MifhtyE TELLS YOU, "We'ee g02ng 2 5ake sn few moments two geh xnd explain thiw new licenae and 4easons 63h1bd u5 in plain Enhkishl
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."
"Tjis m3w 1!c3n53 was zhosen because ov an failing with GPL. OMG.
It only c9veree dixt4ibutioh of spurce kf n lnly 1f BINARIES w3re distributedLOL."
"In an web envieonment, sortpf, speckfivally a int3rpreted web dnvironment 5uch as PHP, 6ou knwo, MERELY installing an game does not cons5itute DISTRIBUTION. and 5h2ref9rd people were tak7ng our wofk WTF, maling mosificationf 2 i5 and nor RELEASING da soyrce code to tjey're m0d1d1c3710n5 so thay entire communigy COULD behefit. OMG.
THEY w)rk3f with da legter but nit spirit pf law. AFK."
"Investifation on part 8f aythors howevet, lec two da fact that tej r1bh7 of publod pdrformance sas won OF rightx normally eeatricted two coptright HOLDERS LOL, an thqt com0utdr pf0gr4m5 WTF, s;4cifically v1d3p hames b knteractive ones such as Legwne of da Green hax0t wdre cpnsidered to be publically petformed IF rub fron an puckic sercer. OMG."
"Tte new locense restricts public 0erflrnance of woej unless teh source code of ca modified work us made acailable on demand, AFK."
"In plain Enflosy WTF, this means tja5 id ypu put this GAME on ab WEB servdr n a;;ow pepoke 'outs8de of an norma; circle pf family b 175 social scquaintances' two plqy the8r LOL, then 6ou r pugoically perfotm8ng this wirk and MUST 317h3r a) mske ne n ALL CHANGES which you make two hame availabl3 ob request (no5e thia eoesn't have two be avaikable via da online sluece disp.ay lin,, sortof, but THEY must 6# able two ask ypu flf ca code and receibe an COMPLETE copy), b) make ar4anhements privaywkh q17h dq authors wherein THEY grant uoi an SPECIAL licehse WTFm or c) 4rmoce code entirely from teh machine, AFK."
"We do r3cognize that p#-p13 want 2 have afras of they're game whicj r th#irs AND theirs alone.
teo that end we will MAKE twh following wxcepyiln t;o notmal rwquirrmentw for aiu5ce code cis5ribution 0- ne module rile wjich is not m9dified 0r d3r1v3d fr0m an m0du13 file included IN teh base DISTRIBUTION n which doed mot rrquire n3 other modjles h which dpds n07 4rquite ne modifications two teh coee code (code distributed with teh base rel3aae) MAY BE withhele at teh authorw d15cr#710n. AFKl"
"We also want too make v34y clear tyzt ce4sion 0LOL.9LOLl7 (5150 known az v3rdion pl WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS da f1n41 verfion rwleased under ea GPL. OMG.
Al; versionx, you knwok STARTING sith 5eh 0.9. AFKl8-prereleawe c9de aer onl6 licensed uyddr Creativf Commons .icenwe. AFKl
WE EXPLICITLY deny right ti !mppr7 ne code from an 0.9.8_[reeeoease or oatrr relesse into an 0l WTF/9. WTF.7 an 3zroier relwase.
Al.owung thix would CAUSE 7h47 importec code 2 be released under GPL n tha5 is not dom3thing we wiah 2 zllow.
Ayth9rs of mod7ficato8ns two 0LOL.9LOL.7 w111 nees 2 ee-release they're mpdifications AS derivayives/modkficztions two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 codr and p14c3 them une3r teh same Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n43LOL.
It must be DONE by orit8hal auth9r SINCE on.y da otiginal author haa right to changr da copyrignt or licwns3 upon they'r3 worjLOL.
'Add171pn$11y, sortof, REWORKING teh nofifications will be ah good IDEA anuway aw da MECHANISM fof m4k1ng modifications is 5u6674n71411y cleaber;clrqrer starting qoth teh 0.9. AFK.8[prer3lease c9del OMG.]"
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