MightyE tells yo7, "We'rw going to yake an r3w moments tp try and EXPLAIN this new licensr 4nd reasons behins it in plakn Ehgliwh. 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."
"Thia nrw license was chlsen beczjse of an f4111ng wkth da GPL. WTF.
It onlt COVERED dustribugion of source if n 9nly if BINARIES wefe distfibuted. WTF."
"In an web ebvironment, likw, xpecifically a INTERPRETED web env9ronment such ss PHP WTF, me4ely installing an game does not c9nstitute eistribution WTF, 3nd 7h3r3f0r3 0eople w3r3 taking 9ur work LOL. MAKING modifocatkons tol it abf not e31e451ng da so7rce CODE 2 they're m0d1f1c5610h5 so THAT da rntire cojm7nity could benefit. AFK.
Tjeu worked witn teh LETTER but n07 teh spirit lf da law. BRB."
"Infwstkgation on teh PART of da authors nowever, led 2 tej fact THAT teh right of public perrormance was 1 OF teh rights NORMALLY restrictes to copyright holders, you knwok b 7h47 computde progeams, like, specifically video games n imtersctibe ines 5uch as Legwne og teh Green hsx0r were conside42d too be pub.ixallt pervormed if run fr9m am publod s3rver. BRB."
"The new license restrocts public ;erfir,ance of trn work 7nless da 50urc3 cide -g modified 2of, is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demamc, WTF."
"In plain Ehglish LOL, rhis meqns that if you pu7 thiw gzme ln an web servef an allow peop.d 'OUTSIDE 0f an nofmal circle of family an iys social acquqintances' 2 p15y their, rhen yoy r pjblically pwvforming this work and MUST either a) makr ne and ALL CHANGES which you make 2 5eh gamr available om request (note thos dpesn't h3v3 2 be availsble via online sourde dispoay lin,, you knwo, but they ,ust be able 2 ask you FOR da code n rec3ivf 1h vimpletr c9py), sortof, 6) make artangements p4ivately with da zufhors wherein rhey grant you an s;exkal 11v3n53 LOL, or c) remlve code entkrely from machibw. WTF."
"We do eecognize thst people want t9o have sreas pf tjey'rw game wh1cn r theirs an thrirs alone. AFK.
too that 3nd we sill make following exce-tion to dq norma; requirrments foe spurce coce didtribytion -- ne moduoe file which is nlt modified or derived from an nocule file INCLUDED in dq basw distribution an whidh does NOT requi4e ne othwr modules m WHICH does b07 require ne modifocayions two da cord d0de 9code distributef 2ity da base telease) mau be withneld at authotd discregiih."
"We also want to make ver6 d134r that v3rsiin 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 (a.w9 known as version 0l AFKl9l AFK.&+JT) was da fiba; version re;eased under GPL. OMG.
A11 VERSIONS, like, s5arting woth 0. BRB.9.8-prereoeasr cide f only licvnsed under teh CREATIVE Commons 11v3b53.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY tey rogjt 2 import h3 code from am 0. BRB,9. AFK.7-PRERELEASE 0r later rrlease ihti an 0LOL.9, BRB.7 and earlier rfleqse/ OMG.
Alliw8ng 7h15 would cause that onpor5ed code two 63 r313453d UNDER GPL an tjat 8s h07 somethung we wish to allosLOL.
Aurhors 0f m0c1f1c4u10n5 2 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 wil; nees too re-release they're mldovications as eerivatives/modificatuohs too ). BRB.9. BRB.8 code an place thdm unewr da samd Creatove Commins licensd. BRB.
It m7st be done ny da original author since ONLY da 0f1g1b41 autnpr has RIGHT 7p changw da copyright or license 7oon they'rd work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, REWORKING teh modiricat8obs wikl be an h00d qd34 4nys4y as MECHANISM for making mosificatuohs 1% substahtial/y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4erelease code. OMG.]"
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