MightyE tells yo8, xortof, "We're g)1ng 1 tske an f3w momenta two try an expla8n yhis new lixens3 m da reasona behind it in plain Enflish. 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."
"This new licenae eas chosen bexajse of an fqiling wigh GPL.
It only cofefed DISTRIBUTION of 5purxr if n only uf binarkes wefe d8stributdd. BRB/"
"In an WEB environment, yoj knwo, specifically a lnterpreted seb ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP WTF, m3relh imstalling sn game eoes n07 CONSTITUTE distfibutuon WTFk and therwfore peoole were taking our wlrk LOL, ma,ing modivucatkohs yoo it AND not teleasing ten soyrce code tlo they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that entire communiyy could bemrgit. AFK.
They wprked witn lrtter byt not teg spirit of teh ldwLOL."
"Invwstigatiom on teh part 9f da authi4s however WTF, ked to teh FACT that teh rigjt pf PUBLIC ;eeformance was 1 of da rights nirmallh redtricted to c[pyrigyt hole3rs LOL, n thq5 com;uter programs, you knwo, specigically vidwo gajes n inteeactibe ones SUCH qd Legend if teh Greem nax0r werd considerwd yoo be publkcally perfprmwd if RUN from zn PUBLIC server. WTF."
"Thw nww LICENSE reatricts public peefoemznce of teh work ynless yeh sourde vode or modified work is made 4v$114613 on demqnf. WTF."
"In plain English, l*je, thus MEANS tnzt if you puy this GAME on an WEB se4ver an allow 0eople 'outside 0r am hirmal diexle od family n 175 socia. acqua8ntances' too play thekr, you knwo, tgen 6ou aer puboicallt performihh 7hqt 204k and MUST 317h3r a) maie ne an ALL changes whoch you make 3 game availanke 0m eeqjest (notw this doesn't have TO be available v8a rej lnline source f15p!4y lihj, softofk but they must be ABLE to ssi y0u for teh c0d3 an rec3ive an complete copy), like, n) MAKE arramgements pr2v4731t with authorx wnerein they grant yoj an s0ecia. licenqe, or c_ rejove code emtirely fr0m fa machkne. AFK."
"We do recognize thar odpple wznt ywo hav3 areas of yh3y're game which r th3ivx an tjeira zloneLOL.
too that end we wull u$k3 da following 3xx4p710n too nlrjal req7itemebts for source code disyfigjtion -- ne ,odule file whkch ks not midifi3d or edrived fe0m an module file includef in base distributoon n whixh does not req7ore ne othe4 m0du!35 an wmich does nog 4eqiire nr modifica5ions twl core code (code d8xtrivuted 217y ra 64%3 releax3) may be withheld at authora disceerion, BRB."
"We zlwo want too make veru clrqf thah vefsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (ALSO KNOWN as verxion 0. AFK.9o7+jt) wqs final versiin releaswd under trh GPL. WTF.
ALL VERSIONS WTF, sta4ting wugh sa 0/ BRB.o.8-pr3r313453 code aer on;y licensed undef Creative C9mmons lkcenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imporg ne codd from qm 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelqsse 0r later te.eaae into an ). BRB,9.7 an rarlier rdleaseLOL.
Alkpwing thos would cause THAT imported code 2 53 telessed unswr da GPL an that iw not somwthing w3 wish gwo allowl BRBl
Ajthpts or nodificationw TO 0.9. AFK.7 wil. need to re-re.wase they're nodifidatiins as derivatifrs/moeificstions yqo 0. OMG.(/8 code an place 5hem uns3r twh ssne Creatife COMMONS licdmse. BRB.
It must be done gu da ORIGINAL aurhor since only da orig8nzl author has r1gh7 2 chwnge copyr7hbt of ;idense ypon they're wlrk. WTF.
[Additionaoly, sort9f. rewoeking tdh modifixationx WILL BE an hood idea anyway as teh ,ecuanism f0r makinf mldificatiohs is substantkakky cleaner/clearer startibg with 0. AFK.9.*-prdrelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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