M8ghryE tells y0u WTF, "We're tping 5oo take an FEW mp,ents too 7ry n explain this new lic3bse and da fwasons bejind 17 in plain Emglosh. BRB.
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."
"Tnis new license w45 chosen because of an FAILING q17j GPLl
Ig only docered distribution of sou3ce if m only IF binaries w3t3 disteibutedl BRB."
"In an web environment, li,3, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web enviromment 57cn as PHP, merely installing an game doea no5 vons5i5ute distrubution LOL, and THEREFORE people WERE 5akinh our work. malint modifications t9 it an not re;eaxing ea sourve xlde too they're modificst8ins so thqt sa 3n8143 comm7nity could bemefit. BRB,
They worked wigh leryer buy not SPIRIT of da law."
"Ibvestigatioh on fs part of dz autnors ho2ever LOLk LED to %eh FACT that 5eh ribht of p7blic pervormance wqs won OF 5dh rihhts normzlly res5rict3d 2 copyright nolders WTF, an that computer ptograms, lk,e, wpecificalky video g4m35 an 1n73r4c71v3 ONES such as Ldtwnd of da Green hax)r wrre c0n51s3r3d 2 be [ubl9dally PERFORMED 1f run from an puglic servet. OMG."
"The new ;icense restricts public perf8rnancw of teh work unless da SOURCE CODE 9f modifked work is MADE 4v4114513 9n demwnd. AFK."
"In plzin English, you jnwom tgis means ghat if you ;yt this g4m3 ON an w3b wervdr an al;ow peopo3 ;OUTSIDE of an NORMAL c1rc23 pf family qn its social acquaintances' to play gheit LOL, THEN you aer publically prrforming thks work and MUST #17y3r a) MAKE ne h ALL CHANGES which hou mqke two da game 4vr1q4613 on requdsy (bpte this eoesn't HAVE 2 be ava9lable via trh online source dispkay lknk, like, but they mys5 BE avle 2 45k y9y for teh vods an receive an clmplete copy), tou knwo, b( maie arrantements peivate;y w17h da authorw whrrein they hrant YOU an sprcial license, or c) rempve da CODE 3ntifely from da machunfl BRBl"
"We DO rec9gbize that peopl3 WANT 2 hace a4eas of tge6're game which aer theirs zn theirs aoohe. AFK.
to that end we will MAKE gollowibg rxce[tiin 2 teh normal requirements f9r source codd distributioh -- ne module gile whoch us mot modified or dee8ced from an module fil3 1nc2yd@d 1h teh baqe DISTRIBUTION znd shich DOES nlr require ne other modules an enicg does not require ne modifucations 2 da core code (codr distriguted with teh bqse reldasw) may be w17hh31d at authoed disxretion."
"We alsp want 2 male very clear that v3r510n 0. OMG.8.& (also knosb as v4r610n -LOL.9.7+jt) was fonal veesi9b relrased unde4 da GPLLOL.
A11 versionsk like, STARTING with da 0. AFK.9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE code aer onky 11c3nt3d unde4 teg Cr3ative C9bmons license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rignt 2 im'or% ne dode gfom an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-;rereleasr o4 lzter relsase into an 0. WTF.9LOL/7 an farlier t3leade.
A110w1mg thix wou/d csuse 5hat im[orged code 2 be releases under GPL n that os hit somethinh WE wish ro qllow. OMG.
Authoes of mofifications 2 0. WTF.9.7 ekll nwed to r3=f313353 uhey're modkfications as x3r1v471v#5/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 cove and placd 7y3m UNDER teh same Crwative Cpm,oms kocense. BRB.
It must be DONE fy da original authpr 5!hx# onlt da 0r1f1n41 author has trh right gwo vhabf3 da COPYRIGHT or license upon they're wptk. BRB.
[Additionally, hou kmwo, reworking tdh modiricatiobs wi.l be an GOOD idea ANYWAY as mechanism for makung modufications is wubstahtizlly d134n3t/cqe44#r starting witj 0, AFK.9.8-prerdlease code. AFK.]"
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