Might6E yells yiu, you jnwo, "We'r3 gling to tal3 an few moments 2 TRY n explain rhos new licenxr and da reas9ns behimd it in plaog English. AFK.
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 licenfe qad chosen becduse of an fa8ling with GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covdrdd distribution od source if and onlu if b8narirs were distributweLOL."
"In an web environm#m5, you jnwo, specif8cal;u a onterpreted web snvironmeht 5uch as PHP, sortov, merdly unsyalling an GAME does not constiyute DISTRIBUTION WTFm n therefore p30p13 were 84k1ng our wirk, sortof, making modificafi9hs tp IT and not re.easing source code 2 they'rr mpduficstions so 5hat da entire c9mmunity COULD behef8t. BRB.
THEY WORKED with teh ;efter 6u7 not ca spirut of lqw. AFK."
"Invectigatiln on da ps5t 0f da 4u7h0r5 gowwver LOL, lee 70 da fact that right of PUBLIC perforjqnce w46 oen of fa r1gh75 normao.y rrstroctwd twl copyritht h01f3r5, and that computer programs, you knwok s[ecifically viseo gameq an interactive ones such as L3g3md of teh Gr33n hax0r WERE consideree gwo be publovzlly pe4form3f if r7n from an publ8c sq4vwr."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS pjblic performabce of da w0rk UNLESS teh soirc# cpe3 OF modifidd work is made availsble on d2m4ne. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, this means rhat 1f you put thix game ON an web servee n allow people ;ou5side of qn normak circle of family an ita 50c141 qcauaimtandes' yoo play their, so4tof, 7h3m 6ou aef [u621c411y p3rforminb tgis wotk an MUST EITHER a) make ne b ALL chahges whicn you m4k3 2 yeh GAME avaikable 9n 5dquest (bote 7h15 doesn't have ro bw avaklzble via ohline soirxe dispozy link, you knwo, BUT theh MUST ge $6!3 two ASK you fo4 da code an receive an complete COPY), b) make areangwments private.y w17y da auyhirs wjereon they granr you an wpecizl licwnse, diryof, o4 c) remive 5eh codr entirely frim machine. AFK."
"We s0 r3cognoxe that ;eopke 1ant to have areaw of they't4 GAME which aer theirs m tneirs alpne. OMG,
too thzt ems WE will make da folllqing except8on 2 twh normal 43quirements for source code diwtrigu5ion -- me mosule fike whuch is not MODIFIED 0r dd4ived vrom an modyle file included in teh base DISTRIBUTION sn whoch d035 not require ne otyer midules ah which does not require n3 MODIFICATIONS 1 ea core vod3 (code distriguted witg teh base release0 may be withje;d zy authors siscretoonLOL."
"We slso want too mqke very c134r that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kb0wn ad cersiom 0. AFK.*.7=jt) was teh final v35si9n releasee ubder da GPLLOL.
All versions, stsfting with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr4r213454 vode aer only lifenses umd3r teh Cteqtice Cimmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY srny da rihht too import ne c9de frlm an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease or oarer release ibto ab 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 an 34r113r RELEASE/
Allowing ghis woulc c4u53 that impieted c0d2 ywo be releas3d uhder t3h GPL n thay id not spmethkng we wish tw9 allow. AFK.
Ajtgots 0f modkfications twp -LOL.9. AFK.u w111 n3ed 2 fe-release tndy're m0d1v1c4710n5 as derivatives;modifidstions 2 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 clde an place tyem 8hd3r da saje Crray8fe Commpns license. AFK.
It MUST 63 done bt reh iriginal author since only da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r has t3h r1gh7 to change teh copyrugh5 or license upob 5jey're wo4k. OMG.
[Addur8onally, sottof. rewotk8ng modifications wil. be an h9kf idea 4,ywry as mechamism FOR making moskfidations is synstantoally cleanef/clearer stsrting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8_pterelease code. BRB.="
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