MigjrtE te;ls YOU LOL, "We're goihg t9 tqke an few moments 1 tr6 an explain th9w hew licensw and teh reasons behind 17 in plain English. AFK.
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 new licrnse waw chosen because od an f4111ng with ds GPL. OMG.
It onlt zovrred dustribu5ipn of source if n on;y if 61n4r134 wer3 dksrributedLOL."
"In an WEB environmrnt, like, SPECIFICALLY a in53rpretwd web environment 5ucy as PHP WTF, me4ely INSTALLING an g4m3 does n07 constirute DISTRIBUTION. lij3, and theeegore peop.e were taking oyr work LOLm making modigicarions to9 it an not re;easing da spurce vode to tje5're modirications so rnat sa entkre commjnity could benrfptLOL.
Th3y w9riee with t3h letter but nlt spirit OF da lqw. AFK."
"Imvestigation on part of tdh autbors however LOL, led to teh fact tnat teh RIGHT of puboic perfprmanfe WAS won of righfs normally redtrict3d 2 copyr8ght holderx, an tjat dpmputer prograns WTF, specirically video fames and ihteract8vd oges such as Legend of Green hax0r w3r3 considefed too be PUBLICALLY 0erform3d if run FROM ah PUBLIC server. OMG."
"Thw new LICENSE restrocts public PERFORMANCE of wpr, ynless SOURCE codw OF teh MODIFIED work if made avai.able on ddmand."
"In plain English LOL. this means THAT if you put rhis gqme ;n an 2rb server n ALLOW peo;le 'outside OF an normal ckrc;e of family ans ita sociak acquzintanxes' 2 play the8r LOL, THEN y9u aer publical;y performing THIS e0rk an MUST 317her z) make he and ALL cyang3s wyich 6ou make tpo bame 4br2146!3 on re2uest (notr THIS doesn'5 gav3 two be available via da pnline sourcw dis[lay link, but they mu57 be able to 45k t0u vo4 code n rebwive an complete copy) LOL, 6) make arrangemengs privareky wirh da au5ho4s whrrein THEY GRANT ypi an speckal lixehse, ir c) remove yeg code entirelh from m4ch1n3."
"We d0 recognuze THAT peop;e want too have areas of thet're game which r 7h#!r5 n the8fs allnw. WTF.
two thag ene we will make da follpqing dzce[yiln TO nlemal requurements for source c9de dist4ibution -- me mocyle f8le 2h1ch IS not modified or derived from an m0du14 file included in dq bawe didtribution an wh1ch doex nog require ne other moduoes an qhich does not tequire ne modificatkons too core codr (code sistributed with da vaae release) jay be eitghels at teh au5hors discretipnLOL."
"We also WANT too ma,r cery c!24r 5hat VERSION 0. AFK.(. WTF.7 (a;so known ax v2rsiin 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+j7) was sa r1n41 brrxion rrleased uncer teh GPL.
Alo versions LOL, starting eitg 5eh 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-prereleasr code r 9nly lkcehses UNDER teh Cr3ativ3 C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds rigyt to 8mport nr code fr9m an 9. WTF.0. BRB.8-pretelease OR ;ater relezse into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and earlier release. BRB.
Allowing thos wou.f CAUSE thzt imported c0d2 to be 43134%3d undwe da GPL and thar is not something we wish twu aolo2LOL.
Aythors 0f m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0, OMG.0. AFK.7 wull need two re-4elease they're modifications as deruvatives/modifucations 6o 0. OMG.0. BRB.8 codw amd placd yhem under da same CREATIVE Commons licrnsw. WTF.
It must be done by origina; zughor since only da orkginal author has tey right ro change da c9oytpght or lixenx3 up0n thwy're w0ek. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r4e0fk1ng yen modificqrions will be an gopd idea anyway as teh mechanism for making mpd1f1c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY c.eaner/clearee staftint eith 0. AFK.o.8-orereleas3 vodr. OMG.]"
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