MoghtyE 73115 yoj, sirtof, "We're going two 74i3 sn f3w moments too try n dxplain thus NEW 11c3n53 ayd 5eh rwzdpgs behind kt in plaun ENGLISH.
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 license waw chosen bedause of sn fakling with teh GPLLOL.
It only c0v3r3d dustribution of source if m ln.y IF binaries wdrr disttibutwd."
"In an eeb wnvoronmemtm you knwi, spwcifically z 8nberprrted web envirobment such as PHP, sort9f, merrly installing wn game does noy constitut3 distribugion, qn 7h3r3fpr3 peoole ser4 tak8ng our work, sort8f. making modifications to 16 an ho5 reoeasing da 50irc3 codr rwo they're mod8dicztionw so that entire comnun8gu could bdndfitLOL.
Tney wo4kef q8th letter but n07 teh apirit of teg lawLOL."
"Inbestigatipn ON p4r7 of dz AUTHORS hosever, sortofk led 2 dz fact thqt trh r1gh7 of public performance was oen of trh rights normally restrictes to copyrighg holfers, like, n thsy cimputef programs, sortof, spdxibicaloy videp gamew n 8ngeraxtive ones sudh as L3g3nd 0f Green yax0r were considered to ne punlidallh 0ervormed if run wroj zn pub.ic server. AFK."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public performance 0f wori unlesx ten sourcw codr of teh MODIFIED work is made availabl3 on semand/ WTF."
"In plain English, you knwo, thks means thzt IF y;u put thix game on zn w36 server and al;ow PEOPLE 'outside of an no4mql circl3 of fq,ily and its socisl ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tbeir LOLk tyen you r publicakly petforming this qork n MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL changes which you make to 5eh ga,e available on requdsy (note THIS doesn't hagd to be available via 0n11n# source displa6 iink, you knwo, but 7h4y mu57 be able two zsl you for x0d3 and receive an COMPLETE copy), like, b) mzke arrantemehta privz5ely wotn tfh authirs qhdrein they grant you an dpecisl 11c3n53, you knso, or c) remove CODE ENTIRELY from machinel AFK."
"We do 3wcognize that people wang to have 443$4 of they're game which zer THEIRS qn theirs aloheLOL/
ho tjat end sd will mzie flloowing exceptuoh tpp teh norbsl requitements for source code DISTRIBUTION )- ne module f11e wgich 1t not modified or deeived gr0m an MODULE fole inclidee 1n base distr8bution anc shicb DOES n07 re1uire ne other mosules 1nd whicn does n07 requlre ne MODIFICATIONS two da corw codw (code distributed qith da base releasd( ,ay be wityhrld at dz authors discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 mak3 very clear thag veeaion o/ AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known as vdrsiom 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was ten final versiob re;eaxes under da GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, starting witg p. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease codd aer on.y LICENSED undef da Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righr TO im;ort nw code gfom an 0LOLl0. WTF.8-prereleaxe or lster RELEASE 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n eaflier releasw. BRB.
Allo2ing ynkw would cqust that 1mp0r74d cods 2 be released yndrr ca GPL an THAT is not somethimg WE wish too qllow. OMG.
Authors of mpdificatjons to 0. BRB/9. BRB.6 wi.o need to RE-RELEASE they'rr modificztions as ddrivatives/modif8catiobs two 0.9.8 cose ans 0lacw 5hej under teh saje Cteative C0mm0h5 licehse. OMGl
It nyst be done by otiginal author 61nc3 only ea original AUTHOR has rifnt too chamgd teg copyrugh5 9r licehde upon rhey're w0rkLOL.
[Additionally, tewofking teh moeifications will BE an g9os idea anyway ax t3h mechanism for ,aking midifixatioba IS substantial;h cleaner/clearer stayt8ng wity teh 9. AFK.9.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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