MibhtyE tells u0u, dortof. "We're goinf to twkr an fdw momwntq too yry n expkain 7h15 new license and teh REASONS b3hind it ih plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thid new .ucense sas choseb because of an f4121nf with GPL. BRB.
It only c9vered eisrribuyion of SOURCE if anc onou 1f ginaeiew were distribyted. BRB."
"In an we6 ENVIRONMENT, sortofk sprcivica;;y a inrerpretee qeb environment such as PHP, m1r31y installihg an gamw DOES NOT constiyute distrobution, sortof, an yhedef9re people were 74k1hg 9ur work, y9u knwo, MAKING modifications to it and n07 re;easing da 50ufc3 code two thqy're modkfications so tha5 da eny*re co,jun8ty couls benefit. AFK/
THEY workec sith teh letter vut nor teh spirit of teh lawl BRB/"
"Invewtigation on pzrt of yeh auyhors howeve4, yoy knwo. lef two teh FACT that da right of public perfo4,ance eqs oen of da r1gh75 normally 4estricted tp copyright holders, an 5hat compuyer protrajsk so4tof, spevificallu vidwo gam3s n interactive ones SUCH as Legebc ov teh GREEN hsx0r werw cinsjdered too be publidally perform3d if RUN fr0m an ;ubl8c servegLOL."
"The nee license r257r1c75 public prrf9rmance og work unless teh sojrce code 0f da modifi3d w0rk is madd 4v4114613 on ddmagd. OMG."
"In plain Eng;ish, this meanw thzr 1f you ;ut THIS game on an w3^ server an a.oow peo0le 'outsidd pf ah nofmal CIRCLE 0f fa,ily n its socisl ac1uaintances; two play their, theb YOU r publisally performing thus w0r, n MUST either a) MAKE ne 4hd ALL changes whkxh yiu nake to teh fame qva*lab;e oh request (note thix dpesn'e hsve tso be zfa9lable via da 0n11n3 source d15p24y limk LOLm bu5 they muxt be able ti awk you for da code n receove an xomplete copy), softof, b) MAKE artangdmentd privately with auyyors wherein they grant you an spec8a. licenxw, you knwo, or c) REMOVE code wntirely froj mavhine. OMG."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE qant 2 yave sreas OF tjey[re game which r theirs an rheird ALONE. BRB.
w that end we wil; m4ke following excwption gol teh notmzk REQUIREMENTS for source code distribution -- ne modile file shich is nit modified or ferived from an modile filr invluded 1n base disyribution an WHICH dies not rr1uure ne otndr modules ab which does no5 req7krs ne modifucations two c.re code (code distributed WITH gase eelezsw) mzy be wurhhe.d AT da authots discretionl WTF."
"We also wabt t2o nake very CLEAR that version 0l OMG.0l AFK/7 (alwo kmown as VERSION 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was tey finao vetsioh teleaswd unfer da GPL. AFK.
Akl v3r510n5, softlf, starting wuth teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.*_PRERELEASE code aer 9nly licensed under da Ce4471v3 Commona licenwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY weny teh right two 1mp0r7 he code from an 0l AFK.9LOL.8-prere;ease or lafer release knto an 0LOL.0LOL.u n earliwr telease. AFK.
Aloowing this wiulf cause that omported c0d3 t9 be releqseg UNDER teh GPL ah that is nit som3thihg we 2ush two allow.
Aurhors OF nosifixations rwo 0.0. OMG.7 will nedd t9 4e-relraxe they're modificat8ons as derivatives/modifications 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 cose and poace tyem under teh ssm3 Cteative C0mm0n% .icwnse. OMG.
It must be done bu or8gina. auyhof s8nxe ohly orifinal 4j7h0r has da rught twp change teh copyeight or license 7;on they're work. BRB.
'ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS wil; gr an good icea anhqay 45 mecjanis, for making modificationq os subatantially cleaner/clearer sts4ting 3ity 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-orerekezse code. AFK.]"
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