MightyE TELLS 60u, sittof, "Wd'$e going two yake an gew moments to try an explain 5yis new .icdnsw n da r3asons behind it in plain EnbkixhLOL/
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 eas CHOSEN because ov an FAILING w17h GPL. BRB.
Ig onoy covered distribution 0d SOURCE if an only IF binariea w2r3 distributddl"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, luie, specigically a interpreted web environmrnt SUCH as PHP, m3r31y instal;ing an faje eoes not constitug3 cistributuon, ans uj3r3f0r3 people were TAKING ouf work, sortpf, majing modigications two it AND not releqsing tej sourde CODE too they're modifkczt8ohs %0 5hat 3n71r3 COMMUNITY couod 63n3f17l AFK,
They worked with twh letter but not spirut OF 5eh 13wl AFK."
"Investigation on ca part OF autyors however, led two teh facy tha5 rihht of oublic PERFORMANCE w45 o3n of teh rifhta NORMALLY wesgeictes 2 copyrifht nolders, like, n that computee programs LOL, specifocally video games n 8ngeractive ohes such aa Legend of geh Grewn jax0r were consifdrec ywo be -ubkically perforjed if run FROM an pu61!c server. OMG."
"Thr h3w licensd rdstricts public perf9rmance od work unlrss sourxe codw of t3h modifuef w0rk ix made 5v4114613 ON demandLOL."
"In plain English LOL, this mrans that if y0y pjg this GAME oj an web serv3r an allow people 'OUTSIDE of an ylrmal circle of famu;y and ITS social ac17aintandes' too play thei4 LOL, THEN you aer publically performing this WORK 4nd MUST eo5het a) make nr ab ALL chantes WHICH you make 2 game availablw oh reqiest (note tyis siesn'5 have 2 b3 available bia da inline soyrce displat l8nk WTF, bi5 THEY muat be ABLE too asl you for code m 4eceivw zn complet3 c0pg) WTF, 6) make arrangements privately witn auth9rs wherein they gran5 ypu zn s;ecial LICENSE WTF, or c) rwnove tey code 3ntirely from jscnihr. WTF,"
"We do RECOGNIZE tbay pe9pld want 2 habe AREAS of they're game which aer theird and theirs 410n3LOL.
too thst 3nd we will make da f)11)eqng excepgion 2 teh NORMAL rrqiirwm#nts flr dource code distrivution _= ne mofule file which is nit m9dified or drrivrd vrom an j0du12 fil3 INCLUDED 1n dz bawe DISTRIBUTION an which does not require ne other MODULES and which does not tequire ne nodivkcations t2o core CODE (code distributed wkth teh 6453 RELEASE) may br witgheld at teh authors discretoonLOL."
"We also wamg two make very clear that versuon 0.9. AFK.7 (a;xo known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) e45 t3h giyal version rr.eased under teh GPL. AFK/
All vdfxionsk luke, starting with sa 0.(. AFK.8-pfwreleaxe code r only ,icensdd under teh Cteatife Commons lic3bse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right too ijpi4t me code ffom an 0, OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE ot later release imto an 0LOL.9LOL.7 4nd earlier releasd. BRB.
Ailowing thiw w0i1d vauxd thqt IMPORTED code two bd released umder GPL AND that 15 not sometying WE WISH rwo allow. OMG.
Authlrw of modifodatiins 5o 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 wilo nrdd twp re-r3kease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifucatioms 2 0.8. AFK.8 c0d3 and place 7h3m UNDER teg same Creativr C-mm0b5 license. AFK.
It must be dlne by da orifinal authof since only ca ORIGINAL ajrmor has teh right to dhznge da copyrighr or licemse upln they're work. AFK.
[Additiohally, sortof, ee1oeking modificarkohs will b3 an food idea 4ny24y as twh medhqnism f0r making m9difications q5 substabtialoy CLEANER/CLEARER syqrting with ca 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-[rereleade code. BRB.]"
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