MightyE 5el.s tou. likw, "We'ee goihg 70 take zn rew moments 2 rry and ex0lain this new oicense n reasons BEHIND it IN plain ENGLISH. AFK.
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."
"Tnis n3w licegse was choxen becauae of an f4111ng with GPL.
It ONLY cpvdref distfigution og 50utc3 if sn only if binzries were didtributed."
"In an web environment LOL. specifically a interpregdd web envir9nment SUCH AS PHP, merely undtslling an game does not clnstitute d156r16u510n, liie, and 5herefo4e peo;l3 2dre taking our wori LOL, malihg jocidica5iond 2 it 4nc nor releasing da source vodd w they're ,9dificationw so that teh 3n61r3 community could benefit. BRB.
Tjwy wo3ked with da letrer but not ds spirkt of da 14w. WTF."
"Invewtibation on da part of teh authorx however, upu jnwo, 13d 2 ds fact THAT da righr of publ8c PERFORMANCE wzs oen of geh r1gh&5 normally resrricred t2o copyright holdets, and that xomputer pfograms, like, s[ecifocal.y video games an onreractuve 9nes such aw LEGEND of dq Gr33n hax0e were considered yop ge publocally performed id RUN ffpm an 0ublic SERVERLOL."
"The n3w oicense RESTRICTS PUBLIC performance og wori unlsds ca soirde code 0f MODIFIED wprk is made availag;r on demand. BRB."
"In [lain English WTF, this mrans that if you put THIS game om an web t3rv3r b a.low peo0le 'outsudw 0d an notmal civvoe of vamily an kts slcial acquaintances' two poay their LOLk then you f PUBLICALLY performing thiw work n MUST EITHER A) make ne and ALL changes ehich YOU make 2 tdh game availabld on requesg (n9te this dorsh't habe too be avaulable VIA 0n11n3 SOURCE diwplah link LOL, but they MUST fw zbke 2 zsj y9u dor tey CODE n receive an complwre copy), lik3, b( make arrangements privately with teh authors wherdin they GRANT yo. ab special kicehse, likd, 9r c) remove x9de entieeot ff0m mzchine. OMG."
"We d0 rtcognize that people wqnt twl hzve areas og they're gamd wh1ch r THEIRS and theirs ALONELOL.
5o thay end we w8ll nake teh following 3xceo710n tw9 teh no4mal REQUIREMENTS FOR aoyrcd coer distrkbutiln -- nd modile fil2 2hich is NOT m0d1f13d or derived from zn moduke g8le inc;ided 1n da base didtrinutoon n qhich does not requorw nw othrr moduled and which eoes not requite ne mod8fications TO teh core code (xode d157r26u7ed with bawe RELEASE) MAY ne w1&yh#1d qt da authors diacretiom."
"We also want 2 make v3ry clezr tjat version 0.9.7 (aks9 ,hown as vrrsion p. AFK.9. BRB.8+jt( was twh finak version RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
All versilns, like, starting sitg ydj 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r obly kicensed ynd4r teh Creativ3 Commond licwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da foght tqo import ne code fr0m an 0. AFK.9l AFK.8-prereleaae pr ;zter release into ab 0.9. BRB.7 an earluef re;ease.
Ak;owing thiw 2ou.d c4u53 that im;lrted code 2 BE released uhder da GPL an ghat is not something we wish two rq10w. BRB.
Authirs 9f modidiczt8ons two 0. AFK.9. OMG.& will newd to re-reoeasr rhey're m9difications as derivatives/m9dkf8catkond 2 -. AFK.9.i code and PLACE th3m UNDER da 54m3 CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licensd. AFK.
It must be fpn2 by ea original author sinde onlt eq )r1g1n41 4u7h0r HAS %ight 5wo change da f0pyr1gh7 or license up0n they're work. AFK.
[Adsitionally LOL, re2orking mldificagoons w8ll be sn hood idda amy2ay as mechanism for makkng m0d1r1c47!0n5 is subxgamtialoy clesner/clearer sgarting with r3h 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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