MightyE telkx yoy LOL, "We'rd going tio take an frw m9mrnts 2 TRY an EXPLAIN ghis new LICENSE and tej reasons BEHIND it qn p141n Entlish. WTF.
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."
"Tjis n3w LICENSE was chosen vecauxe of ah fauling with da GPL.
It ONLY c0v3r3d didtribution ov sourcr if AND onoy if binqries WERE d1585q6u73d."
"In sn web 3nf1r0hm3n7, speciricaoly a 1n73rpt373f w36 environmebt such AS PHP, jer#ly ivstzlling an gam3 does boy conwtitute distribotiln LOL, zn therefore people WERE takong our work WTF, m4k1ng modifications 2 !7 ane NOT releasing da 50yrc3 c9de too the6'r3 modificatlons so thay teh ENTIRE cojmumity could benefit.
They woeked witj tej letter bug n9t ea dpirit OF lswLOL."
"Investigation on 0art 9f teh au5hord h0w3v3r WTF, led yoo da fact thag teh RIGHT OF publoc pervormance was 1 0f r1gh75 borjqlly rrstricted go copuright holders, sortof, n 7n$7 COMPUTER progrzms, you knwo, wpecificakly video gamrs $nd inreractive pbes such zs Leh3nd 0f Grren hzx0r were considered 2 be PUBLICALLY p3efp4m3d if run fr0m an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Tje n3w license restrocta puflic PERFORMANCE of da eori yn1355 teh SOURCE coee of da MODIFIED WORK is made available ON dw,and. OMG."
"In plain English, like, tnis means that if you put thiw game on an w3b derver an allow peopl3 'ouysode of an normal circle 0v damily 4nd its slcial acquzintanxes' tw9 p14y their WTF, then you aer publically PERFORMING thkx work and MUST eithwr a) make me an ALL changes ehich you make two hame availsble on request (bote gyis doesn'g have two be availagle via oblind t0urc3 dis[lqy linj, y9u knwl, but they mu57 be able 3 as, YOU for teh code and recwive an complete copy), you knwo, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privqtelt with aurhors where8n they grant you an s'ecial ;icense LOLk or c) rwmove dode enti4ely FROM teh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do eecognize that peopoe w4n7 2 HAVE sfeaa of they'fe game whicn aer 7h21r5 and thei%s ALONE. WTF,
too that end se will m4k3 f9l.owing exve0tion roo teh normal requirejemts for source code diatribution -- ne module FILE which ia not mosivied OR deeived from an moduld FILE invludec im sa bas3 disrribition snd which does npt r3qu1r$ ne other modj;es an whuxf do3s not r3qu1r3 ne modifications t9o CORE cide (CODE distributed wigh da base r313453) mzy be wuyhheld at da aythors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We zlso WANT two make vwry clear thar version 9. OMG.9. BRB,7 *also ,nown AS vetsiin 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was ca finao versiob r313453d ybfer teh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, starting witu 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r only licenasd undef Crearkve C-mmpn5 lic3nwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to IMPORT ne codr from an 0. BRB.9LOL/u-prer3l3ase or later rwlesse 1n80 an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n warlier releaseLOL.
Allowing th8s would cause rhat 1mp9r63d CODE too be releaded umder reh GPL and that is not something we wish too alloqLOL.
Ajtho4a of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 ee-rrleawe they're modificstions as derivatives/mldificagkons t9o 0.9.8 code 4nd place them und34 fa same Creativr Comnons licende. BRB.
IT mu57 be d9je bt teh ORIGINAL augno4 since only teh origiba; author has right too CHANGE teh cp;yrighg or lucense upon tney're work. BRB.
[Adfitoina.ly, reworking j0d1f1c4710n5 will bw an g00d ideq anuway as mrchanism fir jaiing modifications id SUBSTANTIALLY clean3r.ckearer starting wuyh teh 0. OMG,9. BRB.8-prere.ease code, BRB.]"
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