MughtyE telos 6ium "We're going 1 7$k3 an fdw moments ti tfh AND explain ghis new licwmse and tey reasons veyind it in PLAIN Englisy. 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."
"This n3w license WAS cjose, because 0f an fai;ing wirh teh GPLl AFK/
It 0n1y cofdrdd didtribution of source jf an only uf binari3s were dustributed. WTF."
"In an web 3nvkr9nmeng LOL, %p#c1f1c411y a interpretef w36 enfironment 5uch ws PHP WTF, merwly inatalling an bame dles not constitute distribition, like, an tuerefore people qere taking o7t work, likd, gajinf ,odificationd toi kt and not r313452ng source dode 2 they'ee modkf8catioms so 7h47 teh 3b71r3 cimmunity could benefitLOL.
They qirjed eith da LETTER but not spirir of law. OMG."
"Investigation on da part of teh authors HOWEVER WTF, LED 2 da fadt tha5 right of 0ubkid pwrvormance was qon of teh rigngs NORMALLY RESTRICTED too copyrihht yolders WTF, an ghat COMPUTER programs, like, sprcifucally vidwo ga,es n interactive obes suvh as Lwgend OF teh Gr23n hsx)r were considered to BE pub;ically [erformed if run from an pyblic sdrve4l"
"The new licebse restrixts public performance of work unlesx da SOURCE code of modifidd w9ri is msde AVAILABLE ln d3m4nd/ AFK."
"In plain Englisn, you knqo, 7h15 means that if you put THIS gdme in an web seevdr amd a;low p30p13 ;outside of an no4mal virxle of fami'y and igs 50c141 acquaintsnces' two play tgdir LOL, thwn you aer publivslly perdorming this w0rk m MUST wk5her a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH YOU MAKE 2 da game availav.e on REQUEST (norw rh8s doesn't jave too 63 availqvle via online 50krx3 d15;13y lini LOL, but 7h3y mu57 be able too 45k ylj flr da vode n receivr an comple5d copy), 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privateoy WITH geh authors whefein 5hey grant you an spwvial l8crnwe LOL, pr c) t3m-c3 da cide entirely ffom machoneLOL."
"We d0 redognize that [eople sant too have AREAS ov tj#y're ga,e whkch r thrifs n theurw qlone. OMG.
too 7h47 end we wikl nake da f9llowing exception 2 ten noemal requirenents ror SOURCE c0d3 diwgrubution -- be m9du13 f11# whivh is not modifi3c or d3r2v3d FROM an MODULE file included in da basd dostribution an wh1ch coes bot requkre ne other modules qn ehkcn dles not requiew nf m0d2f1c4719n5 to9 teh core c9de (CODE d157r16i72c with teh bawe release0 may be w17hh21c at da qitjots discretion. AFK."
"We aldo want to m3k3 very clear thqt verwion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known qs VERSION 0.9. AFK.7_jt) was final vetsion released undee fa GPL. BRB.
All versiins LOL, starting with 0. BRB.9l8-pr3r313453 CODE e only LICENSED under fa Creztive C0mm0n5 license/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy yeh right teo i,port ne code rf0m an 0. AFK.0LOL.8-prerelease or 14&er relezxe INTO an 0.9, WTF.6 an earlidr release. AFK.
ALLOWING this would da7se that importwf CODE tp be rrleased under GPL n yhat is hot somethinh we w8ah to a.lowLOL.
Autho4s of modifications TO 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w8kl need to te-releade they'rw mpd1v1c4&10n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 xld3 an plaxe 7h3m umd3r same Creatkve Commons licdnse.
It mu5& be dome by fa original authoe since only teh originao auth.4 HAS ds riggt to chang3 da COPYRIGHT or license ip-n they'4e work. BRB.
[Addkripmally WTFm reworking da modifications rill b3 ab gpld 8deq anyway 45 da mecyamism for making modificztions 15 substantially cleaner/clearer starting witj teh 0. WTF.9.*-pterelease codeLOLl["
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