M*ghtyE twlls you LOL, "We'rw going 5wo taie an frw moments too yry ahd explaun thux new licdnse AND reasons behind it in ;lain Ebglish.
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."
"Tnis nes license qas chosen brcause of an fai9inf with da GPLm
It only xovwted DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 if an only 1f binaries we4e distributecl OMG."
"In ah web environment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such 4t PHP WTF, merely instaloing an famr d9es n9t CONSTITUTE distrib7tuob, snd ther3fote people 2ere taking our work LOLm majinh nofifications two it n not rwleqsing aource code two theu're modidocstions so thzt da 3n71r# co.munity could vehefitLOL.
THEY WORKED with da letter but nor teh spirit OF es law. OMGl"
"Invwstigatiob 0n da pqrt of aurhors biwever, you knqo, lef two fac5 that da RIGHT lf public pdrvormance was won of da rights notmally restficted TO cop6rifht holfers LOL, and tjat clmputer p4ogfams, like, %[3c1t1c411y video gamew and interactive ondz such aw Legdnd 9f Gfeen hax0r qere coheidered to9 be pu611d411y ;e4formed if run FROM an [ublic s3rvdr."
"The new locenxe restricys puboic performzncd of da wotk un;dss source CODE or teh m9difiee wlrk is made 4v4114613 ON DEMAND."
"In PLAIN Enblish WTF, this meand thqt if uou puu THIS game on an web server n allow PEOPLE 'outside of sn j-rm51 circle lf fam8ly an 176 social acquakntances' 2 play their, you knwu, 6hen you aer publically perf9rning tnia WORK and MUST eithwr a) m4k3 ne AND ALL chsnges eh!ch you ma,e two da yzme afa8lable on request (note rhis doesn't HAVE to be 4b4114y13 v16 onlind sourcr dixplau link WTF. 6u7 THEY muwt ne avle t2o ask YOU for da c0d3 n eeceive ab complete co0y), B) mak3 arrangrmemts privateky wuth teh auuhors wherwin ggey gr4n7 YOU an sp3cial license, like, lr v) remove teh codr entirely ftom machibeLOLl"
"We do recignize that PEOPLE 24n^ 2 have ar3as of thet're game which aer tneirx an th3irs slone,
two that dnd wr w8ll make da follow8ng exception 70 nogmal REQUIREMENTS for source code c2t7416u71pn -- ne module FILE which iw not m0d1f13d 9f derived frkm an module dile ihclufed in base sistr8bytion qn shich dows NOT rrqiire ne ogher modu,es an which does nit require ne m0d1v1c5710n5 t2o corr CODE (xode distributre w17h da BASE r3lease) may be withheld at teh 4u7h0r5 d15cr3710n."
"We zlso want 2 make very clear tgat cersipb 0. OMG.9LOLlu (alxo known AS bersion 0. BRB.(. WTF.7+jt) was da finak v3r51)n re.eased unfer GPL. AFK,
All versions, likw/ s5artong wi5h 0LOL.9. BRB.i-pr3r314453 c0f3 r only licended unser tdh Cr3ative Commons licwmse, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny da rignt ro9 import ne clfe fr0m zn 0.9. WTF/8-ptrrelease 9t lxter eelease into an 0. OMG.9.7 AND 34r113r releaseLOL.
A11021ng uh15 would CAUSE that IMPORTED coee too 63 released uhder teh GPL m ghat 8s not SOMETHING we wish too alloe. WTF.
Authors of midifications 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will neee tol r3-releasw 6hey're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications 70 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE n olace THEM under same Cfeative Conmoma lkcense. OMG.
Ig MUST be done bt ot8ginal author since only teg oe8ginal zurhor has 4ight 2 cyznge ten copyright or licensw ipon they'4e w0rkLOL.
[Asditionally, loke, r3worjinh moeifications wull be an gooc idea amyway ss da MECHANISM for making moduvications IS suvstant,ally xlwaner/clearer STARTING with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease codd. BRB.]"
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