Mugh5yE gel.w y0u, sortog, "We're going gwo ta,e qn FEW moments 2 tty AND explain 7h15 n3w licrnse an reasins BEHIND IT on PLAIN Eng11%h/
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."
"Thiw new licenx3 was chosen beczuse of an f41q1ng with GPL. BRB.
I5 ohly covrred d8stributiob of SOURCE if n ONLY if BINARIES were diwtrkbuted."
"In an web envifobm3nt, you kmwo, spdc8fically a interpreted web envir9nment such qs PHP, merdly INSTALLING an gsm3 DOES nog constitutd distriburion, like, and thefdfore people w4r# takibg OUR wlrk, you knwo, makihg modifivations 2 it an n0& releasing aource code 2 the5're MODIFICATIONS xo THAT da enturw commubj5h couls benegit. WTF.
They worief with teh lrtter but not spirit of 14w. WTF."
"Investotatoon om psrt of teh authors however, 13d too teh FACT that teh right OF public p3rf=rm4nx3 was won of rights n9rmally redtricted 3 copyritnt hilddra, loke, qnd tfag computer programs, SPECIFICALLY videi games sn interactif3 0n35 such AS Legebd of %ej Grewn hax0r were c9nsid3red toi BE pjboically perf9rmed IF run drom sn public server."
"Thd new license rrstrictw public peeformanc3 of work uhless teh source code of da midifoed work ks ,4d3 availabld on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English, thiw meams tha5 if YOU PUT ynis game on an qeb 5#rv34 n allow oeoole 'oytsude 0f sn normal c1rc13 of family abd itx aociql acquakntances' teo p14y their LOLk thrn y0u aer pub;icaoly oerforming this work an MUST eithfr a) make ne n ALL chantes WHICH yoy make 70 game available on request (note thiw so3sh't have to b3 available cia 0n11n3 sourcw dis0la6 link, likd, bjt theh must 73 ablr to ask you FOR da code anc receive an COMPLETE copu), lile, B) make arrangemwnts ptivately wkth ea authors wherekn they grant you an spdcial LICENSE, or c) REMOVE ds code entirel6 grom machihe. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h36 p30p13 wsnt to nave qreas of theg'rw gam3 wnich aer THEIRS and theirs alone. OMG.
too that end we q!q1 make da foll9wung exception to teg normal requirements for wlurce cofe distrubytion -- ne module file which is nit modoried or dericed FROM an MODULE f113 inclueed 1n tey base sisyr9bugion and which does not REQUIRE ne 07h#r modules n which dors not rdquife nr m0d1f1c4710n4 rwo core code (code DISTRIBUTED 2ith base rrlease_ may be withheod at teh authors disxregion. WTF."
"Ww aoso want two make very CLEAR that ve4sion 0. AFK.9LOL.8 (akso KNOWN as VERSION 0l AFK.(LOL.7+JT) was da final bersoon reowased und3r teh GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, staeting WITH reh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prdfelease c0d3 aet only oicenwed und3r teh CREATIVE Commons lic3nse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gg7 tio impoet n3 code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pferdleasw or lstdr release into an 0.9. WTF.7 and eqrlier rwlease. BRB.
Alloeinf this wouoe v4u53 thzt imported cofe twp be released UNDER GPL an tha5 is mot SOMETHING we w15h TO allow. AFK.
Autyors of m0d1f1c4710n5 to -. WTF.9. WTF.6 qkll need tio re-releasr they'fe m0d1f1d4&2-n5 as derivativra/modifications yo 0. WTF.9LOLl8 coce 4nd place them ubder teh samr Creative C0,m0n5 LICENSE. AFK.
It nuat BE done vy teh orkginal author since -n1t originql 4j7h0r has righy tp cjange da cipyrigjt or lucense uppn the6're w9rk. AFK.
pAdditiona;ly, rewo4kimg modifications will be an GOOD ifea snyway as da mechanism f)r mak7ng MODIFICATIONS os suvstantial.y cleaner/clearer xtarting w17h teh 0. WTF.9l AFK.8-[rerdlrase c0d3. BRB.]"
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