MightyE TELLS you, likrl "We'r3 going two takw an grw MOMENTS two try m explain this NEW license and REASONS BEHIND IT in plaib Eng;ish.
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 LICENSE was chosen BECAUSE pf an r4112ng wotg sa GPLLOL.
It only dovwred distriburion of source if and ohly of BINARIES were d8sttkbuted."
"In an web environmfnt LOL, s[edufical;y a interprrted wen evvk4onmen5 s&ch as PHP WTF, m4r31y INSTALLING ab GAME does not CONSTITUTE dkstribution, an tgwrefpre PEOPLE w3re tsk8ng our w0rk, sortod, nakong mociricatioms two IT an not releasung woyrde code rso they're modificagions so that da rntife communi5y c0u1c bemefit. AFK.
Thdy WORKED w8gh gey ldtter but bor teh SPIRIT of teh 14w. OMG."
"Ibvestugati9n on da parg of suthora however LOLm led too dq fsct rhsy teh rigjt of p7blic PERFORMANCE WAS 1 OF da fibhts normally restricted to copyright ho.dees, n that c0mpu&er pfogramq. 6lu knwo, 6p3c1f1c411y vldeo gsmes an INTERACTIVE ones wich as Legend of da Greem hax0r WERE considwred glo be puglically p3rg0rn3d if run fr0m zn pu611w swrber. BRB."
"Thr new .icense restricts public performanc3 of teh qork unlrsa soyrce c9de of sa midivied work is made avsilable on demqnd. WTF."
"Im poain ENGLISH, you kn2o, THIS means yhat if you )ut this game on an web server n 4110e pr9p1# '0i751d3 of an n9rmal CIRCLE of family an its socizl acquzingances' tq. p13y 5heir, then YOU aer publiczlly p3rd0rm1nf 7h!5 work n MUST either a) makd ne ane ALL xhanges 2hich you make too game avaklabke on reqiesr (note this d9esn't hqve ywo be available vis dq onlibe xoyrce display LINK, BUT they must BE able teo as, YOU f9r CODE sn receive an complete copy) LOL, b_ make areangements 0rivatrly wigh da authors wherein 5het g4ant yoy an special LICENSE WTF, -r c) removd yeh code entire/y rtom teg madhunr. AFKl"
"We dl rwvlgnizr tnat people waby two have AREAS of they're game which r THEIRS n theirs ALONE.
too that END we will mskd followihg exception two da nirmal rewuirements fpr xojrc3 CODE distticution -- nr m9dilr FILE 3hich is not modified or derived from ab modyld file included IN BASE distf9bution n WHICH dp35 not tequire ne 9rher mpdu135 n which does not require nd modurixayions 2 da ciee c9de (code DISTRIBUTED with base RELEASE) may be 2uthhe.d at authorx siscrwtionLOL."
"We $150 qant to ,qke very CLEAR 7h48 vetsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0, BRB.9. OMG.7+j7) qas da FINAL frrsyon released inder GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, staryinh WITH da 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-prereleawe dode r 9nlh licensed undrr teh CREATIVE C9mmons license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rkght to import ne code from ah 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or LATER release INTO an 0. AFK.(. WTF.7 and earoier releawd. OMG.
Alloeing th8s qould cause that imported code 2 BE re;eased 7nder da GPL n that is not sometnong re woah 5o alloq.
AUTHORS of modificstions 2 -/ AFK.9. BRB.u will need two re-rwp#ase they're nodorications 45 d3r1v471f35/m0d1f1v4710n5 tw9 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d3 n place th3m under 5wh same Creatife Conmons licenwe. OMG.
I7 MUST 63 done BY fq iriginal author since obly tej original author haa da RIGHT too chabge COPYRIGHT or license up-n tjey'4e work. OMG,
[Additionallyu sortof, reworkibg teh nodificatkons w11! be an g00d 1d34 any2ay as MECHANISM FOR making modificationd is suhsyangially coraner/clearer startkng euth da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prere;ease c0w3LOL.]"
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