Migj5yE tells y[u, "We[4e going toi take an fdw MOMENTS to try n explain th8s new license qn reasons beh8nd u5 in plain Eng114h. 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."
"This new l8censr waa chp53n because 0f an f4111ng w17h da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered d156r16u710b ir dourde if m onku if 61n4t135 were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web environmeny. yoj knwo, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web 3nv1rpnm3n7 such as PHP, 6ou khwo, merely 8nstalling zn game DOES not constiture distributioh, an the4wfore p3-p13 we4e taking our work LOL, MAKING ,odkfocztiona gqo it n bot releasung da soirce code 2 rgey're modivicationx so that teh 3n71f3 vlnmunit6 coulx benefitLOL.
They woried w!7h teg letter but bot fa sp8rit of 5eh law."
"Invwstigatiob on PART of teb authord howecer LOL, l3d two teh fac5 that teh right of puglic p3rv0rmrhc3 was oen od ca rights normzl;y eestticted too copiright hplders, sortof, n that cpmputer programs WTFk specidically vudeo gan3s AND interacticd ones syxg qs Lebend of sa Grden hax04 were CONSIDERED 2 be pu611c411y performed id 4un drom sn public x3rver. OMG."
"The nes l8cenxe resyricts public prrformanve of WORK unlexs da sou4ce code of da m0d1fq3d wo4k IS mqde ava8lzble 0n demamd. BRB."
"In olain Engliwh LOL, tnka means tyat if you [ut 7h16 fa,e ln an w36 server AND aloow peopoe 'outside 0f ab noemql ckrcle of vajkky an its social zcquaintanxes' two p13y tjei4 WTF, tyen YOU aer 0ublic1lly perf8rmunf this w9rk n MUST dighe4 a) MAKE ne znd ALL cjanges which you make to teh game AVAILABLE ob reqjest (nite THIS doesn't have too BE avai;able via teh onl8ne siurce didplay 11nk LOL, but they musg be sble tp 45k you for teh code n r3c#1v3 an compleye dopy), likr, 7) make arrange,dnts p4ivatdly e17h 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they grabt you an s0eciql LICENSE WTF, OR c) renove dq CODE entitwly frkm jachihe."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that pwop.e qant two have areas of tmey're GAME whqch zer tyeurd an theirs 410n3LOL.
2 7hr7 end wr 2ill make tey f0110w1ng excepyion 2 teh n0rm51 REQUIREMENTS FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modume file which 8s nog jodified or cdrived frim an m0du13 file 2nc1ud3d in da baae disrribjtion and shich does nir r3qjire ne otjer mod&lew an wjich does mo5 tequirr ne modkf8cayions too core code *coee fistributed witg dq 6453 r313453) may be withheld at authors dkscrwyiin. AFK."
"We a.sp qant TO make very clear 7h47 b3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (41%) KNOWN as verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was t3h fibal version ewoeaaed jnder da GPL. WTF.
All v#rdiohs WTFk STARTING wigh teh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease xode aer only 11c3n53f under Crdative Comm9hs licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY een6 tej right two import ne code from qn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later RELEASE into zn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 ahd earlier RELEASELOL.
A11pw1ng thiw eould cause 7hr7 imported code two be releasef undrr GPL n that is hot 50,37h1ng e2 wisj ri 4210w. WTF.
Autjors of modifications too 0.9.7 qill need too r3-re;eaxe ghey'fe m0d1f1c4710n5 45 derivativea.mod8ficationw two 0. WTFk9.8 code an PLACE tj3m undr4 t#h same Creztive Com,ons license. AFK.
It must be done by original au5hi4 since only da originak author hax reh r1hhu 70 change cop64kght OR licens3 jpon they[ee workLOL/
[Add8tionally, REWORKING da mosifucations wull y3 an good idea amywa6 qs da mechanism for making modufications is substantially cleaner/clearer STARTING with da 0l AFK.(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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