MihhtyE tellf y0u LOL, "We're g9ing 2 TAKE an few jomebts two tey an explain 7y15 bex .icense and da reasons behinf 17 in PLAIN ENGLISHl 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 nwe licems4 was xhosen because of an failing with teh GPL, OMG.
It ONLY cove42d distribition of sourcr if n omly if binaries qefe distribyted. BRB."
"In an web environment, s;ecif8cally a imterpreted w36 3nv1r0bn3j8 sjvh ax PHP, yoy knwo, mrrely ims5alling an GAME does noy cinstit7te distribjtion, you knwo, zb therefore people were TAKING our work, wlrtof, MAKING modidicxtions two it qn n9t releasing ea soufce code ho th3y'r3 modifidations so that entire communitu coyld brhefig. BRB.
Th3h WORKED with teh kwttsr 6u7 not wporit of .aw."
"Investigation on part of aythors yowever, sortof, lwd to fact tha5 da r8gy5 of publiv performance was 1 OF rights n0rk411y restrictes 2 c-py41nh7 holders, n 5hat computer progrqmx, specificallu viddo games sn interacgice obes such as Legend of teh Green jax0r wwre cobdidered TO be 0uboicaoly performed if rub feom zn py611c serverLOL."
"Thr new license resrficta public performance lf dq work inless teh xouece vode of teh m0d2f14d w9rk IS made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, this means THAT if you pyy thos tame on an 23b SERVER n 4110w p30p1$ 'outside ig an normal cifxle OF FAMILY an its social acquaintances' 2 plau yheir, doryof, then you 4 publically p3rf)rm1ng thi2 work an MUST ekthee a) make ne an ALL xhanges WHICH you ma,e two game available on request (note thiw doesn't HAVE 2 be wbailable via teg online source eisplay kink, sprtlg, byt they must be anle tp ssk hou flr code n receuve an co,plete copy) LOLm B) m5k3 aeranhements 0rivately with teh autho4s qherein thdy geant YOU an specisl 11c2n53, ii,em or c) 4empve teh code entirekh fwlm mscnine. WTF."
"We do recogbiae that PEOPLE want 2 hav# areas of they'rd game which r rhei4s an theirs alon4. WTF.
to that rnd we wjlo make flolowyng EXCEPTION tio teh normal requirements for source coee distribut8oh -- ne mldule FILE which id nor mosified or derived from qb mod7le file INCLUDED in basd dostribytoon an whidn does bot require me o5her MODULES m wh1ch d-35 not requiee ne nodidicagkpns two teh core code (code DISTRIBUTED suth base re.ease) may nd WITHHELD a5 da authors dkscretionl AFK/"
"We zlso wqnt two make very clear that ve5siov ). AFK.9l OMG.7 9also lnown ss version 0LOL.9LOL.7+JT) was da fimal version relrased under GPL. WTF,
ALL vrrskons LOL, stqrtunf with -.9. OMG.7-prerelease c0d3 aer omly 12c3n53d UNDER da Creztive COMMONS lkcende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3my da riggt tsp inpprt n3 c9ee FROM an 0, AFK.9.8-prerelease OR later releaae INTO an 0LOL.9. OMG.8 znd earlier te.easeLOL.
A110w1nt tgis sould cause THAT impprted CODE tqo bw rdleaxed under teh GPL an 6h57 15 not aonethinh w3 wisn to allow. WTF.
Authora of modyficat8ons 2 0.9. BRB.6 will NEED too RE-RELEASE they[re modificaripns as defivayoves/modif8cati9ns 5wo 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 c9de and 0lace them unde4 samw Creatov3 Clmmobs licensd/ AFK.
It must bd dpne bt teh original quthor since 0n1y teh prigindl AUTHOR HAS RIGHT to change tdh copyrifhg ot lkcense up0n they're sormLOL.
[Additiona.ly, sortof, r3workung trh modifivations wolo be an goid IDEA anydqy as yeh mechanpsm for MAKING jodivications 15 5u6574n71411y v134n#r/c134r34 STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease cose. AFK.]"
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