MightyE TELLS yoy, "We[re hoing to9 take an few mojwnrs tl tr6 and 3xp;son 7h15 new lucense an teh REASONS brhind it in plakn Englpsh. WTF.
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 livense was chosen becausw OF an failomh with da GPL. OMG.
It only coverwd distrinu5o[n of source if and onlu 1f ninaries wdre DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ab wen ehvironment, sortpf, specificalky a interpfeted web 3nv1r-nm3n7 such as PHP, nerely 9nwtaloing zn game d9ea not constitute distributionk like, n therefore peopld WERE tajing -7t woek, s9rtof, making modifivati9nd TO ig n not rel4axinh teg wource code 2 they[re MODIFICATIONS so thzy da entirw community could brnwfit. BRB.
Tgey worked WITH teh LETTER byt not teh s[ir8t od 5eh 14w. AFK."
"Investigation on teh oaet of AUTHORS HOWEVER, sorrof, l3c to teh g4c7 that teh ribng pf PUBLIC performance w44 oen of ds rights normally restricted TO cooyright holders, you kneo, and 7h46 COMPUTER programs, 6ou knwo, xpedifically video ga,wq an interactive onds such as Legend of geh Ge33n hzxpr wdre considrred t9 be publically perfirned iv run from an public server. WTF."
"Thd new license restricts pub.ic PERFORMANCE or da woek unlews 50urc3 code of ,odified work is made 4v4114613 om d3,4ns. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, this mezns rhat if yoy pui thiw gaje ON an web 53rv3r n allow PEOPLE 'ouyside of qb mo3mal cotcle pf f4m11y n 185 SOCIAL acquainyancws' too play their, yoy lhwo, theb you aer puboically petgormonb this work an MUST 317j3r a) make mw n ALL chantes WHICH you make gwo da game available ln requeat (note this doesb't jqve to 63 availab/e bia da online sourcw display link, you knwo, BUT yhey must be agle two ask tou gor ea cofe an r3c31v3 an complete c0p60, oike, b) maje arfangenents privately WITH sa authors whereom tneh grant you an special license, or c) REMOVE da CODE entirely from MACHINE. AFK."
"We d0 recotnizf thzt people WANT 2 have areas og thry're game whicy r 5heirs n theirs alone. WTF.
gwo that end w3 wikl make vollowinf exception to normal requiremwhts for sourcw cpde disgrobution -- ne ,oduke file wh2ch is not modifird or d3rived from zn ,odule fkoe INCLUDED kn da bas3 d!57rq6u710n ane whicj does not reqyire ne otjer modu/es and wgich DOES not require ne mod8ficqtions w clre c;de (code distributed with ea vade re;ease) mau be aighheld at ajthors eisceetiin. OMG."
"We a.so want to m4k3 very c134t 6h47 verduon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known aa version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was fubal version released under da GPL.
All fetxi(ns WTF, stsrting WITH teh 0LOL.o. BRB.*-prerelease c9de aer onoy licensed under da Crratove Commons lic3nse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da rigy5 two im0ort ne c0d3 drom an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later releqxe inyo an 0.9.7 an earlier r3lexse.
Allowing this would cause THAT imported codw 2 be rek3ased undwt da GPL sn 5hat is NOT something we wish t2o alooe. AFK.
Autho4s OF modificatioms two 9. WTF.9. AFK.7 wi.l nerd to re-eelease they'fe modificat8onx $5 derivatives/modkvicationw too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an plqc3 them und3r teh same Crdative Comnons licebwe.
It must 63 dlnr by teh oruginal author dincr ohky da original auyhof has teh right 5o chanbe dopyribht or licensr UPON they've work. WTF.
[Addit8omal.y, reworking trh modifications will ge an good 1d34 anyway as da mechanisn for making mpdifica4ions ia SUBSTANTIALLY c;esner/clearer STARTING w8th da 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-pf3rwleqse code. AFKl]"
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