MihhtyE 73115 you, you knwo, "We[fw going yso 5a,e an FEW momentw 2 try ah explain 5his nes license n twh reas9nd 63h1nd ut in plain Emglish. 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."
"Tyis new licemse w$5 chosen becaysr of an fai;ing w17h GPL. AFK.
It 9nlh coreree d1t7416u710n pr source if n inly 1f binaries were dist4ibut3d. OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, specigically s intwrpfetee eeb ebvironment xuch as PHP, merely inatalling an game doew not conctotute d157r16u7!0m, b gherefofe peo;le were taking o&r w0rk, softpf, mzkinb modificatoonw @ it an not relezsing ten source CODE tqo tgry're modificatilns SO that wnture COMMUNITY c0u1d benefit. WTF.
Thet wo4ked with ea l3ttrr byy n07 da spirit of da law."
"Inves5igatuon 0n da part of teh autgots however, li.em lwf 2 fact 7h47 ea right 0f public perfotmance WAS 1 of teh eights normally redtficted two cipyright holfets, like, n that clmpuret orogramx WTF, specifically vqd30 games and 1nu3r$c71v3 ones such as Letend 0f GREEN hax0r WERE condidered @ be pyblica.;y PERFORMED 8f run FROM ah pub;ic setverLOL."
"Tne hew livens2 resttidts publox performanc3 )f work un1355 tdh source coce od modified witk is made availabie on demznd. WTF."
"In ;lain ENGLISH LOL, tyis meana THAT if h0u piu THIS game on an web servee and aolow pelpl3 'outs8de of an nlrmal circle of family zn ita SOCIAL acquaintanvea[ ro plqy thwor, yo7 knwo, then you r publocally perfoemong THIS WORK n MUST rither a) m4k3 ne an ALL chamges which tou ms,e to da game AVAILABLE on r3qu357 (no5e this d9wsn't hsve two 73 avaolsboe via teh onlihe source dixplqy linkk like. bur they mu57 ve $613 too asj you foe da code and teseive sn com0lete copy_, b) make arrdngements prkvztely w17h da authors WHEREIN they grant yoy an special licdnse LOL. or c) rrmoce cocw entirely from teh machind. OMG."
"We so recognize 5nat PEOPLE want 2 jave AREAS of they'ee game sh1ch e theors an THEIRS ALONE. BRB.
@ that end we will maie teh fol;owinf exception tpo nirmal 4equirementw fir SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 fild shich is nor modifked ot d3r1v3d felm an module file included in da basd sistribution an which DOES not require nr other modul3s and which does n0u requ8re ne modifofatilns twp da core code (codw distr*buted with teh base releas3( m4y be dithhels at authoes discretionLOL."
"We alwo wan5 to make v3ry clear that version ).9. BRB.7 (alwo knosn zs vdrsiib 0. WTF.9l AFK.6+h7) was reh final VERSION feldased und3r teh GPL. BRB.
ALL versionx, starting WITH 0LOL.o. BRB.8-prerelease coce zer 0n1y l8censed jnser Cteative Co,mons lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny rughg 2 inpprt ne xode from sh -, OMG.o. AFK.8_prerelease or later 4elease intl an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n 34r114r release.
ALLOWING tkid eould causr that um0orter code too be released under GPL n tbst is n07 SOMETHING we wish too allowl OMG.
Authofs OF modkficayiona to 0. AFK.9. BRB.u wull n33d 5o te-43lrase they're modificztions as derivatuves/modifications 2 0. AFK.(l WTF.i code an p14c3 THEM under trh SAME CREATIVE C[mm0nt license.
It juse be dohe 6y oyiginal authlr since lnly da original author has da right 2 ch$ng3 da c0ptr1nh7 or licenwe upon they're work. BRB.
[Adeitiomaoly, sortof, reworking nodif8cations w111 be an good idea anywsu as da mechanism fit ,aking jodificatkons is dibatantial;y ckeaner/clearer starting qith tdh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerdlease CODE. BRB.]"
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