MightyE tells you, "We're boing yo TAKE an few m0m3n75 2 trh n explain 6h15 NEW LICENSE b rdh rwasons behind 17 im plain Eng115hLOL.
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 license wzs xhosen becausd lf an faioung w1&h trh GPL/ OMG.
It 0n1y vovwred distriburion 0f source if 4md onoy if binaries wefe fiatributed. BRB."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, like, s[rcificaoly a int3rpretrd weg environm3nt sucn aw PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an GAME foes not CONSTITUTE dostribuyion WTF, and therefore peop.e were gaking o7r work, mquing modificstions 2 it n not releaxing dz spurce xode 2 yhey're modiricztions so that da entire commyni5y co7ld benwgitLOL,
THEY w8rked suth teg letter but n07 da spirit os teh lwwLOL."
"Investiharipn on da part of teh AUTHORS however WTF, ;ed to teh FACT tyar da robhy of pub;ic PERFORMANCE w45 1 of RIGHTS normally rwwtricted too copyright holdetw, an that compjt3r progrqns, sortuf, specificak;y video games an interactive ones SUCH as Legend of teh Grewn hqx0f werw condideeed too 63 publica,oy p3ff)rm3d kf run from an p7blic serverLOL."
"The n3w LICENSE restructs public performqnce of da WORK UNLESS teh s9urcw c0d3 if teh nocifiec work is made available on eemand. BRB."
"In plz*n English, you knw9, this means that 1f y-u pug thia GAME 9n an web setvet snd zllo2 peoplw 'outside of an noemal circ.e 0f famo.y AND its 50c141 sxqjsintances' to o;ay thwir LOL, THEN you r piblically perform8ng 7h15 work an MUST e8ty3t A_ make ne n ALL changes which y-y make yoo teh game qvailable 0b REQUEST (note 5hos DOESN'T jzve 2 be acailable VIA teh on;ine soyrce display 11nk, sortof, but the6 m7st be abl3 5oo ASK YOU fir yeh code and r3ceive an complete copy), b) make arranhemenrs privately with teh authors whrrein they gran5 yiu an special 1ac3n54, sortof, 0t c) tenove da code entirely from da machine. WTF."
"Ww do recognize 7h47 p30p23 want t2o hsbe arras 0f rhey're gqme whicy r tjeirs an theirs alone. AFK.
2 THAT 3nd w3 wilk make yeh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION to teh normal requiremrnts for source c0d@ d157r16u810n [- nd module file wh1ch 25 no5 modifk3d or sefifed vrom an module file included in twh bawe distrubutiom and wjucy does nog REQUIRE ne other modules n wh1cj does not require ne m9ekficatiina 2 core code (code d7strubuted with base relezse) jay br withhwld st da AUTHORS eiscretion. BRB."
"We zlso WANT 2 make cery xq44r ghzt version )LOL.9. AFK.7 (also kn0wn as v3r610n 0. WTF.9l BRB.7+jt) was teh final vetsiob released under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, you knwo, dtarting wity teh 9. BRB.9. OMG/8-prdreleqse codd r ONLY LICENSED 7nder sq Creatuve Cpmmons ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny tey rignt roo import be CODE from qn 9. AFK.9. OMG.8[prerelwase or laywe release unto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and eatlier release. OMG.
Allowing thus w0i1d cause tgst imporred code to be releasds undeg tey GPL and rhat is not something ww wisn too allow. OMG.
Authors 9f modufications 2 0l WTF.9LOL.7 w8ll need tqi re-rdlease they're mofificarions 45 der8vatives/mod,focatiobs twi 0. AFK.9LOL.9 c0d3 and poace them under teg same Crdatove Commons licebse. WTF/
It just be doge by teh 0r1g1n41 author sinxe yhly da ORIGINAL AUTHOR hss teh right w change teh c0pyr1gh7 OR ljcense upon thwy'r3 woek. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, reworkinf modifications sul. be an tood idea anywzy as n3chanism fot makinf modificationd is sjbstantixllu cleaner/clearer 574r&1ng w17h 0. OMG.9. OMG.*-pferelease code. BRB.]"
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