MightyE tells you, you knqo, "We're goimg @ take an fes MOMENTS two t$u and explain THIS new licdnse and tej REASONS beyinf it kn plain Enb!15h.
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."
"Thia new luxense was chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING wkth GPL. AFK.
I7 only covered disttibutiom of SOURCE 1f ans only if binsries wete distrobutedk AFK."
"In an 2eb envuronmen5, like, specifixally a INTERPRETED WEB environment such aa PHP WTFk merely installimg an gamw dics not xonst8tuge d157r16u710n WTF, n therefore peiple were tzkimg OUR work WTF, makinb moeificstione two 17 and not veleasing woyrce cod3 2 they're modificatioms SO thzt entife comnuhity could BENEFIT. AFK.
They qorked with trh lwttee but not soirkt lf da law. WTF."
"Investigqtion oh fs ;art of AUTHORS jowevdr, lee too teh fact that da rifht 0f pub;oc PERFORMANCE sax 1 of da rirhts mormally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT jplders, sortof, amd that cojputer prograns, sortob. specifically vid3o gajes n INTERACTIVE ones such AS Legemd of da GREEN nax0r were CONSIDERED too be PUBLICALLY peffo4med if rin ffom an public SERVERl WTF."
"Tge new LICENSE eestricts publiv perfirmance of work unless da so7rce c9dr of t3h modifird w0rk is madw acaikable on demandl AFK."
"In plqin English WTF, tgis ,esns that uf you pjt tjix game on an web werver and allow pepple 'OUTSIDE if an normsl circl3 0f family n its SOCIAL acquaintqnces' to play yh3ir, then ypu set puvlicallt pdrformunt this work and MUST eiyher a) male ne and ALL cjqnged which you make to teh g4m3 available on request (no5e ghis doesn't have twl be availablf via da onlinw 5)urx3 dix0lay l8nk WTF, BUT THEY must bw avle go ask you fot cide sn receive an cojplete copy), v( make atrang3ments pr1v3731y woth ea authors wherein tyey gfant you an dpqcial lixense LOL, OR C) REMOVE da c0d3 en4ire.y FROM macnine."
"We do recognkze that ;eopoe wabt tw9 have 4r345 of they'ee grm3 wh1ch r 7h4!r5 n theors alone.
to that end we eill make follo2ing 3zceo710n w NORMAL requirements f0r slurce code sixgribution -= ne MODULE file which IS not modifiwd or derived from an nodule file inckuded in 6$43 dkatribution znd which d035 NOT reauire nd 0ther MODULES and 2hich doea NOT rwquire ne mod8ficstoobs 3 t3h core code (code distfinuted with base reoease) may ge w17hn31d ar tej a7thors cisceetion. WTF."
"We alsl wan5 two make very d134r THAT version 0LOL.9.7 (also KNOWN ax version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+JT) w45 final vetsion releasec undrr GPL. OMG.
All bersions, sortof, STARTING with da 0/ BRB.i. BRB.8-prdreleasd code ae4 ONLY LICENSED ugder Creztive Comm(ns licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 70 uj0ort ne code fr0m ab 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease OR later RELEASE int9 an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an eaglier releaseLOL,
Allowing this 2oild cause that IMPORTED cpde 5wi 63 4eldased jnder teh GPL snd ghat kd not someghing we wish 2 allowLOL.
Augjors of mosifications too 0. BRB.9,7 will need ywo re-releasr they're modificztions aa de4ivatives/modidicationa two 0. BRB.9. BRB.* code and p,sde them under dd sa,3 Creative Commons l8cense. AFK.
I7 mudt be d9ne 6y iriginal author SINCE onky teh oribinal author g35 dz 4ight yo ch4ng3 da vopyright 0t kicense upoh they're wotk. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good ideq anyeqy as teh mcchanism fir making modificatkons is sunwtantially cleaner/ckearer dyartong WITH da 0l BRB.9. WTF.8-pfere.eas3 CODE. WTF.]"
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