MightyE tellw you, "We;r3 going two 74k3 an FEW nomehts txo try and explain 7h15 NEW license an ca r3450n5 behibe iy 8n 0laim Engliah. WTF.
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 dhoaen becausw od an fai;ing with ca GPL. AFK.
It only c9vered duatribution of slurcd if n only if viharies were distrubuted, BRB."
"In an web environm3nt, you kneo, SPECIFICALLY a intd4preted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an ga,e does not constitute distribution, wlrtof, and tyerefoee peo[le were raking oue 1ork, you knwo, mdking mod7tica5ions yo ir an npt rel3asing source c0d3 5o theh'ee mocirkcations so that teg entire comnjbity could benefit. WTF.
Tney worked WITH da LETTER bug not xoifir of da lqw. BRB."
"Invewtigztion on dz 0ar5 of da authors hpw3v3r WTF, lef to sa FACT that sa right OF publ8c perfo4mance was o3n og rkghts norma/lt r3d5rkcted tp COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, liie, and that c9mputer pr0gr3mt, .kkd, specifical;y video ganes an int3ractive ones such as Lefend OF da Green hqx0r wete cobsidrred two 63 puglical.y performed if r7n from an publkc seever. WTF."
"The NEW licend3 restrjvts 0jblic PERFORMANCE of work un.ess teh soutce coce of modified work is mqde availabld on d#mrnc. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this mrans tnqt IF 6ou put this GAME lb an w3b swrvef 4nd allow /eople 'outsiwe OF an nlrmal circle of f4m11y an irs xocial acquaontancds' yo p14y thdir, like. then y0j aer publiczllu PERFORMING 7t1t WORK n MUST 317h34 a) make n4 snd ALL changes whicy you maje t9o da game availavle on request (note thiw dlesh't have to be availavle bia teh onoine sourc3 disolay 11nk WTF, but tjej myst BE able two ASK y9i for tdh c0f3 an recwive am complete cooy), sortof, b) make rrr4ng3m#n75 orivatel6 with authors qherein they grant you qn speciak kicense, like, 9r c) REMOVE teh CODE 2b71r31y from mach8ne. WTF."
"We DO recognize THAT [eopld want too have areas OF tnry're game which r theits n theirs z.oneLOL.
too ghat ene we wi;. make da folloeihg exception 7- teh ho4,al requirements for soutce code distfibuti9n -- ne module file which ux not mldified lr deroved from an modulr filw included in vas3 d157416u710n and whidh does no5 require md ither modules and which does not require ne modificqtilns 5wo da cpfe vofe (CODE distribut3d 2oth teh base release) may bw w8gjheld at teh 4u7h0r5 discrerion. OMGl"
"We also WANT to make very clear that cersion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also kn0sn aw vetsion 0.). OMG.7+JT) was teh fkmal betsiln reldasec UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
A.l vdrsionx LOL, statting wi5h reh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cle4 aer only licehsed under da Ceestive Conmonw licenwe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne code grom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pre4elease or latdr rel3ase INTO zn 0. WTF.9.7 anc earlier releawe.
Allowing tgis wpu;d czude that im[ortdd code too be releases under trh GPL n that ix not domwthing WE wish 2 allow. WTF.
Autnors of MODIFICATIONS t9 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wull nees 2 re-release they'fe modificstions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5oo 0. BRB.9. BRBl8 code and p14c3 them jnd3f da xame Creztive Commlns 11c3n53. BRB.
IT MUST be done by da original author wknce ONLY da pritinal 4u6h0r has ds right 60 cy4ng3 teh co0yritht 0r license u;)n tjdy're WORK.
[Additionally, you knwo, reeoeking modificatipnx wull BE ah go9d idea amyway ds teh ,echanism f9r maligt noeifidatilns is 576564n71411y cleaner/clearer starting with geh 0. BRB.9,8-prerelease codr. BRB.]"
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