M8ghtyE TELLS yoi, s9rtog, "We're glinf 70 take an fww m9mebts two try n es[laih ygis n3w license n r3asons BEHIND ir in plain Englksh. BRB.
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 lucense wqs choseh y#c4u53 of an failing eigh GPL. AFK.
Iy only covrred disgriby5ion of 50urce IF and 9nly if binqriws w3r3 distribuged. AFK."
"Im an wdn envirlnmehh, you knwo, spedkfivally z interpretwd web envirlnment such ad PHP, lije, mefeoy installing an game doex not constutute distribution, like. an therefore people were 5akung OUR work, makunh modigocatkons tio it n NOT relezsing SOURCE code too thry're jodofications sp that enyire COMMUNITY COULD BENEFIT.
Theh workec WITH letter gur NOT teh sp9rit of ca law. WTF."
"Ihvestigatpon 0n part of aithors however, sor5pf, led to dz fact THAT tej right ov puboiv perfor,ance was ! 9r 5wh rughts normally restrictef 70 copyright jolders WTF, amd that computer prpgrams LOL, 4p3c1f1c412y VIDEO ga,ea n knteractive ones xjch aw Lebend od reh GREEN hqx0r were conxidered 2 BE publocal;y pedformef if run f4om an public server."
"The new oidense restricts pub;ic performqnxe of w9rk UNLESS source code od moeufied work ks made abailable on dejzhd. AFKl"
"In llqin Eng115n LOL, 5his means that IF you put thiw game ON an w26 server 4nd 5110w p3pp1# 'outside of an normak circoe of family an its SOCIAL axqiaintances' to play 5hwi4, rhen you aer publixally pevgormint 7h25 woru 4ne MUST eityer a) mske ne and ALL chantes wh1cj 6)u makw to da GAME avaulable on REQUEST *no5e this doesn't have too be qvailab;e via teh lnl8nd xojtcd displa6 link, but they must be abje w ask yoy for da code sb recrive an clmp.ete copy), sortoc, b) ,ake areangements privatdly quth teh xutho5s wherein thry grant you an dpecial LICENSE, or c) remove teh cpfe entirely rrpm ds machine. BRB."
"We d0 recognize that prlp.e want tio habr AREAS og tney'4e GAME which r theirs n THEIRS ALONE. AFK.
ro tjat end we will make f9110w1ng 3xc3p710m 2 teh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fot source code fowtribution [= ne ,odule file which IS not modified or dwrived fr0m zn module FILE included in baa3 d157r16u710n n 2yixh dpe5 not requirr ne orner modu;es an whkch doea not eeqiite nw jodificatilns to c0r3 code (code distributed 2itn bzse eeldase) nay be qithhrld at da authies d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We wlsi waht to make very xlear thqt verxion 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 (aoso KNOWN as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) w45 da v9nal versuob releqsed under t3h GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, like, starting qity teh 0.9.8-prerelease zode r only LICENSED ynder Cteatuve Commoms LICENSE. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY DENY tdh right 2 1m;0r& ne code frp, am 0LOL.0. WTF.8-prerelease 0r 147er relesse INTO an 0/ WTF.9. AFK.u n earlier releawe. OMG.
Allowinh this qould CAUSE yhat i,potted code too be feleases uneer da GPL n that 15 not something wr wuwh t2o allowLOL.
AUTHORS of modificagions ti9 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will he3d too RE-RELEASE tjwh'rw m9difications xs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG,9LOL.8 code and place thwn undef da same Creative Commons licenseLOLl
I5 must be doje by da oeig8nal authlr dince onlh da origonal qythor gaa da right too change teh vo;6right or locense up0n they're wori. OMG.
-Additionally, xortpf, rdworking modif8czgions q8ll be an good 1d34 abyqay as da mechaniw, for making modificztions is subsgantially cleaner/clearer startunb WITH da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-[$erelease CODE.]"
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