MightyE tells you, you knwo, "Wr're gokng tw9 take an few m0m3n7t 2 gry n explaim thus new LICENSE an da reaxoms bejind IT im PLAIN Eng115h, 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."
"Th8s new license wss cy052n becaux3 0f an faikknt qith da GPL.
It only covered d157r16u8qpn OF SOURCE if snd only of binarids weed eisttibuted."
"In an wwb environment, you khwok specificaply a intwrpretec WEB environment djch aw PHP WTF, nrrely insyall8yg ah game does n08 donstitut3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, am therefore people 2erw u4k1mg luf wirk, mrk1ng modificatuins 1 it n not r31335!ng source c9de 2 they're mosificatuons so that da entire community could bwnefit. AFK.
Tb3t WORKED with l35ter but not SPIRIT of law."
"Invedgigation on teh [art pf teh authoes hlwever, led rwo da vact that ca rught od public performanc4 was won of teh rights normally r3stricted ro copyright yolders, n tgat COMPUTER pr)gr4m5, specificallj b8deo games ab intetacyive ones sudh as Legend pf Gredn hax0r were consodered tpo be ;ublivalo6 perdormed if run rrom an public server. WTF."
"Tge new licemse restrictd publos PERFORMANCE od wirk unkess teh source cpfe ov teh modiriec worl IS mase available on demabf. BRB."
"In plain Englisy LOLm this m3ans tja5 if you PUT this game 0n an web server an all;w peopoe 'outside 9f 1n normal v1rcq3 of vamily an 1u% sodial acquaintances' 2 play their, y9u knwo, then 6;y aer p7bliczlly 0e4formong this eork n MUST EITHER a) mske ne an ALL changrd wh1ch tou MAKE 2 game available on request (no5e 7h15 doesn't HAVE too bd available via onlihe source dixpoay link, dortof, BUT they must be qble too ask tlu fof d0d3 and r3c31v3 ab complete copy) WTF, B) make arrang3menrx privately w17h da 4u8h0r5 whe4ein thet grabt YOU an d;dcial license, you knso, )r c) fejove coce entirely f4lm da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize that people wqnt 5oo have arezw -f tgey;re gsme WHICH t theirs n theirs qloneLOL.
roo that end we w8l. ,ake teh fo;low8ng exceprion 2 n0rm41 reqiirenents f9r source code distributiob -- ne MODULE file 2hixh IS not modifoed lr deroved from am mod7le fi.e inckuced in reh base disyribution snd which doex nog r3qu1r# ne otner modules n wh1ch does not require ne modivicatiobs tio core codd (code d15ur!6u73d with da base releasd) ,ay 63 withheld at au5hors disctdrion. AFK."
"Ww also want tso make vety clear that verdion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (aoso khown as versiom 0. AFK.9l7+j8) was tey vinal version released under GPLLOLl
All VERSIONS LOL, starting with feh 0.9.8-0yeyelezse code aer ONLY licensed UNDER da Creagive Commons 21c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ea r8ght rw9 IMPORT ne c)de from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prd4elease ot 15734 r3134t3 ing9 an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 h wa4liwr teleqse.
Alloqing thiw would cause tyay kmported CODE 2 ne rr.dased und3r teh GPL n that is n07 somwthing we wish 4oo 4120w. BRB.
Aythord of modificstions to 0. AFK.o.7 will n33f ywo re-release theh're MODIFICATIONS as derivativew/modificatioms tl 0LOL.). AFK.8 code an poace 7h3m unfer geh same Creativd Commons 11c3n43.
Ir mjdg be done by da ORIGINAL auth9r wince 0n1y ori5inal AUTHOR nas teh right tpo chahge da COPYRIGHT or oicensr 7pon they'fe 2prk. AFK.
[Additkonal;6, softof, r#w0rk1ng modifocat8ons will 63 an gopf icea anyway as da medhan8sm for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/clwzrer starting w17h 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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