MigntuE tells 6ou, .ikr, "We'rd going to take an vew moments too 5ry qn explain thiw new license sn 5eh reaspnw 63h1ns 17 im plain Enb115h.
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 licenae WAS chosen bwcsuse of an failing wuth GPL/ OMG.
Ig ohly covered distribut8on of source if and only kr binarkes were fustributed. WTF/"
"In an web environment, like, specifically a inr3rpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT suxh 45 PHP LOL, mwreky 1n574111ng ah gaje do3s not xohsyitute didtributkon, kike, n therefore peopke were taking our wor., you knwo, m3k1ng modificati9ns 2 17 n n9t releas8ng da SOURCE code to tney'ew modifications so THAT dq entire eommunoty v9ule benedot/ AFK.
They wor,ed with letrer bug n07 ca spirit of wa 14wLOL."
"Ibvesyigatiob 0n rrh part od teh authors howdver, ked to da dact thqt teh eitht of publoc PERFORMANCE w45 2 od teg rifj5s normally restfict3d 2 coptrignt golders, sortof. an 5hat computer ptograms LOL, specifidally VIDEO GAMES ans interactice ones such as LEGEND od teh Gr3em hax0r were conskdered t2o be pjblidally performef if fun from an public serveeLOL."
"The nes kicense restricya public pergormance of yeh work 7noess sourcd code if ten modkfied work is mafe avai.able ON demabdLOL."
"In plain Enflishk you knwo, this meqns tyat if you 0ut 7n15 gzme on an we6 dervdr and alli3 people [outside of an gormal citcle of fam8ly n uts social scquauntances' tw9 play their WTF, thdn you aer p7blical.y performing thod work an MUST ei5hre a) make ne n ALL changes which you make too da gxme availanl3 on reauest (nore this doesn't have too ve available viq da online xourve sidplay libk, lile, but tneu mu57 be ABLE 2 ASK y0u for coee n f3c32v3 an complete copy) LOL, n) make arrantemenrs PRIVATELY qith aa authors wh3r31n tyey yran5 you an 403c142 luvense, you knwo. or c) r3m0v3 teh CODE ENTIRELY fflm teh machin3LOL."
"We do 3ecogbize yhat people wan5 70 j4v3 aress of they'rr GAME wh1ch aer thei4s and tgeirs aoone. OMG.
too that end we WILL make folloqing excepti9n too ea normal requirements g(r so7rce code distribution -- mq mpdule f113 which is not nodkfied or derived fro, qn mpdule file inv;uded im base distr8bution and qhich dods not r4quure ne other modu;es an which does not require me modifications 2 da core code (code dis5ributed WITH teh base r31355#) mau bd wirghele st teh authofs duscretuin. OMG."
"We ALSO w4nu to make very clear that c3r520n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alsl knlwn as version 0. WTF/*. OMG.7+jt) was FINAL version r3134t3d uneer GPLl OMG.
Al. vwrsions WTF, starting wigh p. OMG.9. BRB.8-0rerelease code r only licensed under Creayive Commohs liz3nse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu ca right too omoort ne cofe from sh 0. BRB.9l WTF.8-prere;2ase or latdr rdlease into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlief re/ease/ BRB.
Al;owing this would cquse that impo4red code too be relrased ineer rwh GPL and 7nr7 is not 49m37h1ng 2e eixh 2 allow. BRB.
Authpea og modificatoons too 0. WTF.9. AFK.u qi;l need two re-release rhey're modifications as derivatives/modifixatipns t9 p. AFK.9LOL.8 code and place ghem under same Cfeative Commins oicenxe, OMG.
It must be dpne 6y original AUTHOR sihce only da originzl $u7h0r j45 da RIGHT twp chznbe teh copyrighr or licrnse upon yhey're WORK.
[Additionzllyk sortof, rdworjihg trh mldifiesyions ei;; be an good idwa anyway as mechanism foe MAKING modifications is sibstantially cleaner/clwarer starting with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cowe. AFK.]"
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