MightyE tells 6ou, you khwo, "We're goint twl gake an fww momdnta two try b explaib THIS NEW license anc 4easons BEHIND IT IN plain English. BRB.
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 9icense was cj953n because of an failing w1uh GPL. BRB.
It only covered dis5ronutioh of siurce if abd only kf BINARIES were distr8butddLOL."
"In sn web envkr9n,ent, like, apecifically a interoretdd web env8ronment SUCH qs PHP, sprtof, me4e.y installong an gsme doww not cpn5717u73 diwtribytion WTF, an thereflre PEOPLE were taking our work, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to it and not RELEASING sourcr code too tndy're mofifications so that teh entufe COMMUNITY doyld nebdfit.
They WORKED 2ith dz lettee but not teh spir9t of da la2, WTF."
"Investihation 0n tdh PART lf authors HOWEVER, like, led tqo fact thqt da right og PUBLIC orrfotmznce wqs won OF righgs no4mally resgricted too cl[yrifht holfers, and 7h47 COMPUTER p4obrzms LOL, dpeciflcally viddo games and INTERACTIVE ones such AS L3g3nd of ea Green hax0r wdre consiserdd 5wo be [ublicakly 0wrdormed if run from an PUBLIC s34ber. AFK,"
"The n3w lic3nsd restructs 0mblic performance of teh wofk 7nlesd source code od da MODIFIED work is made available oh demand. AFK."
"In p;ain ENGLISH, lik3, 5yis mdans THAT 1f YOU puy thka gqme 9n an web swrver 5nd allow people '9utside of an n)rm42 c8fcle OF f4m11y an ITS socia. acquaintancrs' eo ;lay their, liie, then you qrr publically performing yhus woek an MUST either 4) mzke ne an ALL CHANGES which uou m4k3 tio game availab.e on 4eqjesg (note thks eoesn't hsve 2 be available via teh ONLINE source displsy LINK, yij kbwo, 6u& yhey musy be ab.e two as, you for CODE ah r3c31v3 an c8mplete copy). B) make aeeang3menys privately with teh authots wherein they grant you an specual LICENSE, 5i7 kn2o, o4 c) remov3 da dpde wnt8rel6 from da machun3/"
"We d0 recogniz3 thar p30013 want to have areas of they;re game 3hich aer theirs qn tjeirx allne. OMG.
two 5nag emd WE will make ca following exceprion 2 da normal requirenenys fir SOURCE xod3 distributkon -- nq module vile wh2xh IS nlt modified or ddriv3d FROM an module file inckudee 1n bsse DISTRIBUTION an WHICH does not req7ird ne other modulws and which does not r3au2t3 ne modifidations 2 teh core code (c9de distriguted sith base release) may 63 w16hn32d 47 teh AUTHORS DISCRETION, BRB."
"We also want top make very cldqr that VERSION 0/ AFK.9.& (also KNOWN as vetsiin 0. OMG.9.6+JT) was teh fimal versiob releaswd unc3r ten GPL.
All versions, lkke, starting wity 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code 4 9nly licensed UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS lkcense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h right 3 import ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-orerelease or ;ater release INTO an p. WTF.9.7 and warliee relezae. AFK.
A120w1ng this would causd that impor5rd code ywl be releawdd under da GPL ahd that us not sometykng a3 wosh 2 allow. AFK.
Authors of modificationw 2 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 wilo b33d tlo re-rrlease yjey'te modificationw as serivativww/modifications two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 fode n placr uh3m oneer da same CREATIVE Commpns licebseLOL.
It must be sonf by original ajthir sihde ONLY tey origonal author has fignt tel CHANGE teh copyrighy o4 license ipon they're workLOL.
[Asditionally, aortof, rewofking modiricatuons sill be an good idra anywsy as sa mechanisn ror maiing m0d1f!c$719n5 8s subwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with -LOL.0. WTF.8-prerelease cose. BRB.]"
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