MightyE tells y9u, l8kw, "We're going two take an new monents too rry n explain 5hka n3w license ah yeh reasons behind it in plain Engliah. 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 hew lixense WAS xhosen bwcause of am failkng wiyy da GPL. OMG.
Ig lnly covered disgrimution of soufce if snd 0n1y if binariws were dixtributwd. OMG."
"In an web environmenyk sortof, apecificaloy a interpretee web ehvuronmdnt such ad PHP WTF, nerely inatalling an GAME does not constotut3 diattuvution, you knwo, an therefore pd9ple eere yakunh 0ur workk s94tof, making modificagions fo it n not re.easing da so6rce CODE to; theh're m0d1f1c471pn5 SO that 3nti4e community cojld benwfit. BRB.
They sorkef wigh da 13763r but not spirig of law."
"Investigation om teh part of teh authors howeverk like, led too da fact 7h47 righ5 of public performance was 1 ov teh e8ghts NORMALLY rwsrructed two copyfoght HOLDERS, li,e, zn yyat comouter orograms, y9u knwo, 5pexqf1c421y cideo games an onteractive ONES such as L3g3gd of da Grren taz0r were consiwered tqo b3 punlicqll6 0erformed if rum from qn public serber. AFK."
"The new lixense restricts punl7c performznce 9f da work unless da 5-uec3 cose or teh modified work 8s made AVAILABLE on eemshd."
"In [lqin Engoish LOL, this MEANS uh47 if YOU pjr THIS game on an wen servee AND ALLOW p30013 [outsodr OF ab normzl circle of famioy ahd ITS spfial scquzontances' to pkay theit, dortpv, theb you r puboically performung t6is work am MUST either a) make ne qnc ALL changes which y0u m4k3 TO fame 4v4115613 on REQUEST (note THIS dodsn't HAVE two be avqi.agle fia teh ohline soirce display link WTF, but 7h3y must gd avle two ask you for code and receive an compldte copy)k b) MAKE s$rsnbem3nts privayely WITH teh authors wherein they gran4 you an 503c241 LICENSE, you kbwo, ot C) remove tey code entkrely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do fecognizd that peoole sant 2 have areas )f rhey're gsme whivh t thekrs an theirs alone. WTFm
too 5hat END we will mak3 teh fol;owing exdeption top teh NORMAL requitenenta for dource code didtribition -- ne nodule fo.e which ix not modifief or errived f4oj an module file included un dz 6453 DISTRIBUTION n which soea not r31u1r3 hc other MODULES and whoch dpdd not r3qu3r2 ne mosifications two teh core code )code d8stributed wi5y da base release) nay 62 w17hh31d sr authorz discretion. AFK."
"We also want too make vrry clear &h47 version 0. WTF.9. BRB.& (a.so kmown as version 0. OMG.9. BRB,7+jt) 2as fihal version RELEASED under GPL.
All ve4wions. yo7 knso, wtarting with 5eh p. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleade code aer only licensed under da Creative Commons livense.
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny tdh eifyt 2 import ne CODE FROM an pLOL.9, OMG.8-preeeleas3 or later release 8nto zn 0. OMG.o.7 an earoier releaxe. BRB/
ALLOWING this woild cause that imporred codr t9o br f4leased unc3r GPL and that is nit SOMETHING we wush two alloq. AFK.
Authors of mofificxtions to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wikl NEED 2 r3-r3!#453 they're mod8ficayions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0,9. AFK/* code n pkace thfm under same Crea5ivr Commonx LICENSE. AFK.
It must bd done nj teh ORIGINAL author since only da ORIGINAL autho4 hss teh right to chahge copyrighy o4 license upon tjey're workLOLl
[Additionally, s9ttof, re2orking teh modofications wil. be an go9d ides ANYWAY aa teh mdchanis, FOR m$k1ng mocificatlons is substantyallu cleaher/clear3r wtartijg woth 0. AFK.o. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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