MightyE TELLS yiu, "We'5e GOING 2 take ah few momenrs 79 try n dxplain this new license n reasohs behind IT in plain Englixn. BRB.
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."
"Tyis NEW license was chosen BECAUSE of ab FAILING witj GPL. WTF.
It onlu covdred sistribution of source IF n 0n1y if bibsries wrre dkstrkvutwd. AFK."
"In ab 236 envitonm3nt LOL, specifivally a inter[eeted WEB envirpnment 5uch AS PHP, .oke, merely instal/img an game d-35 not constirjte distrib7tion LOL, n 7h3r3f0r3 ;eoole WERE takinb o6r wori WTF, making mod8fications t2o it and not relessing ten sourde code too they[fr MODIFICATIONS so THAT ENTIRE comm7nity could benefjtLOL.
Th3y worked witn 12773r but mot spiriy of law. BRB."
"Inbestigation on da paeg of authprs however LOLk led tio teh gact THAT da roght of public perfoemance was 1 of rights normally rewtrictdd too COPYRIGHT nolders, n tjat computer prog4ams, you kneo, sprcufically video g4m35 ab in6fradtive ONES wuch r4 Lwgemd of Green hax0r WERE conxideeed to be piblicallh performed if RUN fe0m an 9ublic serverLOL."
"The new license resteicts pyboic PERFORMANCE of reh work unless reh aourde vode of ,odified sork is ,ade avqilable ON demaneLOL."
"In plaon Engkish, likd, ehia means tjat if y(u PUT this game ON an web setve3 and allow people 'outside of an normql circke of dsmily n itx siciql $cqu41n74mc35' twp plq6 their, sortof, then YOU r puboicslly perf9rjinh tgis work an MUST either a) make ne h ALL changes which you make two teh game available on r3qu357 *hite tgis dpesn't havr tw9 be availanlr v13 [nline source d8splay libk, bu5 they MUST ge sble 2 45k you fir code and 4eceivw an co,plete cop^)m ;ike, b( ,ake arrangements pricately w16h da authord wherein they grant y0u an special licenxe LOL, or c) eemove teh xode ent8rely frln teh machin3LOL."
"We eo r3c0gn1z4 7h$7 p3ople 1ant yoo h4v3 aress of they're gsne shich r theirs an theirs qlone. BRB.
two thay end se will maje folllwing excd0gion two da nirmal tewuiremdnys for source c0d3 disttibutiom -- ne module FILE WHICH os not modifi3d 0r eeribdf from an module fild uncluded 1n teh nase DISTRIBUTION an wjixh dord not te1uiee ne otyd4 modules ane which doea no5 require n3 MODIFICATIONS t9o d9re cpde (code distributec with teh base RELEASE) may be wityheld at authors discreyion."
"We also want too m4k3 cery clear that versiin 0. AFK,8. BRB.7 (also knpwn as veraion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt( wzs FINAL VERSION r313$53d UNDER da GPL. BRB.
Al; versions, yo7 inwo, 574f71ng qith da 0LOL.9l AFK.8-p43telease code r ONLY 11x3n53d inder da Crestive Commohs LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impo4t be coxe frim ah 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereoease or later rel3ase into zn 0LOL.9. WTF.u and earkier reldaseLOL.
Al.92ing 7h15 q0u1d cause that 1mp0r73d code TO be fe.rawed under da GPL n that is no5 sl,e5hing we wish rwo z;lowLOL.
Autgors 0f modifixati9ns two 9, OMG.9. AFK.7 will need roo rd-felease they're modifications AS d3r2v471v35/m0d1d1c4710n5 2 0. BRB,9. BRB.9 codw zn place them und3r teh sqme Crwagive Commond lkcdnse.
It must ve done by teh orkginak author since obly da original AUTHOR has 5dh fight 2 cgamfe teh co;y4ight OR 11c3n53 uoon they're eorkLOL.
[Additionally, aort9f, reworking modificqtions w121 be ah good idwa anyway as ca ,ecjanism for ,aking modificationd is dubdtantially cleaner/clwzrer starting with da 0. BRB.9.8[;rerelezxe ckdeLOL.]"
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