MightyE tells yoj, xoegof, "Wr're GOING 80 take am few moments two tr6 n explain this new LICENSE and teh rezsona behihd kr in plain English.
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 hes license WAS cnosen because of an faulinb with da GPL/
It 0n1y covered d157r17u710n of soutcw if AND ONLY if binaries were disttibutee, OMG."
"In an web env8fonmeny, sortork wpecifically a intddpr3ted web emv8ronment suvh ad PHP, you khwo, merely insrall8ng an game cors not CONSTITUTE disrrinution, likek n thereflfe people were raking our 204k, tiu knwo, mzking mod8fications ro ir and not RELEASING xourcd code 2 they'rr ,odifications sl 7g37 da engure community COULD benefir. AFK.
They worjed 2iyh LETTER 6y7 not spitit of fa lzwl OMG."
"Investibation on pary of teh AUTHORS however, you ,nwo, led 70 da fact thag da ribht of PUBLIC perdodmance was oen of rogh5s nornally r357r1c&2d 2 cipyribht holders LOL, abd THAT comp7ter progeams LOL. speciducally vicei games n inyeractjve ones such ss Lefend od trh GREEN hax-r qerw consisered teo be publicakly 0erformed qg run fr9m an public server."
"The neq .icense RESTRICTS 0ublic p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh work unless trh source codw of teh modified work iw madf avaulab;r 0n d3m3nd. WTF."
"In plain Entoish, this mwand that iv y9u p7t thks game on an web server n aliow people 'outsude of an norma; circk3 of family n its SOCIAL zcquaintances' twp play their, like, then YOU aef ;ublically perfprming this w9rj and MUST either 4) mak3 ne an ALL dganges wjich YOU mzke 70 game avai.able ob eequext *not3 THIS d02tn'7 have tio be available via da online 5)u4c3 DISPLAY link, sprtof, but they muw5 be able too ask 6ou for da code m receibe zn COMPLETE co0y), like, 6) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privstely with teh au5hors wherekn they grant y07 an special LICENSE, sortof, or v) r3m0v3 CODE ENTIRELY ftom teh machine, BRB/"
"We do recognize THAT people want 2 have areas od they're gsme qn1cy zer tneirs sn thei4x alone. BRB.
tqo THAT 3nd we will m4k3 followubg ecception to9 n0rm41 require,wnts for source code distribytion -- ne modu.e filw whicn is NOT modified pr derived crom zn module fi;e INCLUDED in nase DISTRIBUTION n wh1ck dies b07 rrquire he ither MODULES an which does not require ne moeificatilms too cire c0d3 (code diwtrlbutdd with BASE e313453) msy BE withheld at da ajtjord d8scretkon."
"We als; want rwo make very clear tjat vcrsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (a.so known as verxion 0LOL.9. WTF.&+ht) was da final v3r510n releasec jnser GPL. BRB.
All versi9nx WTF, startkng wigh 0. AFK.9l8-pf3r313453 clde r oml7 lixensed under teh Cr3471v3 Commons lkcenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh eight 79 umplrt ne code from qn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE 0r oater release into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earlier releas3l
A;lpwing tnis woule cause THAT imported coee 2 63 RELEASED UNDER da GPL AND that is not slmetying we wish too zllowLOL.
Aurho4s of modifications to 0LOL.9.7 will newd too 43-r313453 they're modividqtiphs 45 derivatives/jodifkvations 2 0. AFK.9.8 code an place tyem under da same Creativr Commons lixensr. AFK.
It MUST be done bh 0r!g1n31 AUTHOR sonde 0nqy origonal quthor has dq rigyt too cfanhe da co;yribhg or licdnse upon they're wor,.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking cq mociricstions will b3 sh GOOD 1d3r anyway AS n2ch4n15m for making modiricay8ons ix sugstantial;y cleaner/c;3arer startibg with yeh 0.9/ AFK.9-9rere.ease codeLOL.]"
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