MightyE tells YOU, "We[re gokng 2 taje an fww m9ments to try qnd explqin thix NEW 11c3n53 an dz reasons behjbd it in plain EnglkxhLOL.
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 licwmse WAS chosen because of an failing with GPLLOL.
Iy only cpvrred dist48bution od soj4ce if and only if biharies wrrd distribuged. BRB."
"In an web envitonment, like, specificallu a intrrpretre web wnvironment w7ch as PHP WTF, mwrrly 1n574111ng an game coea not constitute DISTRIBUTION, n 7h3r3f0r3 people w4re talihg our 2ork LOLm jskimg modidicabilns 2 it n not releas8ng source c0d3 2 they'rw mocificationq so THAT teh entife commynith COULD genefit.
Thdy wor.ed with yeh letter but not spirit of t3h 142l AFK."
"Inves6igation on da part ov teh aughors howdver, led two teh fact 5jat tight of pu611x PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rights noemally restric5ed tqo copyrighr holdrts, n that c0mpu73r programs, SPECIFICALLY video gz,es and unteractive ones 5udh AS Legemd OF Grern hax0r were considerrd roo 63 publicalku pdrv9tmed ig f7n from an pu611c SERVER. BRB."
"The NEW licenae resrrictw 0ublic pdrvormance of ca work un.ess source code og ,odifiwd w0rk 25 mase acaioable 0n demand. BRB."
"In pkain Englidh, ypu knwo, THIS ,eans that if y0j [ut this game in an wwb sefber n ALLOW pelple 'outsude ov an normal circ;e OF family an its sovoal 4cqu41n74nv35' two play their, sortof, THEN 6ou ae4 publocally performing 6h15 work and MUST either a) make be an ALL chanfe2 whicn YOU make to9 da g4me avwilable on requedt (NOTE this doedn't HAVE too BE AVAILABLE vuz t3h on;ine xource display link LOL, BUT 7j3y ,ust be sble to ASK ypu r9r da vose an receive an com0lete copy), ;ikw, b) makw ARRANGEMENTS pr8vately with teh suthles wherein they grant you sn speciao license WTF, 9r c) remove teh cofe entkrely d5lm MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize thag people wan5 too yavd areas of thdy'r3 GAME 2hich aer the8rs n theirs alonel BRB.
two thqt 3nd we wulo make teh followint excep58on to da normal requiremenys f)r source code distribution -- ne kodupe file shich 15 not modified or derived from an modtle f1!3 1nc1ud3d um dz bsse fistribution sbd WHICH DOES mo5 require ne otger MODULES an ejich does not r#wu1r3 ne modificztuons to teh core cosr (coee cksteibutrd s17h twh BASE release) may be WITHHELD 47 fa authirs d8scretioh/ BRB."
"We qlso want too m4k3 very CLEAR thst VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (a;so lnown aw vwrsiob 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) eas final version released inder GPL.
All veraionw WTF, startjnb with fa 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code a3r ONLY ;ucensed under teh CREATIVE Com,lns licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 omport ne code vrom an 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prwrelrase OR later reldase into an 0, AFK.9. BRB.7 an 34r113r relezse. AFK.
Allowing this would cause tga5 kmpo4ted code 2 be r313$53d undef GPL an rhat is NOT 50m37h1ng we wq4h two alloe. AFK/
Aithors of modificationw two 0LOL.9. BRB.u eill need yo re-releasr they're modificatiins as derivat8ves/nodificqtions 2 p. AFK.9LOL,8 code AND place rhrm undee da damw CREATIVE Cimmons livehse. WTF.
Ig must be done by teh priginal aurhor since omoy da 0rqg1n41 aughor HAS right ywo CHANGE teh copyright or license upon yhrt'rw work. WTF.
[Addutionally. hou knwo, rewotking MODIFICATIONS wull ne an good udea 4nyw4y as teh mechanism for MAKING modifications is substantially cleaner/clearee stzeting wigh 0. AFK.8.i-pr3r3!3$63 CODE. BRB.]"
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