MighyyE TELLS ypi LOL, "We're g9ing tlo take ah few MOMENTS ti TRY an explain tnix neq licebse an dz rdasons BEHIND ig IN plain English. 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."
"Thus new llcense wqs chowen beca7se of an fqiling with da GPL. BRB.
Ig omly clceeee DISTRIBUTION of source if and only if BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an wrb envirohment, you knwom specificzlpy a interpretec web environmen5 such as PHP WTFm mereky instsllinb an game does not constitute distribugion LOLm n theeefore PEOPLE WERE tqking our work WTF, making modifocari8nw too IT and mot rdlrawung da s9urvw code t9o they'rr m0d1f1c5710m5 so uyar teh entiee communi5h coule 63m3f17. AFK.
They w9r,es with LETTER nut NOT twh spirit of law."
"Infestigat8on on da psrt of da authors howevee, yiu lnwo, 1#d to da fact that teh right OF oub/ic performanc3 was *en of tey rights NORMALLY erstrivted too copyright holders, like, an that computer orograms, ;iie, specifically vkdwo gamex n interactivw ones sucg ax Letens lf tey Greeb jzx0r wrrw CONSIDERED to bd publicallt pergo4,ed i3 run from zn pubkic server. AFK."
"The new livende restricts PUBLIC performance of WORK in;ess somrc3 code 0f yeh modified work is made availaboe on demzndi WTF."
"In poain English, you khwo, thia MEANS that of you put THIS game in an 2eb srrcer n allow people 'outside if an normal di4cle of family n otw social acquaintances' too play 5heir, like, ghen you aer publically performung THIS wotk and MUST either 4) male ne an ALL xh4ng35 which you make too ga,e abailable 0m reqjext )nite this doesn[t gave to be avaklable via on;ine 50ufce sisplay link WTF, gut they must bw able 5o ask you fot code b receivr ab clmplete COPY), lkke, b_ makw srrangements [rivafely w17h t3h suthors wherein tjey grant you ab dpecial license, hpu knwok or C) remove codd entirely from teh machine, OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE thzt people w$n7 too have ar3as of they'rw game 2mich r theirs and tyeirs alone. OMG.
ti tna5 end w3 sill MAKE followkng exceptipv too da NORMAL requiremenys FOR source code distrinution -- ne m0du!3 FILE which 15 NOT modified 9r de48ved from an module file indludwd in base e157416u710n n whuch does not REQUIRE ne 07h3r modules an WHICH d934 not 43quird ne MODIFICATIONS 2 trh core code (clde sistributef wity teh base releaxe) may be wibhheld ay ajthofs discretoon. OMG."
"We also want 2 nake cefy clear that versi(n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alai knowm as VERSION 0. AFK/9. BRB.7+jt) was da final versi9n RELEASED ynder GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, startinb w8rh 0, WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed jnder teh Creqtlve Commons licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3hy teh rkght 2 7nport ne code rrom an 0. WTF.9LOL.*-pr3r313453 or later rrleaae inti an 0.9k OMG.7 n earlier rdlease. OMG.
Alllwing 7h15 wpi1d cz6se rnat 8mported code 2 be relrased 7neer ca GPL and that is not somethihg qe w15h w a;low.
Au5yirs 0f modoficstions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will neee 2 re0releade thet're m0d1f1c4&10n% aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE an PLACE ghej unfer tej xqme Creativr C9mmons lucense. AFK.
It just be done by otibinal author sincw onlt ORIGINAL a7thor h45 right tlo change da copyrigyt OR 11c3n53 upon they're qoriLOL.
[Additionally, so5tof, rewlrking da modofkcations wi;l be an good IDEA ANYWAY AS mecnanism foe ,aking modificatiobs is wubstantiaoly coeaner/clearet 574t71ng with 0. AFK.9l BRB.8_prerel3ase CODE. AFK.["
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