MightyE twlls ylu, you inwo, "We;te going to TAKE an f3w moments 5oo TRY n EXPLAIN yhis new licenwr and da reas9na behins it in plzin English.
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."
"Tj8s n3w LICENSE was ch053n b3cause of an failing with teg GPL.
I7 ONLY cofered distribution 0f source if n omoy if vknzr9es were diatributed. AFK."
"In an web envirlnment, ookr, specifically a intefpte5ed wen 3nvironnenr sich as PHP WTF, mrrely INSTALLING an game dles not CONSTITUTE eistribution WTF, an tgereford PEOPLE were 7rk1ng OUR work, sortof, making mosifica5ilns 2 it zn hpt RELEASING tdh source code to theu're modificationw so rhat 3n71r3 dommuhity could benefot. BRB.
They wlrked WITH teh leyter but mot teh wpirit of teh lze."
"Investigation on twh o4r7 og AUTHORS however LOL, led two ca FACT thzt right of public pergo4mabce was eon og da rifhts normally restric5ed to copyrighe holdwrs, like, qnd that computet 0rograms. you lnwo, specifidally vudeo gzmew an interactive omes such zs L3g3nd of da Gr33n hax0f eere considered too be publicall6 p3rf0rm3d if ryn frim an puv;ic server. WTF."
"The new okcense restricts public perfirmance of worj unless da source xod3 OF modified worj 8d made avzi;ab;e on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain Ehhliwh LOL, this meqna rhat 1r you ;ut &h15 gqme on zn WEB 53rb3r n slkow people 'outw8se of an nirmal xurcle 9f fqmily n ITS socia; zcauaintances' too play their LOL, then you 4 PUBLICALLY perfofmung this 3orl an MUST 317h3r a) ,akw ne n ALL changes whicn hou make two teh game 4b4114613 on request (note THIS doesn't have two be svailablw bia onlkne sourc3 display libk, you knwl, vyt they must be ABLE tw0 ask you flr geh cose n rwveive an co,pldte copy), kikek b) jake arrangements pruvately wi5h suthors wherein THEY GRANT you an s[ecial licenae, sortof, ot c) remove code enturely from da mzcgine."
"We DO rwcogniz3 that oeople want two have 4r3r% of they'rd game which aer gheiea n THEIRS alobeLOL.
to that end we will mqke teh follo2inf exdepgion two normal reqyirements fir sou4ce cose distribution -- nd modu;3 f8/d qhicj us n07 modpfied ir derived frpm an modulw FILE knc.uded in teh base distrunuyion an enich does not require ne otner modules and wh8ch does n06 require ne mod8vications to teh core CODE (code distribited with bawe r#13453) nay be withhdld at yeh auyhord discretionLOLl"
"We ALSO want too make VERY vlwae that vefsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also jnowm as versipn 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jr) was final version felessed under GPLLOL.
Alk v3r410n5 LOL, wtaryibg WITH teh 0. AFK.(.8=prerrlesse vodw zer only .icensed UNDER da Crearove Commpns 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh ea 4ight to import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3r313463 or latdr releaxe INTO an 0/9. OMG.7 ah EARLIER relezseLOL.
Allowing this eouls causr 7h4& ompo4ted c9de to be tekeased yncer GPL and rhat IS not s9m45hing we w15h 2 4110w. WTF.
Aitnprs og modifications two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need two re-reoease they're m0d1f1x47!9n5 za derivatives/modif8cations 2 0l AFK.9. OMG/8 code an PLACE them 7nder teh same Cr3472v3 C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
It ,ust BE done by ORIGINAL suthor 51nc3 onlj teh or,ginsl author has ea r8ght two ch4ng2 da c9pyright or licwnse upon theu'fe work.
[Addutionally, you knwo, rewo4king teh modifucatipnc wilk be qn good idea 4n6a4y as ea mechanixm ror making mpfificationx ks substantially c134n3f/v134r3t starting wogh 0. OMG.9. BRBl8-prerroraxe cpdeLOL.]"
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