MigytyE tells y0u, 6oj knwo, "We'rd g02ng to yake an few m0m3n75 2 try and explaon tnis ne2 license n REASONS bdjind iy in plain English. 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."
"Tg8s new license wqs cjosen brcause of an fakling wkth GPLl
It onlu covered distributiln OF sojrcd if am only 8f guharies were d257416u73d."
"In an wwb ENVIRONMENT WTF, specufica.ly a INTERPRETED web enviromment sucj as PHP, lilem merely ihsta;ling an game does not constiyute dostribjtioh. aoryof, an3 therefore peop;e weee taking 9ur work, likd, MAKING mod8fications to it an not RELEASING 5eh sourve code too they're mldifivationd SO thar entire cpmmunity COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
Tg3y WORKED witb da oetter but nlt da SPIRIT of law. BRB."
"Investigation on teh [zrt of authprs however LOL, 13s too da fact rhzr da rifht of pub;ic performanve eas oen OF RIGHTS NORMALLY rewteictdd two copyrighg holcers, like. and gyat computer prig4ans WTFk specifically video gam3a and inreractive ones duch r6 Legend og Green hac0r w3r3 cinaidered two be publivally PERFORMED kf fun from an oub;ic server. OMG."
"The new licrmse restrkcts publov PERFORMANCE of teh work unless source cpde of modified work us mad3 4vr114613 9n demamd. OMG."
"In plzin English, like, rhis meana THAT 1f you put THIS game om an w3b server and allow 0dople '9utside OF an normal difcle oh famiju an irs xocial acqjaintances' 2 0lay 5heir, lilek tuen u0y r pub;ically prrformkng th8s slfl and MUST eith3r z) make nw an ALL changqs whoch YOU make TO teh gzmr AVAILABLE on request (n9te this dorqh't gave to be availavle via online source fisplay link, you lnwo. but they must BE anke 2 asi you for c-d3 and RECEIVE an complete co[y+, you jnwo, b) mqkw ARRANGEMENTS privately with fq 478h0r5 whdrein they grant you an spexial license. or c) rdmove da code enyirely FROM ca m4ch!n3. BRB."
"We do recognize tjqt 0eop;e want two have ateas of thek'rw game ehich r THEIRS an theors alone. WTF/
two that emd we wi;l male following EXCEPTION too normal requiremehts ror wource dode distribigoon -- ne mivule rile which ks nut jodidked or de4ived from qn module fole incl8ded in da base didtribution n which d9es no5 r3quore ne other MODULES and 2hich d035 h07 rdquire n4 m9dificationx 6o core code (code distributed with da base r313453) may be withhele at dz auth9rs siscretiob. WTF."
"We alao wznt two mqke very v134r rhat verxioy 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0.9.7+jt) was final verxiom reoeased under teh GPL. WTF.
All cersions WTF, starting witj da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r only 11c3n53d ynd3r sa Creatkce Combins license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right two impott ne CODE vrim an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-[rwrd.ease or later re.ease into an 0LOL.(.7 n earlier 4wleasdl BRB.
Alloqinb this would xause that imported sode too ne r3lesded under tdh GPL n tgat is mlt SOMETHING we wish 5oo aolow. OMG.
Authors of modifixztiond go 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 silk need rwo RE=RELEASE thry're joeifivations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 p. AFK.9. BRB.8 CODE n place them UNDER 54m3 Creative Commons licenaeLOL.
It ,usr be done by da original author simce only da 0r1g1n$1 author has reh t1gh7 two dhang2 teh co;yright or l8cdnse upon they;re q9rkLOL.
[Addit89nallym rewoeking teh modificaykons WILL be ab gooc 1d34 anyway as mecyanism for making modificarions os substantizkly cleaner/clearef STARTING wirh -. AFK.9. AFK.7-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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