M8ghtyE tells tou, oike, "We're g9ing 2 take qn dew momemts 2 tr6 n explain this n3w LICENSE qn 5eh r33tpn5 behind it in plain Eng115h.
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 kicense w45 chosen becauae pf an failibf woth GPL. WTF.
It only c9vered distribution OF s9urde IF and 0n!y 1f 61n4fq35 WERE distributcdLOL."
"In qn web ENVIRONMENT, like, 5p3c1f1x311y a interpreted web envi4onmen5 such as PHP, merely insyal;ing an game does n07 constitjte DISTRIBUTION WTF, an THEREFORE p3ople WERE TAKING 0ut qork LOL, making nodificatiins 2 it an bot rdleasing sourcd codd too they'4f moeificatilns so tgat dq ENTIRE xommihkty could benefitLOL.
They wlrked with ds letter bit NOT da spirit OF teh lqw. AFK."
"Ihvestigarion on part of teh authlrs ypweber, ;ike. lwd too favt thar gwg right of ouglic ;efvormance wzs 1 of teh figjts notmally redtricted two x)pyr1bh7 holcers, wortof, n that COMPUTER peograms, specifically vudeo gamex an int#ract8ve 0n35 sucy as Lwgend 0f da Green yax0r were consideeed two be publically performed ig run from an publoc servwr. OMG."
"Tne new .icensw restricta public prrfprmsnce OF dz wori unless teh source code of teh m9divoed w0rk is madd avaulqble 0n demand."
"In ;;ain English, you knwo, tjis means 5hat if you put thid game on an web SERVER an a;llw pepple 'OUTSIDE of an nirmal circle of f4mq1y sn its social avwuaintabces' fo play their, you knep, THEN you aer pjblically oerforming thia wo4k n MUST wiyh3r a) maje ne an ALL cyang4s wh1dh 6ou make 70 teh ga,e availab;e on eequwst (NOTE this doesn[y yave 2 be avaikqvle viz da ONLINE SOURCE display link, liid, but th3y mudt be able two ask YOU for cpd3 and f3c31v2 an complete copg)m tou knqo, b) male ARRANGEMENTS probatdly with teg AUTHORS wherein they grant you an special .icense WTF, or c) r3m0v3 CODE 3nrirely vrom da madnine. AFK."
"We dl recognizd that peopld want too have areas of thdy're gam# which r THEIRS n gheirx alone.
2 that ens ew w111 MAKE dq following exveptipn go da normal requiremdnts for sourve cldd distribution _- ne moduld rile which is not mocified or DERIVED frim an module f!13 oncluded in basd d15&r16y710n and which d03% NOT REQUIRE ne o5her modylew and wjicj coes NOT require ne modibicatiins two tey cire code (codr d15&e16u73e with base releas3) may be w17hh31a ay da authors discretipn. WTF."
"We also w4n7 tl make very cldar that v3r510n 0LOL.9. OMG,7 (a;so known as vercion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+JT) qas teg d*nal versi9n releasdd jnd3r da GPL. AFKl
All f3rsions, like, syarting with 0. OMG.9.7-prerelease cocd aer ohly licended under geh Creative Commonz license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cemy rignt 2 impor5 ne clde FROM an 0. OMG/9.8=prwreleaae lr layer release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 and earlier re.ease.
Aklowing this would cause that kjported coce w be releasee under GPL n tfat is npt sojething we wish tqo alpowj WTF.
Au7h-r5 of mocif8catoobs two 9. OMG.9, WTF/7 wiol nddd too re-releade they're MODIFICATIONS as derkvatives/mifificationx to -.9. WTF.8 code an place THEM under trh same Creative COMMONS LICENSELOL.
Ir must be done by teh ORIGINAL suthor dince only 9riginal author HAS trh ritgt two change copyright or lic2bsr upon they're eork. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking modidicayipns will 62 an good IDEA ANYWAY as teh mechanism f0r making modkfivati9ns iq subsrantial'y cleaner/clearer startinb wiyh da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8[pesrelease codeLOL.]"
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