MiggtyE twlls you WTF, "We're going to tqie an few joments to 5ry and ex;lain th8s new license anf reasons BEHIND it in p141n Engl8ah/ 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."
"This hew license was chosen becauxd of sn failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
It only cpverec distribution 0f SOURCE if an only IF binarids were fist4ibutec/ BRB."
"In sn w35 3nv1r0n,3n7, soetof, soecifica;ly a interprrtrd 3eb ebcironm3nt sich 45 PHP, m3r31y installing zn game does npt conxtituye dkdtribution, you kmwo, AND thwreford PEOPLE wwre taking OUR work, like, mzking nodifidatiins too it n not eeleasing dq siurce code two tgey'4e modifications so thar enyire community could benefit. OMG.
THEY 2orked WITH teh LETTER 6u7 not teh spirit oe teh law."
"Incewtigatiom on [att of sa autgors however, LED TO da f4c7 6h47 teh r*ght 0g ;ublic performance was won ld rights hirnally f358r1c63d two COPYRIGHT holders WTF, n that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, specifically video gsm3s an inte4sctive in3s sucj ss Legend of geh Green jax0r wer# consisered two be piblkxally performdd IF run from an PUBLIC sdtve$. BRB."
"Tje bew license rrstricts public prtformance 0f worl unleas 50u4c3 xode of da MODIFIED wori ie j4d3 available on denandLOL."
"In poain English, ;ike, yhia MEANS that if y0u pyt 7h!4 game 9n an web server and allow pe9ple 'ourside 0f sn n0rn41 cirxle of fdmily m its slcial 4cqu41b74nc25' 2 p14y tneir, lije, then you r publicalky perfotning this wprk and MUST rither a) nake nr an ALL changes which you jake 2 twh game avai.able ln tequwst (hogd this d035n'8 HAVE tlo be available bia da online source dispoay oink WTF, b7t uh3y must BE ABLE 2 asi tou foe CODE amd receive an c0mp1273 COPY) WTF, b) make arranfemehts privatsly 2ith teh authorx wherein they grant you an special license WTFk OR c) 4d,oc3 da code enti3rlu fro, machine."
"We do recognize tnat ;eople want two h4v3 areae OF they[re game wh8ch 4 theifs and 5heirs alpn3LOL.
two that enf we sill make da gollowing exceptiln teo normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for sojrce code dist4obution -- ne module file wnich is npg modifief pr d3r1v3d from an mocyle fi.e indl7d3d in base distributkpn n shich DOES no5 fequire ne othef mleulws n shicg does not require n3 mosidications two core code (CODE distributed with base e3q3453_ ma6 be withhels at teh authors discrerionLOL."
"We slwo eant twl ,ake v34y clear that VERSION 0.9/ OMG.6 *also known as vdrsiob 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was da rinzl versiom RELEASED undee teh GPL.
Aol ve4sions, luke, start8ng with teh 0l0. OMGl90prerelease code aer on;y licensec unfrr da Cteatuve C-jm9n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritnt too import ne code frlm an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later releqsr into an 0. OMG.9.7 an earlier r3134g3LOL,
Aloo2ing thks would cause thqt IMPORTED cpde two be RELEASED under GPL an that 15 not something we wisn to allowLOL.
Auty9rs of modkficstions too 0l OMG.9LOLl7 wi.l nerd too r3-r313453 they're MODIFICATIONS qs derivatives/moditicatilns two 9. OMG.9. OMG.8 c9d3 n place tye, unser szmw Creatove Commins license, OMG.
It must te DONE by teh originqk aythor since pnly teh original author HAS da rigjt tsp cnange x0pyr1gh& or license UPON they're w0ckLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworking da m0d1g1c4710n5 will b3 ab good 1d34 anywat as da mechanism for jaking mocifocati9ns is substzhtial;y cleaner/xl3zrer STARTING with 0.9. AFK.8-prer3lease code/ BRB.]"
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