MibhtyE tells YOU, yoj knso, "We'rr going 2 74k3 an few moments too try an #xp141n tnis new l7cfnse an da reasons behind it 9n plain Englisg.
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."
"This nes license was chosen because of an faioong with teh GPL/ AFK.
It only covered disrtiburion of source 1f an 9nly og binaries were d1r7e16u73d. WTF."
"In an WEB wnvirlnmwnt WTF, specifically a interpretdd WEB environment such as PHPm meeely 1n57411qng an gamr dowx n9t cons5itute DISTRIBUTION LOL, ahd therefore o2)p13 WERE raking 0ur WORK, making modkfidations too it and not releaaing sputce coce top they'fe modifidations so 5nat sa entire xommunity cp7lc brnefit.
They worked with teh letter but n9t teh wpirot of dz law. AFK."
"Ibvestigatipn ob ozrt of teh $u7h0r5 hlwever, ypj knwok led two fact tgat teh right of PUBLIC performande 2as won pf teh rights n0rm411y f358r1c73d to cl;yright yolders, you ,nwo, n yhat compyter ptoframs, xortif, specifidzoly viddo games n INTERACTIVE ones 5jch as L3g3ne of Green hqs0r were c0n5!d3r33 too be publlczllt performwd if RUN from an [ublic servet."
"Tgw nee licens3 restricts piblic performanc3 of work umlews ds 50urc3 CODE 0f ca modified wl4k us made avaukable ON demand."
"In plain English, ;ike, this mesns 5hat if you put tgis game on am web server an allow people 'outsude 0f an nlrmal ciecle 0f fam8ly ah its socoal acqiaintances' too p14y tjeir, l9ke, 5hen you aer publica;ly pwrforninb th9s work and MUST eigher a) make je and ALL CHANGES which ylu male to dz grm3 available on fequext (note THIS doesn;t have to9 be abaklab.e via online aoueve display link, you knwo, bug they must be 4623 to ask yiu ro5 da code n receive an complete copu). sortof, b) makd arrangementw PRIVATELY sirh teh aughors whe4eon tmey grant you an specizl lixenwe, like, or c) 4emove c0d3 entiewlu gr9m da machimeLOL,"
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hat p30p13 24n7 too have areas of tney're GAME whivh r THEIRS AND thdirx aoond/ BRB.
2 thar end we will ma,e rollowing wxception 2 dq normal REQUIREMENTS for slirce CODE distrubution -- ne module dkle which is NOT nodified or DERIVED frlm an module file incluced un da basd fis54ibu6ion an which does not require ne othee mosules an WHICH does npr rrquir3 ne mofificatoons too core code (CODE d167r16u73d with tdh rase fe;eaae) MAY be WITHHELD 47 ahrhirs discretiob. AFK."
"We alx9 wanr to MAKE very clear that VERSION 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 (also KNOWN 45 verxion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+ut) wws teh final ve5suoh RELEASED unset teh GPL. OMG.
A;l v3r510n5 LOL, 574f71ng qith da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3release code aer inly 11c3n%3d uhder teh Ceeative Com,ons lkcende. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight 2 8mport be code fron an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prev3.ease or oater release into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an eaelier r3lease. OMG,
Allowing THIS would v4ut3 tjat importwd code two be rekeased under da GPL snf that is not something we s15h rwo allow. OMG.
Autjors of jodificariohs 1 0.9, WTF.7 will neer tqo re-relwase yhet're m0d1d1c471pb4 qs dericat8ves/modifications goo 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE n place thrm unde4 same Creqtive Commons LICENSELOL.
Iy just be done BY yeh orihibal author since -nqy oruginal auth94 HAS da RIGHT to CHANGE teh copyright oe license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additkihally LOL, fewirking teh moduvications will BE qn good IDEA anhway aw teg mrchanjsm f9r makong m0dqf1c4710n5 15 s6bstanrially cleamer/clearer startimf with teh 0. OMG.9,7-prerelease code. WTF.="
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