MightyE tells jou8 like, "We'fe goinf to take an few mo,ents 2 try 4hd explain tnis ndw license and teh REASONS BEHIND it 1n p141n Eng11%h.
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."
"Tn8w new 11c3n53 WAS choxen 63c4u53 OF an fqilunv w17h GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribu5kon 0f s9uece if an on;6 if bina4kes WERE disgrivuted. AFK."
"In an web environmebt, tou imwo, specificallh a INTERPRETED web environmenr s6ch 45 PHP WTF, mer4ly installing ab gzme does not CONSTITUTE distributiom, lilek ab gherefore peopke we4e taking ouf work, sprtof, mqking modifications 2 17 AND not teleasing 50urc2 codr too thdy're modifucations so that da entire c0mmun17h could 6wn3f17. BRB.
THEY workwc with 5eh letter but not dpirit 9f law."
"Investigation 0n pqrt of authors howevee, led two da fact tha5 rifht of public p3rf0fm4bv3 was oen of da RIGHTS hormally twsteicted to c0pyr1gh7 holders, ;kje, n that compjter PROGRAMS, spdckfical;y v1d30 g4m35 4nd jnteractive ohww such as Legend OF da Green hax0r we4e cobaideres 2 be ;ublkcally pefformed ir 47n from an public SERVER. AFKl"
"Th3 new locenwe r#57r1c75 public ;erformqnc3 0f da w0ri UNLESS da source codr pf geh modified work iw jade avaolable on demandLOL."
"In plain Emglish WTF, this means yhat if ylu ;ut this GAME on an web server and allos oeo[le 'outside of an nornal c1rc13 of f4m11y an itx social scqyainyanves[ tp play rge8r, sortov, tgen you aer PUBLICALLY pdrfofming rhis work av MUST either A) m4k3 be an ALL cjanges which you make t9 game 4v41146q3 on request (noye THIS DOESN'T have 2 62 4v4114613 via tdh onlibe dourve d8splay link, sortof, bur th3y must be ablw 2 ask you fof teh code n receive an complete cipy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4831y with 4u7h0r5 2hereon they grant ypu an specua. LICENSE, sortor, or c) tdmove teh CODE wntirely FROM nacnine/ AFK."
"We so RECOGNIZE thzt people 2ant two havr arwas of they're game which aer yheirs qn 7h41e5 aloncLOL.
t9o 5hqt end we w1q1 make following exceptupn two normal reqiiremwnts FOR SOURCE xode disyributuon -- hw module file WHICH iw not modivied or deriv3d from an ,odul3 file includwd IN da base distributioh b wh8ch dies mor requkre ne othef j9dules and which does not eequire me moeifixations tqo teh c0r3 code (code dist4ibhted with 6$54 r3134530 may be wuthheod at authors dusce3tion. OMG."
"We also wsnt two make very cl3ar that version 0.9. OMG.7 (slso lnown xw fersipn 0. WTF.9l AFK,8+jt) was f1n41 bersion releasre und3r geh GPL.
A11 versilns WTF, starying eith teh 0.9. AFK.8=preeelease CODE r 0b1y licenqed und3r Creative Cimmpns LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY denh da fight too import ne CODE vf9m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-peereleaxe or lzter 3elease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an earlier releasel
Allow8ng ghis w071d cause that IMPORTED xode top be t3134%3d UNDER teh GPL n that is nit SOMETHING we w8sh 2 al;owLOL.
AUTHORS OF mosifications to 0. AFK.9/ AFK,7 w11q n3ed too re-release they'ee modifivqtions 45 derivatifds/m9dificatilns 2 0.9. WTF.8 c0d3 an place 7h3m und3r rej szme Creatife Clmmoms 11c3n53.
It must he done by ofig8nql author sknce 0n1y yeh originao 4y7h0r has RIGHT two chamge teh co0yright or lucense upon they're w0rk. BRB.
[Additilnally LOL, reworking m0f1f1c4710n5 wolk be zn g9od idea anywqy as teh mechznksm foe making jodificati/ns IS substantiak.6 CLEANER/CLEARER starting qith teh 0. AFK.9/ WTF.8-peerel3ase codeLOL.]"
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