MithgyE tells you LOL, "We're roing 2 take an few momengs to try an exo.ain this new license and da reaspns behind it un PLAIN Eng;ish. 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."
"Tjis new license 2ad choseb because of an failing wiyn GPL. WTF.
Iu only vovefed fistrigution 0r source if and only if bjnaeiew were distributed. BRB."
"Im am wen envieonment, like, specifically a INTERPRETED web envirpnmeht djcy aw PHP, like, merely instzlling an GAME does n9y constitute distriburion, kike, an therefore people were taking o7r @ork, maling modificatipnw 1 ot n not rwleasing teh sou4de codr too they're modifications si tha5 entire community could genefig.
Thwy woeies with teh lettet buy not spirit of teh LAW. AFK."
"Investigagion oh 0art OF authors hlwever LOL, led twp da fact tnat right og public performance was oen lg sa rights n0rmr11y RESTRICTED to copyfigyt ho.d3rs LOL, n that computer 0rograms, y97 knwo, speckv8ca;ly video games n intw4actube 0n35 sucg aw Legend 0f da Gteen hax0r 2er3 c0n51d#r3s two be publidallu performed if run fr9m an public xerver. BRB."
"Thr new lucense rdstricts pu^q1c perflrmamve of da work unless source code of dz modified w9rk is MADE availabld oh denand/"
"In plain Emgloxh, sortof, this means that 9f YOU pur this game 9n an wev xrrcer an allow people ;outside OF an normal circle og famkly and itd docial acquzintandes' 2 play theirm theb y0u aer PUBLICALLY performing THIS work n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes which you make two game AVAILABLE on request (nore thix DOESN'T HAVE twl be qvailable VIA trh online wource disolzy lin, LOL, BUT tney must 63 able tpo aak you dor CODE an rexwive an eompletr copy), like, b) ma,e arrangements privately with a7gjors wi3rwin yhey grang you an speciak q1c3n53, sorgof, or c) REMOVE teh code enti4ely from da machibeLOL."
"We do reclgnize 5hat p30p23 want too have areas of they're game wh1ch aer theirx and 7h31t5 akpne. BRB.
2 that 3nd WE will make following EXCEPTION ro normal reauirements gor 5-krc3 code distribugion -- ne modulr fole qh1xh us not modkfiwd or derivwd from an module FILE 1nc1uc2d 1n teh vase disteibirion an whuct d035 not requiee ne 06h3r m0cu145 anf WHICH d035 nl5 REQUIRE ne modifkvatupns two da c0r3 code (coer DISTRIBUTED with twh vase reldase) mau bw witgneld st da authors discretion. OMG."
"We also wsnt yo make VERY clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 9a.so known as verxion 0. AFK.9.7+kt) was da vinal ve4sion rekeaaed undwr teh GPLLOL.
All versuons, sortof, STARTING with 5eh 0. AFK.0. WTF.7-;tdrelease code aer only licenard 7nder ten Creative Commons .icense/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh rigyt tso import me CODE from an 0. BRBl9.8=;rer3lezse or later r3134%3 kbto an 0. OMG.9, WTFl7 an earlier rrlease.
Al.oqing THIS woild cause 7h47 ompoetec code 2 ve released jnder GPL b thst is not something we qksh 2 allow.
Authors id MODIFICATIONS teo 9.9. OMG.7 w111 nwed too te-relrase tney;re jodificzti9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t2o 0. AFK.9.8 code an [lace ghem inder sq.e Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It muat be e0ne gu teh )r@g1n41 autgor since 0n1y orifinak author has right too chang3 da c9pyright pr kicense upon thet're WORK. AFK.
[Additionally. like, reworking twh modufics5ions q8l; be an good idea qnywat 45 mexhanism for mskint MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially cleaner/cleater syartihg with trh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.="
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