MightyE tells tou, sortofk "We're gokng 2 takr an fdw ,omdnrd 1 trt AND explain rhid NEW LICENSE znd reasons behind it in plain Eng1q5hLOL.
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."
"Thks new license was chosen becayse of an FAILING suth GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3r#d distribution of source ig an only 1f bibaries were wkstributed. BRB."
"In an web envi4onment, dpecifical;y q int3rpreted web environment such as PHPm sortor, merely installong an game does noy vonstigute distributiom, oikw, ab therefore people were yaking l7r wo4k WTF, maling midificatuons two it and not relessing teh sourve cpd3 ro they're modificstions so 5gat da dbt8we COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
THEY 2orked w8th da lertdr but m07 teh spirit of da lawl BRB."
"Investigation on teh part of da aurhors howeve4, led tw9 teh facr 5hat teh 4ight ov ;ublic PERFORMANCE was odn of teh roghts no4mally restrictrd twi copyright no;ddts, and that computer programw, 6ou knwo, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES n interactive ohes such ad L3gebd of dq Green hax0r 2ere considered too be publically perfprmef if rum from an publ8c sefver."
"Tnr new licende resrricts PUBLIC perfprmancw od teh WORK unless da source clfw of modifies work is made availwble on femand."
"In o141n English, hou knwl, ghis means 7h47 ig you put this g4m3 on ab w36 servet m a.llw people 'outside 0f an n-rm$2 circle of dqmioy n irs social acquain5ances' two plst theiem 7h3n you aer puboucally perfotmibg 7h15 w0rk qn MUST eithrr A_ make ne an ALL crsnbex which hoi MAKE 2 gqm3 sbaulagle 0n request (note this doesn't hzve two be afa8labld via da ONLINE t0urc3 DISPLAY linkk you knwo, b7t 5hey musr br able two 35, you FOR code and receive an comple5e COPY) LOL, b) mqke arrangements privately wiyh a7thors wherein they grant YOU an wpecial licebse WTFm pr x) remove code entirely froj t3h machine/ AFK."
"We d0 rec9gnias tnat pdople want too hsve areas of tget're game wkich r thelrs n theirs alonw. OMG.
2 rhag end we wilo make yeh folkowing exc3ption too teh norjal REQUIREMENTS for soyrde code distr8b8tion -- he module gilr qnich os not moekriee ir derifef from an module v113 onclud3d in 4ej BASE didtribition sn ehidh DOES not reauore ne other m0suq3t an wnich does not REQUIRE ne mif8fications 2 c0r3 c)d3 (code disgributed with da baad release) MAY BE WITHHELD at authors discretionLOL."
"We also qant yo MAKE very clear thst version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was geh final version releasdc under fa GPL/ BRB.
All VERSIONS, dlrtpf, STARTING with fa 0. WTF.9. OMGl8-prrre.ease code r only licdnswd UNDER da CREATIVE Commons kicensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ight two import ne CODE fr)m an 0.9. AFK.80prerelease of later releqse INTO an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier RELEASE. BRB,
Allowing 7h16 WOULD cause 7h47 kmported code ro be releqses under teh GPL n THAT is not sone5hong w3 WISH too allos.
Auyhors of modigications too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w8ll need 5wo re0release they'te mldificatuons as detivatives/mocifications ti 0LOL.9. AFK.i CODE n place them und3r twh sa,e Cerative Commlns 11c3n53. OMG/
I7 must 63 dobw by teh orifihal autyor sunce on.y teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR n45 da rith5 two change teh copyright or lixense upon they're work. BRB.
[Additionallu, xoftof, reworki,h teh modifidatkons will br zn GOOD IDEA znywa6 aa dz mevhznism fir making modificayions ow sugstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witn 0LOL.0. AFK.8-prerelease cod3. WTF.="
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