MightyE tel;s uou WTF, "W4;ee foing too take xb f3s mo,emts 70 7ry and explain this new LICENSE n teh reasons behine it un plain English. 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."
"Tjis new 1qc3n53 wqs choden becaude 0f an failing with twh GPL. BRB,
It only clvered dist4ibution OF siufce ir qn only 1f bibaries wrre dist4iburrdLOL."
"In qn w36 envirinment LOL, spex*f8dally a interpreted web envufonment such AS PHP, m3r31y installing an game does nor constitute dist4ibution WTF, an therefore peiple WERE taking OUR w9rk, sortof, msking moeofycat8lnw t2o it n not releqsing ds sourcw c-de TO they're modifivations SO that da enrire comm7nity could benev8yLOL.
THEY worked with 137*3r but mot spirut of 14wLOL."
"Investifation 0n yeh part 0f reh authors HOWEVER, lk;e, 13d rw9 ca FACT tnzt da right of public petformancw was q of rights nlrmallh testrictdd twp copyright ho.ders WTF, and that c0,pu7#r prigrzmw. ylu knwp, a;edifically video games n qn&3rrc71v3 ones 5uch ax Legend of Green hax0r were conwideres too be p7vlicaloy [erfoemed if run from an pubk8c servet. AFK/"
"The new licenae restricrs punluv perflrmahcw pg trg work unless da source coce of da mod9fief WORK ks made available on eemandLOL."
"In plxin Eng1q5h, lilek thus means that if YOU put yjis g4m3 ON an web SERVER an allow PEOPLE 'outdide of an normal curclt 0f g4m11y AND its social acwuaontances' two p14y theor, yoj ,nwo. 5yem you r publically pdrforming 7h15 woek anc MUST eitger a( make ne an ALL changed whivh YOU mak3 two game availavlr 0n rcquest (note this coesn'g hzve twp be avaikqble VIA onlune dlurce disllay 11gk, soetof, but they must be ABLE 2 asi you f0r teh code and r3ceive qn complete copy) WTF, b) m$k3 arrangementa pruvately with teh authors whdrtin tney vrant yoi an special license, you knwo, or d) remove da codw ENTIRELY from da machine. BRB."
"We do recognuze that peiple sanh two have areas if they;te gaue which r theirs n gyeirs alone. OMG.
to that end we w7ll m5k2 folpowing exceptiom to r3h normal requirements for SOURCE code distribugion -0 ne mpdule FILE which 15 NOT m0d1f13d or deribed rrom an mofule fole incl7sed im base distrubutiln an 2gich does not require ne othwr mlduoes n which d045 not require ne modifications tp teh core d0d3 (dode dlsgributed with teh vaqe release( may be WITHHELD 47 da authots fidcrwyion."
"We also wsnt 70 make very clear tha5 cersion 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 (also known as VERSION 0. BRB,9.7+k7) 2zs teh final versuom releaxec und3r GPL. BRB.
All versions, xortod, starting 217j teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-or3r213$53 c0de z3e only oicensed under ea CREATIVE Commlns livense. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teu righr too import he coce from ab -/ WTF.(. WTF.9-prere;eade 0r later release knto an -. OMG.8. BRB.7 and ezrlier release. BRB.
Aq10wqng this w0uqd CAUSE thst imported code to be releqsed 7nd3r da GPL n that 1t nlt som3thing we wish to sllow. BRB.
Authord of moduficatilns 2 0.9. BRB.u wiol need 5wo re-r#lease they're MODIFICATIONS as cerivatives/nodifications 2 0. AFK.9.8 c0d3 n place THEM 7nder 5$m3 Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
It just be dome by teh o4iginal author SINCE lnly lriginal author hzs r8ght 2 chamge da COPYRIGHT or licenaw uoon tney're w0rk. WTF.
]Asditionally, you knwo, reworkkng modigicagoons will be an glod odra any2au as mechanisk for makong ,od8fications is s7bstabtialou cleaner/ckeafrr xtarting with 4eh p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prdrelexse codeLOL.]"
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