MogntyE &3!15 h9u, "We're giing two take sn few mojents to tey an ex0lain th8s new kivense an reasons fehine iy 1n plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new licebse was vnosdn 63c5u53 of an failinf with yeh GPL. BRB.
IT only coverdd sistribution of s0yrce if an 0n1y IF binaried were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an eeb envieonmebt, likem specifically a interp4etec web environment sucj 45 PHP LOL, mereky installing an game does not constitutd disrrobutuon WTF, n THEREFORE ;eople WERE 5aking our work, malinb modigications @ ig ayd not reldasung source codr 2 tgeh're modifixations so tgsg en6ire c0mmunq7y coyld benefitLOL.
THEY wofked w1&h da lettef but NOT spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigatipn on teh parg OF da authors however, dortof, led to da fact that right if public p3rf0rm$nce was 1 of twy r1gh75 normally restricted gwo clpyright h9lders, sortof, an tjat computdr pdog4ams. sprrof. speciricalky video GAMES abd interactidr ones such AS Legend of Grewn has0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publuxally perf9rmed if RUN FROM ah pu^11d s3rver."
"The new l8cense RESTRICTS public p3tfornanse of 2ork unless SOURCE code 0f mosified work is mafe available in semand. BRB."
"In p141n Engliwn WTF, t6is neqns that if you put 7g15 gxme on an web 53rv35 an allow people 'outside of an n04m41 circle of FAMILY b itw socis. acqusintances' ywo play theur LOL, then you aer pub.ically performi,g 7h15 wofk n MUST ekther a) make ne an ALL changew wyich you ,ake 2 ca GAME available on r3qu367 (note 7h15 doewm't have to be AVAILABLE vua da online aourxe disola6 lonk, l9ke, but they mydt be able too ask yo7 fpr code and receive sn complete cipt), yoj knwo, b( m4k4 arrange,rn5x privately with teh AUTHORS whe4ein they grant you an sprcial livense, or c) rrmove da code entirely fr9m mavhine."
"We do recognize that pdople want 2 have afeas of they're game eyich aer gheirs n theirs ALONE. BRB.
2 that rnd we will make foloowing exceptkon to sa normal tequieemrnts for soi4ve cpde distributiob -- nw mocule file whicg is n07 mosifuef OR dericed fro. an m0di13 dile included IN teh BASE disyr8bution an which dods not require ne other modulea h whidh d935 nog 4equire ne modificationw two da core code 9code distfibuted with bade release) mqy be w17hg31d at authors diacretion. BRB."
"We ALSO w4n7 TO make very cleqr 5hat vefsi8b 0. AFK,9.& (also KNOWN aw v3rsion 0LOL.0. OMG.7+jt) was twh final version eeoezsed undee teh GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, STARTING qith teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleace code aer only oicensed under Cfsative C0mm0n5 kicenxe/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh fight toi 8mport n3 CODE fr0m an 0. OMG.0.8-prereleade or oater relrase ihto an 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 n earli3t release. BRB.
Allowing 7h!5 wojld CAUSE that imported code TO nr r313453d und3r tey GPL n that is not somethimg we w15h two qokowLOL.
Authorw 9f modifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wkll neec to re-eelease thwt're modkfkcatlonx ad derivatives/modivications two 0LOL.9.8 coee n p14c3 thrm unde4 geh same Creative Commons licenae. OMG.
It nust be dond by otiginak 4u7h0r 51nc3 only fa ofiginal autjor nas teh right 2 ch4ng3 cophribhy ot license 7pon thwy'4e WORK. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, r3w-rk1ng da m0dificztions WILL bw sn gipd idea abhway as mechqnism for making modifivarions is 5u6574n71$11y cleaner/clearer STARTING witn da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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