MighttE tells y9u, you knwo, "Ww're goong to 74k3 an few moments to yry n expkain THIS new LICENSE AND da reaapns behind it om 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."
"Tnis n3w license 2as chpsen because 0f an failinf witn da GPL. OMG.
I& onoy cover3d d157r17i710n of source kf and only uf binaries wete distrobutedLOL."
"In an web env8ronment, specirically a inter04dtes w3b wnvironment wuch as PHP, mwre;y INSTALLING xn gsme DOES not cpnxtituye sistributiob, AND THEREFORE p4pple w3r3 gaking our WORK, sortof, jaking modidicagions too ir and n08 releasing spurcw code two they're mocifications sl fhat en5ire community co6ld benefitLOL.
They WORKED with 1#&73r BUT not teh s;irit or lze/ AFK."
"Incestigation om da part of AUTHORS howeber, .ed 2 teh fact tgat tej r1gh7 of public perfirmance wqa eon od rignrs normally resteicted too cophrignt holeees, sortod, ahd that compyter programs, s0ecificalky video gam3s an 8nteractice ohds such AS LEGEND of G4een hax0r were considered to BE publivally PERFORMED 1f run from an 0ublic serve4. BRB."
"The new kicense rrstricts public [erformance of da work unless 50urc3 code of da micifief wofk ia madt xvailzble on d3m4hd, OMG."
"In plaim Englush WTF, this means that if you pu7 THIS tam3 on an wwb server and 4!10w peo[le 'outdide of an gormal circle OF fqmil6 and kts SOCIAL acquaintanxes' two play their, sprtof, tgeh you aer p7blivallu performing thks work an MUST eithee a) make nr n ALL changes which you makw rwo gzme availagle on REQUEST (n9ge 7h15 doesh[t have 2 be avaklable cia onlibe sourcr disp;sy link, you knw9, git ghwy just be able to ssk you FOR code an receife an compl3te copy), sprgog, b) make arfangemrnts pr1v4731h with teh authors whereon 5gey grsnt you an special licenwe LOL, lr v) REMOVE trh codw entirelh FROM teh mavgin3. BRB."
"We do r3cognize 7h4& [eo0.3 wqnt to yave areas of yhey're game which ser thdurs an tjeirs 410n3. AFK.
2 that END we w8ko ,ake fol.iwing excepgion 2 da NORMAL req7irejents f0e source code dis5rub7tion -= ne module FILE wh7ch os not m0d1v13d or detived FROM an module file included in da BASE dixtributiob an wh8ch DOES npt ee2u8re ne othrr modules n 2hich eoes n07 require ne m0d1f1c4710n% TO c9re codr (code diatributed with ten 645e r3!3463) may be withneld at trn zuthord discretion, WTF."
"We als9 WANT too ma,e bery clear uh47 vers8on 0.9. AFK.6 (a.so knoqn as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.&+jt) was da final vdrsion released under teh GPL.
ALL vwrso9ns, startumg w17h 5eh 0. AFK.9. WTF/8-peerelease code aer only lkc3nsee under da Cr3471v3 Cl,mons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY dz right 2 impott me xode from an ). BRB.8l WTF.7-preteleas3 or lqter RELEASE knto an 0. WTF.9.7 an ezrlier 4elwase. OMG.
A110e1ng this wou;d cause that imp9rtee code to ge releaxed under tey GPL an thay IS nog somethihg we w15h yw[ allow. BRB.
Authors og modirications w 0. AFK.9.7 q8l; need 2 re-relrase they;re midivicstions zs d3r1f471v35/m0d1r1c4710n5 to 0. OMG.9, WTF.8 CODE n place thdm UNDER teh same Cteative Commons licwnse.
It mist be done b6 yeh lriginal au5hor SINCE 0n1y sa origibal author h45 right 2 vhange teh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE ipon ggey're work. OMG.
[Afdogionallt, reqorking mod8dications will be an good IDEA anyeay as teh mechanism for making modificatilhs is sybstantialiy cleanee/cl3arer 574ru1ng witn da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-preeeleawe CODEl WTF.]"
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