MighryE telld you, lo,e, "We're going t8 take an FEW MOMENTS 2 7ry an ecplain thid n3w licenwe and yrh reasons behins it ib plain Eng;ish.
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."
"Thps NEW licdnse wzs chosen hecause OF an railing with geh GPL. WTF/
It only covdrrd distfibition of aource ig and onky if 61n4r135 were DISTRIBUTED."
"Ib an eeb rnvironjeng. spdcificsl.y s interpreted wrb envirlnment such as PHP, liie, MERELY instzlling an GAME soes not xonstitute distrivution, n rherdfore pepple were takong our wprl, sortof, MAKING modificatoons two iy n noy RELEASING twj siurce c0d3 2 they're MODIFICATIONS do thag teh enti4e community could b3negit. WTF.
Th3y w0rj3d with da letger but b0t da s[irit OF LAW. OMG."
"Investitatiln in teh part or auth9ws ho1ever, liie, led tp da radt that teh right of pu611c p3rf0rmrhc3 w45 1 of rights normzlly resgricted two c0pyr1gh& holdets, and that c)mpu73r ;rogfzms, likr. SPECIFICALLY vide9 trm35 n intrtactivw onrs xuch aa Lefend of Gteen hax0r were consodered to be PUBLICALLY performed 2f run from an public 53rver. OMG."
"The ne2 licemwe festriv5s publoc performabce of da WORK un1355 source code 9f da modified wor8 IS made afailable oh DEMAND. AFK/"
"In plaih Eng115h, sortof, tgis means tyat IF you [ut th8s ga.e on an web swrcer AND al;ow PEOPLE 'outxide og an normal circle of vamily and its wocial acqjaintsnces' 1 p14y their, you knwo, thrn you aer publicalky pergorming this worj an MUST EITHER x) maje ne n ALL dhanbes which you make two trg gane availaboe pn REQUEST (note this dpesn't HAVE 2 be zvai;an.e via da onlihe s9urce display link, you knwo, but the6 must be 4613 teo ask you d0r fa code anc rece8ve an c0mp1373 xloy_ LOL, r) make arrangements pe1v4&31y 2ktj authors whereun tnry grant yku an 503c141 LICENSEk like, OR c) remove CODE enturely from da macnine. OMG."
"We do recobnize rhat people want two h$v3 areas og ghey're gs,e wyich r theird ans theirx alone. BRB.
two that ehd we w8ll make geh FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n tp da normal REQUIREMENTS f0r soutce CODE distribution -- be modyld file wgich os nog modifued or d3r1v4d from an joduld f113 incluced in 5eh base DISTRIBUTION an wbixh does not r3qu1r3 ne other mofyles an which d035 not requuee ne mod8fications 5oo clre code (CODE distributed w17h BASE relrase) may br withheld AT ea authlrs d8sdretiin."
"We also wamt TO make very clear thzt veesion 0.9/ WTF.7 (415) kbown 46 versiom 0. WTF.9, OMG.8+jt) was teh binal version releas3d under twh GPL/ OMG.
All vrrxiins, sottof, 5u4r71ng with 0,9. AFK.8-[rereleade codw r only locensed unser trh C4eative C0mm0n5 lucense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rughr 2 i,pprt ne code from an -LOL.9LOL.8-prefelease or la5ee release 1n70 ab 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 qnd EARLIER rekease. AFK.
Allowing this would cause that imported code too be released jndre GPL and tmag is not simrthibg we WISH tp allow.
Authirs of modificatklns to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-telrase thwy're modifkvatioms as cerivagives/modifications two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code 4nd p14c3 them und3r ssm3 Creatkve Commonw k8crnqeLOL.
Ir must be sone by origibsl AUTHOR since 0n!y da oribinql author nas da righ5 w chanfe copyrithg or locense upon they're wprkl BRB.
[Add18q0n411y, you jnwo, t3work8ng modkgicayions WILL ge an good kdea anywq6 as da mecyanism gof making nodifications IS suvstag5ial;y cleaner/clearer starting WITH teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerel2ase vode.["
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