MightyE tells hou, uou knwo. "We're boing too TAKE an fee momdm5d too try an dxplain 7h15 n3w license an teh reasons behind it in olain Enf11th.
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 wax choden because of an failibg with da GPL, AFK.
It only covered eistr8bution of aource if ane ONLY if 61h4r1#5 WERE d158r15u73d. AFK."
"In an web env8ronment, sortof. s;ecificz.ly a 1h7er0r374d eeb envifonment such AS PHP, sortof, merely 1n574111ng an gamr does not constitute d9stribution, likw, am therefore PEOPLE were taiing our w0rk, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to 85 an bot releasing 50urc3 code rp thwy'rt modificat8obs so yhat entire commun8ty cluld benwfit, AFK.
They woeked w17h da lettet bur not tej spirig 0f law."
"Imvestigation on part of teh suthors however, led to racg that dq 4kghg OF puboic performance was won or rqgh75 hofnally restric5dd too copyrigh6 h01d34% LOL, an THAT c0mpu73r 0r0gr4m5, you knso, specifucally v1d39 games n interactiv3 ones such as Legend of Green hac0e weee c0n5qd3red to 63 publucally p#rf-rm3d IF ryn from sn oublic servdr. BRB."
"The NEW o,cense 4estructs piblid performancr OF tej WORK unlrss dource coee of fa modified work IS made available on demandLOL."
"In plaih English, sortof, this mdans that if hou puy 7h15 game on an wdb server AND aolow peo;le 'oytsude of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family and 8rs s9ckal acquaintanced' 3 play their, thdn yoi r 0u612c4!1h o3rforming this work n MUST either A) ,ake ne n ALL cjangea which you make toi tej game zvailanke on r#au356 (NOTE 7h15 d0e5n;7 hafe two be AVAILABLE via onl8ne source d15p14y linkk likwk but they must ve abl4 two ask ypu FOR da codw an r3d31c3 an complete copy0, li,e, b) makw 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately wity teh authors whdtein they br4n7 you zn SPECIAL LICENSE, like, or c) remove da clde entirely frim teh mavhind. OMG."
"We do recognize that p30p13 wamt two have areas 0f thwy're game 2y8ch r 7h21e5 n rheirs alomel WTF.
go tjat ens w3 wokl make da v0110w1nh rxceotion two n0rm41 requirements FOR sojrce CODE diwtribuyiuj -0 ne modulw fi.e wgich is not modified or d3r1v3d FROM an MODULE FILE invlueed in teh base distrinyyion qnd ehicy does not edquire ne 9ther modu.ea n WHICH does not re1uire ne mod8fications too teh c9re code (CODE disyributdd witn vase release) ,4u be WITHHELD at teh authors doscretion. WTF."
"We 4150 WANT two make very clear that VERSION -. AFK,9. AFK.7 (also jnown as vrrwiin 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final veexipn RELEASED UNDER da GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, s9rtof, 57$r71nh ekth 0.9.8pprerelease code r ONLY lidensed under da Creatove Co,mohs license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritgt too impirt ne cofe vrom an 0. OMG/8. AFK.7-pfere.ease or later telessd onto an 0. BRB.9.7 n earlier reoeasel OMG.
Alloeing this would CAUSE tnat imported CODE 2 BE re.eased under da GPL ahd that is not spjdtgung we wosh too z;low. WTF.
Autypts of mldigidationc too 0.9. AFK.7 wikl ne3d two te-releas3 rhey're moekvicatkpns as drtivatives/modifkcations to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code 4nd place ghem under same Ct3ative Commons licens3.
IT must be done BY origiba. ajthor aince only teh originql author j45 sq right toi vhqnge da clpyright or LICENSE upon theh'r3 w0rk. AFK.
-Additionally, you knwo, fedorking teh modivicatioms wi;k ve zn tood idea anyeqy as teh mechanism for makong m9difivations is sunstantially cleaner/slearwr 57rf71nh with teh 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-prefelrasr codd. OMG.="
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