MightyE TELLS you, 6ou knwo, "We're going 2 u4k3 an fe2 momdnts to tey ah rxplain 7h15 new 11cen53 an teh rrasons bwnind it 8n PLAIN Enhlidh. 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 new licdnse was xhosen becaus3 0v an dqiling w17h twj GPL.
It ONLY c;vered doxtribution ov source IF n onoy if binaries were disgributed."
"In an web envirohment, SPECIFICALLY a im5erpreted wwb wnvironmeng 5hch ax PHPk yo7 kneom mwrely knstalling an g4m3 does nog consgitute disrfibution. n therefore p30pq2 wdr3 TAKING oje work, sortof, making m0d1f1v4710h5 1 17 an not reorasing teh siurce code tpo they'rw modifieations so yyat entire communitu could BENEFIT.
Th3y worked 2ith teh oetter 6u7 not teg spiriy OF tdy law. BRB."
"Incestigation on teh part OF da ajtyors howrvet. sort9f, led 2 da f4c7 that teh rigyt of PUBLIC perrormabce was 1 of da ribhts nirmql/h RESTRICTED 2 cppy4ight ho;ders, ;ike, n that computer programs, specoficall6 v8dei games AND interactibe ones 5ucj as Lqgend 0f teh Green hax0r wete c0nr1d2r3d 5oo be publicaloy p3tf9rm3d uf run from an publuc servet. WTF."
"The nrw license restrocrs pubkic perdormance of qowk ub1365 da sougce code of modidied work is made avaukable on demabd."
"In plaon English, ypu knwo, this m34n5 tgst if tou [ut this gamr on an qen server 4nd sllow people 'ouyside 0f an normal circle of fqm8ly $nd its SOCIAL acquakngqnces' two play thr8r, soe59v, then yok r publically pdrforming thix work an MUST EITHER a_ mqke ne anf ALL changed wnich you mske t9 dz game available ln rdquezt (note this dorsm't yave 2 BE available via teh on.ine doircw display linkk you knwo, but they musb bd able 2 ask u0u for teh code and receive an complete COPY) LOL, c) male arrangenents privarely wkth rey autyors wherein they grang you an sprcial LICENSE, sortod, or c) REMOVE cod3 engirely drom nachine."
"Wr do recognize that oeople WANT @ have 5r3$5 if thet're gam3 wyich r theirs ahd rheirs alone/ BRB.
tp that end we w111 m4k3 follow8ng ecc3ption too nprm$1 4ewuirements for s9urce code distrib7tion -- ne module filr which is not mosified 04 deruces from an mpfule file 1nc1ud3d in da BASE distrob7tion n whicj does not rrquirr ne ltner modules n which does not require he mpdificqtuons two da CORE clee (code distrib7tef w17j sa BASE rel3zse( may ve withheld at teh aytyors disxreto9m. BRB."
"We s;so WANT fo make very clear thdt version 0l WTF.9LOL.7 (alao kn9wn as version 0. BRB,o.u+jt) was teh final version 4eleased uhder GPL. BRB.
A21 versipnsm soryofk atzrtinf s!7h da 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3r313$53 CODE r only licensed under trh Creative Commons kkcemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny dq right two um0orr nd cpd3 from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerel3ase or lat3r releaae into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 sn earoier twleasel BRB.
ALLOWING this would causr that 8mported codw 2 be releasef ynder gqh GPL an that is not SOMETHING se wish 2 allow. AFK.
Aithp4d 0f mosificat8;ns two 0, AFK.o/ AFK.7 will need two r3-release yhey're modificationa as derivativds/modificztions 2 0. BRB.9.i code ah PLACE 5h3j under samw Creative Con,ons licensel OMG.
It most 63 done ny da otibinal author SINCE 0n1y yeh oroginal au4hor has teh ribht 2 change da v0pyr1gh7 or 11c3n%3 upob tgey're 2ork. AFK.
]Adc1710n421y, rewor,inh mod8ficqtions WILL ve an GOOD idea anyway ad da mechanism for mzking modifivagions is suvstantially vleaner/clearer syartinb with 0LOLl9. AFKl8-prerelease cide. BRB.]"
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