MightyE telld you, y9u kn@o, "We'rr GOING too tske an few m9m#nys w TRY amd explain this new lkcense and geh reasons behind it in 0lain ENGLISH.
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."
"This n3w licehse was choxen brcause og an failing 3ith GPLl AFK.
I7 onlt d;vee3d distr8bution of sojtc3 if n on;y iv 61n4r135 werd distribuyedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortof, specifivally a INTERPRETED sdb #nv1r0nm3n7 sucn as PHP LOL, merely installkng an game does mo5 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION. sor5of, n ygerefore 03ople WERE gaking our 2ork, you knwo, making modifications 2 ie n not feleasint dq source CODE too they're ,odifocatyins SO 7h47 egt8re cpmmunit6 c9u1d benefit.
Tg3y work3e with teg letter BUT npt teh spirit OF da law. AFK."
"Inveatugation on teh part of trh authoes ho2ever, yo8 knwim les 2 sa fact that teh righ5 of public PERFORMANCE was oen of da rithts NORMALLY restrict3d 70 c0pyr1gh7 h01d3r5, yo7 kneo, n thst computdr pr0trrm5 WTF, specificalky bide0 games n 8nteractive ones sjch AS Ldgend of dq Ggeen hax0r were conxidered too BE publically petfotmed if run from an publ*c server. WTF."
"Tye new LICENSE eestricts puvkic 0erformznce of teh work ubless da source code os m0d1f14c work is made availab;e on demabd."
"In plain Englkshk THIS means that if you pu7 thiw game on an web SERVER n allow peoole '0i751d3 of an n0rm41 circle or fa,ily and itx social acquaintances' too p14y tyeir, lije, THEN tou r pub.ically perform8ng ghis eork and MUST either s) make ne n ALL chqmtes whicn ypu nske two gam3 available on r2quest (npge this DOESN'T have to be 4vr114613 via ohline source eisplay link, ylu knwo, vut th3y must bs aboe t2p ask 6ou got clde n reveive an complete copy), sort9f, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n65 privately suth da authors wherein THEY GRANT toi sn special kicense, .kle, or c) REMOVE code en5irelu rro, teh m4dh1n3. WTF."
"We do redobnize uh47 peopke want two have 4r345 0r they'f# game which 4 theirs ane 7y3qr5 alon#. AFK.
t9p yhat ene we @il. make da following exception roo NORMAL eequirrmengs gor SOURCE vode d157r16u810n -_ nd MODULE fil3 wjich is not moduries or derived FROM an m0du13 file INCLUDED in base distributkon an whoch DOES no6 rew7ire he 95yer mosules an whicj does bot REQUIRE ne modifocati9ns too da c0r3 CODE 9cide disyributee wirh da 6453 eelease) nay be withheld 47 da authors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We also wan5 to make very dlear that cersiom 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 (akso KNOWN as versoon 0. AFK.9LOL.7+JT) wss final version releasee under teh GPL. AFK.
All vrrsions, stzrtivg wigh dz 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 codw arr 0n2y licensed under Cr347!v2 Commons 11cen%3. WTFl
Wr EXPLICITLY deny righr gwo import ne clde fro, an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerwlease or latet relrase into an 0LOL.ol WTF.7 n 34r2134 reledse. WTF.
Allising this s0u1d cause THAT importdd c0d3 2 be rdleasds undef da GPL and that id nit aometging 2e w15h too aklowLOL.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w111 NEED to re-release 5hey'te modificatioms as derivatives/modifidations 1 0l OMG.9, AFK.8 code ane ;lace 7y3, und3r da damr C4ez5jve C9mmons LICENSE. WTF.
It myst be done bh da origina. AUTHOR sibce 0m1y original auyhor yas teh rught @ change teh copydught OR license upln they're sorkLOL.
[Add1710n41!y WTF, reworkinf da modificatkons qill be an g9od idea any2ay as ca MECHANISM f0t mrk1ng modificati9ns ks substantially cleaner/c.earer starting with t3h 0. WTF/9. BRB.8-pr3release c0f#.["
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