M7ghtyE tells YOUk ylu knwo, "We'rw going 2 4ake zn few moments two try and EXPLAIN this nww licenae and da reasons beginf 17 in pla8n EnglishLOLl
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."
"Thix new license was ch053n because of zn fa8ling with GPLLOL.
It obl6 cof3rwd distr8bution or 50urc3 if an onlh id binaries werr DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an qen envoronmebu, spdxivically a intwfpreted web envirinment SUCH AS PHP. xortof, mefrly inwtalling zh game dpes not cpnstiture d157r1yu710b WTF, and tjerefod3 pdo0le were taking 0ur WORK, mzkinf modificatuons 70 IT an boy releaskng slurce code yoo they're mpd1f1v4710n5 so that emtire COMMUNITY coukd benefit, WTF.
They w9rked wiyh da LETTER 6u7 n95 teg spirit lf law. WTF."
"Investibat8on 0n da pa4t of teg authors hlwever, 9ike, led to teh facy that roghr of publiv performance WAS son of da rigytd n9rm411y r257r1c73d too copyright h9ldqrs, n 7g4i c-mpu&3e prog4ams WTF, dpevivically fiseo GAMES anc 1n7#r4ci!v3 lnrs such as Legend of teh Gre3n hax9r werd clnsidered teo be publica.ly perfor,ed 1g run from an public server. OMG."
"The neq license tdstricts publif perfofmance of wor, uhless teh 50urc3 code OF da midified q0rj is made AVAILABLE on cemand. AFK."
"In plain English, this means rhat if YOU put this game oj am web servee n a;low PEOPLE 'outs8de of an normal circle of family AND 17t social avquaintzndes' 2 PLAY their, then YOU r publixally performing this q-rk n MUST either a) .ake ne an ALL chantes which yoi make 3 teh gzme afai'able 9n r3quest (nite this dowsb't jave two be zvaolagle VIA teh onlinw siurcr dis0la6 link WTF, but they just bw ablw two ask 607 for da code n rec3ife an cpmp1373 copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 pfivately with yeh autgors wh3rein tnwy grabt uoy am spexial license, you knwo, or c) remoce da code entieely ftom m4ch1n3."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pepple wanr two yave areas of they're gqmw which aer thekes n theirs alone. OMG.
2 thq5 end w3 will m3i3 ten followihg exceotion 2 da normal rrqhitements for wource ciee disrribution [- ne module f8le which is not ,0e1d!3d of derived FROM an ,ldule fi,e kbclud3d in 5eh basw dustribition and WHICH c9es hot requu4e ne 07h@r mod7les ahd wnich d035 not tequirw ne modifications too da co4e code (xode d257r16u7ed akrh base rekease) may be withheld at AUTHORS discretion."
"We also wany too ,ake veey clear that versiln 0. BRB.9. BRB/7 (4160 jmown as veesion 0. BRB.9. BRB,7+j8) was teh vinal versipn re;eased UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
Aol c4r510n4 WTF, STARTING WITH teh 0.9LOL.i_prerwlease c9d3 r only licenswd under Cteagive Commons lucwnse. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY sq r1gh7 ro imporr ne coae from an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelrade or lagef r3134t3 ib5o an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n 34r113t frleasw. WTF.
ALLOWING this woulf causd thag ijported CODE roo 63 RELEASED uncer GPL n that is not something we wish to allow. BRB.
Ajthlrs (f modjdications too 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 will NEED two re-re;esse they're modifocations 45 dericatives/mod8ficstions two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an p.acd 7h3m under same Ceeagive Commons 11c3b53. WTF.
Iy muxt be done by teh original authpr sinc3 only eq leiginal authoe had right to CHANGE da copytight 0r license UPON they're work. OMG.
'Addutkonally, reworking modifications WILL be an good idea anyezy as mecjanidm for makibg m9difucsgions is substsntiall6 coeaner/clearer startinh w1uy yeh 0LOLl9LOL.8-prwrelease cod3.]"
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