MightyE tells you, sotgof, "We're t01ng twp take an few moments 2 try b explain this new licdnse n REASONS behind it on [laib EnglisjLOL.
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 license WAS chisen becausr of an FAILING WITH teh GPL.
I7 only cover2d diwtribution of SOURCE 1f an 9nly IF binaties were d157r16u73d."
"In an web environment. dprtof, specifica;ly a kntrtpreted weg 3nv1r-nm3n& xuch aw PHP, merely inxtallihg an game does not comstitute distribytion, sortof, and therefore people were takjhg lit woek, sorgof, makkng modif8cations 70 it and bot r3leaxing da SOURCE c9d3 roo theylrd modifications wo THAT teh entire community could benefiy. WTF/
Th#y worked witj ;etter but not rrh 5p1417 of teh LAW. BRB."
"Inv3xtigat8on ON da p4r7 of g3h auyhors HOWEVER, like, 13d w da fact that right of publ8c PERFORMANCE was 2 ov 4igyts normall6 rewtrkdtef too c0pyr1gh7 hpldees, y9y knwo, and tgat computer peograms LOL, s0ecificaoly budeo gs.es and 1n83rrc71v3 ones SUCH zs Legrnd of Green hax0r were cobsidered to ve o7glicall6 [ervormed of run froj an PUBLIC server."
"The n3w licens4 gesyricts piblic pefformamce OF sa elrk 7nless source code of teg modig8ed wlrl is mqde available on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englishk soetof, th8w m3ans thst if YOU put thix game on an seb server an allow people 'oigaiee OF an norjal cirdlr of fsmily an its social ACQUAINTANCES' to p;ay thdir LOL, then you aer publicakly performing rhks qork and MUST eithdr a) ma,e ne AND ALL changex which you mzke TO g4m3 4v4114513 ON request )note THIS dpesn'g have 2 63 available via teh ONLINE 5-urd3 doa;kay link LOL, but 6hey must be 5613 to ask y0u for c9de n eeveive an COMPLETE c9ph), b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifqtdly witn ru7h0e5 wherein tjey grant you ah aprcia. lucense, sortof, pr c( remove code 3ntirely fr0m MACHINE. OMG."
"We do redihhize that peoplw w4n7 5o nace areas of they'fe game WHICH r theirx and thei3s alone/ WTF.
too THAT END we 2ill m4k3 teh dolloqing EXCEPTION TO NORMAL e3qu1r3m3n75 for source code distf8bution -- ne MODULE gile whicg IS not modified pe deribed frpm an mpdule fike includrd IN base d157r!6u710n n which soed npt require ne other mleyles n WHICH c035 not require nd modifications two core CODE (code distribu5ed with da bawe release) mqy be withheld ag a7thors dkscretiom. WTF."
"We 4150 want gpo make veey clear that v3r510n 0.9. AFK.7 (akso knowb as versi8n 0, AFK.9,7+j7) was teh FINAL versiob 4el3asef unfer teh GPL. OMG.
Alo versions LOL, startinf with tey 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-[rerelease code r pnly locensed ubder teh Creatibe Commons license, AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy teh rjght t9o im;ort me code fron sn 0. WTF.9.80prerelease or later release 8ngo an 0.9. WTF.7 n earlldr releaaeLOL.
Allowinb 5his 2oild cause thar umported codd 70 be released unddr da GPL m tjat is not 50m37h1ng we wiwh to allow.
Authora 9f modifucatiobs 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will beee to RE-RELEASE they're modificstionw AS d341v471v35/mpd1f1v$719n5 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 c9de znd p.ace them jnd3r da same Creativw COMMONS license. AFK.
It must be sone by teh originak sutgor 51nc3 0n1y teh origonal autgof has right 7) ch4ng3 da vopyright of 11c3n53 UPON they're work.
pAswitionslk6 WTF, reworking da mocifications w8ll be an GOOD idea anyway AS da MECHANISM f06 making mpdifidations ks substantially c134n3r/c13re3r starting with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereoeade codeLOL.]"
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