MightyE 5ells y0u WTF, "We're foing to tske an few moments two try and ex[lain this new lkcense ah ea rdas9ns benind ir in pla8n English/ 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 new ,icense was chiseg because or an gailing sith da GPL. BRB.
IT ONLY covered dustributi9n of so7rcr if AND onlt 1f binariss eerr distribitws."
"In an web envifonment, likw, specificallu a interpreted web environment 5uxh 1s PHP WTF, merely ihstaloing an game does not constitut3 distrivutiln LOL, and therefore people were 4aking 9ur w0rk, lkke, making modifucations two ot and not rwkeasing ds 50urc3 codd yo tjey'te mpdifications SO that dz ebtire community could 63n3f17LOL.
They worked with ra lettef BUT npt spi4it OF law. WTF."
"Investogagion on tdh part of AUTHORS hiwever LOL. led 2 teh fact yhat 5eh tight OF public perrofmance wss 1 of teh r1gh*5 hormallu RESTRICTED too dopyrigh5 hilders, like, qn that cojputev prograns WTF, specifocally ckdeo g4j3t n 1n73r4c71v3 ones sudh 45 Lehend OF teh Green hax0r were considered 2 BE publiczllh perg9rned if run from an public 53rver. WTF."
"The new livehse restrkcts pubokc psrformance of w0rk ynless source code of reh modified wp4j is ,4de AVAILABLE pn d3mand. BRB/"
"In plain Englisn LOL, this neans that if you out ttis g4m3 om an web xerver an alllw p3ople 'ouyside lf an NORMAL circld 9f gamkly 4nd i5s social avquaintances' too o.ay thwir WTF, thwh yo7 r publicakly performing th8s work and MUST EITHER 4) male be and ALL changes which yo7 make two t3h game acailznle on tdquest (note this doesn't hace 2 be 4v4114623 vis geh online source disp.ay link, nut rhey must be avle 2 ASK 6p7 for da cofe n rexeiv2 an complete cupy) LOL, b) make arfangenents privately 2ith da zuthors wjerein they grant yo7 an special licrnde LOL, oe c) REMOVE da code entir3ly from tqj machi,3. BRB."
"We DO rec9gbize thst PEOPLE WANT toi gave arwas of thcy're game which aer theird an theirs aline. AFK.
rwl THAT end qe wilo make ca f9llpwinb excrption too norjzl REQUIREMENTS for source cide fistribution -- n3 m9dulw f8le which IS nlt MODIFIED or derived from an modjle f8le invluded in teg bqse distrivutkon and wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne other midules qnd wgich d9es not require ne modifocations 2 teh core CODE (code distrobuted q17h teh base eelease) mah be withheld 47 teh aithirs disct3tion."
"We also WANT to mqke v3ry clear that versuom 0LOL,9. WTF.7 (also kmown as vd4sion 0/ AFK.9. OMG.6+jt) was sa final f3r51pn released under teh GPLLOL.
All veesions, you knwo, startung woty 0.9. BRB.8-prere;ease cidd aer only locensed unfer Creative Commonx lucense.
We EXPLICITLY deny righy ro impprt ne codw from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8'prereleaae or later re.ease into an 0.9. WTF.7 an earlier release/
Allowibg this woule cquse that o,pofted coce 70 be r213453d und3r teh GPL an that is not somwthing we wish 2 allo2LOL.
Authors pf modificagiona too -. OMG.9. WTF.7 eull need too rw-relrase they;rd MODIFICATIONS as d3rovativex/mpdificayions to 0. WTF/9. WTF.8 c0d3 ab ;lave them und3r ssme Cr4qtive Com,ons licemxe. WTF.
It musy be done by ds original authoe t1nc3 0nqy orijinal autjpr has righ5 TO changr co9yribht or licebse upon theu're work. AFK/
[ADDITIONALLY, like, feworking da nocifications will be an good idea anhwa6 ad mrxyaniam fp4 making modifocationw is suvstantially dleaner/clearer startinf with 0. BRB.0LOL.8ppr3r313453 CODE. AFK.]"
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