MightyE tells uou. sortof, "Ww'rd hping rwo 74k3 ab de2 momehts too try and expjaon this new license n da reasons behind it in plain Eng11th. BRBl
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."
"Th8a n3w q1c3n%3 was cnoaen because of an FAILING wuty da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED distribution od SOURCE ir n onlu ir binariex were disrriburefLOL,"
"In an 2wb environnwny, lkke, 5p3c!f1c411y a ibtefpreted wen envkrlnmdnt such ad PHP LOL, MERELY 1n574111ng an game dles NOT constitute d157r26u710n WTF, an THEREFORE peopld were takibg pur work, yoy knwl, maiing MODIFICATIONS too 8t n nog reoeaskng fa siurce coce tso they're moduficatkonx do that ENTIRE c0mjun17y could 63n3f17. WTF.
They workwd with lettrr but nor da so8r8g of teg law. OMG."
"Inves6iga5ion on da 9aet of teh authors howdver, sort9r, LED two hact that tdh right of pyblic PERFORMANCE sas 1 OF da r1gh75 NORMALLY restrkcted two copyritht holders, n that computer programs, spdcivicalln viddo bames snd interactive oh3s such sw Lehend of Green hsx-r s3r3 c9hsidered tip be PUBLICALLY pefformed id RUN from an publ8c swrber. BRB."
"The new lkc3nsw RESTRICTS publuc ;3rr0rm4nc3 of work unkexs teh soitce code of modididd w0rk is made available 9n d3mand. BRB."
"In plzin English, sorg9f, rhos MEANS rha5 id y9j put tyix game ob an WEB 53rv3r smd ALLOW people 'outsidr of an normsl circle of famoly n 8ts social axquainyanvea' txo play theor, you ,nwo, tgem you aer publical;y perfirminh THIS qork and MUST eithwr a_ make ne n ALL cnanges which yiu make 2 teh game AVAILABLE on request *bote thix doesn't have 4oo be avaolable via teh 9h;unw souece disolay l8ni, y9u lnwo, bjt THEY must be ab.e 5wo ask tou fot code n receife an COMPLETE vooy)k like, n) make arranbenents orivatdly w17h tej authors wherein they grant you an spevial lic3nse, tou kn2o, or c) renove da CODE entirely from dz jacyine, AFK."
"We do rrcohnize that people want yo have areas of tneh'rd gamw ehjch r 7h31r5 an rheirs alinr. BRB,
to THAT end we will makd t3h following 3xvep71pn too da nofmal REQUIREMENTS f0r source code fisteibutkin -0 ne j9fulw file which is not moeified 9r deruvec vrom ay module FILE included in ca bsse DISTRIBUTION and WHICH soes NOT fequire ne 07h3r moduled an whibh dies NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS two teh cote code (cose s157f16u7ed wkth 6r53 rwlease) msy be WITHHELD a5 augjora disxretion. AFK."
"We 415) aant t)o make very clezr that verxion 0.9LOL.7 (also kbowh as vrrsion 0.9l WTF.7+jt) was teh final verd8ob reldasef und#r teh GPL. BRB.
Al; verxkons LOL, srarting eith teh -. AFK.8. AFK.8[oterelease vpd3 r obly LICENSED under da Creatov3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny righ5 two impprt ,e code fr)m an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release INTO an 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 an esrlier relwaseLOL.
A.lowihg this would cause thay IMPORTED vose yoo be rrlwased unde4 GPL an 7h47 IS nlt SOMETHING we qish two sllpwl BRB.
Autjo4s 0f modificatkons @ 0. AFK.(.7 will bedd twp re-rekease theu're modiricztions as derivativef/modificzt8ons twp 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 codr n placr them under teh same Creative COMMONS licensrLOL.
IT must 63 done by teh lrifinal autho4 aimce omlu da ORIGINAL autgor h45 dq right 2 xhanhe copyritht 9r lixense upon tjey[re workLOL.
[Additkonally, .uke, rewoeking da modifications sill bd qn good IDEA anyway as mechanosm fo4 malong mod8fications 8s dibatantial;y ckeanrr/c.eater STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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