MightyE tells uou, "We're g01ng 2 taje sn fr2 m9ments TO 7ry an explain 7y15 n2w LICENSE n teh reasond bej9nd it in plsun Entlish. 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 licensw w45 cjosen bevause of am failkbg with GPLLOL.
It ONLY coferdd distfibu5iom of 50yrc3 if 4nd only if BINARIES were disrributedk OMG."
"In an weg envkronment, sortof, specifically a intefpretee wen dhvir9njent xuch as PHP, sortof, mdrely instf;ling an gamd do3s NOT cobstitute distribhtiin, n tyerefore people s3re taking out wor,, sortofm making MODIFICATIONS 5oo it n not rwleasing source code to yhet're m)d1f1c4710n5 so that entire dommunity COULD benefit. OMG.
They workdf qith teh .etter BUT hot fs dpifit OF da 14w."
"Igvestigation on pary OF ea authors goweverj loke, led to ea fac5 tha5 figgt of pub;ic perfotmance sas 1 of RIGHTS NORMALLY rewtricted to c0pyr1gh7 hp1d2r5, oike, n that c0jpuu3r programs, yok khwo, specid8cqlly dkdeo gamrs an 8ny3ractive ones such zs Legenc of da Green hax0r wdre considreef to BE publically 03rformed if run frum an publis se4ver."
"The NEW .icense restr8ctx public p3rf0rm4nc3 of w0tk inleds sa sourxe codd )f m0d1f13d WORK IS madd qvailable on demandLOL."
"In p.q8n English, you knwo, this mrsns that ig yo7 put this gzme oh an wrb serve4 an qllow PEOPLE 'outside of an mormal citcle pf family n 8ts social acquaintabces' two play their, ylj ,nwo, then YOU qer publiczlly oerforming this w0fk and MUST 3ith3r 4) make ne and ALL changrs whicg you makw two teh game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (NOTE this doeen;t hafe too be available v8a da onlibe s;urce d15p14y link WTF, but 7h4y must be able to ask yo7 FOR tey code an 43c31v3 an COMPLETE COPY) LOL, b) makd arrangements ;rivate.6 qith ay5horx wherein THEY gramy you an special licenwe, or x) remove teh cose ENTIRELY from machine. OMG."
"We DO recognize that people want to9 HAVE areza of they[re game which 4 their2 an theirx al9ne. OMG.
to that end we qkll MAKE teh following rxception two da normal 4equiremehts FOR soyrce cofe distr8burion -- ne mofule file which is NOT modified lr derives from an jodu;e file included in gqsw distrubut8on and shich do3s b07 require ne otgdr modulwd n which dods not requure ne modificati9ns two da core CODE (code distributed with teh basq rel3sse) may be WITHHELD at da a7thoes diacrct*on. AFK."
"Ww also want to mak3 vrry ckeaf THAT version 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 (also knowm as versi8n 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) sas tej final version released UNDER GPL. OMG.
A.l versions, xtarting with da 0. WTF/9LOL.8-prefelease code aer only licensrd under C4datkve Commons license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY seny da right 2 omplrt ne code ftom an 0/ WTF.9. AFK/*-prerwlease lt lster r313453 int9 an 0. BRB.9.7 ans earlier releawe. WTF.
Allowing yhis would xa7sd rhat kmported c0c3 too be re;eased 7nder GPL and that 15 n;t sometjung w# w8sh too ALLOW. WTF.
Au7h0r5 OF m0d1fqc471-n% TO 0k WTF.9l7 WILL need to re_rrleasd tyey'te mpdifications 45 derifatives/nodifivations too 0. BRB.(LOL.8 CODE 4nd plaxe yhem undee teh xam3 Creative Commons license.
It mudt br cone by da ORIGINAL author since ONLY tdg ORIGINAL suthor has da right tlo chqnge teh copyrigh5 or lic3nse upob they'ee work. AFK.
[Adsitionally, REWORKING da modifoca5ions s111 BE an good idea znywsy aa twh mechanisj fof making ,odificatuons is substantia.ly c134n3r/c134r3t starting with teh ). OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3relesse cidel BRBl]"
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