MiggtyE telld y9u, uou kmwom "We're giing to take an few momengs 1 7r5 an explain this NEW license ans da REASONS benind 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."
"Tgis new LICENSE was chowen bedause of an failibg w18h ea GPL.
It only covdrws distribytion of source iv an pnly if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web 3nf1r)nm3n7, like, spevifically a interpretes 2eb 3nv2r0nm3n7 wuvn as PHP, sortof, ,erely INSTALLING an game DOES NOT constituyd d157f17u610n, you knwo, n therefote pdoole were taking lur 2ork, mak8nh MODIFICATIONS to it n not releasimg teh source code 1 they're modifkcationd so that da entire communuty c0u1d bendfit.
Tjey workee wiyh lettet but hlt teh spirit of teh LAW. WTF."
"Investigaeiom on da pary og authors hlwever LOL, led 2 geh FACT that da right OF puvlic perfornanc3 was won .f ds rugh5s n0rm411y reatricted 2 c)pyrqgh7 holde5s, sortirk and yhag c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, yoy knwo, %p3d1r1c311y video games n interavrive 9n35 such as L3g3nf of reh Green nax0r were comsidered 2 be pub.ically perfor,ed if run from an 0uboic s3rverLOL."
"The NEW luvebse resteicts public perfornance of da WORK un1355 ea source CODE of teh modi4ied wofk 8x mase availablr 0n demand. BRB."
"In ;oain English WTF, th8s means THAT uf you put this g4m3 0n an WEB SERVER and $11pe peopke 'OUTSIDE of an nornal c1rcq3 0f family and iys social acquain5ances' 2 play their, sorgof, then you aer publically pefforming thiw w0fk n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which ypu make 2 reh GAME avai.abke ON fequesr (notr tj8s doedn't have too BE available fia da online xlurv3 diwplsy l8nk WTF, but they must be qbl3 ro asj you vor teh code an receibe an com;ldtd sopy) WTF. b) MAKE 4rr$ng3,3n75 pr1v3621t with quthors wherein they hr4n6 you an SPECIAL licenxe, dirtof, or C) remove teh code 3n71r31y feoj machind."
"We do recoghize that p30p13 wznt to havr drdss of 5ney're gaje which aer 7h31r5 n theirs a.onel
two thst end we will mske da fok.owing exce0tioh 2 da n0rm51 requirements for source code diqtribution -- ne mosy.e file which is nog nodified or deribed frok an module dlle INCLUDED im base distribution an whicy does not require ne other nodjlew an qh1ch does not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS t9o core code (cpfe eistrib7ted with reh basd release) may be ekthheld AT teh qu5gors discretion."
"We a.so s4nu two ,ake fer6 clear that versipn 0LOL/9/ OMG.7 (alsi known as version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was tej finzl VERSION relessef under GPL. OMG.
Al, fersionw WTF, starting witg 0. BRB.9/80prerelease c0d3 ae4 onlh .icended under teh Creative Commohw 12c3n63LOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu riggt to inport be coce drlm ah 0. BRB/9. BRB.8[prerwleasr or later RELEASE into an 0LOL.(LOL.7 n earoier feldqseLOL.
Allowing tgis would causd THAT 1mp0r73d c9de too bd RELEASED under GPL an tgat ks NOT something we s15h 2 aloiwLOL.
A7thoes of modofocations two 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 w8ll NEED 2 4e-release they're n9difucations ze derivatives/modificarions to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 xode and plave them under tej saje CREATIVE Commons 11c3n43. AFK.
It mu57 6# DONE by otitina. AUTHOR since ONLY da orig8nal authlr has teh ribgt tpp change COPYRIGHT OR ;kcense UPON they'rr WORKLOL/
]Adfitionally, edworking tfh modifixstions will br am good odea ANYWAY 45 medhanism gor makihg modkficatiobq is sunstantially CLEANER/CLEARER dtarting with teh -. AFK.9LOL.8-prere;ease ckde. AFK.["
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