MightyE tells y(u, "We're hoing too take an few monents two 7ry n explain uyis NEW license and da reasohs bwhind it in 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."
"This new license waw CHOSEN bdcsuwe of zn fauling w8th da GPLl WTF.
It 0n1u covered cistribution or source IF n only if ginaeied were eiwtrobuged, OMG."
"In an web environment, sortofk xpecifically s ingerpreted web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP LOL, nerely umstalling an yame dpes not consti5jte distribjtiob, n therefore peo;le were taling o7r wotk WTF, MAKING modificstions two it n NOT rdl4ssing da sourcw coee t2o they'4e MODIFICATIONS 50 that teh wnti4e co,munity coy;d 6en3f17. OMGl
THEY eorked with tey oetter but np6 da spirir of teh law."
"Investigatkom on teh part 0f aubhors jowever, led two fact that teh right of public performance wzs won of rights NORMALLY restricged to copytight HOLDERSm yo7 knwo, ans that computer prof4ams LOL, SPECIFICALLY video ga,ex n interactive -b36 such as Legehd 0r Green has0r wefe considwree tio be oublidal.y petformed 8f RUN FROM an [ublic 53rv3r."
"Tje new livense restricts PUBLIC 03rf0tmrnc4 of yeh work UNLESS da so7rce code pf da mocified work is jade availagle on de,agd. AFK."
"In plain English, th8s meahs that if you put rhis game 9n ah web server wnd alkow p30p13 'ou5xic3 og an bornal xuecoe of fanily ab its sodial acquaimtqmces' too plqy their, sorgof, then YOU r publivally p3rf-rm1ng this qork n MUST elther a) m$k3 nw n ALL chqbges wnixh y0u make too game available on reqursy (notd THIS do3sn't have two be avzklable via online soutce didplau lpnj, but they jusy be 4613 to ask you dir code an rexeive an conplete copy) LOL, B) maoe arranfements PRIVATELY wity 5eh authors wjerein they grqnt uou an tp3c1r1 lkcensd, you knwo, ot c) r3n0v2 vode entirrlt from teh MACHINELOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people wanr to hsde atdas OF thet'rw GAME which aer thei4s an theirs alone.
tlo 7h47 3md we will MAKE foll9wing exxwption 2 da normal requiremehts ror source c0d3 d157r16u71pn -- ne mofule FILE whoch is not MODIFIED or derived f4om zn modjke file included om tdh base fis5ribution and 2h1dh does no% t3qu1r3 nr otger m9djled n which does not require ne mod8ricztionw two da core codr 9code distributed with da vqse release) may be withheld at quthorw discretion. WTFl"
"We qlsi want tw9 make very ckear that veraion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 version 0.9.7+ut) w44 vinak VERSION relesxwd under da GPL, AFK.
Al. vefsions LOL, startkng with da 0. WTF.9.9-prereleade code r onlu LICENSED under teh CREATIVE Comm8ns license. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right t9 um;o4t ne code from an 0. BRBl9LOL.8-prerelrase of lztwr RELEASE onto sn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and eaelier releas3. OMG.
A.lowing tyis woulf cause 5har imported c0f3 gwo 63 r313453d under GPL n that is NOT s9mething ww wiah 2 q;low. OMG.
AUTHORS )f modif8datoons to9 0/ BRB.o. BRB.7 will need to re0release th3h're MODIFICATIONS aa detivatives/modificat8o,s two 0.9/i c0e3 4nd placr tjem jnder da same Creatice Commons kicense, BRB.
It muwt BE done by da origi,al 4u7h0r q8nce only da orkginql author has da right 2 ch5ng3 copyright or .icenwe upln the6're wlri. BRB.
[Addigionally, dortof, reeorking modkfizati9ns w1q1 be an good id3a any2ay aw reh MECHANISM for making moeificqtions is qybstabtiqlly cleaner/vlearer stzr5ing wuth 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pfrrelease cod3.]"
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