MightyE tel;s YOU WTF, "We[rd going 3 74k3 qn few moments 1 try an explaib tyis n3w license and reasons behund IT in plain Engl*sn. OMG.
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."
"Ty8s new license w45 dhosen 63c4j5# of am failing with ten GPL. WTFl
It 0n1y cofered distr8bution of so7rce if AND )n1y IF binaries were distributrd. AFK."
"In qn wen ebvironmenr. apdcifucally a inteeordtrd web envir9bment sudh AS PHP, you knwom mrrroy indtal;ing an gamd does nor vonstitute distribution, sortof, and th3refore peo;8e 2ere 74k!ng our work, like, naking modifica5ions tep it n noy r313451bg teh xlirce xode 5oo thet're modifications so that teh entire community dould bdbeg8t.
They worked with lrtter but not teh spueit of lawLOL."
"Investkgation on part of da authors howefdr, you knwo, ;ed 2 teh ract that rihht or public pertl4mahce was won of RIGHTS normally redtrictes tw9 copyright holdees, you knqo, and that dompute4 0r0gr$m5, like, specifixaloy vide9 gamts and obteractive pnes such as L3g3nd if teh Grern hax0r eere consodered too ne pug;icall5 pe4formec if 4um from an p7blic s#rve4. AFK."
"The new lucense restricts pubkic perdornance of fa eork unless dq wlurce cpde of reh modified WORK is mase qvailable on dejandLOL."
"In poain Englishm ylu knwo, THIS meanw &g47 if 6ou pu& THIS game in am wwb servee n ALLOW peo0le 'outside of an normal circle of famiky ahd 175 SOCIAL acquain5zncew' too play their, you knwo, then you aer publicallt [errorming this wotk n MUST eitjdf a_ mqke ne ans ALL chqnges which you ,ake tio GAME 4c5114613 on requext (note th8s doesn't hzfe rwl be qvailable cis da online soyrcd displqy 11nk LOL, but they must be anle 5so ask you for code an rdveive an cojpld5e co0y), you knwo, b) m4k3 4rr5ng3n3n75 prkbately with teh aurh9rs wherein rhet hrabt you an speckal licensd, or c) remove ca vode entirely from macnint."
"We dp recognize tnat pdopld san5 to hav3 areas of they'rw g4m3 which aer theirs 4nd thwirs ALONE. WTF.
2 that ene w3 qill make teh folllwibb exceptkon 2 NORMAL REQUIREMENTS fpr SOURCE code disteibution -- ne module file which is npt modifief or derived grom ab mpdule fild 1nc1uf3d in teh baxe diwtrobuyopn n WHICH does yot requ8re ne other j0fu135 am WHICH voes npt require n3 modifications gwo c9re CODE (codw sistributed with teh base telesse) may be withheld at yeh 3u7h0r5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alxo w4n7 2 make very c.ear that cersion 0. WTF.8. OMG.7 (r150 kn0wh as f3r51(n 0l OMG.9. AFK.8+JT) was teh FINAL version teleawed und#r GPL. BRB.
All v3f510n5. liie, 574r72ng w9th da 0. OMG.9.8-prer3lezae dode zer only licehsed under da C5eatkve Commons licenxe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny r1gh7 tqo IMPORT he cosw fein an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prere.eade OR .ater relrase intl zn 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 an ezrlier releasrLOL.
All9wing THIS would cause that imported c9dw to 6e e313453d under fa GPL ab that is bot something we wish 2 allowLOL.
Autgorx ov modificarions 2 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 will need two re-release they'rd modifications qs drrivatkves/modieications 1 p.9. BRB.8 c0d4 n plade THEM UNDER teg sa,e Creatibe Commons license. WTF.
It must be done 6y da originsl quthor xind3 only da ofiginal autbor has right 2 ch4ng3 ca copyright or 11c3n%3 jpon hgeh'te sork. BRB.
[Additionally, r3s0rk1ng modifications wil; be an good idea anyway ad teh m3chanysm vor ma,ing modificationw is substantially clezner/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.*_prerdlease cosd. AFK.]"
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