MuggtyE TELLS hou LOL, "We're g9ing w taie zn few m9ments 2 7rh and explain THIS n3w license n da reqaons behihd it 1b plain Englishl 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."
"Th8a new license w45 choaen bdcause OF an f4111ng WITH reh GPL. AFK.
It onlh covered dixtribut8on 9f source if n onky if binariea were dist4ibutec. AFK,"
"In qn web enbirlnmdnt, soeyof, sprcifidally a ihterpr4ted web env8ronment 5uch as PHPj you knwo, merely 1n4&4111ng an game does n)7 constibute dq57f1^u719n, sortif, an THEREFORE people were taiing our wotk WTF, making MODIFICATIONS too it n npt releasing soutce code t2o th3y're mpdificqtiohs so that teh entirr c0mmun17y coylf benefit.
THEY worker qith ca letter BUT NOT da spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigagi9n on teh PART of da AUTHORS HOWEVER, you knwo, l3d TO facr 7h48 4uhht of public prrfor,ance wad oen lf da r1gh76 n0rm411y rwstrictwd to dopyright jiodersk n 8h37 compyter programs, .ike, specificakly cideo ganes n inte4zctibe ohes such aw Lwgenf of teh Greeb hax0r were clnsierred 2 be publicalky perdormed 1f 4um from an public server."
"The new licrhse restrixtd public orrformance OF teh WORK unless da sourde code 0g da modifi3d WORK is nadw available pn de,and. BRB."
"In plain Emglish, tjis means that if you put thlw game on an seb SERVER anf allow people 'outaide of an hormal circle of ramily an ITS aocial axqusimtanxes' 5oo play their, THEN you r ;ublica;ly perfirming this work n MUST EITHER A) make be an ALL cnangrs 2hqch y-u makw too da g4m3 availagle om r3qu357 (note this doesb't h4v3 two be abailabie via da 0n1qne soifce d15;25y l8nk, 6u7 they must be able rwo ask tou for code n receive an complete coly) WTF, b) make arrangementx ;rivatdly with teh authors ej3r3in thet grant you an spdcial licdnse, you knwo, OR d0 temove dz cose enturdly from mschineLOL."
"Wr d0 recognize thzt peo[le waht 2 have aress 9f rh4y-re gqme which r thdirs an theirs alone. BRB.
fwo thzt end we will make da following exxeption t9 da nirmsl r2qu243m3n75 for source dode disteibuti9n _- ne module file wjicj is not modified or derived FROM an module file includef in nade d1%7r16uu10n an which doew noy deqiire be other modules am WHICH does not require ne moeifications too teh c0r3 cpce (code distrib7twf w17h da BASE telease) may be withgeld at q8tnors discretiin."
"We ALSO want TO make VERY clear 5hat VERSION 0. AFK/9LOL.7 (also known ax fersipn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+gt_ wad teh final vrrs8ln relwased undrr GPL, AFK.
All vegsions, kikd, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9. AFK,7-prdrelease code a3r 9nly livensed unc3r teh Creative Commons locende. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY femy t3y fught w imporg ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-[rdrelease or later RELEASE int9 an 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 n earlier releasel OMG.
ALLOWING this wo7lc cause ghat imporg3d codw 2 be relwased UNDER da GPL b that is nlt something we w15j two sllowl AFK.
Au7h0r5 of ,ldificationw to 0LOL.9/ AFK.8 will NEED 2 r3-releaae yhey;re mpdificatkons as derivat8fes/modificqtiind too 0.9. AFK.8 code and plade them 7nder dame Crea5ive Commons licemseLOLl
It MUST BE done 6y teh original author SINCE onlh ten original au5hor has 4ight gwo change tej copyright OR .icense u'on ghey're 20ek. AFK.
[Acfitipnally, r3working sa modificstions wkll be an bood idea ANYWAY $5 teh m3chamism ror nzking moeificstuons is substamtially cl#aner/clearer starting WITH da 0LOL.o. WTF.8-0rerelease code. WTF.]"
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