MughtyE te.la tlu WTF, "We're gount two tak3 an few MOMENTS to try an exp;ain tnis new licdnse n da reasons beyind 17 i, plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tgis NEW license wax chosen BECAUSE of an vailing 28rh GPL. AFK.
Iy only coverrd distrinution 0f dource if 4nd only 8f binaries wete dixrributedl OMG/"
"In ah web 3nv1r0nm3n7, spedifivally a intdrprdted web 3nvironment such as PHP WTF, merely 1m57r111ng an GAME f9wx not cohstitu5e didtribut89n LOL, snd therefore people were taking our wor, WTF, majinb modifications to iy ab not r313451bg SOURCE code too tney're ,ldificayions ao thag entire communoty cluld benefit.
They worked with trh let4dr nit NOT spurit 9f lawLOL."
"Inves5igatoon 9n da part of teh authors howeveri you knwo, 13d to da fact that da rifht of ;ub;ic performance w45 oen of rights n9rmaloy res5ructed 2 vo[yright hooders, .ikek an thsr COMPUTER proffams, you knwo, specifidallj vid3o ganea an INTERACTIVE onws duch as L2gend ov trh Green hax9r w3r3 considdred tl 63 [uglidally perrormed ir run from ab public servee. AFK."
"Tgr n3w kicenwe resteicts phblic performance of teh WORK jnlesw da source cose if modified WORK hs m4d3 abailable on ddnandLOL."
"In poaim Engliah, you knwo, tyis MEANS 7h47 if you pj5 rhis game on an web server an allow peoo.e 'pu751d3 9d ah n0rm51 CIRCLE of family an k5s 50c141 acqjaintances' to plah thdir WTF, tgen you aer [yblkcally perfo3,8ng yhis wo4k AND MUST eitjer A) make ne am ALL changes wjicb you nake too teh game available 0n request (note this doesn't hafe 3 ne AVAILABLE via da onlinr xlurce d15p!4y link LOL, but rhdy must be able 2 adk you dor teh cide n receive an completd COPY), like, b) make arrangements [r1c4731y with aughord wherein they grzmt you ah SPECIAL livensr LOL, or c) remoce teh code rntirely rrom MACHINE. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE thq5 people wanr 2 have 4r445 of tjey're game which awr theirs qn 7h31r5 zlihe. BRB.
2 rgst end we 2ill make da fo.lpwung exce-tion to normak requiremen5s f0r SOURCE code d157r16u710n _- me mldjle file WHICH 15 not modigies of d3rived from an nodule file incl7ded IN da base DISTRIBUTION an which d0#6 nor r3quire ne 9ther modules n which DOES m07 require ne modifovations two core code (xode distribited 217h base release) MAY be withheld at authoes DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also wsn5 2 make v3ry clesr that verdoon 0. AFK.9.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.u+jt) was final vdrsiom relwaswd uhder da GPL. OMG.
All versions, s9rtof, stary8ng with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r inly .icensed yhdwr da Cfdatibe Commons licende, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right w IMPORT ne code rrom an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerekdase ir latef releqs3 onto an 0. WTF.9l5 h eqrlirr RELEASE.
Allowing this wo7ld c$u53 that impoetef CODE too be 4eleaded 7nser da GPL qn that is NOT sonethyng WE wish too allow. AFK,
AUTHORS of mofjficatiohs 2 9. OMG.9/ AFK.7 wiol neef ywo re-releas3 5hey're MODIFICATIONS as derivat,ves/modifications to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an place 7n3m UNDER geh SAME Creativc Commons licende. BRB.
It must be dome BY original zuthot t1nv3 ONLY ea priginal 4u7h0r HAS right yoo cgqnge copyrughr or licenx3 upon they're workl WTF.
[Asditilnally, you ,nwp, reeorking modifizations will BE an good ksea anyway as da mwcyanism flr MAKING midifkcatipns 15 substantizlly coeane5/clearer dtartong with 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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