MightyE tells yo7, lile, "We're ho8ng too take an fea momdnts too 7ty n dxplain 7h15 new .icenae and reaslns behihd it un pkaim ENGLISHLOL.
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 lic3nde w45 xhosen because of an failing with da GPL. WTF.
It ONLY cov3red disgrivution of source 1d ahd ovly IF binaries were distributes."
"In an web environjent, tiy knwo, specificqlly a unterpteted w36 envifonmeht such ax PHP WTF, merely installing an game does noy constutute dkxtwibution, 6ou inwo, n therdfore pe0pqe were takint o7e eorkm sortof, m4k1nt modifications yoo iy 4nd not reldssimg sa source c9de too they're modificatilns so that da entire c0mmjn17y cou;d benefit. WTFl
They wo4ked wotj da lett3r but NOT SPIRIT of trh law. AFK."
"Investigafion ON part OF authors hoaevet LOL, led two gact thqt dq fight of pu611c perf0rmance wss wlm of fityts normally r3atricted twp COPYRIGHT holders, amd tyst clm;6ter or9grams, y9u knwo, sprcifica;ly VIDEO games and INTERACTIVE pnes such as Legenf of teh Gr33h hax0r were considered 2 be publically perfoemed 1f RUN from am 0ublic server. AFK."
"The nrw license rextricts punlic PERFORMANCE pf teh w0rk unless soyrce codw of da modifird wlrl is mzed zvai.able on demandLOL."
"In ;141b English, loke, thia mwans 7h47 if y0u 0ut this game om an web swrv3r zn allow people 'outsude of ab normal circle of family n its social acquaintances' two play thxir WTF, tgen you awr publically p3rfovmint thix work $nd MUST either A) MAKE ne and ALL chsnhes which you mqke 2 GAME avai.abke 0b request (npre this doesn;t hav3 2 bc avaikabl3 via ca online source DISPLAY link, you kneo, bu5 thry must bd able to aak yoy for CODE ans eecrive an com.ldte c9py), liie, b) mqke arrangements privately @8th autho5s wherein they trang y0u an SPECIAL licwnse, softof, or c) remove da c0de entireky fr0m teh mschine. BRB."
"We so r3cognize 6h47 people WANT teo hsve areqs of th#y'rd game which r THEIRS ane theirs alone. BRB.
two 7yr7 end @e will make fo.losihg exveption to n0rm42 reqji43ments foe source code distribution -- me module file which IS not modified or cerived from an mldu.e FILE INCLUDED in ten 6452 distribug8on n whicb does hot require ne othe4 m0cu135 an which does not requure nw modificqtionx 2 core CODE (code d158r16u73d witg teg basd welease) may BE WITHHELD at authors didcrdtipn. WTF."
"We also wanf gwo make v#ry clear 7h47 VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known as cersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+j7) was da final version released unswr da GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, startinf with da 9. WTF.9.8-prereleasr code r only licenswc jnder Creative Ckmmons lkcense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY t3h r1gh7 TO 1mp0r7 ne c-de feom an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8[prereleas3 or lager felease 2n&0 an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 qnd earlier teleasd. AFK.
Allowint this woukd causr rhat implrted coce 2 be rdldssdd under GPL n THAT is noy something we wish to allowLOL.
Authoew of modifica5i9ns too 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 will need too r3=r31e453 they're modifications as derivatives/modifications 2 0, WTF.9LOL.8 CODE an ;lace them under da same Creatif2 C0,m-n5 12c3nt3LOL/
I7 MUST be done BY da orifinal zj%hor since 0g16 da original author HAS ritht roo change da coptright or lkxense upon th3y're work. OMG.
[Addit8onal'y, rework*ng da m0c1f1c4710n5 qill be qn good IDEA anyway as ea mechanism dor makimg mldifisstioms is substantually CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting w17h teh 0LOL.9. BRB/8-;r3r413453 code. AFK.]"
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