MightyE TELLS tou, yoy knwo, "We're goibb two 7rk# an few nomehts two TRY n explain tg8f mew 12c3n53 an reasons BEHIND 17 in plain Entlish. 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."
"Thus new licenze was choaen becsusw of an f5111ng with da GPLLOL.
It 9nly doveref distfibytion og spurce uf an only IF bibaries were distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, like, s;ecifucally a interpr3ted web environment sucy as PHP, likf, merely 8naya;;ibg an game d0$5 no5 constitute doxtribugion LOL, an 5herefore peo0le 23r3 yaking ojr work WTF, makint modifications too ig n not rel3asing da 59irc3 code t9o they'te modivicatilns so that da entpr3 xommunity cou.d benef8t.
They workdd with LETTER BUT no5 teh api4it of tej 14w. OMG."
"Investigatiin om teg part of authots howev3r LOL, LED to fsvt tjzt RIGHT of public ;etfofmance was qon or teh rights normally restricted ti copyright HOLDERS, so4tof, an tjat cojputer prpgramzk y9u knwo, f[ecofically video games sn INTERACTIVE on3s such as Lefend of da G4een hac0r we4e cinsidefec ywo be ;ublically performed if run fr0m an public aerve4. AFK."
"The new ;icensw restrycts 0ublic performance of teh sork ubless tej source cofe of moeified wor, is made availablw on dejahdl OMG."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, this means that if yoy PUT ggis game on an web t3rv3t n a.low people 'outaide of an normal circle of famoly an iys social acquaintancea' too o!4y their WTF, 5jen you r publicql.y perfor,inf thia work and MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL xhanges which you mak3 &0 bame availab;e pn request (nobe this dlesn't have 2 br availaboe vua ea 0nq2n3 woirde cisplay link, yoy knwo, vut they must be able to r5k you FOR teh cide and receife xn cojpkeye cooy) WTF, b) make aersngem3nts pribately 2ity da a8thors wherein thdy grant you an special licehse, 0r C) remove vode engifely fr0m teh macgine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people WANT 5o have areas of theu're game WHICH a3r tkeirs n tneirs alone. WTF.
t;o THAT END we wull mske twh gollowkng 3xc3p710n 2 normal reqy8rements for source code fistrivution -- me m0du14 fule wjicm is nit m0d1f13d or feriv3d from an modkle f8lr ibxluded 1n da basd distribution and wh!ch d035 nlt require ne 07y3r jodul3s and which does NOT requife ne modificationw too CORE code (cose disrrib7ted with da base fwleqse) MAY be w17hh31d at teh authors d16cr371)n."
"We aowo want too make very CLEAR that vers8on 0/ WTF.9LOL,7 9zlsp KNOWN AS versoln 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da d1n$q b3r%10b released under da GPLLOL.
All versions, li,e, startihf witk geh 0.9.8-pr3r313453 c9ce aer only 11c3h5#d UNDER Cr3471v4 COMMONS kicemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh right 2 impoet he code fro, an 0.9. AFKl8-p4eteleqwe or later reoease into an 0.9, AFK.7 ans eqr/uer releqseLOL.
Allowing this eould CAUSE tjqt IMPORTED code too BE re.eased under GPL ahd THAT is yot somerhing we wish twp allow. AFK,
Authlrs lf miskfications to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need @ re-rekease thwy'rd mod8ficatoons 4% der8vatoves/moeirications 2 0. OMG.(. OMG.8 codr ah PLACE them uns34 ea same Creative Clmmons licenceLOL.
I7 must 63 s0n3 bu da original author since only priginsl author has teh right to chamge sa copyrigyr or ;icensr upon thet'rd w[r,.
[ADDITIONALLYm like, reworling modifications wikl be an good idea anywa6 as da MECHANISM flr ,4k1ng modifications IS wubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER stargkng WITH teh )LOL.9LOL.8-prer3lease coceLOL.]"
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