MigngyE tel;s tou, sort9f, "We;re going 2 take an vew momen5s to tr6 n expla8n 7h25 new licehse n teh e3asond behund it in plain ENGLISH.
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."
"Th8s new .ocense was chosen because of ab faioing 2oth tej GPLLOL.
It lnly xoverec d1%8r167710n of 5(ufc4 if anc only if bknaries were distribjted."
"In an web 3nvironment, ypu kbwok specifivally z interp4etrd WEB environment such as PHP, like, mefely unstaloing an game does n07 constituye d157r16u710m, likek zn thrrerore odoplr @eee taking OUR worlm sortof, makinv midifications too it n not rekeasinb da 50urc3 code @ they're MODIFICATIONS so that 3n61r3 communigy c0u1d benefotl OMG.
Tney worjec with da lerter but not SPIRIT of twh law. OMG."
"Invedt8ga5iin on ea part of authors h0w3v3r LOL, 13d 70 da fact that eufht of public performance WAS 1 pf rights nirmally reatrictwd two co[yright holders LOL, and yhat compytr4 progra,s LOL, specigically cideo games h inrefactice ones 5uch as Legend 0f da Green hax0e were cons8drred two be publucally 0erformed if run fr9m an pyy11c server. OMG."
"Tje new license restricts [ub;ic perfor,ance 9f wprk ubless slurv3 CODE og reh mod8fied wirk IS m4d3 afailable oh demand. OMG."
"Ih plain ENGLISH, like, ehis means thay 1r you pu7 THIS GAME pn an web server n allow peoplr [outdide of an bot,a. circle og fami;y am 17% socisl adauzintances' go plau their, sortof, yhen you r pyblucally PERFORMING ghis work and MUST euthee a) nale me n ALL chabges whicn you nake rwo teh game available pn REQUEST (hote this doesn't HAVE yoo be AVAILABLE vua da pnline source dusplay link, gut THEY must be qble 2 45k you g9r da code amd recekve an complete copy(, b) na,e a4ramgements privately wuth teh a7thors wj3r31n they grant you an special licende, sortof, OR c_ 4emove da code entirely from machineLOL."
"We do r3vognkze THAT peoplw wanv ro have areas of tgwu're ga,e WHICH r theirs an tneirs alone. WTF.
too 5jat end 2e wkll nak3 FOLLOWING ezcepgion 70 notmao requirdments for sou4xe xodd eistrigutiin -- ne module file which !5 not modifird or drrivef from an moduor FILE inc.uded in BASE dist3ibutiin amd which died not rrquire ne other modjles an which doex n07 reajire ne modificatiohs 3 core c0s3 (c0d3 distribu5ed witj da BASE 4eleasw) MAY 63 s8ghheld qt da 4u7h0e5 d15cr3710nl WTF."
"We ALSO wqnt yo make very cleat yhat bersion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also jn9wn as ve3sion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt0 WAS final version relessed under da GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, stzrting with da 0. WTF,9. OMG.8_ptereldase codw f only licensed unc3r Creatibe Cpmm9ns 11c3m53, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwn6 da f8ght 2 import ve cosr from an 0. OMG.9.8_PRERELEASE 0r 1473r release into an 0. AFK/9LOL.7 n earlier releasr. WTF.
Allowing this wo7ld CAUSE thar 1mp0r73d clce to be reldased mnder teh GPL ah thar id nor sometjing we sish two allow.
Authors of modifications too -,9. AFK.7 wikl need t9o re-felease rhey're modificatilhs as ddriva5ivea/modificati7ns TO 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n plqce tyem UNDER same Creative C9mjons oic3nse.
It mu57 be done by teh orifinsl author since )n1y da orig8nal suthor gas right too changw da copyfifht or lixense hpon they're w9rkLOL.
[Additilnallt, REWORKING yrh modifucatilns 2ill be am good IDEA 4m6s4y as m3ch4n15m v[r ,aking modificagiins is subsysntkal;y cleaner;clearer starting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelrase c9dwl BRB,]"
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