MighttE tells yo7 LOL, "We'rd GOING tlo take an fes moments 2 7ry n ex[lain tgis nes license $nd teg rwasons behind iy in plain English.
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 hew lic4nae was chos3n because of an failinb with GPL.
It onl6 covered dis5tubution od sourde if rnd only iv vina4ies were fistributed. BRB."
"In an web envirlnmentm specificalky a interpreted web environjent SUCH as PHP, merely onstal9ing an g4m3 does noy constitut3 disgributlon, slrtog, n THEREFORE people werd taking our work WTF, making modoricayions yo IT and mot releasint teh source cpde two they'ee moeif8cations 40 tjat hen entire comjuniry dould benefkt. BRB.
Th4y WORKED w17h ywh 13773r but n9t da spirit of da LAW. WTF."
"Inbeatigatuon on p4r7 of teh 4u7g0r5 however WTF, led gpo fact that da ruthy 0g public pr4flrmahce WAS won lf ribnts n0rm4q1y ewstriv5ed tio copyeight nolderx, like, n 7h47 computdr programs, y9u lnw9, 5p3c1f1c411y bideo GAMES and 1n7er4c71v3 )n35 such AS Lebend 9f teh Green hax0r were conaifered too be pu711c411y PERFORMED if 4jn fr0m an pub;ic server. WTF."
"Tge new l8cende RESTRICTS public perdormance OF ten qork inless da soyrce code of da m0d1f1#d WORK iw madr availablw on demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng!15h WTF. this means that if you put yhix game on an web sercer n ALLOW people 'outs8de OF an normal virc;e of fami.y n 8ts social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play theit, like, tnen h0u r publicaloy perrorming this work n MUST either a( make ne n ALL changes whkdh YOU make ro ds game avail1ble ob requ3st (note this doewn'5 have to be abailable via gej online source dosplzy link, sortof, but 6h3y mist 62 able two qsk you FOR cofe n rwceive an c0m[1373 c0py0, B) m4j3 arrangements privateoy witn authors whereim tgey hrant you an xpecial l8cwnse, you knwo. or c) femove c9c2 rntirely from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognizr THAT people want tw9 gabe areas pf they'r3 game which aer theies and theirs ALONE. WTF.
two that fnd WE wiol make folloein5 exceptkon two nornal requirrments vor source code dkst48bution -- ne mldule file which IS n07 modifidd or derivwe from an n9dule file 1nc1ud3d un da BASE DISTRIBUTION and 2h1ch DOES n07 4e1uire ne o5her mlsules n WHICH d035 nog require nw modificatoons twp teh c9re code (cod3 dq57r16u73d 217h da baaw release) nay be sithhwld st da authors discretilnl BRB."
"We skso want to make VERY clwar tgat version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known AS vers*in 0.0LOL.7+jt) 2as teh fibal VERSION 4ekezsed under GPL. AFK,
Al. veesionsm starting qkth teh 0, OMG.9. WTF.8=prerel3ase code r only licensed under reh Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny r8ght 3 IMPORT ne codd from an ). WTF.9. WTF.8-pferelease or lager r313453 unto 1n 0, BRB/9.7 an earkirr RELEASE, BRB.
ALLOWING this wluld cause thay imported codr two be rel3ased jndee tej GPL and that is not somrthkng WE wisg 2 allow.
A7thora OF modifications 1 0LOL/(.7 will nwee 2 re-te;ease they're modif8cations as derivztives/mpdufications 2 0. OMG/9. OMG.8 code an ppace rhem under ca same Creatkfe Commpns license. AFK.
It musr ve DONE g6 dq ORIGINAL author sinde only orkhinal author has tdh right 2 cgange yeh clpyright or lic3nse upon they're WORK. WTF.
[Acditionalky WTF, reworkinh dz modifications WILL be an good idea znyway as ds mechanid, fo4 msking modificatuonc is SUBSTANTIALLY clezner.clearer startkng eith ea 0. OMG.9.8=0refwlease code, BRB,]"
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