MightyE tells YOU, sorgor, "We're g01ng top ta,e an feq moments 2 try qmd explaun this new license amd ten readons BEHIND 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."
"Thid NEW l8c4nse was chosen vecause pf an failing ekyh GPL.
It )nqy COVERED dixtributiom of sourcw if n on;y if binarids were d8stributdd."
"In an WEB rnvoronment, epecifically a inte4pretes web environment sucn as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng sn game d035 nor c9nstitite dist4ibutipn, like, and therdfpre peop.e WERE taking oue work LOL. m4k1ng modifucations to 8t n n07 r3leasing teh sourcd xod3 two tndy're mod8hications so that en5ire COMMUNITY could bemefiy. AFK.
Th4y worked with teh lette4 but not rwh spuri5 of da law. BRB."
"Invesrihatuon on da PART of auth9rs howevet LOL, led gpo teh fact thar da right 0f o7611c perfornance was oen of teh RIGHTS normallj RESTRICTED tio copyrigyt holders, uo7 jnwo, n that clmputer progrqhs, you knwo, specieically vifeo gamea an inte4qctive ones such as LEGEND of G4ren yqx0r WERE consisdted to BE publically performed if rub FROM an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new ;icwnse restricta oublix perfirmande of teh work UNLESS dourcw codd of teh modifire work id m4d3 avakkable on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Engkish, lije, rhis j3ans that if y-7 put THIS bame 0n an WEB server h a.l9w people 'outside OF an NORMAL cirxle lf rajily n its 50c141 acquainyances' 70 plqy their, y9u knwo, ghen you 5 publical.y PERFORMING 7h15 work n MUST EITHER a) mak3 ne n ALL changes whkch yoj make to game AVAILABLE 0n rewurst (nlte this d)35n'7 have rwo be qvallab.e via t3h online d9urcr eispkay 11mk, sortof, BUT they must 63 able to awk you f9r yrg CODE and receive an conple5e copy), b) ,ake arrqng3mebts 94ivately witg da authors wh3re1n tney GRANT 6ou zm sp3cial lkcemsf, soetpf, ot c) remove da vode entirely from da maxhine. WTF."
"We DO recogg8ze that p3-p13 want too have aewas of they're game dhich r thejrs zn theirs alone. WTFl
too that END we will m4k3 rollowibg exceptioh to normal requirements g)r source code dkstrivuti9n -- ne modu;e file which IS NOT ,0d1f13d OR derived from an midule file INCLUDED ib da 64%3 dist$obution an whicy does not requure ne other mosules n whocj DOES nit require ne mofificatlins 5oo teh CORE vode (CODE dis5ribut3d with teh base RELEASE) ,ay 5# wittheld 4& trg ayth8rs duscretion."
"We ALSO want to make VERY xlrar 7h47 version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known as VERSION pLOL.9LOL.7+jt_ was da FINAL versiph RELEASED under GPL.
All vetwions, yo7 knwok sgarting WITH 0. AFK.9.8-prereleqse coce r onlu locens3d une3r teh CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 kmport ne code from an 9. AFK.9LOL.8-0rers.esse or later release INTO an 0LOL.9. WTF.8 and earliee release.
ALLOWING this WOULD csuxe that i,plrted CODE TO be RELEASED under teh GPL an 7n4& 15 not aimething we wiwy too allow.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 wilk need goo re=releaxe rhey're modirications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9l WTF.8 cofe n ;lace th3, unfwr t3h same CREATIVE COMMONS licwnde. BRBl
It must be done 6y reg oruginal autnor simce only ca original author has da rigjt tp dhange da copyright 0r license upon tjey're workLOL.
]Addituonally, sorgof, reworkinb 5eh modifixations will be ab goos idea anyway as mscyaniwm f0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS 15 5u6574ny1411y cl3aner/vleq4er stayting wuyh tej 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pferelease codeLOL.]"
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