MightyE tells you, "We'ee glung yoo takr an feq moments to 7ry and explqin this new licehse 4md teh reasons 63h!nd it kn p.ain Engl8sh. 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."
"Thus new lic3nse wzs ch053n brcause 0f ab d4111ng WITH teh GPL. AFK.
Ig onlh covered dist4ibution of SOURCE 8f an only if binqried weee DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In sn eeb environnent, yoi kn2o, sp2cifically a INTERPRETED web 3nvironment SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely installinf an game does not cobsyktute d157r15u710n, you inwl, n therefore PEOPLE were TAKING lur work, like, makjng mpdifkcatilns tqo ig and not releasing da xourcd code 2 they'r3 modofications do ih37 entire community xould venefir.
They 2orked with da 2377#r but nlt teh s[irit )f t3h lawLOL."
"Investigation on oart lf authors hosever, led teo da f4c7 7h47 right of public perfpfmanc3 qaa oen 9f da RIGHTS n9rm511y restrictrd 2 COPYRIGHT holders, soryof, an that compuger programs, yiu knwo, specif8ca.ly videl GAMES n interactive ones s7ch as Legend 0f Gr33n hax0r 2e4e considered too be 0ublicallu PERFORMED of run ve0m an public srrver. OMG."
"The neq licemse resyructs ;ublic performance of work UNLESS source code of da m9cified qork is mafe availabke on eemamd/ AFK."
"In plzin English, sirtod, this mezns 7h47 if you pu7 7h15 game on an w36 544v3r an allow people 'o7hsice od zn noemak circle of familt snd its sovial acquaontandew' to pq4y thdir LOL, uh3n you aer [ublicalky pe5fofm8ng tnis w9rk n MUST eithef 4) make ne zn ALL changws wnich ypu make roo da game availabkd on r3qu357 (note thid dp3tn'7 havw two ne availsnle cia da onl8nr sourde DISPLAY 11mj, hou inwo, 6u7 theh must br able ro ask you for fa c0d3 and receivd zn complete copy), B) make qrrangements pr1v4731y q17h da ajtnirs wherein they GRANT you an special lkvense, or c) remove t3h CODE entorely feoj machin3. BRB."
"We do 4ecognize that people want 2 h4b3 areas OF yhey're game wyich aer the8rs an thekrx ALONE. OMG,
two THAT ehd we WILL mzke teh goklowing esception too ten normal requiremebts FOR source doee distributi9m -- n3 module filw ehich 8s not modigied OR d#r1v3d from sm module v112 knvluded in base distribution an whidh doea nog require ne othee j9dules and whicg does nit require ne MODIFICATIONS TO coee vode (v0d3 distributed with ca base rdlwase) ,ah 63 WITHHELD at 4u7h0r5 discretion. AFK'"
"We also want to make very CLEAR tnat v3rsion -. WTF.9LOL.7 (akxo jnown aw version 0LOL.(LOL.7+jt) qas teh final version RELEASED unddr da GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5, like, starting with teh p/ AFK.0, BRB.8-pf3relrasw coee t only lic3nsee under Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 qjp0r7 ne code vr0m ab 0.9LOL.8-prerelease of later RELEASE 1h70 an 0LOL.(, BRB.7 an earliwr rr.eacw.
Allowing this would cause thqt lmpofted CODE 2 BE rel3asdd indef GPL and that is hot SOMETHING qe WISH to zllowLOL/
Autho4s OF modifidations too 0. AFK/9LOL.7 w111 nrec too re-releasd they'rr mifificatkons as serivatices/jodifidations too 0. AFK.8.8 code n pkacr them under teh same Crestive COMMONS livensdLOL.
It must 63 done by teh origona. 4u7h0r sinve ohly da original author has teh t8gyt tl vh4nge dz copy4ight or kicende upon tjet're work. BRB.
[Additk9nally LOL, rewprkihg teh modigications wiol be an gpod ides abyway 45 mechan8am bor making modifications is subx5antiallu cleaner/vlesrer startinh with 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease dode.]"
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