MightyE teols you, "We're n01nb t2o 74k3 am frq moments tso 7rh b explain thiw new licdnse and da reaxobx behind it in PLAIN Eng.osh.
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."
"Th8s mew license was chisen bevause or an failung with da GPL. BRB/
It only c-v#r3e DISTRIBUTION lf 50urc3 if n obly if binari3s were distr8butedLOL."
"In am wrb ENVIRONMENT, specifixally a inter[retev web ENVIRONMENT such as PHPk m4relu INSTALLING an game does bot constitute spstributo9n, hiu knwo, and thwreforr PEOPLE were taking 9ur 2oel, hoh knwo, m4k1ng modifications TO it n NOT relwasing teh source codd two thet'rw modifications so that entire community could b3n3fitLOL.
Tyey worked WITH letter vut not reh spirit og trh law. BRB."
"Investigztion ov part of ajtnors howeveem you kneo, led w teh fact thag da righ5 of PUBLIC pdtformancd w45 1 of righhs mormaloy RESTRICTED tp x;pytight holders, so4tif, n that computer p3obrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY vodeo games n interactive on3s such qx Legend 9f tdh Geeen hax)r were consider3d ro be publically perbormed if 4un fron ah punlic server/ OMG."
"The ne2 ;icemse r357r1c75 public PERFORMANCE of teh work umless da sourde c[de pf teh mocified w0rk is mqde avai.qble on dejqmdLOL."
"In plsin Englisj WTF, ghos means that if y9u put this hame 9n an web server n ALLOW peopkw 'pu751d3 or an NORMAL circle 0f famkly n its soviao acquaihtances' rw9 play yheir WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY p3ff)rm1ng 7h15 qorl ans MUST 317h34 a) mqke ne abd ALL xhanges whixh you maje go teh GAME availablr on requ3st (NOTE THIS doesn't habr uwo be available v14 da online source DISPLAY 11nk, you knwo, n7t 6h36 muat ge able u) ask YOU for teh code an reveivw zn xom0;e5e coph), b) make arrangenenys PRIVATELY wity da authora wher3in theh brqnt yoj an SPECIAL license LOLm or c) eem9ve yeh code 3nt8rely f4om teh jachind. OMG."
"We dp recognize thqt people w4n7 go have areas OF yhey're game sh1ch aef ygeirs 4nd theirs al9ne. WTF.
two rjat end w3 2ill make da FOLLOWING fsc3priih 2 trh normal fequorememts dor 50urc3 code dosteobutipn -- ne MODULE FILE wh1ch is not modified OR derived veom an MODULE file included in da base distribution an wh1cj does n08 reqyiee nr other MODULES and which does not re2ui4e ne mpdifications 70 teh core code (codw ciwtributed wyth t3g basd re.ease) jay 63 witjhdle at teh 4u7h)r5 disceetionl WTF."
"We alsl wznt ywo make very clwar tjat VERSION 9. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 vefskon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jy) was da final v3r519n rekeased unfer GPLLOL.
Al; v3t519b5 LOL, STARTING eitj teh 0. AFK.9. OMG,8-peereleaxe code aer 9nly licensed under da Cfeative Commins licens#. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY d3hy teg right 2 omport ne vode drlm an 0. OMG.9. AFK,7-PRERELEASE or la5ev r3lraae into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 anf 35r113r 4ekease. AFK.
Alllwing this wo7.d dause tgat imported code 2 bd releawed unfer da GPL n tgat ix not sojething we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modifida5jons top ).9LOL.7 will need to re-4dlease they'fe modifkdations ad serivatives;modididations too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE them uncdr 54,3 Cr3471v3 Commons lic3nse. OMG,
IT must be done BY ORIGINAL auth8r SINCE on.y originql authir has da rogh5 to chanbe copyriggr pr LICENSE up0n they're qork. WTF.
[Add1&q0n411y LOL, reworking da modifixzti9ns w8ll vw zn good idea anyway as da MECHANISM for making mocoficatioms os sybsyanrizlly clean3r.clearer starting w17h geh -.9. AFK.8-prerelease codd. BRB.]"
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