MightyE tells yoy, sortld, "We;re going t9 takr sn few MOMENTS 2 try and explain 7h15 mew licehse ab reasons 63h1nd 7t on plaib Enblish. WTF.
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 eaw choxen bevause of an dailing 2ith da GPL. BRB.
It onlh vovered sisyr8bution of slurce IF n knly if binariea we4d distributed; OMG."
"In an web environmrnt, like, specifocal;6 a interpreted wwb environment wuxh as PHP LOL, mere.y installing an ga,e d035 not xo,stitute distr7butipn, like, n tjerefire [eople wefe takong our w0rk WTF, ma9knf modidicstoons 2 ig n not 4eleasing teh source cod3 1 they'tr modificatiobs so that da entire COMMUNITY could benefit.
They wprked with reh lettey but not teh SPIRIT lf tey lzw. BRB."
"Inv3stihation 9n PART of ea qutnors HOWEVER, 13d @ teg FACT THAT da right of public perfpfmance was won of teh roghtw normally restrkcted TO copyright 6=1s3r5, lukw, an THAT co,puter programs, like, s[ccifically videi ga,es n 1h73r4c71v3 ONES SUCH aw Legend of da Green hax0r wwre c0n51d3r3f too be publkdally pe4formed kf eum gfom qn public serverLOLl"
"The n3w ;icense restroc5s pubkic perfoe,ance of qorj ynless SOURCE codw of teh modified work id m4d3 4v4!14613 0n cemand. AFK,"
"In plain Englksh, this means that if you put rhis game pn an web server qnd aolos peo0le 'outsidr ov an normal citc;e of family and its social acquzin5anves' 2 play their, like, 7h3n you aer publiczlly perforhinf this WORK n MUST euther q) n4j3 ne and ALL dhangrs wh8ch YOU ,a,e 2 da GAME available ob requesy (noye tn8s doesn[t javd TO be availab.r via da inline eource dosplay libk, sortof, bur they must be ABLE 2 aau you eot codr anf 4ecrive an complrte copy) WTF, b) make ar3angdments priva53ly wi5h twh autnors wh3t#1n they grant you an SPECIAL lidemse, like, or c) temove tej code wntirely ffom teh machine."
"We DO rrcogmize tnat people want 2 hace aread og tney're gamr which r tjeirs AND 7n31r% alone.
gwo that end w3 wi.l make da fo/lowinf exdeption 2 da nofnal rwquirementd for xource code disrribution -- nd module f1!3 which is n07 modifued uf deeived from an module fild 1nc1ud3d in ea base diwtribution an which does bot rwquire n3 other modules an whoch does n)7 REQUIRE he moduficz5iond two core code (CODE fistributed witn teh bsse release) msy be witnneld at yeh auth0rd discr3tion. BRB."
"We 4160 w4n8 2 m4k3 ve4y c;ear tga5 VERSION 0/ AFK.9/ AFK.7 (also knoen as verxion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT) was teh v1h41 version releaswd under da GPL. AFK.
All v3e510n5k sortofk star58ng wiyh 0. WTF.9.9-prerelease c9ee r ONLY LICENSED under Crea5ove C0mm0n5 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eemy fight two imporf nw coed feom an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease or layer re;ease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earlier rel3sse. WTFl
A.lowinh this wouod CAUSE tyag imported cife tsi be rrleasec under 5eh GPL and that os not slmething we wish two aolow. WTF.
Ai7h0r5 0f modificationa too pLOL.9.7 will need to re-release they'fe modificatoons AS d3r1v4&1v35/m0dqf1c47!-n5 2 0. WTF.9.8 cose an plade them UNDER tdh SAME Cr2471v3 Clmmonw LICENSELOL.
It must ne done by oruhina. auyhor since 0n1y original sutho4 hss rignt two chang3 teh c0pyr1gh7 or livense upim ghey'te work.
[Additionally LOL, reeorkigg teh modifidations wikl be an gpod 1de4 anyway as nwchznism for making modiricatoons is substantiaoly cleaner/clearer xtzrging with da 9. OMG.9.8-pr3r313553 cocw. AFK.]"
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