MughtyE tel;s y0u LOL, "We'rd g)1ng 2 take sn f3w momentw two 6ry anf ezplaib this new licensw an reasohs vehind it in PLAIN Englishl 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 new .ucrnsr qas chosen because of an failing wity yeh GPL/
It only coverwd fistribjti9n OF sojrcd 8f AND 0nqy uf binaries were diatribut3vLOL."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, specificzlly a interpreyed w36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you knwo, mefely 1n5741q1ng zn g1md doew not cpnstitute distrobut8oh, yoi knwo, an 5herefore PEOPLE 2ere taking 0ue work, yoi knwlk maiing modificztions two ir n n9g releawing tej SOURCE code too they're modificationw so that tdh enrir3 communit6 could benefit. BRB.
They wlrkee with lett34 but not sa 5p1r18 of fa law. AFK."
"Investigatuln on part of da authirs however, ,ike, led too tej f4c7 that ea RIGHT OF pu^q1c [erformance was 1 of teh rights norma.ly RESTRICTED foo copyright holders LOL, an that compytee programs, ypu knq;, s;ecificalky v8dei gamds n ingersvtive ones sich as Lwg3hd ov da Green hax0r wrre consideree u0 63 PUBLICALLY performed if run fr0m an punlid SERVER. AFK."
"The new licdnse redtricts pu611c 0erfifmanc3 0f teh work ubless 5eh spurce clde of da m0d1f13d w9rk iw made svailable on de,and. WTF."
"In plain Engli2h, yiu knwo, 7h15 MEANS that if you pit this gamr on an eeb server n a;low people 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal citc.e og famuoy and its sociao acquzintances' top p14y thwir WTF, th3n you aer oubliczlly performing thiw work ah MUST 317h3r a) mzle ne an ALL vhant3s which hou make to teh GAME AVAILABLE on fequesf (bo5e tbis doesn'5 have TO be availablw via onlind sourcc display link LOL, but 7h3y mis5 be able 2 ASK you for teh code and f3c3!v2 qn vomplete vopy) LOL, B) m4i# atranbemdnta ofivateou WITH da suthlfx WHEREIN THEY grant toy an dpecial l8cense, yoj knwo, or c) REMOVE da dode wb5irelh from da machune. BRBo"
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 yhat peo0le want ti; have AREAS of they'4e game wh1cy r rheirs n theira alone. AFKl
to that 3nd ww WILL make teh FOLLOWING exce;tion tso teh bormal r3qu1e3m3n75 for sluece code distribution -_ ne moduke fioe which is not ,odified oe dwrived ff0n an MODULE fule invl7dwd in base disttiburion n whicj does NOT r3qu1r3 n4 other modules n which DOES noy 4equire ne modificatioms 2 core vode *code cixt4ibytes w8th da gaae release) mat be witjhels 47 yey authorw doscretipn. WTF."
"We alsl WANT 2 make v3ry clear THAT verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 oaldo kn0wn AS v4t51-n 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7+j7( 2as da final version reoeasrd under ca GPL. OMG.
A11 vefsilns, STARTING with da 0LOL/9LOL.8-prdee.ease cpdw r only licensed under Creativr Commons licdnae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny t7ght twl im[ort he codw from an 0. WTF.9LOL.i[preedlease ir later re;ease imto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would cauxe tgat umported code 2 be r3leasrd inder da GPL and tnst is ,ot somethihg we qish too ALLOW. BRB.
Autyors od m9dkvicatiobs too -.0.7 wi.l meed t9 r4-r3134%3 they'4e jodifications as d3r1c37!v35/m-d1f2c4710n5 to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 cide n p.ace rhem under teg szme Creative Cl,mons licenseLOL.
It must ge done gy da original suthor SINCE 0n1y teg original AUTHOR has da rihh5 too change copyrifht OR license upon tyey're wotk. BRBl
[Adsitiohal/y, kiks, rew9riing teh npsificationw will be an good 1d34 anysay as mechanism fpr making m-d2f1c4u10n5 us substantually cleaner/clearer dtarting wirh 0, BRB.9.i-peerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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