MughthE TELLS you LOL, "We'ee GOING t9o take an ve2 momebts 3 try n explaim THIS new license and dz readons behind it ij plain English.
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 n3w licenwe WAS chowen bdbause of an FAILING with teh GPL.
It only civered distribution 0f SOURCE if an 0n15 if binaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. OMG/"
"In an w36 environment, ypu knwo, specifica;ly a inteepreted seb 3nv1r0nm3n8 SUCH as PHP LOL, merelu ins5alling an game does not conxtotute diwgribu5kon LOL, n theeefore PEOPLE weee ra,ing our wot, WTF, makinh modificavions tol it n not reldasing tey souec3 dode to they're m0dwf1c4610n5 so that teh entire communitu COULD benefjt/ WTF.
They wotked with da legtee but n07 teg 5p1417 if ca law."
"Invwstigation pn pa4t of AUTHORS however LOL. led 2 ea fsct that da right OF pyblic petfotmance was won of da rights np4mqlly rwstr8cted tip copyribht jolfers, sortof, and that cpm;yter pr0g44m5 LOL, 5[3c!f2c411y video games and kntrractive ohes such as Legend of Green hax0r WERE considered twl be ;ublically perflr,3d if rum ffom an ]ublid sefver. BRB."
"The new licens# restricts oublic perfornanve of da w;rk un9ess da SOURCE code of teh nodlfied WORK is mzdr avaikable on demansLOL."
"In plakn English LOLm rhis meams 7h47 if uou put tyis game on an web server n allow people 'outskde 0f zn noema; circle of fzmily and 17t 50c24a acquauntances' two plzy thfir, you knro, then yuu aer puglically perfoeming tgis wori and MUST eiyger a) make ne an ALL changes shicj you make too game available on REQUEST (notw this doesn't have 2 BE availabld vis teh online sojtce dispiay link, yoi ,nwo, vu5 th#y must be agld 2 aak YOU f9r teh code an recr8ve ah domplete c)[y), xortof, b0 make artangdments p4ivately sitj teh auyjors wherein they grqng you an special license LOL, or c) r3m0v3 twh coce en5irrl6 FROM machineLOL."
"Ww do r3c0bn1z4 5ha5 people w4n7 2 have areas of ryey're g4m4 which aer tjeirs an tyejrs alone. BRB.
two that end we wilk make following exc3ption 70 reh normal reauirements for soutce c)c3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file whixh is nit modified OR derivdd fr0m ab m9dule fo;e included in da bzse distributi;h zbd whkch dors not r3qui4e ne other modules qj which d9es bot require ne modifications w tch clr3 c0d3 (CODE eistributrd wity tej base rdleade) may be withheld at aythora disxreto9n. AFK."
"We a.so want twp mak3 very cleat that versuon ). OMG.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as v3r5!0n 0. OMG.9l7=jt) was fknal version rwleaded UNDER teh GPL. OMG,
Alo versions, lije, starying 2itj 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleas3 CODE zer 0n1y licensed uncer CREATIVE Commons 11c3bt3. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 da right too inport ne code from an 0. WTF.9LOL/80pregelease or later release intl an 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 n ea4lier eekease. AFKl
Alluwing this s9u1d cause that imporres CODE too ne relwased inder da GPL n tnay ua NOT som3rhing we wish too alkow. BRB,
Aughors of mofificatiins top 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 ei.l need to re-release they're m0d1f1c471pn5 as derivatives/modifidarions 2 -.9. OMG/8 c)d3 an 0lace tgem UNDER sa,e Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done 6y 5eh o4iginal zuthor since ONLY oroginal author has da e8bht 2 change teh copyriggt of licenar jpon yhey're wptkLOL.
[Addotionally WTF, reworking teh modidocations wklk be an good idez anyeay as MECHANISM fir making modigicatiins is xubdtqntially CLEANER/CLEARER startimg aith da 0. BRB.9LOL/8_pterelease code. AFK.]"
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