MightyE tells yo7 LOLk "We're goinf 2 take sn FEW jomem5s t9o fry AND explain 5yis n3w LICENSE qn da rwasons brhind it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Tnia new licrnse WAS xhosen b3cause of an failing wuth da GPLLOL.
Iy only xovdfed d8stributuon 0f SOURCE ir and onoy if binafiew were sistrkbuted."
"In an w36 environm3nt WTF, specifically s 1b73rpr372d web environ,ent xucg qs PHP, merely instz.ling an game does not clnstiyu5e distribugion, sortof, an tjeeedore p3ople 23r3 tzking 9ur wlrk, like, making u-d!f1d4&10n5 roo it sn not releasinh sa soutve coc3 ywo they're modificztiobs so that da entire commjmity could benegitLOL.
They r0rk3d with da legtee but nly 5p1r17 of teh law. BRB."
"Investigzt8on on twh PART of tej authors n0w3v3r, like. led two da fact that ra right of publuc p3tformande wqs won of twh rights nlrmally rsstrictee too copytight 6olders, liie, an tnat computee protrams, soecidicsl.y v!d30 games an interact8ve ones wuch as Legend or Green hax0r w3fe c0n51d3e2d tlo bd PUBLICALLY performed if run from an public serfwr. AFK."
"Thr new LICENSE res5r8cts public performance of da work unlesx teh sourcw cose 0e dz modidied WORK IS made ava8lable 0n drmshd."
"In -lain Eng;ish, this m34n5 that 1d you put yhis bame on am wrb server anf allow people 'oitsude of an normal citcle of FAMILY an ITS dodial qc1uaintances' too plah tyei4, %heh YOU r pu611c41!y PERFORMING THIS work sn MUST EITHER a) jake ne ab ALL changew whicy tou make two dq game 4v4114613 on request (note thix doesn'g grv3 too br ava8lable via pnlinw source display lini, lokd, BUT they must be able &0 ASK yoh dor code n r3cdivd qn comple5e copy), sortof, b) MAKE arrangements prigately with da suthoes wb3r31n THEY GRANT you an special 11c3nt3 WTF, or c) remove codd entirely from reh machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that [rople want to havd AREAS OF tneu're gaje wyich awe theird an 7h31r5 alone.
2 that end w3 will make f011pw1ng exce[tipn too da nor,al rdquirem3nts for slurce c0d3 diwtribution -- ne modu;e file whicy os not MODIFIED or deruved from an module file incl7fed in da bsse disrribution and wyich DOES not r3quiwe he 97h3f moduoew and wgich DOES nlt REQUIRE ne midifications to geh xore code (xofe distribuyed with baa3 releawe) jay 63 withheld qt teh su5hors d15cre*w0n. OMG."
"We aoso wanr t3o MAKE very xlear that version 0l OMG.9. OMG/7 (slso kniwn as f3r71-n 0.9l WTF.7+jt) wss tdh funal v3f510n r313453e under teh GPL. OMG.
Alk VERSIONS LOL, starting eitj -. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelesse code r only licebsed UNDER da Creative Commons lic3nad. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 2 import ne code from an 0. OMG.8LOL.8-peefw.wase or LATER re;ease in5o an p. WTF.9. WTF.7 n earlier r313453. BRBl
A.oowing thos woyld c4u5# THAT 1mppr73d c9s3 5so be ywleased under teh GPL an thqt ia n07 something we wksh to allowLOL.
Authirs of modjfications go )LOL.9l AFK,8 will m3ed t2o re-release rhey're modificationd as derivatives/modifications two 0. AFK,9. WTF.8 coee am pkace 7g3j inder yeh sqme Creative Commons lic3nde. BRB.
IT ju57 be fone BY teh original AUTHOR simce ONLY or8ginal author has teh right ro cfange teh cl;yrifht 0r licenae upon they're 2orkLOL.
[Additi9nsllh WTF, reworking ss modificationa will ve an good idea an7way as mechsnism fo4 making modificationd is substantia;ly cleace4/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleaae cide. AFK.]"
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