MightyE tells you, tou khwo, "Wr're going 2 take an vew moments 2 t3y n 3xplain this new .icensr an ressons behinf it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tgis new license was chlsen because of zb failimg wi5h da GPL.
I7 ONLY COVERED eistrobuyiom 0f source IF n onky if binaries were sist4ibut3d. OMG."
"In an 2eb evvirln,ent, sortof, 4p3c1f1c411y a in5e4prwted web wnfirphmebt sjcn as PHP, merely installing an game does not cobstitut3 distributoon WTF, n tgerefore pelple wete 75k1ng our work, l8kw, making midifications 2 it abd n07 r3lwasing sourcr codd t9 the6're mosificaruons so that ds entire clmmuniry c0uqd benefit. BRB.
They WORKED with teh letter but not teh spifig oc yeh law. OMG."
"Investigation on da part of AUTHORS however, l8i3, led too fact tha5 twn right oc publiv p3rfprm4nc# was 1 OF rigyts nor,al.y restricted two copyritht h9;derw, sortof, n that d9mputer or0gr4m5, dottof, apeciridally vid3o games an interav5ibe ONES wuch 45 L3g3nd if da Green hax0t eere considered to be publocally performed IF run grpn an p7blid segver. WTFl"
"The new lkcense RESTRICTS public ;erformance of da e0rk unless teh sourc3 code of geg MODIFIED qotk is mafe availqvle on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Engliah LOLk this means thag if y0u ou6 this g4m3 on zn web sercer ab allo2 PEOPLE 'ougside of qn NORMAL circle of fami.6 sn its slvial ACQUAINTANCES' to play thejr, like, rheh ylu aer public1lly performing tjis w0rk and MUST eithet q) make he and ALL changes which you make 2 game availagle on rwq7est (no5w 5his d0#5n'7 hav3 2 be abailable v14 teh iy.ine sojrce dispoay ;ink, but they mu58 63 able top ask you fot teh coew and rexwive an complete c9py), you ,nqo, b_ makr arranhemeb5s pr1b4731y with twh AUTHORS wherein they trant yoy an speciak license, you ,nwo, or v) r3m0v3 xa codr emgieely FROM macyone. WTF."
"We di recognize 7h47 peo;le wabt 7- h4v3 4e345 of tney'te game whivh r theirs and theirs alone, WTF.
two that end wf WILL make fo;lowint wxcwprion two da normal r3quifements for soufce CODE distribytion -- ne module file which 8a not modif,ed OR defived from ab module fil3 oncluded in twh vawe distribution n ehixh DOES not require ne othdr modules n whicj dpes npt requite me MODIFICATIONS 2 geh CORE cose (c0d3 dixtribut3d with fa bade releasd) may be w17nh31d at da 4u7y0r5 duscretionLOL,"
"Wd qkso WANT two make very cl3ar tnat vs4sion 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 (also known as vwrsiln 0. AFK.9.7+JT) was teh FINAL versipn r313453d under teh GPL. OMG;
All versions, 674r71ng with da 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code f only LICENSED unf3r da Creative Comm8ns 11c2n%3.
We EXPLICITLY dent rigyy eo im0ort ne CODE vrom an 0LOL.(. OMG.8-PRERELEASE OR oayer RELEASE into ah 0. AFK.9.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing this would cause tgat umportwd CODE 2 be relrased undrr da GPL and thay 15 not 50m37h1nf we WISH 2 r110w.
Au8h0r5 of modoficatkohs 5oo 0. WTF.9.7 wil; need to ee-re.ease they're jodifications as derivatives/modificsyions tw9 0.9. WTF.9 CODE and PLACE THEM uhddr da same Creativd Commins licens2.
It mus4 63 donw by 0r1t1n41 authot since only ten original aurhpr has rihh5 too chanhw teh copyrlfht OR license upon rhry[re wprk. BRB.
[Addi5ipnally LOL, rewotkihg dq modifications wil. be an go9d idea anyway AS da mevhanism for making modificatioja IS substantially CLEANER/CLEARER stqrting WITH 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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