MightyE TELLS yiu, sortlf, "We[re gping too tale an few momebts tw9 try and explain tgid new licensd AND dw 4easons BEHIND it kn plaih EnblidhLOL.
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 license was dhosen because of an failing wi5h GPL. WTF.
Ig only cover3e d157r16u710n of so7fce of sn inly if BINARIES werr diatributed."
"In an web environmeny, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envi4onment d8ch as PHP WTF, metely instal.kng sn gamw coes not conwtirutw distribution, you knwo, an therefore [eople eere 74k1ng oyr work, you knwo, MAKING modifkcations tol it an NOT ewleasi,g ca sourve CODE two they're MODIFICATIONS so thzt teh entkrw comnunity cou.d 63n3g17. OMGl
Ty3y wprked with teh legtet bur not da spurit OF da la2. WTF."
"Invest8gation on pa4t )f teh autjors howtver WTF, led 2 teh fact that ritht of public pefformance was oen og t1gh75 nofmally ees4rict3f t8 copyright holsers, you knwo, qn that computer ;eograms, like, SPECIFICALLY cice9 games an inteeactive ones such ss Legend of Gf33n hax0r were cons8dered to BE pubkically performef IF ruh FROM an public server."
"The bew 1!c3n5# rwdtricys pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 lf da work 7nless teh source cofe of teh jodidied work is masw avaioable on aemand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English WTF, 5his means yyqt if you put thix game ON an web SERVER sn allow people '0u751f$ of an normal CIRCLE OF family n its socia. ACQUAINTANCES' too p14y their, you knwo, then 60u r oublically perr9rmong thid qork and MUST either a) mak3 ne and ALL dganges whixh you make too t3h GAME available on r3qu3t7 (note thia doesn't yabe too be availsble via ohline sp7tce display link WTF, but they muat b3 able to qsk YOU fp4 teh clde znd recrice an complete COPY) WTF, n) maie areangementd ptivs5ely with dz authord whetein tyey grant y0u an spdcial lixense, like, or c) removr code en5irely from da machinwLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pro[le wang rwo h4v3 $r345 of yjey're game which r 7h31f5 and THEIRS alone. BRB.
two fhat end we will uake followubg ezception 2 norjal rez78rements for source code distribution -- ne mofule FILE which ia not mldified 9r x3r1v3d rrom an npdule FILE includ3d 1n teh bsse distribution an WHICH does bo5 require ne other modules n whicj d025 not require me mldificagi8ns to CORE code (code sistfibjtds with ea 6453 RELEASE) msy be wkyhheld 47 tej autjprs dkscretiob/ WTF."
"We qkso want 1 make vwru ckwar thay version 0. AFK.9.7 (4150 kn9wn as version 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was ds final verxoln rel3ased under teh GPL. AFK.
All vrrsopnd, like, 664r71ng with teh 0l WTF.o. WTF.8-pferelease code aer only licensdd UNDER Creativr Commona ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent RIGHT t0o IMPORT n3 codw from am 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-p4erelease or later rwleasd into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an taroier RELEASE. BRB.
ALLOWING this wo7le cauxe thqt imported code ywo BE released undef GPL n THAT is not 50m#7h1ng WE wush 2 slliq. OMG.
Au7y0r5 9t mofuficationa two 0.9, WTF.7 wull neee 2 re-releaae the6're modidications as d3r1v471v34/m0d1fqc4710n5 2 0.9LOL/8 code and place them unde4 ca samw Creative Commons license. AFK.
I5 must be eone BY da 0r1g1n41 suth8r wince only 9riginal auyhor jss teh riggt too change teh copyright lr 11c4n53 upon they're qork.
[Asditionxlly, you knwo, reworking midifications WILL be an good ixea anyway ad 5eh mechznidm for making nodif8cations is aubstantially c1e4n3r/c134t4r starting with teh 0LOL.9.8-;4errlease cidel WTF.]"
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