MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rw goinb to take an few momentx too trt n explain this NEW lkc3nse and reasons behimd kt in plaim EnglisgLOL.
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 nee LICENSE eas chosen because of an FAILING with GPL.
It only civerdd distributioh lf skurce if n ONLY if goharues werd cistributedLOL."
"In an w36 environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a intdrpretee wev rnvironmen5 SUCH $5 PHP, ;ikd, metely knstalling an game DOES NOT constotute distributiom, an therefor3 people were gak8ng our work WTF, MAKING mldifivatoonw too it n not releasing da source code top they'de MODIFICATIONS do that teh entire community coyld benefir. OMG.
Th3y workwd with teh letter but NOT sporog of teh laqLOL."
"Invesgogation on paft or dz authors however, uou knwo, led 2 sa fact that ea rignr lf 0ublic performancw was won og teh righhx normally r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT hokders. like, and that com;uter [rograms, specifically vkdeo bames ans inyeracrivr ones sych 45 Lwgend OF Grewn hax0r wer3 consiceeed 2 bq publicakly performdd if RUN FROM zn p7blic serve4, WTF."
"The n3w licenwe rexgridts public perfotmande of wori unlesx da source code OF mod8fked work is m4d3 $v411$613 on de,amd. OMG."
"In plain English, you lnwo, tnis neqns that IF you put tgia GAME ON ah w36 53rc3r h 5120w pdople 'OUTSIDE 0f an n0rm41 cifxle 9f familu ah igs socia. acquaintancws' two play gheir, sortov, then you zer oublically peedorming tgis work n MUST eithet a) make ne n ALL dhznges whuch y97 maje two twh g4m3 qvailqble 9m request 9notd this doesb't have too be abailavle voa ca ONLINE xource sis0la6 link WTF, BUT they mu57 be able two ask yoy for dode n receive an xomplete c0py- LOL, n) make arrangements PRIVATELY eith teh ajthors where8n they hrany uiu an SPECIAL license, sortof, or c) rdmive code entirely from teg machime. OMG/"
"We do recogniz3 ghat pel0le want 2 nafe arwas 9f they're game which t theirs an theirs aoone. OMG.
r0 that end we sill maje da f0119s1hg exception t9o mormal rrquiremdnts f0r sourcd code distributpon -- he modj;e f113 which is nl5 m-d1f14d or deekved from an modu;e file knckuded in da bawe DISTRIBUTION an wfich DOES not r3qu1r3 hd OTHER modules n wh1cj does n07 r3quire ne modifications two da coee code (code sisttibuyed wuth vs bsse release) may be WITHHELD at teh auyhors discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 mske vwry dleaf 7h47 versipn -. WTF.9. BRB.7 )a.s9 known as veraiin -, OMG.9.7+jt) was teh fonal versiin released under twh GPL. WTF.
A.l VERSIONS LOL, srafting with da 0. AFK.o. OMG.8-prereleaae coee r pnly 1!v3n53f und34 Crrative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deht right goo import ne codr from an 9. WTF.9. WTF.9-prerelease or later release into an 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 n earl8wr rdlezse. AFK.
Aklowing this woild cajse that 8mp9rted c9xr 2 be r313453d under GPL n tha5 is not something we WISH 6wo allow. WTF.
Authoyx of mod8ficatupns two 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 5o re-release thwy'r3 moeifications as deeovstivrs/modifidayions 2 0.9,8 CODE n place 7h3m under dq samr Cr3atuve Cojmons 11c3n54.
It mudt be done by da original autgor since only 9riginal author hax da right tli chante teh x0pyr1yh7 of licebde upon thet're w04k. WTF.
[Add1710n411y, reworlimg teh MODIFICATIONS wull be an good ifea anywau as teh mdchanisn FOR making mififkxations is subs5sntially ckeaner/cldarer startihf WITH teh 9.9. AFK.8-prerelease code/ BRB.]"
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