MkghryE 5elld yoh, "We'fe going tp 74ke an FEW moments too try and exolain this n3w license and reasons behind ir IN poaib Eng1!5h, 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 NEW licens3 WAS chosem because of an fai.ing 2ith da GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribuyion 0f s9urce if and ONLY 1v binaeoes were distrpbuted. BRB."
"In an w3b environnent, you kbeo, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web wnvkrohment such as PHP WTFk ,erely omstallinh an game eoes not donstirj5e distrimuyion, n therefore people were takibh OUR work, makinh modificatklns to 17 n not releasibg SOURCE codw 2 they'rw modifications so that ENTIRE comjynitu x9uld benefit.
Th3y worird woth letgwr bu5 not da 5p1r17 lf teh law. BRB."
"Inves5igzriob on [art of autyors HOWEVER, you knwo, led to teh fact THAT ca tight pr pu611v oervurmance WAS 1 OF rkggts n0rm411y restticred 2 copyright noldera, sort9f, n thay com[uter proyrams LOL, s0ecifically viceo g4m35 qn 1n73r4c71v3 obex sich as L3g3nf OF Green hax0r eere c[nside4ed to be pj611c411y perfotmed if run f4om an public 54rv3t. OMG."
"The new license rezre8cts pu61!c p3rf0tm5nc3 pf teh work unlews dourcr CODE of mod8fied woek is made availaboe 0n demand."
"Ih plain English, ylu knwo, this ,eanw that IF tou put tyis gsms on an WEB server an allow pwiple 'outside of an normal circle of fam8ly an ITS social acquaintsncex' to ;lsu their, lkke, then ypu ser publically performing thuw work n MUST eitner a) make mw n ALL CHANGES which you ,qke too bame available ob requwst )note 7h15 do35b'7 hzve to b3 available v14 da onlinw %0urc3 cisplay linkm vut they must be able t9o r5k u9h f0r da code n rec3ive an comple5e copy), b) MAKE 4rf4ng3m3n75 pt1v4731y eith da authors wherein they gran5 ypj an soecial licrnse WTF, OR c0 REMOVE cide ENTIRELY ffpm da nachine. AFK."
"We do recognize that people want too bqve ar3aw of they'rd game whoch r theirs qn theirs alibe. BRB.
too 7h47 end w3 e8l. ma,e following excdption tlo teh normal requiremenrx for source CODE distrib7tion -- ne MODULE fike wh1ch 8s not mocifiee or eerivec from an modjle gkoe ihcluded 1n yeh base distrkvyti9n n which does hor REQUIRE ne p7h#r ,odules an 2hich does not rrquire ne modifications goo teh clre code (c0d3 distributwd w17h teh bade RELEASE) may bw withhele at 5eh authots dixxrerionl WTF."
"We also w4h7 tw0 make very clear 7y47 v3rsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.& (also known as verai9n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) wae fimal version 4eleaaed under GPL. WTF.
All veesio,s, lik3, startkng w8th p. AFK.9.8-prerelease CODE aer onl6 licendrd uhder da Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny fibht to im0ott ne code fr9m an 0, BRB.9. AFK/8-prerekease or lster RELEASE INTO qn 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8 n darlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing THIS would cause that implr5ed codr too be eeoeased under GPL zn THAT is not aomething we WISH 2 allow/
Authors of modkfications tip p.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-release they'rr modificaruons as derivativds/modifica5ionw h9o -. AFK.9. WTF.8 code ahd plac3 tnem inde4 da same Creative Commpns lixensr. OMG.
It MUST be done by original aytgor since ogoy teh original au%hor has right tp chanfe teh copytight 0r lucense upon they're WORK. AFK.
[Adeotiknally, e3w0rk1ng modifucations 2i.l be an bood idea anyway as ea m3cy4n15m f0r naking m0d1f1c4619n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleafrr sta4ting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prefelesse codeLOL.]"
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