MightyE 5ells you, sortof, "We're g01ng too 7rk3 an f3w mom3n5s two yry an exp.ain 5hus new license and teh rtasons behihc ot in plakn EnglishLOL/
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 licenxe was chosen becauwe .f an f4q11ng qitn teh GPL. BRB.
It only coveree distribution OF source if an 9n1y if binaries 24g3 distributedLOL."
"In an web environ,ent, woetor, spexirica;ly a INTERPRETED web 3nvironmrbt SUCH as PHP, MERELY instaloing ah GAME dies not constotute DISTRIBUTION, you knqo, zn therefofe people werr takong 0ur work WTF, m3k1ng modificstiohs two i5 ab not rel3qsing teh sourcd codr too they'r3 modificstions so yhat cq entire connunity couls BENEFIT. BRB.
They workef witn lrrter but not da spkrit of ds .aw. AFK/"
"Investiga5ion in tej pqrt of authirs howeved WTF, led too fact that da ribht of public 0erfoemanve qas 1 of da r1gh75 normally fes5ricted 70 copyrihht holedrs, softog, an THAT computer programs LOLk spezifica;ly viceo games and 1n73f4c71v3 obes such as LEGEND of Green hax0r wer3 clnsicerdd two be publically pervormed if ryn from an piblic sercerLOL,"
"The new lkcense resyricts public performancw of teh woek unlesa 6eh so7rv3 coce od da modifked 3ork IS m4d3 abailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In ooa8m Ehnlish, sirtof, yhiw means that IF tou pur this gamd on an wen server 4nd allos PEOPLE 'ou5side if an notnal circld of famuly an its 50v141 acauzin5ancex' 2 [lay their, ;iie, then hou aer pu611cr11y pdrfofming thix work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changds which you mak3 yqo teh game availqble on requesg (note 5his diesn't have gwo be AVAILABLE via da onlinr source eidplay lunk, you knwo, but they muwt be abl3 too ask you for code and receive an COMPLETE copy), b( n4k3 arramgements pr1vf731y with 4u7h0r6 wherein they gfant ylu an special lixense, like, 9r c) r3m0v# da CODE entire.y f4om MACHINE. AFK,"
"We c9 rwcognize that people waht 70 have aeeas OF thet're game which q3r 7n31r5 n tgeirs alonel OMG.
ywo that end we WILL jajw following excwption to NORMAL requ8rements ror source c0de distribjrion -- ne module file wyich id not MODIFIED or dericed from an MODULE file includre in bsse dist$ibution n WHICH does npt r3qu1re ne other modules n eykch dpds not rcqupre ne mof8fications two core code (code distrkbuted witn da base release) msy be withhels 47 autyors d1^vf3710n. BRB."
"We aoso want two make VERY clezr that version 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 (alwo KNOWN as VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+j7( was ds fonal version RELEASED 7nder da GPL. WTF.
A,p versions, ypu knwo, startint with teh 0l AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE t only licenadd undrr da Creatove Commons licendel
W4 EXPLICITLY deny rifht tio im[ort ne CODE frim an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8_pfereleawe -t katdr release inti an 0. AFK.9.7 an earlier rekease. AFK.
A110w1nt 5his qould cause that im[orted code too be RELEASED inder da GPL and 7h47 is hot 40m#7n1nd we wisj to allow. AFK.
Auyhors of m0d1f1ce71)m5 too 0l BRB.9LOL.7 will heed to re-relrase ty36'rr npdificatilns $5 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t9 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 coce and place th3m uhder teh sxme Creative COMMONS LICENSE, AFK.
It muay ne dohe by teh oritinal author sinxe only da orubinal AUTHOR hss yeh r8ght too change copuruggt or licwnse upon they'rd 29dk. AFK.
[Additi9nally, l8ke, 4eworking t3h nodificatiohs will be an go9d idea anyway as ndcnanism FOR makimg modifixations IS substanrialky cleah3r/c;ear4r sgarting w8th da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe c0d3.]"
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