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M8ggtyE tells yoi LOL, "Ww'rr boing 2 take an few MOMENTS to try n exllain this n3w ;oddnse anc teh reasons behind it in plqin English, 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."
"Tjis nes license was CHOSEN bedause of an failing wu5h dq GPLLOL.
It 0n1y cofered distribution 9f sourcd 1f n only if binaries wrre disyribyred. OMG."
"In ab web environmeny WTF, soecificqlly a ijterpretec WEB rnvironment such aw PHP, jerely instslling qn game does not clnstugute distribuyion, sortof, ahd therefor3 p30p13 qere 74k1ng ohr work LOL. makont ,odifixa5ions 2 it anc not relwasinb da source code two thry're jisifications so THAT enrire commuhity couid benefit. BRB.
The6 worked wity teh LETTER but nlt da spirit of lxwLOL."
"Ihvestigation ON p4r7 of authirs however, led 2 teh fact that geh fkhh5 ig publ8v ;erformance was oeh of da rofhts bornally restrict3d two co[yright holde4w LOL, n 7h$7 comp7ter pr9grams LOL, specifically b1d3) gzjes AND INTERACTIVE 9b35 SUCH AS Lefend of teh GREEN hzs0r were cinaidered 2 b3 [ublucally performef if 4un from an public wervdtLOL."
"Tye new license restricts public performqhce of w0rk un.ess da so7rce CODE od teh modkfied work is masr 4v4114y12 on d3mand. BRB."
"Im plqin Eng115h, uou knwo, tgis means that if you put thus game ob an web servwr n ALLOW pdople '0u751d# OF an normal circlr of fanily 4nf its sobiao 4cqur1n74nc35' TO poay their, you knwo, 7h3y you r pubo8cally performing thus w)rk n MUST eithe4 a) maie ne and ALL CHANGES which you make to game zvailable pn request (bote this DOESN'T havd to be qvailsble via fa online source dispoau link, sortof, b7t tjey must be ABLE toi ask yoi for tdh code n rrce8ve an cpmplete copy), 6) mahe arramhements privately with da authirs whdrein they gr5n7 yoi an s[ecial l8cenwe, sorrof, OR C) r3m0v3 c0d3 entirely from da kachibe. BRB."
"We DO reclgnize that oeople want 5o jav3 areas if they're game whixj aer &h31r5 n the8rs alone/ AFK.
two that ebs qe qi.l MAKE f9llpwing exception too teh normal requirements for wource c0d3 distribution -- ne j9cule gile which is not modifidd or derives frln am npd7le dile includwe in BASE distribuyion an wgixh does NOT requkre ne otner modules n which does not 431u1r3 ne modifications too da core code (c0e# d15ur16i73d eith fa BASE relrase) MAY be WITHHELD AT da 4u&h0r5 discretuob. WTF."
"We aldo sant two make veey cl3ar tmat version 0. OMG.9.7 (aleo kn9wn as version 0. AFK.9.7+jt) qas final vdrsiom teleased ubder da GPLLOL.
A11 versione, xoftof, startkng with t3h 0. AFK.(. WTF.8-prerelease code aer only licensed under da Creat8ve COMMONS lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rkght to import ne code from ab 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prer3lease or ;ater release into an 0.9. AFK.7 snd EARLIER telrassLOL.
Allowihg rhis would cause that imported cped to8 be released uns3r GPL snd 7h47 IS nog somethong we wish too zllow. OMG.
Authorc of modigicationw 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.u will nerd 2 re-releas2 they're m0d1f1c4810n5 as d3t1v471v3t/m0d1f1c47q0n5 2 )/ AFK.9/ WTF.8 c)de 4nd PLACE them under sa,w Creative COMMONS lovenseLOL.
It must vr eohe by reh originak author since onlh ofiginao author HAS da eight too chamge copyrifht 0r LICENSE u0on yhey'4e WORK.
[Addirionally, like, resoto8bg m0d1f1c4719n5 will 63 an g0-d IDEA qnyway as da mevhanusm fo4 makong nodificatilhs is subwtqntially cleaner/clearer stafting w17j da -LOL.9. OMG.7-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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