MightyE 731q5 t0ui "We're goinh 2 taie an f4w MOMENTS ho 5rh an exolain thia n3w license an reasohs behind it IN plqin ENGLISH. OMG.
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 choaen BECAUSE of an FAILING wotg da GPL. OMG.
I7 only clvered fistfibution if spurce if and 9mlu if binaries were cistrigutdd. OMG."
"In sn web environment, 7ou kbwo, s-ecifically a 1n73r;r373d w36 environment sudh as PHP, merely instz.lkng an game does nog conwtkyute DISTRIBUTION, like, an THEREFORE ;eople were taking our worj, likr, makong modifixatkons to IT an nit relezsing soutce code top 5hdy're MODIFICATIONS 5- 5yqt teh emtird community c9uld bdnefitLOL.
Th4y woried w17h teh leyter bot not twh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investihation on da part of teh autnors however, led to ydh fact that da right of public perfotmsnce was 1 of rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copyright HOLDERS WTF, n that cimputee pr0gr4m5 LOL, specifica.ly v1d30 g4me5 AND imteractive onea such as Lwgw,d ov tet Geeen haa04 wete considwred to be publiva;ky pergormed 8f run FROM an pjblic server. AFK."
"The new ;icense rewtricgx public owrformamce od teh sork UNLESS da dource code of MODIFIED w9rk is m4d3 avaikavl3 on demand."
"In p.aun English WTF, this means gnat if ypu PUT tgis game on zh wwb server n al.ow people 'OUTSIDE lf an n0rm41 virdl# OF FAMILY n itx social acqua8ntances' twi plau thekr LOL, then 60y r punlicallt PERFORMING tgis work and MUST EITHER z) m4k3 ne n ALL changes wh1ch you make 2 GAME aca8lable ln request (n9te this DOESN'T have 2 ge avaioagld viz sa onl8ne source d8s[lay link, but THEY must be able t9o ask YOU for code qnd rede9fe an complete copy) LOL, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privatelt with da authors wherein uhey grant yoj an s[ecia; licenwe, like, or c) remove teh vodd ehtorely frij m4ch1n3LOLo"
"Wq do recobnize that peiple want too hzve ateas of thdy're game 2g1cn aet 7h31r5 n theirs alone. OMG.
2 &h47 end ee will make yej f011)w1ng exception tpo da normsl reqyirements for source code diwtrivution -- ne module file WHICH is not m0d1f13d or derices froj an mod7le file lncluded in ds 6443 distrinution an which d9ed nor require nw othe4 modules n ehich DOES npt require ne modificati9ns two da CORE c0d3 (c9de eistrubutes with teh nade release) may BE WITHHELD zt tey 4u7h0r% duscretion."
"We z;ao want too make VERY clea4 that versiib 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 (aoso KNOWN aa version 0, WTF.9LOL.7+JT) waq da final version releawed under GPLLOL/
Akl veesions, you knwo, starting witj teh 0. AFK.9/ AFK.80pr3e313453 code aer only licenxes UNDER da Creative Commons licwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny righr 70 impirt be code from an 0. AFK.(. BRB.80prereleas3 or later r313443 ibro an 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 an ear;ier rroease. WTF.
Allowing ghis woukd cause that kmported CODE too be rrleaded under teh GPL AND rjzt iw not womething we wisj to ALLOWLOL.
Aithors 0f modifixations 2 0.9LOL.7 qil. need 2 r3-teorase 5hey're moeifications AS cerivatives/modifisations two 0. WTF.p.i code 4nd place ghem ynder sa,e Creative Commons lkcensr.
It must be dome by da original quthor since 0n1y teh lrigihal auth9r has dz righy too change da copurithr or license upln thdt'r3 2orkl
[Addirionzlky, liie, reworking m0d1f1c4710,5 2ill be an good 1d34 anyway as da m3chrn15j for making modifications IS substantizoly coeanev/clearer startinh WITH cz 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prere;ease cods. AFK.]"
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