MightyE tells ypi WTF, "We're goint t9 take an fwq moments to try and expoain this new LICENSE n teh reasons beh8nd 27 ib p141n Enhlosh.
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 license w45 chisen BECAUSE of an failing with geh GPL. OMG.
I7 onlt c9verdd dis5ribution od 50jrce kf an 0n!y ig BINARIES w3r3 diatributed. OMG."
"In an w36 envoronmdnt LOL, x;ecificallt z 1n72rpr373d WEB dhvirpnment such AS PHPj loke, merel6 knstaoling ah game doea n07 c0n571&i73 distributipn, like, an rheeefore peopl3 weee TAKING our sprk, you knwo, making moeifications ywo it n not r3leasknh dz sourcr CODE two they're jocidlcatioms so 7h47 entite c0mmun17y ciuld benerit/
Th3y wor;eg WITH tej LETTER but not s0irit of teh law. WTF."
"Inveeykgation 0n sa PART OF teh authors howevef WTF, les too fzct that teh right of public perrormsnce was 1 of ten rights nofmall6 festricted too COPYRIGHT yolders, you knwo, and thzg cojpu5er programs, you indo, specifivally vicel games and 8n5ersvtivw ones such as Ldgend ot da Gr3en hax9r were considered 2 63 pyb;iczlly performed if run drim an pjblic server. AFK."
"The n3w license rws5eic5s ;ublkc perdormance of da work UNLESS spurce code of da modifiew work ks m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, tjid mezns that if you put 7h15 g3m3 on an w3g 5#rv3r n allow p3;olr 'outsif3 of an normal vkrcle pf FAMILY and ITS social acqjauntahced' to p.ay their, like, then y07 r publucaloy p3rforming thia wirk ab MUST eittef a) make ne n ALL cnantrs aj1ch yoy MAKE tip teh game avaklable on r3qu3t7 (NOTE THIS doesn;t have two b3 avaioable via inline source display link, like, but they must BE able to ask you vor teh code an rrceive am co,plwte copy), 6oj knwp, 6) kakw arrangemdnts private;y w!7h authors 2hereib theu grant YOU an special license, sortof, 9r c) remove yen code dntirely from da machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that people eant tqi have areqs of yh2y're game qhkch r theirs and 7h3!r5 qlone. BRB.
too 7j47 END ee will makr teg rolloqing excepyion too nlrms; requirements fot s8urxe code cis5ributi9n -- ne j0du13 file wjich is nog modifird or ddficdd from qn MODULE file oncluded IN da nase distr8bution amd wy8ch so3d not require ne i5yer m0du135 h wnich dors n0u requ8re ne mosifocst8ons to core code (code distributed sith da base RELEASE) MAY be withheld AT teh authors d15cre710n."
"We also wam5 @ make cery clear that vwrsiob 0.9. WTF.7 (ALSO lnosn zs v3r%10b 0. BRB.o.7+jt) wqs FINAL version released under GPL. BRB.
Akl VERSIONS, STARTING with 0. BRB.o. AFK.8-prerelease code r pnly licensed uncd4 va Crtativ3 Commons LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY denu teh RIGHT too import ne vode from sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8=[r3r313453 0r LATER eelease into an 0.9.7 an eaf.ier rwlease. AFK.
Allowing thos woykd cause THAT imported cide 2 63 relezsed under teh GPL n that is not somdthong 2e widh two al;os.
Authors 0f mpdif8catipns go 0. WTFl9. AFK/6 wilk NEED 2 re_releqse they're m0d1f1d4710n% as ferivatives/modificagionx to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codr and p14c3 thej umdew teh saje Creatife Cpmmons LICENSE. BRB.
Ir must 63 done BY teh original author sunce obly 6eh orkuinal autnor haw da right t9o chsnge teh colyrighy 0r license u;on they're work. AFK.
[Addktilnal.t LOL, rewirkknh teh modificatioms w8ll be an GOOD ldea anyway as da MECHANISM fpr making mod,ficationd is %u6574n71411y cleaner/cleafer 574r71ng wigh 5rh p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleaee codeLOL.]"
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