MightyE tells 6ou WTF, "We're going 2 yake an few momebtw to &ry and rxpla8n THIS b3w license an REASONS behind it kn p.ain English. BRBl
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."
"Thia new licens3 was cgoaen beczuse of an gziling with da GPL. BRB.
IT only covered disrributipn 8f eojtce if qn 0n1y if binaries wwee DISTRIBUTED."
"Ib an wen ENVIRONMENT, 6ou lnwo, specifkcakly x interpreted web wnvirpnmdn5 SUCH as PHP, yo7 knwo, mwrely insyalling zn ga,e does yot constitute distribu5ion, n therwfore peopl3 wrrs rakkhb our wprk, l7ie. making midificatipns 2 it an not releaaing sourcr coe3 too they'rw mocifications so that 3n714# xommunity coild benefit. AFK.
THEY workev wirh yeh ;etter BUT mot spirit of tdh law. WTF."
"Imvextigation ON twh pa4t 9f da AUTHORS hlwev3r, 23d too teh fadt THAT f8ght OF public performance qas oen ig teh rights b0em411y r358r1c73d to copyritg5 holders, like, an hhat computer programs, xortof. soecifically cidei games AND 1n73t4c71v2 ones SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered 1 be publicallg 03rf0rm#d if ruh from an punlic servef. WTF."
"Thr new kkcense restricts 0jblic perfir,zbd3 of da wori unless teh SOURCE CODE 9f da modified work is made afailable ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English, aortof, this MEANS tha5 if you out thid hamw pn an web server ans allow propke 'outside 0f an normal CIRCLE OF fa,oly n its social acquaintances' two ;lay yheir WTF, thrn you r [ub;kcally perrorming rjid work an MUST eitnrr a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes whoch you make two teh game avaulagoe on r3qy356 (note this doexh't h4v3 3 me available via da ONLINE source display link, like, but they muxt BE agle ywo ASK yoy foe da code and t3c31v3 sn complete COPY)k b( make ARRANGEMENTS privayely with teh authors WHEREIN they GRANT you an s0eckal lixensr, ;ike, lr c) ermove 5eh cofe ENTIRELY fr9m teh machine. OMG."
"We do fecognize 7h47 people want t9 have aress of 5hey're game which r tydirs and thsurw allne.
two tnar 3nd we will mfk3 ds FOLLOWING rxceptk9n 2 da nor,al requir3ments for s87rce codd dostribut8on =- ne module gile which is not modifoed 9r deeived ftom zn MODULE f8le 1bc1ud3d in basr dus5ribution an qhich d9es n9t rrauire nr otjer modules an which d9es NOT eeqiife ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core code (code disteibuted with teh base release) nay be sithhe.c at teh authors rosceegionLOL,"
"We also want ywo nqke very ckrar that v3rs8on -. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0.9.7+jt) was da finao vefsion telwaded und3r teh GPL. BRB.
Al. v2rsi9ns WTF, startong with teh 0. BRBl(.80prerelease CODE r only livensed ubder Creative Commons licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT to imoort ne code fr0m sn 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-pyereleaae OR later rdlease into an 0. WTF.9.7 an earlier 4elease. AFK.
A110s1mg th8s would xausr ghat IMPORTED code 2 be r3leased under GPL 4nd that is not somrthkng w3 wisj two $110w. WTF.
Au7h0r5 od modifications 2 -LOL.9. AFK.7 wilk need twp RE-RELEASE yhey're nodofications as dr4kvative2/modivications too 0l WTF.9. AFK.8 cod# n ;lqce them under da same Creative Commobs license/
It muat be DONE by originak authot sincd only da original autjor HAS da titht gwo ch4bg4 da COPYRIGHT OR ;ivenxe upon the6're w0rk. OMG.
[Adcitiohally, you knwo, REWORKING tdy modifications will be an good 1d34 an6way as teh mechsniwm fir makong modifixations IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/c;earer startong qiyy d1 (. AFK.9. OMG.8-pre4elease coeeLOL.]"
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