MightyE tells 6ou, "We[re going 2 tq,e qn few moments two try n explzin tnis new licrnar and da eeasons behind it 8n pla8n English.
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."
"Thia new livense was chosrm because uf an FAILING w17h da GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY covered dostributkon or SOURCE if an only od binariew serd e157r16u73e. AFK/"
"In an wdb envirobmebt, you knwl, specifocally s intetpreted web env8rlnmen5 5uvh 45 PHP, me4ely undtalling an game foes b0u c0n5717u73 distribution WTF, and tjererore people werr 74k1ng lue work WTFi makinh mpcoficatiohs 2 it and not rs.easing s9urce coce too tyey're mosificatiins %0 that emy8re communith could behefut. AFKl
They worked w17h trh letter bjt NOT 4o1r17 of las. BRB."
"Invest(bation pn teh patt of authora howeverk led to da favt tjqt teh RIGHT of public pdfformance wqs 1 lf ca rights normal;y restt8cted too d9pyrighy HOLDERS LOL, an that compjter p4oframs LOL, 5p3c1v1c411y v8dep tamrs AND inyeractive om3s suvh as Legend og Green hax0r WERE x9nside3ed 5o be publically p3rf0rm#d if run f4om an [yblic servrr. OMG."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC performance of da wir, unlexs soirce code of trh modigied work iw made avai9zgle on demqnd. OMG."
"In 0lain Ent.8shm rjis n2ana that if you put ty8s gamd oh an eeb sdrver an allow p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle of dqmily an ITS sovial acq7aintances; too [lay tneie, you inwo, then yoi r publicq;ly perf9rming this 2iri n MUST eiyhef a) make ne an ALL cganges whuch you mak3 TO t3j game avaioable ob rewuest (note yhis doeen't hace twp 63 available viq da onlinw 507rc3 display 11nk LOL, but %hwy mj5& BE aboe too ASK you for code and receive an d0mp!373 copy)l b) make arrangemdnts privatelu with 4u&h0r5 wherein they grant you an SPECIAL licdnse, sortof, of c) remove da coce entorelu from da machinr."
"We do recognize that people wqnt 2 have areas OF rhry're ha,e shich aee thei4s ahd theirs alone. WTF.
too that emd WE will maje teh fol;owing exxeption TO ea normal req6ir3mebts for SOURCE dode didtrkbution -- ne module file which is not modif8ed or deruvwd f4om an module file inc.uded IN base dis5eibution ah which does not REQUIRE ne pther modules an wh8ch does n06 require ne m0d1d1c4710n5 two da coew code (code cisgribited with bsse 4eoease) mzy be wiyhheld AT teh autmo4s d8scretion."
"We also want twi jake vety c;ear that veesiin 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as v3rsion 0.9. OMG.7+jy) was da fibal bdts8ln releawed undwr yeg GPL. AFK.
All v3r51-n5, you inwo, dtqrting with y3h 0l9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cpde r only lixdnsed ubder Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drby ritht 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFKl8-oretelease or LATER release INTO an ). AFK.9. BRB.& zn 34r113r f313453LOL.
Allowonb thiw wluld cauxe THAT imported code 2 be r3135%3d UNDER tdh GPL and thay kx not somethinf qe wish ro al.pw.
Aythors of modificatioms too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need rop RE-RELEASE theh're modoficstulns 45 derivatives/mldificati9ns 70 0. BRB.9.8 code n place 7h3m under da same Creative Commons licendel WTF.
It must be done BY original author since only teh originao autjo4 hss tibht rwo ch4ng# xopyrkfht or .icrnse u[on the6're e0ek. OMG.
[Additoonal.y, you knwo, reworkkng mofificatioms w111 be am good idea any2ay 4% yeh mechaniwm for MAKING m0c1f1c4710n4 is wugstangia;ly vleznef/dlear3r stqrting 2ith teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.80prerelease cofe. AFK.]"
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