MihhtyE tells upu, sortof, "We're ho8ng to take an few momentw yoo teu qnx ex;lain this new licensd n eeasons gegihs it in plakm 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 oicense wad ch-53n because of an failing qiyh teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distr8bu5ion OF aoufce if an only if 61n4r135 were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, y.u knwom specifkcally a 1n73r0e373d 2#6 2nv1t0njen7 SUCH as PHPm like, meeely 1n57411!hg an fzme does not cohstit7tr dkstrib75ion LOL, an theregore 0eople qere takinf 0ur w0rk LOL, making n0d1fqc4719n6 2 it and not releasinf da so7fce CODE to they're modifications so that teh whtire community could benefot. BRB.
They worled wiyh cs oegt3r but n07 tdh 501r17 of teh lzw. WTF."
"Invdstibation on ;art of authors h0w3ver, you knwl, led to da fact gjat da right of public performance wzs 1 0d ea tights normally testr,cted 2 copytight holddrd, sortof, n 7h47 cp,putef p4ograms, hou knwo, speciricallu vkdeo g4m35 an interactive onwd 5ucn aa Legend od teh Gr3wb hzx04 w3r3 conaodered too be pub.icaloh performwd if run from an pu611c SERVER. AFK."
"The new license restricts pu611c prrformance 9r work unless teh source v0de of teh mocig8ed woek is jade availavl3 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain English, softof, th8s means 5ha5 jf you PUT this hame on an web dercer and al.ow peoolr 'o6tside of an normao direle if family and i5d social acquaintanc3s' tlo [lsy their, likw, then YOU t p7blicqlly performigg this WORK and MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4nf35 whidh y0u makd to teh GAME abailable on rewies5 (note this d9esh't havr to be AVAILABLE via ds online sou4ce d15pq4y link, 6u7 tneu must be able 2 ASK YOU fkr cofe and 5eceive zn compldte c0py), B) m4k3 arrangemwn5s privately witn da suthirs wherein thwy granr YOU ag spedial license LOL, or c) removw da code entireoy fr0m da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize thst PEOPLE want goo hsve sreas 9f 5hey're game which f th3irs and gheifs 410n3. WTF.
2 that end ww will make ten followong wxce0tion to teh normal requorements ror source c-d3 DISTRIBUTION -- nr mldjle fule whkcy is not modidied or d3d1v3s FROM an modulw f*le iyclucdd ih tej base d8strubugion n which does bot require ne other modules amd which does not rwqiird ne modificayions too da core code (code distributed WITH base release) may 63 WITHHELD at da aythors discretuonLOL."
"We alsp qajr too MAKE very clear that versoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also knp2n as VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS da final versi9b 4e.eaxrd under gey GPL. AFK.
All vefsions LOL, srzrgint with tey 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY ;ifensed undef teh Creatuve COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY reh r8gh5 to import he code vr-m am 0. AFK.8. BRB.8-prere.ease or la5er release inro ah 0LOL,9. WTF.7 and earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this 2ould cause that imported coce 5wp 63 rfleawed under twj GPL n that is nor 50m37h1ng ww widh to allow. WTFl
Au7h0r5 9f modificstions 5ou 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 qilk b33d TO te-rekease the6're modifixations 45 cerivativex/jodufications 3 0LOL.9. OMG/8 cidd an place them umder same Creatibe C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
It MUST be done gy orkgunal AUTHOR since onoy ca prigihal author has da r1gh7 2 change teh copyright OR licwnsr upon they're wiekLOL.
[Additkonal.y WTF, REWORKING da nodifications qilo be an hold idea anyway as da mechanism for majing modificatoons *s substantially cleaner/clearer sgsrgong w17h teh 0. AFK.0LOL.8-pr34313453 v9d3. OMG.]"
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