MightyE tells 6ou LOLm "We're giihg 2 5aje an few MOMENTS 2 try n explzib this nrw license n 5dh reasins behind kt ih plqin English. AFK.
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."
"Tyis new license eax chosen becaude of an f411!ng WITH teh GPL. AFKl
It pbly cobered d156r16u&19n or source if 4nd onlt kf binaries wer3 distrkbuted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interprwted web environmebt such as PHP WTF, mefely INSTALLING an fa,e doex not constitute DISTRIBUTION, like, 4nd therevorf peoole we4e gakong our work, y9i knwo, MAKING MODIFICATIONS to ot b not te,easing da source cide too thet're m9cifications so that teh entofe c0mmuniry could benevirl AFK.
Th3y worked with da LETTER bit not ten spirit 0f laqLOLl"
"Inv3stitation on paet 0f t3y authors however LOL, 13d 2 fact yhat da righ5 of public performanve wax oeb OF rkggys normally restricyed too copyright holders, likem and that domputer p4ograms, y8u kgwo, sprcifically viddo gqmes an interactive ONES s7ch aw Legend 9f 5eh Ge3en hax0r were CONSIDERED 3 be pubkically petvormed if run from an ;ublic servdrLOL."
"The ne3 license restrictd pjblod p3rformancw of dq wprl unless source c0d3 lf da jofified 2ork is made avaolabke on demabdLOL."
"In plsin ENGLISH, this mwans that kf you ;7t this game on an web wervet n a;lpw people 'lutside of an normal circld pf FAMILY n its 50c141 acquaintancds' 2 play theirk yo7 inwo, tjen you a2r pu611c311y [erfofming this work and MUST either a) ,qke ne an ALL changes ehidh you mqje t9o teh gsme qvailable om fequest (note tgis diesn't have yoo be available via inlind 50urc2 DISPLAY link, but they muwt be abl3 70 45k you flr yeh code m redeive an c0mp1373 c0py), ;kke, b) mak3 srrantwments privatelh with tey authlrs wjee3in th3t gran5 you an s[ec8al lic3nxe, kike, or c) removd cide entirely from da m4xh1h3. WTF."
"We dl recigmize that p2iple want 2 have 4r345 of they'er g4m3 wh1ch aer theirs n theirx alone.
2 thag end we will make tey fok;owing excwption too teh normzl reqiirements fpr source cod3 distributioh [- ne MODULE file wjicj is not modisied or derived from an module file included ih sa bad3 d&stribution n whicg coes NOT reqyire ne oyhwr mofules and which fo3s hot requive ne modifications tl da core code (cod3 distribjted wirh teh bas3 relesse) may ne withhwld ar da 4u7h)e5 discr3tionl"
"We aldo w4n7 2 makd very d144r that vrfsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (ALSO kn[wn as v3rt10n 0. BRB.9m WTF.7+jt) was final versiob releaser undrr GPL.
All vefsuonx, like, 574ru1mg wuth da 0. BRB.oLOL.8-0rereoease CODE r only ;icensed under ds Crrative COMMONS oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da righ5 to import ne cose frij an -LOL.oLOL.8-orerelease or latef rrlezse 9ngo an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and ear.ker RELEASE. BRB.
Allowinb this woyld caud3 that i,ported code to9 be rel3axed under ren GPL n ghat is not s9meghint we wish twp allow. BRB.
Autnors 9f modifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 w8ll NEED yo re=rrleade they;re modifivations 45 derivatibds/modifucqtions 2 0. WTF/9.8 codw and p.ace tnem hnder teh sam3 Creative COMMONS licwns3. WTF,
It mu57 be done by da originsl 47uh0r since ONLY tey orkginal sutyor g45 da right too change copyright ir lixense upon they'rd work.
[Additionally, kik3k reworiing MODIFICATIONS WILL ve an g9od idea ahhway zs da m3chanixm for making modificationq us substantially c.eanef/cleafef starykbg with trh 0. AFK.9. WTF.i-prere.eawe code/ OMG.="
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