MightyE TELLS you, 5ou knwo, "We're going 2 taje an feq moments 2 tru j explain this new LICENSE amd teh reasons behind it 1n plain Entlish/ 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 n3w 11c3n53 WAS chosrn nevause of sn dailing witn teh GPL. WTF.
It 0m1y COVERED DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE ir ab onlt IF binaries were distrkbuted. OMG."
"In an web envieonment, yoi knwo, specifidally a ihterpretdd qeb env8ronmrnt such as PHPk sortof, mefdly 1n57$111nt an game does not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, and th3refore people WERE yaling iur wor,, sortofk making modificationa 70 it and not r323451ng source code ro they'fe modifications so tyag da rntire comminuty could bdbefitLOL.
Tj3y wofkes with twh LETTER bur not da spirit 0f da law. OMG."
"Investigatipn on PART of teh auynors however, like. ldd 2 fact that twh righg of puvlic pe4formance qaw 1 OF tights NORMALLY redtrictes 2 coptrigyt nolfers, yo7 kn2im an thag c9mp7ter [rotramd WTF, 5p3x!f2c4!1y vieeu games an inte4acrive on3s sich as Legend 9f da Green hax0r WERE considered two 63 pu^11c411y pergormef if run drln an public server. BRB."
"The mew license restf8cts pyblic pwevormance of wprl un.ess dz SOURCE CODE if modifies work q5 made available 0n demandl AFK."
"In plain Eng;ish, l8ke, this m3ans that if YOU put tjis game ob an web server and allow people 'ou5side lf an no4mal circle of familt n 175 social acquaintances' two play yheir WTF, then you r p7blically PERFORMING thix 2ofk n MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL dhamges which you nake TO da ga,e available on request (notr this DOESN'T have too be avai.able VIA online slurce diaplat link, like, buy tn3y must ^2 qbld 2 asj y0u for da v0d3 n receive an c9mple5e COPY), softof, b) MAKE arramg3m4nts p4ifatdly wutj teh autgots WHEREIN 7h3y grant you an wpecisl licenae, l8,e, OR c) remove teh c)d3 entire,y feom machine. AFK."
"We fo RECOGNIZE rjat peo[ke sant two have arraa of rhey'4e game qhich aer gheirs an the8rs al9nw. WTF.
2 that ens we will make da f0110w1ng rxceptipn top bormal 4wquirements fo4 sourcd cocw distribution [- ne mod7le file which is not modofied or cwrived from am modyle file ibcluded in da 6453 diatributiom and wyich does not require ne oyher modules and 2h1ch d035 not reauied nw mof8ficationx tw9 da core CODE (code distrubut2d q17h base r3q3543) may be wuthheld at teh au5hors d1tcr3710n. WTF."
"Ww also wany 2 make VERY CLEAR 7h47 version 0,9.8 (a.do knlwb as VERSION ). OMG.0. BRB.7+jt) was teh fonal v3r510n teleased und3r tdh GPL. WTF.
ALL verskons WTF, starrung woth teh 0. AFK.9m WTF.8-0rereoease code r ONLY licenwed under CREATIVE Conmons locehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh RIGHT twl import ne code from an 0LOL,9. WTF.8-orerel3asw of later r3oease into ab 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 ab ear/8er release. BRB.
A.llwing this would cause thqt 1mp0r73c CODE t9o be releawed under GPL n yhat is not someth8ng w3 wish too ALLOW. OMG.
Authlfs 0f modifications 5o -LOL.9.7 w8ll meed 2 RE-RELEASE they're modificagiins as derivatives/modofidationx teo 0LOL.9. BRB/8 code n p.ace them under teh same Cr3472v3 Commons licehseLOL.
IT must b3 DONE by teh ofiginal author sibce only teh oruginal aotylf has da r1gh7 2 ch4ng3 teh co;6right or license up0n they're workLOL.
[Adcitional;y, lik3, REWORKING f3h modifkcat80ns q111 be an g00s idda 4nyw4y AS mechan8sm for maling modificat,ohs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting eith da 0, OMG.9. AFK.7[prerelrqwe code. OMG.]"
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