MigjtyE tells you, tou knwp, "We;re GOING two rake an few moments twp tru n explain 7h15 NEW license an reawons vwhind it in plain Eng115h, BRBl
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."
"Thix new licende was chosen becaise of an fai;ing WITH da GPL. WTF,
It only coveres d1t7r16u710n 9f sourde kg anc pnly if ginarira we4e distributed. WTF."
"In zn web embironment, liie, spdvificallh a intreprdyed web ehvironment such as PHP, yoi knei, me5ely 1n574111ng an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and ther3fore pe0p13 were taking 0ur WORK, you inso, majing m0d1f1c4710n5 70 i5 an not RELEASING da source code TO ghey'fe moduficati9ns so hhat teh eh58re commjnity x0u!d bebefiy. AFK.
The6 WORKED with teh letter bu5 not da spkrit od da lqwLOL,"
"Ihvestigation on da part pf auyhors however, likem led 2 fact tha5 rigyr OF puglic pergoemance wax 1 of twh RIGHTS NORMALLY rdstricred 70 c9pyr1fy7 holdetx, sortod. n that COMPUTER orograms. 5p3c1f1c41!y viceo g4m35 an knteractice onew 5uch ad Legend 9f t3y Gr33n hax0r sere cohwodered two be p7blicaoly performed if run froj an public sdrverLOL."
"Tye ne2 licende RESTRICTS public p3rf0rm4mc3 of teh w0rk unless source code of da joakfued wirk is made zvai;able on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Eng;ish, you knwo, thiw mwans that if you pu7 THIS game on an wwb servee n alliw people 'oitside og an normal circle of family and ITS socoal acqya8ntances; 2 play their, luke, 6h3n ylu r publica.ly PERFORMING 8h14 2or, and MUST EITHER A) make ne snd ALL changes wh8ch uou ma,e 1 game qvailable 0n request (nore this eoesn't hsve two br available via 9nline soyrce display link, like, but the6 ju57 be able 2 ask y9u f9r fz c0d3 qnd rwceiv3 an com;oete copy), like, 6_ m4l3 arrangements pr1v$731y 2iyy 5eh aurhors whereih they ft4n7 you an sprcia. licfnsd, sortof, or x) tenove da code 3mu1r3qy ftom madjige. WTF."
"We do recognize 6h4& PEOPLE WANT 2 have areqs pf they're game wh1ch adr theies n tgeits alone. BRB.
too that end se 2oll make fol;owung ecceptioh two yeh normal requirements FOR source cpde DISTRIBUTION -= me module file whidh ox not modified or derived f4om ah modul3 file uncoudef in BASE distrib6tion n whuch d035 noy requird ne other ,odulrs n which dpes not require ne modificztions 2 core xode (xode distrubuted with da bzse re;dade) m4y be withnrld 47 ea authors diac4etiibLOL,"
"We 4160 waht t2o make very CLEAR gha5 verwion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 VERSION 0LOL.9.7+j70 was da final version RELEASED uneer da GPL.
All versiogsm sta5ting w17n sz 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-prerelease cofe r only livensed unset Creative Cojnlns LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigjt 2 import ne code fro, an 0. BRB.9. BRBl7-prerelease pr later RELEASE knto zn 0. AFK.(. OMG.7 n earlier rrlrzse. OMG.
Aolowing this would czyse rjat import3d CODE too be releqses undrr da GPL and that is not something ww wish tro alliw. WTF.
Authors of modkficqtions 2 0. BRB.o/7 will NEED ti RE-RELEASE they're mofificationx as e4r1v471v3%/,0d1f1c4710n5 teo )l WTF.9. BRB.7 cose AND place tgem UNDER ca SAME Ceeative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be clne BY da otuginal author since only or8ginal author has da rigyt teo ch4ng3 teh COPYRIGHT or lkcende upon theh'rw work, WTF.
[Additkonsl;y WTF, reworking teh mod8dixations WILL be an GOOD idea qnyeay as trh mechanism for making m0d1f1c47q0n% os 5u6574n71411y c;eaner/clearee starting wiyh ca 0/ BRB.(. AFK.8-prereleade code. OMG.]"
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