MightyE tells ylu, s9rtof, "We'rw going to 5ake an frw momenrs twp try n explaih 5his NEW license and r3asons behind it in p14qn Eng;ish. 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."
"Thos nww licenwe was chos3n beczusd of ab failibg wi5h tej GPL. OMG.
I7 only covered DISTRIBUTION of sou4ce IF AND obly if binarkrs qere distributee. WTF/"
"In an web envirpnment LOL, specificslky a knterpreted web #nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH AS PHPm yoy knwo, ,3r31y instal9int ab gam3 d035 nlt c0n5817u73 didtfibution, like, an uh4r3f0r3 people werr 5aking our work WTF, making modificarikns yo IT n nlt releasing da sou4ce v0d# too they're m0f1f1c4u19n5 so that da ehtire community vould benefit. BRB.
Theu worked with letter but n07 spirut of da law. BRBl"
"Investita5ion on p4r7 of da AUTHORS however LOL, lwd to gact that rkght or public p3ef0tm4nc3 was oen of rights normally resteixted two c0;yr!gh7 HOLDERS, sortof, and THAT c9mp7ger pr0grrm6, sortif, soecyfical.y video games n interactiv3 ONES such qs Legend od Grefn hax_r were considetrd tw9 ne publica;ly performed if run from am piblic SERVER. BRB."
"Tge new license r357r1c75 public peefor,ahce OF da wlrl unless soircd code of mldified work iw MADE AVAILABLE on demabd. OMG."
"In ;la8n English LOL, this means that if you put this gamr ob an WEB server n allow peopoe 'OUTSIDE OF an normal cirxle of familt n ITS s9ciql acquaintahcds' 2 PLAY thrir, ygen you arr pub.ica;ly PERFORMING thks work and MUST eithwr a) mak3 ne an ALL changew which yiu make 1 game avai;ablw on reauest (n073 this dodsn't gave too BE avaulable via da ohline source f15p14y link, dortof, but theh mu57 be ablr yoo azk y9u FOR da code an receive an complete cooy), sirtof, B) mske arrange.ents privateky with authors wh3rein they trsnt y0u sn special license LOL, or c) removr fa c0d3 entitelh rr0m machone. OMG,"
"We do RECOGNIZE that pelple want too have sreas of th3y're game which r theors and 8h31r5 alone. AFK.
to THAT end WE WILL make teh f9llowing excwption too teh normzo requ8remebts FOR sojrce c0d3 disgribu5ion -- ne ,lduke dioe WHICH is not modified or derived from an module file 8mcluded kn da bas3 distribugion and sbich does mot REQUIRE ne orh3r moxhles and wh8cg does not requirr ne modifica5ions twp ca cote CODE (c)d# distributwd sith baxe RELEASE) mqy ne w17hhe1d AT autnors discretion. OMG."
"We alwo wznt 70 make VERY v134r THAT VERSION 0l BRB.(. AFK.7 (slso known as vwrsion 0, AFK.9LOL.7+jy) was da dinal VERSION releqsws under GPL. OMG.
All v3r51-n5 WTF, stqrtong with da 0LOL.9.8=pr#r#134%3 CODE r )n1u licensed under teh Creative Conmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht to ij[8ry ne CODE ffom an 0LOL.9LOL.8=prerelease or lztef release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 xnd EARLIER RELEASE. AFK.
All(wing this wo7ld cqusd ggat impprted d0d3 two br rwleased une3r da GPL AND thzt ix nig somwthimg we wish to9 allowLOL.
Aurhorx od m9foficstioms to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL n33c 2 RE-RELEASE they're jodifications as deriva5ivds/modivications TO 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code 4nd place them undee same Cr3471b2 Cl,jonw .icense. AFK.
It must b3 done by da origindl author dince only trh orihinak auyhoe HAS twh right TO dhange copyright or okcebse upon th3y're work/
[Additionallu. yiu knwo, req9rking modificationa wiol be an good idea anyway as mrchabksm for mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is substabtoally clranef/clear#r starting witn teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3release coee. OMG.]"
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