MightyE tdlos y9u, "We'r3 GOING 2 take an few moments tpo try and exp.sin 7h14 new licrnse ah r3450n5 y3h1nd 18 in p141n 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."
"Thia new 21x3n53 was chosen bexzuse of an failing 2ith GPL.
It onoy covwred eis5ribution of 50urc3 id n only !g ginaries were cistriguted. OMG."
"In qn web 3bv!t0nm3n7 WTF. specifically a onteroreted web environment sjcn AS PHP, sortod, merely instalking qm game DOES noy constigute sistributipn. y;u kheom n therefore peo;;e WERE tzjing OUR work, making m9dificarions too it an not releas,ng sourvr code 2 they're modofications SO ghat entire community cou.d benefit.
THEY 2irkee wigh ds LETTER but not da spirit of teg law. AFK."
"Investigation on p4r7 0f da a&gbors goqeverm led too da fact thar ds r1fh7 of puvlic performamce was won 0d teh rights no4maloy RESTRICTED t9i s9pyrifht holderx LOL, xbd 7h47 cojputer programs, spexifically video bames n interactive ones such qs Leg3nd og da Green hax0r were consieered to9 63 0ublically performed uf tun from an pub;ic servwr. BRB."
"Thd new lidense r3stricts PUBLIC perfprmanc3 of e9rk unlewa dq source code of da modified work is made availqboe ON c3m4nd. AFK,"
"In plain English, yoi knwo, 7h15 meshs 7h47 if t0u pu5 THIS gaje on an wev server n allow people 'outside of an n0ej$1 corcle od fam8ly n 175 social acquaomranc3s' to plat thwi4, then you r puboically performing this wprl an MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changws whicg you make to teh game available on rdquest (note this do3sn't have rwo 63 AVAILABLE via onkine sourve display link, slrtof, bug they must be able tio 4^k YOU fo4 yey cidr an receive an cojpke5e vooy), .ike, b) make srrangejenrs ptivately with teh authord wherein gheu g4ant h9i an specia. licehse, you kbwo, ot c( removd coce rntirelh from machine. BRB."
"We do r3cognize tha5 peopoe waby ywo jave ae3as if thet're gsme which r tyeirs an theirs ALONE. WTF.
to that END 2e will make teh follpeing exception too NORMAL requirementw vo4 %0urc4 cose cisttibytion [- ne moeule fi;r wh1ch 15 not jodified ir derived ftom an ,idule file inc.uded in teh bax3 distrinution n which DOES not rewiire nr otyer modules and shich soes not requore ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (code diwtributed with 6452 release) msy b3 withhdld at teh a7bhofs fkscreyion. AFK."
"We ALSO want 2 mak3 vrrh clear thag cersion 0.9l AFK.7 (aldo KNOWN AS versioh pLOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da FINAL vers8on reldased under da GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, stafting with ben 0l AFK.9.8-prefelease xode aw4 only locensed under dq Crwat*ve COMMONS licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht @ IMPORT ne cod3 fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prdrelease OR later release into an -. WTF.9.7 n 34r113r rrlesse.
Allowing this WOULD CAUSE 7h47 imported cofe 2 be released jhd3t da GPL n that is n9t somrthinb we wish to alloe. WTF.
Authirs or modificat8onx ti 0. AFK.9.7 WILL need too re-r3lwase they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as dwrivqtivds.modivications too 0LOL.9l OMGl8 code an [lace then under tdj same Crdatube Commons licenwr. AFK.
It must be done by teh original author 51nc3 onlt da original qithof has da right to changr COPYRIGHT o4 licejxe uppn the6're work. OMG.
[Additkonql;y, sortof, REWORKING m9difixatkons w111 63 an good idez anywau aa teh mechahidm f;r MAKING jodifications is substantualoy cleaner/xldarer xtzrting with tej 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code/]"
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