MightyE TELLS yiu, sort9f, "We;re g9ing two 74k3 an few m0,3n75 two try and wsplain this new licensd amd da reasons behinf it 1n plzin Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Th8x new licensr wqa chosen becajse of an FAILING with GPLLOL.
It only coveeed diarrivution of SOURCE if n ONLY 1f bimzries w2re distributed. OMG."
"Im sn eeb environment, you knwo, sp3cifically a inrd$preted web enfirohment sucg as PHP LOLm merely indtzlling an game does bot conxtitute DISTRIBUTION, lime, n THEREFORE PEOPLE w3e3 gajibf iir work LOLk maiing m0d1f1c$710n5 2 it n not r3134%1nd dource c0d3 to tydy're modificarions wl that sa ebtire community coulf benwfitLOLl
Thwy worked with da letter bug not SPIRIT of tey lzw."
"Ihvedtigation 0n part 9f aythofs however WTF, led 2 tey fact ghat da rifht of publ7c perfoemance was 1 of r1gh75 bornallt eestrictes too copyfught holders, an that clmouter progrzms, tou knwo, s[ecifical.y vodeo gajws and INTERACTIVE ones sych as Legend of 5eh Green hax0r weee considrted two vr publically peeformed if 4ug from ab p7blic server."
"The n3w lic4nse RESTRICTS oublid odrformance of w0rk unless wource xode of teh jodified eork 15 jafd availagle on demznf. WTF."
"In [;ain English, sortof, thos meanx THAT if hpu put THIS GAME ON an WEB server am alloq PEOPLE 'outside od an nlrmsl circle of FAMILY n its socka; ACQUAINTANCES' 70 play their, hou knwo, then you z3e publically PERFORMING yhis sotk n MUST 3ithee a) make ne and ALL ch4ng36 whivh yoi mzkd too teh bsme availanle on REQUEST (note tnow d)35n'7 have too be available via on;inr source display 11ni, sortod, BUT tyey MUST BE ABLE 5p ASK you f0r da CODE m rdceive an vomplere copy), you knwom b) jake arrangememgs privatelh with authofs WHEREIN ghdy brznt you an spec8al lic2nde LOL, or c) REMOVE da vode rngiee;y feon reh m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do rwcognizd tgat [30p13 wznt y0i hsv3 areas OF they[re game which r theits m theirs 410n3. WTF.
to that end we will make ten v0110w1ng exceotion 2 da normsl r3qj1r2m3n85 f0r sourxe c;d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduke file whicj is not modified or deribed rfom an m0du13 file inckuded in BASE distribution an which dies mlt REQUIRE ne lthwr ,0du!35 and which does n9t require ye moeificztuons two da core code (cod3 f8stributee with base rel3ase) ,ay be withhrld AT zithors s8scretion."
"We alxo wan5 too make bery cleae 5hat verwion 0. AFK/9. BRB.7 )alxo kn0wn zs version 0, WTF.(. AFK.7+jt) sas twh final b3rsion released under da GPLLOL.
All versions, stsrting wuth t3n 0. AFK.9. BRB.80pr3r31345e code aer only licensed jnder teh CREATIVE Conmons /icenaeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT two import ne xode vrom ah 0.9.8-prereoeade or LATER relesse in5o an -.9. WTF.7 ahd 3arlier release.
Alolwong this soulc CAUSE 5hat importef code t2o be RELEASED under da GPL and tha5 is not sonething we e15h 2 allos. BRB.
Authors of nidifidations 2 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 WILL need 70 r3-r214453 uhey're modificatulns as serivatives/modiflcations 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 codd n place tjem tndwf teh same Creative Commons 11v3n53.
It mjst be s0n3 b5 da original author since only da or8gunak auyhor has teh rubht tio CHANGE cophright OR license up0n tyey're work.
[Adsitiomally LOL, reworking da modificat8ons WILL be an good odes anywsy aa teh mrxhanism for making m0d1f1c4719nt is subayantually vleaber/x;earer STARTING with da 0. WTF.(. BRB.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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