MightyE 7r116 you, s9rt9f, "We're GOING too take an ve2 MOMENTS 1 tty ane expla8n rgis new license AND da reasins bwhund it in plain Eng135h.
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."
"Thiw bew licehse was choawn because of an fail8ng with GPL. AFK.
I5 omky covered eq57r16u710n of xpurce if snd only if binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an 2eb environment, like, specifkcally z in5erpfeted web 3bbigobmwng wuch 45 PHP LOL, merely imstaloinh zn game dies not constitute d8strinutiot. n tyetefore peop.e wer3 taking 0jr work. like, makumg modkfications to 17 h not f3leasinf da t074xe code to thdy're modifications so that da entite community could generitLOL.
They woeked wkth da letter nut bit da spurit of da lawl"
"Investigatioy pm parg of da authors however LOL, led 2 da FACT that da right oh [ubk8c performabce sas oen of teh r1ghu5 hormally resgricted too copyright holders, h that c)mpu73r PROGRAMS, lile, specificslly VIDEO fanes ah interaxtive onew such 45 L3g3nd if da Green hax0f weee cibsidered 2 63 pub.ically o3rformrd IF eun vrok an ;ub.ic xdrver. WTFl"
"The new lic3nse restrivys ;ubloc performabve of qofk unlexs da source codr of da MODIFIED work ia MADE avzilable on demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, hou knwo, thow means that if hou put tuis bame 0n an w#6 setver snd zllow ;3-p14 'ouyside of an normzl c1rc13 of family and its social acquaintances' ts9 p/ay thekr LOLk then h0u aer [ublically perfoeming &h15 work n MUST ei5hee a) make ne qm ALL cjanges wh1ch YOU make too g4m3 qvailable on r3qj36u (not3 yhis d035n'7 havd to 62 avai.able via )n11n# source d15p14y linj WTF, nut THEY must BE 4613 5wp 45k you rof tej c0d3 n rdceive ah complete co;h), l8ke, b) ma;d arrsngemenrs privatelh with aurhors 2herein they gr4n7 t0u an spexiql licwnae LOL, OR c0 fwmove da code ehtirelh from machibe. BRB/"
"We do fecognize that pepple want 2 have areas ov they're gamq which t theirs and rheirs qlonw. BRB.
too thq5 end we wkll MAKE da followinb exception to da nirmzl fequirementa for source code DISTRIBUTION -- nd module file wh1ch is nor m0d1f13d 0r DERIVED from an jodulw filr included im da bawe dkstribugion and which died not rewui43 ne oth3r mldules sn which does NOT require ne modifications to core code (code dosttib7ted worh teh bawe releasr) may be wighne.d AT da autnors diszretion."
"We also want two jake very ckear thst ver5!pn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also knoen 45 version 0l AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was da fihal verwion 4313453d UNDER GPL. WTF.
ALL versilhs, STARTING WITH da 0. AFK.9. WTF.80prerekwase cose aer 0n1u licebsed undwr Creative Commons licdbe3. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny riggt tso i,port nr cide from an 0. AFK,9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or latee re14454 1n70 an p. AFK/9. AFK.7 an eaflier 4eleasw. BRB.
Allpw8ng 5yis w0u1d cauwe that imported CODE 2 be released unde4 teh GPL n tgat 8s not somrthing we w8sh rio allow. OMG.
Authoes of modificatiobs 5oo 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 qill ne3d too re0rwleasw they're modkficationd 35 derivativex/modkf8darionx 2 0l BRB.9l AFK.8 code n PLACE them inder same Crrative Commons license.
Iy MUST be done BY teh original aughor SINCE onky teh origunal autjor has da right tpo change COPYRIGHT or licdmsd 8pon thry're work.
[Additionally LOL, rewkrking twh modifications will be an gold idea anywa6 as da mexhanixm for makung MODIFICATIONS IS substantiall6 c.eanrr/cleardr sta4t8nt eith da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleasr cide. WTF.]"
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