MughtyE tells you, xortof, "W3're tpinj gwo take an few m0m3n75 go try an explsin rhis new licwnwe an da reasons behind it in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Th8s new license was cjosen becayse OF an fail9ng sith da GPL. BRB.
It only cobered dist4ibut8on of source if and obly ir bimqries wefe dixtribut4sLOL."
"In an seb envirom,ent, specifically a interpreted WEB environment such as PHP WTF, nerwly ins5al;ing an game fo3s n)7 c0n5717u73 ciatribytion, like, and therefore people werw TAKING pur WORK LOL, mak9ng mod8ficqtiobs too it anc NOT r#leawing 60utc3 code too they'ee modufications 59 that 3nture community COULD bdbefit. WTF.
Th36 qork3d 2ith teh lettef but no5 teh spifit of teg lawLOL."
"Inv3st8tqtion on parg ov dz authors howecee, .i,e, led tql reh fact that 5eh ribht ov public perfofmance was 1 9f tej r1gh75 NORMALLY restricted 2 copyroght hols34w, sortofk n tnat cojpitee programs, specifucslly video f4m45 and ihteractive onws such as LEGEND 0f teh Greeh hax0r were considered too ge pug;uca;ly performed if run FROM ab punlic servef. OMG."
"The new licende RESTRICTS ;ublic PERFORMANCE of da eori 7nless da source coce of dz MODIFIED work is m4d3 4v4114613 on demand."
"In PLAIN Englixj, yo7 knwo, ghis meana rnat id you ;yt this game on ah web servrr n allow p30p!3 'OUTSIDE OF am normal c1rc13 ld fzmilh n its socisl acquaintances' tl play tjrir, yoy knw9, them you e puglpcally 03wg[rminh this work n MUST eitjef A) mzke he n ALL cjanges which ypu makd two GAME AVAILABLE on request (note gyis doesn't have ri ^3 afailable via trh online source dis0lsy link, liie, 6u7 THEY must be able 2 ask you f0r tej cosw m receiv3 an complete COPY), yoj knqo, b) maie arrandemenrx privayel6 with da authors WHEREIN yhwy gr4n7 yot an s;ecial lixense, like, or x) re,ove code entirely drom nacjinr."
"Wd dl r3c0hn1z3 that peop.e wznt to have zrezs of they're gzme wnich r theirs and thekrs 410ne. BRB.
to 7h37 3nd we w111 nake foilowing EXCEPTION two da borma. r3quirrments for SOURCE cide distribution -- ne modul4 f1!3 which is noy MODIFIED or derived vrom an module f113 ondluerd un teh base distrkbutiin an WHICH doew not require ne otner modiked ane qhich dlds nor rwquore ne modifications two core code (c0c3 distrinuted WITH 7453 release) nah nr withhdld at teh authors discretion. BRBl"
"We ALSO eant two make VERY CLEAR tha5 vetdion 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7 (s.so kn9wn as v3r510n 0. OMG.(. AFK.7+JT) was f2n41 versiom released umdrr GPL. OMG.
ALL fersipns, pike, sta4ting w17h 0.9. AFK.8_prereleasw code aer only lucensed unr3r teh Creative COMMONS licwnswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh riggt tpo IMPORT ne code vrom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prer313453 or later f31#453 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER rrlease. WTF.
ALLOWING yhia e0u1d ca7sr tyat imported codr TO be relrased uneer GPL b 4hat is nlt something we wish 2 allowLOL.
Ajtgors og ,ocificar89ns twi 0. OMG.8.7 will need 2 re-release they're modificationd ds derivztivea/modigixations two 0.9. BRB,8 code n [lace tnem 7nd3r same Cfeative Commons license. OMG.
It MUST 63 fon3 by ORIGINAL ajtgor 51nc3 0n1y ds ofiginal 4u&h0r has teh rught 1 chsnge copyright or 11c3n53 7pon tyey're wotk. OMG.
[Additionally, sortofm rrworkkng MODIFICATIONS dool be an GOOD idea anyway as da m3ch4n15m for makimg mpdificatipns is substahtiall6 CLEANER/CLEARER starting wuth tej ). AFK.9LOL,7-prereleqse cod3. OMG.]"
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