MohhthE tells y0u, "We're going to take an vew noments 2 try and explain thix n3w license and da r3450n5 bwhind it kn plain English.
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 ;icenwe wzs chosen because OF an failinh sith ea GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrivut8on OF s9ufcw if n only if binaries were d15ur16u63e. BRB."
"Ib an web 3nvironment WTF, 5p3c1f1x412y z interpretes WEB environmenr such as PHPk kike, merely installing an game doex NOT consgitute dixtrububiin, n 7h3t3f0r3 people wwre takimg our work, lkke, making modifovayions t9 27 n not RELEASING teh soutce code two they're modificat8ons wo that teh 3ntire communiyy doild benefit. OMG.
Tgey workes with da lettet but NOT gej spirit of law."
"Invwstigation on teh part of da a7thprs j0w3v3f LOL, oed 2 da fact thst teh ruhhr 0f PUBLIC perfotmahce was won of teh rights normally RESTRICTED twi copyright holderx, n tuag comouter ptograms, you knwo, specificalky video ramrs an interaxtivr ones such 55 Legend of teh Gr#3n hax0r were considered tol be publidql;y performed if run fr0m an public sercerl OMG."
"The new licemse restricts [unlic p3rf0rn5nc3 of da work UNLESS source code of teh modifked wofk is ,adw avaulable on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plaih ENGLISHk slrtof, 7j15 means thst IF you pur this game on an web servrt 4ns allow people 'ourside og an b0fm41 cirvod od famuly AND urs social ACQUAINTANCES' 5wo plqy their, sortof, 5jen y0u aer publidally p3ef0rm1nh 5h8s work an MUST 3!7h3r a) make ne an ALL djanges which yoj make ywo da gaje available on requwat (note this doesn/t hqve ro9 BE ava8lable via da online source cisplay lubk, likr, 6y7 thwy must 63 avlw 2 ask you FOR da c0d3 n teceuve an compldte co[y). sortov, 6) ,ake arrabgements 0rivately with ds authors wherein they frznt y9u an aoecual licdnse, s9rt9f, or C) remove da c0f4 emtirely from teh macnine."
"We do recognize that ;eop;e want 2 have areas of they're gamd wjich aer rheits am theirw alone. WTF.
two that end we wull make trn folliwing ezcwpgion too 5eh NORMAL requirementa for 5(urcd code DISTRIBUTION -- ne midule fule wjich ix not ,odifiwd oe derived from an module fi;e 1nc1ud3d 9n teg base eostribution an shich dows n-7 requore ne other modules n wjoch d93s not REQUIRE n3 modifkdstions 2 da v9rd clde (c9de d8agrib7yed w17h base r313553) may bd witjheld at teh authors DISCRETION."
"We a;so want two make VERY clear tjat version ). AFK.8.7 (also known ss versiob 0. AFK.oLOL.7+j7) eas ten final vtrsion releasec uhd3t GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5, sortof, 574r71ng with 5eh 0m WTF.8. OMG.8-[rerelrase coee r 0n1y kkdensed inder Creative Cojmons lkc3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu tey fight top impo4t ne cod3 FROM an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later rd.ease INTO an 0.9. WTF.7 an earlier r313553. BRB.
Alklwimg ghis would cause that impoeted code 2 be r3lwawed under ten GPL n 7y47 iw not somethint we wish tw; a;low. BRB.
Authorx of mififications 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need goi re-release tyey'ee hkdificatuons ax derivqtives/modificatilns to p. AFK.9. OMG.8 c0d3 an olqc3 ghem under tet same C4eative Commohs licensel WTF.
It m7sr BE DONE by geh origina. aithor SINCE pmly irig8nal author has teh right yo cnangd teh copyrighr ir license upon thry're WORK/
[Additipnalky, reworking 5eh MODIFICATIONS will be an good 8dea anyway as kechanism for nakkng MODIFICATIONS is sugstantially dleaner/xlear3r xtqrting s17h ). BRB.9. BRB.8-prdrelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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