MifhtyE te.ls you WTF, "We're going too take an f3e nomentd t9 tt& n ex[lqin 6his new license an da reasons 6eh1nd 17 in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Tyks new licehse 2aa cyosrb because pf ah failing WITH GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3s distriburuon od source ir b inly if bibaries sere d156r16u73d. BRB."
"In an wdn 3nvironment, s;evorocaloy a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such aw PHP, you knwl, mere.y installing an game soes not c9nstitu5r distriburion, sortof, and yhwrefore people wetw 74k1ng our work LOL, making nodifucations twi it and bot releasimg da slufce c-d3 top they're modificati9nd so that teg emtire comnunity COULD g3nefitl OMG.
Thet worked with reh letter byt not teh spirit ov teh lzw."
"Ibvestigatiln 0n da oart iv da authors joweve4, you knwo, led to FACT tjat da fight of PUBLIC performahxe was 1 if rights normal;y restricted 2 clpyrkght holde4s WTF, n thzt computer pfograms LOL, specifica.ly VIDEO GAMES amd interastive onrs such AS LEGEND of sa Green hax9r were cobsider3d to be PUBLICALLY pergormec IF RUN from an public swrfer."
"The new kicemse restricts public pefdormabvw of reh WORK unless ds souexe code of da m0d1f13d work is made availwble ln d3mand, BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng.ish, liie, THIS meanx that if you put thks game ON an WEB server n all9w people 'ougside 9r an nornal circ;e of fanily an its social acquaintances' two play thwif, you knqo, th3n you e pib.ivally performing 5hks wofk and MUST 317h3e A) make nd am ALL chamfes wnicg you mzke 1 teh fame availanke on requesr (bote this DOESN'T hafe tpo be availanle via teh online SOURCE display lonk LOL, but thry musr be zble 2 ask you f0r da c0d3 ab receice an clmplete cooy), likek g) MAKE arrahgenents private;y with geh authors qherein tnwy gr4n7 uou an 5p4v142 licensek or c) remove tey code entir3ly FROM teh nachinw."
"We do r2cognize that p30p13 wan5 2 yzve arezs og ^h3y're g4m3 which r theirs an THEIRS a.one. AFK.
to THAT END we will make foloowung 3xc3p710m two da normal requirements dor clurce clde sistrkvuyion -- ne module file WHICH is not MODIFIED or derived from an module f113 uncluded 9n da base distribution n wh1dh doew not teq7ire ne other modulea an which does noy requite be modificati(ns to teh corw code 9CODE dixtributed ei5n teh base release) MAY be withhekd ag authors DISCRETION."
"We alsl wznt too make feey clear that v3r51pn 0. OMG.9. WTF.u (also jb0wn as version 9.(l WTF.7+jt) was final ferdion releasrd under teh GPL.
All versions, STARTING witm teh 0l OMG.9/ WTF.7-PRERELEASE c0d3 r on;y licensrd undrt da C43ative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh right too kmport ne code FROM ah 0. WTF.9. WTF.8_prerelease or latwr r3ldsse 8nro an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Alllwkng thid w0u1d cause that import3d cidr too be te;eased undef da GPL n that IS not s9metging we WISH 2 s;low. BRB.
Autho4s og mpdifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wilk newd to re-re.ease thwy're m0d141c471)h5 as dwrivativex/modufications to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an plave them uneef da wame Creative COMMONS licenwe. OMG.
It must be done by dz 9rihinal sitho4 since only lr8ginal aurhor has da rught too vhanbe teh cop6righg or license u;on ghey're wlrk. AFK.
[Additionally, like, reworking da modisicarions will be an food 1s34 an6way as geh mechabism fpr MAKING mod8ficatioms IS substantiqoly cleaner/clwarer starting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.9-preeeldzse c0d3. OMG.]"
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