekLOL.
[Ads8tuonaoly, reworking trh moeificatiobs will be am good idea antwa6 ax da mechanism for making modificatoons is SUBSTANTIALLY sleanrr/clezrer starting wkth da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0fe. WTF.]"
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