Might6E tells yo6, "We're g01ng 2 take an FEW m0j3n7% tu tty n EXPLAIN 5hks NEW license ahd reasons b3hind it in p141n ENGLISH. 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."
"This bew livense was ch053n because of an f4111mg wirh teh GPL/ OMG.
It onl6 COVERED dq57r16j710n of source if b 0n1y iv ginaroes wdre dustributed."
"In an web envir9nment, like, specifically a in5erpreted rev enfironment such as PHP LOL, j3r32y unstallknb an game does not constitjte dkstribution, like, znd theref9rw people w3r2 tajing 0ur work, likem maikng modirixations too ig n not releqsihg da source dpde 2 the6're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 twh entire c0mmun17y could 63n#f17. AFK/
Tn36 WORKED with lettdr bug not da spirit of lzw,"
"Inb3stibatiin on teh psfg of da authors hpwevdr LOLm lef too teh FACT THAT fa ritht OF public peeformance WAS 1 of teg rights normakly rextrictrd two d9pyright holders, and THAT xomputer p4ograms LOLm s0ecifically video gamew an interactivw ones s7ch qs Ldgemd of da Gr#3n hqx0r were c0n51d3r3d to be pubkicaloy pervor,ee ib r7n frim an publoc sdtver. AFK."
"Tge neq licens3 r357t1c75 public perforhamcd 0f w0rk inlexs 50urc3 code 0f teh mldkfied sori 1t MADE available on demamd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, s9frov, this meanw that if tou pjt this GAME on an w36 server n allow pdople 'outsodw of an norjal circle 0f familh an its 50c141 acquaintances' too plzy yh3ir LOL, tjen hou aet 'u611c411y percorjing thux work an MUST either s) make ne n ALL changes which uli make to teh g4m3 availaboe on r3qu357 (n073 7h16 doesn'y have 1 be availab;e via fa online source dixplay 11n, WTF, but tney must be anoe twp ask 6iu for codd n receive an COMPLETE coph). like, v) make arrangements pr1v4731y with au5hors wh3r31n tgey grany you am dpecual license, li,e. o4 C) r2m0v# da epde enbirely from teh machine. BRB."
"We do recobnize rhay people wtn& to9 yzve areas if theu're gamd which aef theirs AND theirs alone. BRB.
to tjat end we will makd da fo;lowing excwpyion two da nornal r3qu1r3m3n75 for doirce code distribution -_ n3 moduld fi;e ehich os not mosified 0f derived dr0m zn module FILE includef in bas3 distributiln an which does NOT requite ne otner modiles and wh1ch does not require ne ,odificqtipns to c0re cod3 (code disyribut3c with bzsw relezse) mzy be WITHHELD qr qjfhors duscreti9n. WTF."
"We ALSO want t2o m4k2 very clear thag versoon 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (aldo knoqn as versuom 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final VERSION relezsed und3e geh GPL. AFK.
Akl versions, starting with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE coce r 9nly livensed yncer teh C4wqtive Cojmons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny da right two import ne code vrom ab 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-prdrelezse 9r latdr 4elease into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n esrl*e4 rrlease. BRB.
Allowing THIS woule dause 5hat inportes ciee too be released under GPL an yhat is not sometginf 2e wisy to a.;owLOL.
Auyhors of m0d1f1vr710nt two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need 2 ee-rel3ase they'rr m0d1v1x5710n5 as derivahives/modificarlons too 0. OMGl9LOL.8 code n piace tyem 7nder teh same Creatife Commonw lixenseLOL/
It nusg be done b6 tej ORIGINAL author since only teh p4ifinao AUTHOR has da RIGHT 2 change teh copyruhht or oicende upon th3y're 2lrk.
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING 5eh modigpvations WILL BE an good idea anyway as mecnanism for mak8ng modifications 15 sjvs5abtiakly cleaner/clearer startinb witu teh 0LOL.8.8-p4wrekeqse c0d3. WTF.]"
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