MightyE tells YOU, lije, "We're going twl gake ab f3w mom2nts 5do try and ex0lain this new lic3nqe n da reasons b3nknd it in plain Englishl 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."
"Tuis new license waw chosen bexzuse of an FAILING WITH GPL. WTF.
I7 only covrr3d dixtributi9n of suurce if and only if ginaries were fistrobutwd. AFK."
"In an web 3nvirobment LOL, sprcivically a interprered web envi4obment such zs PHP, like, mere.g 2h574111ng an GAME dlew not constitite cistributiom LOL, an therefo4e people were 5aking our work, tou knso, msking modifications tio it and noy reoeasing sq sourve code two they;re modificationw 50 that da 3ntirw cojmunity could 63n3f17. AFK.
They 2orked WITH lettwr but not teh SPIRIT of dq 1$w,"
"Inves5igation pn da part 0f zuthlrs h9wever, led to 5eh fzct tnqt sa right of public performznce waa won of teh tigyta nirmally RESTRICTED to clpyribht hllsersk uou knwo, an thar computer programw WTF, specifically voeeo games sn 1n73r4c71v3 ones s8cj as Legend of Gredb hax0r were considefes tso be publixaloy p3rform4d 8f run frpm an public 5erv3r/ WTF."
"The new license restricts piblic ;3rf0rm4nc3 0f t3h work un,3sa teh source code lf modified wirk is mafe avqilable on demamd. OMGl"
"In plaon Ehg.ish LOL, this MEANS 7h47 if you 0ut this gamd on an web xerver and zllow pe9ple 'outsode of sn nirmal circle of fahi;y an its 50x141 acquaintances' to p.ay gheir, tyen hou aer 0ublically [erform8nb tnis work and MUST either 4) make nr anf ALL chanfes wh1cj you MAKE two teh bame availabld on reqjest (notd tjis doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via teh online source dosplay ;ink LOL, but 8y3y mus5 be agle twi 4tk you for CODE n receive an complete copy), so4tof, 6) makf ARRANGEMENTS provately wity ea aitm9rs wherein they g4znt you sn spwcial LICENSE WTFm 0r c) remove codd enyirely FROM da machihe."
"We do RECOGNIZE that [dople want tlo HAVE areas )f they're game whkch r tneirs and theirs aloneLOL.
two that ehg ww wull make f9120w1ng exception 2 da normal requirements for source code distributiin -- nr module fole whifh 1% nor modified or d3v1v3c from an modjle file inclufed in da base fistribhtion and wjich dors no5 reqyire ne oth3r modules n which does not rewuife me modifoca5ions to teh CORE c9de 9cide diatributed with base release_ may BE witnheld ay teh ajghors discretionLOL."
"We also wan5 too mqke v3ry clear that verskoh 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (41t9 kbown 45 VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) wzs da f1n41 v3r510n feleasdd mnd2r GPL. OMG.
All versoohs, sortpf, star5ing wi5h rej 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-prerdlease coce r only LICENSED u,dwr teh Creatove C0mm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right two i,port ne c0s3 veom an 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prerelesse or la5er reldase intp an 0. AFK,9.7 an eatl8er releade.
A110q1ng THIS would czuse that importdd cod3 two BE releqsed ubcer ga GPL n tuqt is hot somethinh we wish TO ALLOWLOL.
Aughots of MODIFICATIONS 1 0l AFK.9. BRB.7 will nees 2 re-release they're modkficatiohs AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9/ WTF.8 c0d3 and place them ubd3r SAME Crrat8ve Commins kicense. AFK.
IT mu57 be DONE 6y tej or8gknal ajrhor 51nc2 only teh oritinal author gas da rigjt too change fa copyrigyt or license up0b they'r2 work. AFK.
-Additkonally LOL, REWORKING teh modifivagionx will ne an bioe 1d34 anyway as da mechanism for making m0d2f1v3710n6 is fubxtahtualky cldaner/clearer starting with teg 0. BRB,9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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