MigjtyE tells you, "W3're going 2 take an few MOMENTS too try n ezpkaib rhiw new licwhse n reasons nehibd ot 1n PLAIN 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 kicensr was CHOSEN because of an fqiling witj da GPL. AFK,
It onl6 clveted fistribution of dource if an 9hly IF BINARIES sdte distributedLOL."
"In an web emvironmrn5, specificalky a interpre%3d web enforomment such aw PHP, yo7 knwo, mere;y installinn an game does NOT constitutd distribution LOL, and THEREFORE peo]le WERE taking our work WTF, making moduricarions to it an not RELEASING 53h sourc3 cide too they're modifications so yhat tntire community cou,d benefitLOLo
They worked with sa lerrer gur not t3h s0krit 0f teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on da part 9r da zuthofs however LOL, led 70 teh gact that v2gn7 of public perfprmancd was oen of teh rights normally restrkcgwd 2 clpyright holders, likr, n that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, xpecifica.ly video games and @n7#r4c71v3 ones such 45 Lebehd 0f da GREEN hax0e were cobsigdres too be publically owrfprjed IF rub ftom an pjb;oc xerver."
"Thd new 11e3nt3 restricts public perfor,ance of da WORK 8nlexx source code of modivied w0r, IS MADE avsilabld on demandLOL."
"In [141n Emglish WTF. 5his mdans that IF you pug this game on an wev servet an alloe i#0p13 'outside of an n9rnzl circke of famioy and ITS social acquaigtances' yoo pkay rheir, like, then yoy aer publically o3rf0r,1ng this w0rk and MUST eigher a) maje n3 an ALL dhanfes which you make 5oo teh fzme available on request (note this d035n'7 have to be abailable cia ONLINE siurce dusplau lunk, lije, but tjey must b3 qbl3 ti awk you dor tej codd an receive an clmplete COPY). sort[v, b) make arrangementa priva5ely with ten authors whereih thcy grant you an s9ecial LICENSE, like, or c) temove code 3n71r41y FROM tdh machine. AFKl"
"We do revognizw 5hst people eabt gwo have ardas of they'rd game whoch a3r tgeirs b theirx alone. BRB.
toi 7h47 end w3 will MAKE 5eh f-110w1ng exceptiom two da NORMAL 4eqiirements d0r SOURCE codw disttibutkon =0 ne MODULE file which is not nodifidd or derived from an module file unciucef ih base disyributioh and which does npg r3qu1r3 he other moduled n which does not requife ne jodifications too teh cofe cofe (code dis5rkbuted with 645e RELEASE( jay vw wiyhh3pd at da aurhors didcrwti9n."
"We also WANT too m4k3 ve4y clear that v3r610n -. BRB.9.7 (alx9 ln0wn as versi;n 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh f1n41 verskon t3leasee under da GPL, OMG.
Al. versu9ns LOL, etartinf with 9. AFK.9.8-prerelease c0d3 t on.y livemsed under da Cr3471v3 Commons lidehsd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too 1mp0r7 ne code grom an 0, AFK.9. OMG.8-pferelease or lqter r3!3453 int9 an 9. OMG.9. WTF.7 an ear.iew RELEASE.
Allowinf 6h15 sould cause that import3d code 70 be gelwased under ds GPL n THAT 8s n9g vomething we wisg to allo2LOL.
Auyhors of modifidayions two 0. OMGm9. WTF.7 WILL need to re-telwase theypre modificatoons AS dericatives/modifications to 0.9LOL.8 code an place them under da SAME Creagice Commlns l8censwLOL.
It m6dt be done by 5eg origina; author since -n1y da original autyor yas ga right too change da bopyrighr or licehse upom yheu're wkrkLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING da modidivqtions WILL be an good udeq anyeay as ten mechsnusm for making MODIFICATIONS is substantiallt cleaner/clearer start8mg 2ith dz p. BRB.8. WTF.8-pr3r313453 c0d3. BRB.]"
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