MightyE telks youm "W3're foing rqo take sn few moments ro try n explaib thks new license an da feas9md BEHIND it in plain 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."
"This bew licenae WAS chosem because OF an fziling woth da GPL. BRBl
I7 omly covefed disttibution of SOURCE if and lnly id binaries erre disgtibuted. AFK."
"In an wsb emvitonment, you lnqo, specificalky a INTERPRETED web 3nf1r0nm3n7 such aw PHP, sor5of, merel6 instaoling ah game does mog constitute distrkbutipn, ang th3refore peoplw werw taking our wotk, sortof, majing modifivationw twl it m nob teleasing da SOURCE codd tp they're modifications so that ent8re com,umyty could benefit.
Theu worjef with tej LETTER but not spieit of da LAWLOL."
"Imvestigation oh da part lf authord however, ;oke, l4f t3o fadt that da right lf puboic PERFORMANCE was odn of teh righrs NORMALLY restrictec 2 copyright holderd, an thst compuger pfoframs, sprtof, spevifica.ly video games sn interqctive ones such as Legend pd Green yax0r were considered two 63 publkzal;y p3rf0tm4d 8f run feom an publie server."
"The NEW LICENSE redtrivts publox pertormance OF wirk unleas sourcw codd od da mpdified work 15 made acailable ln demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Englisg, yo7 kmwo, tgid m34n4 thqt if you [ut this game 9n sn web srrvdr m aolow peppld 'OUTSIDE of an nlrmal circle of family an itx sovial 4cq741n7rbc35' two play their, tyem uou a3r publucallt PERFORMING this w;rk an MUST 317ger a0 MAKE he an ALL changes which 6ou ma8e to trh GAME avaikable on tequest (notw thia soesn't hqve too bw AVAILABLE via da online 50urc3 f1%p14y linkm you kneo, but THEY must be able two ssk you for da codr n r3cwive zn v0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrantements pr1v4731y witn aythorw eherein they grant you ah specia. licensd WTF. ot c) rrmove teh code entirely frim da mscjuhe. WTF."
"We d9 r3c0gh1z3 tha5 people wan5 rwo nave ateas of they'r3 gam3 WHICH e THEIRS an theirs alome. AFK.
to 7h57 4nd se eklo make da foollwing EXCEPTION to da NORMAL r3qu1r4m3h76 for 50utc3 code disrribug7on -- ne modu;e file whicg is nor modified or derivec fr9m an ,odule f1qe inxluded un teh BASE dostribution n whivh does not re1jire be other m9dules n wbich does mot requiee ne modifications too teh core codw (c0c2 aist4inu53d WITH bqse releasw) MAY be WITHHELD at teh aurhors discrrtioh. AFK."
"We also WANT t9 make very cl3at that veesion 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knpen as verxiun 0. AFK/9. AFK.7=jt) was teh fonao vrrs8on released under da GPL, WTF/
All ve4sions, sirtof, starring witn 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code r only licfnsed under teh C4eativr C9mmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh ritht 2 ump9rt ne coce fro, an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prere;ease or later release into ab 0LOL.o. BRB.7 m darlier reoeasw. BRB.
ALLOWING gnis would c4u53 that imppetrd code too be released uncer GPL qn thzt is noy aomething we w8sy 2 41102. WTF.
Au5hors of modufkcationd two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will n3ee twi re-release they[re modificatiomx as deeiva5ices/modificatjona 2 0LOL.9.8 code an place them undee dq same Creative Commons licenwe. BRB.
It must be sone bh da origonal autgor simc3 only 0r1t1n41 4u7h0r has teh rigyt two chanbe da cooytight or 21c3bt2 6pon they're work.
[Additionalky, soetofk reworling teh mosifucations will b3 an tood idez anywa5 as mechanism for making modkvicatiobs id wubstantizll6 cleane4/clearer STARTING sith teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE v9de. WTF.]"
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