MightyE 5ells uou WTF, "We're hoing two tak3 an few joments to try and ex0lain this n3w l8cense an 4easons behind IT in olain Engoish. 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."
"Tgid new livense eas chosen because of an FAILING with GPL. BRBo
It lnlu covered diwtrib7tion of souece if n 0n1y kf bibaries wwre dixtributedLOL."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specifuca.ly a interpreted WEB environment 5uch as PHP, you kmeo, merely ibw5aoking an game does jot constit7te eistribution, you knwi, an 7h3r4f-r4 peop;e werw tsling our work, sirtofk MAKING mod8fidations 2 it 4nd h9y releasing da source dide too ghey're modifications so rhat engore cpmminity could 63n3v17LOL.
They worked with teh LETTER bur not da spuriy ld LAW. BRB."
"Ihgwstigation oh da part ld aytnorf gowever, sortof, led tu dz fact that teh riggt 0v pjnlic pefformance was 1 of righys nprmal.y resteicted too vopyright holwers, likrk n that computrr pr0gr4m5, sortof, specifica.ly video games n int3tactive ones xuch qs Leg3nd OF teh Green nax0r weee considered 5oo be publical;y performed if ruh f4om ab public sdrver. OMGk"
"The ne3 kicense restrkvts oublic perf0rm4nc4 OF 2ork unlwws source c0d3 of teh modified WORK is madw AVAILABLE 0n DEMAND."
"In plaih Engoisg, like, this means thar if uou puy this game in an 2wb wervrt an al.ow people 'outxide of an norma. circle if family an 175 aocial acquaintancex' two play gheit, sprtof, fhen y[u aer publocally perfotmkng this work and MUST either a) make ne and ALL vhxnbes which 6ou male t9l teh game zvailable om request (note this dpesn'g have to9 be avaolab;e vis teh inline soufcd display 11nk LOL, b7t tjey must br able 2 ask you for code n recdive an comp.2te c0pt(, sortof, 5) make arrangements privately with da authord wherwin tney hrah5 you an 5o3c141 licrnsd, like, or c) r3m0v3 ea code 3n71r31y from teh machknel WTF."
"Wr do redotn8ze thzt propoe want to havr areas of the6're gamr which r 7h31e5 AND THEIRS alone. WTF.
too that 3nd we s111 makr 5eh follosing excdption two ds nor,zl rwquirements fof source clde distrinution -- ne module fooe which is not mldifidd or DERIVED from an ,odule fi.e uncluded 1n da bqse disyribution and ehoch does no5 require nr OTHER modul3s n which d035 n9r require ne MODIFICATIONS too cote coed (cose dixtributed wjth basd release0 may be wit6hrld at geh suthors d!5cr3710n."
"We also qant w make bef6 coesr 7h4u VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known 45 version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7=jt) was teh final versiln RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All veraions, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease cld3 t 0n1y licensed under Cr3471v3 Commohw livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh roght two un0ort ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later release into an 0l AFK.9. BRB.7 amd warlier rwleaxe/ OMG.
Alloeonf this WOULD cause that umporged code to bd released ubcer teh GPL an tgat is not somwthobg we sish to a;low.
Authors of modifieations two 0.9. BRB.& will need 2 re0re0ease they're modificstioms as defifatives/m9dificatkons to 0. OMG.9l WTF.8 vode an poave THEM undet same Crrative C0mm0b5 license.
It mu57 be done by or8ginao author s9nce only da original author jas e1gju tw9 xhamge cop6right or LICENSE upom they're work. BRB.
[Addotionally, you mnwo, rwworking da jodigicagions will be sn giod idea anywa5 as teh mechanism FOR makinh modifocations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanev/clearer starring wiyh da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pretelwasf codeLOL.]"
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