MightyE telks yiu LOL, "We're g9ing 2 %ake ab few moments 2 try AND explain this new licebse n ez REASONS gehinc it in plain Emflish. AFKl
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 ne2 license was chos3n bevaysw ov an failkng with geh GPL. BRB,
It ONLY covered distrigution ov aoutve if n 0n1y if binaries were disrributed."
"In an web emvifonmentm you knwo, spdcificaklh z interprdted w36 environment such as PHP, merely installing ab GAME does not comstitute disgribution, you knwo, AND theeevore peo;;e were 74,1ng OUR wori, sorgof, making modificayioms two it an NOT r313461ng da source code two they'ee ,odificationw so that tch entire cojmunity couls beb2git. BRB.
Thry wo4ked WITH da kettwr but n07 da x;irit 04 law. WTF."
"Infestkgagion 0n 5rh part of teh authors however WTF, 13d 3 teh gacy tha6 teh eight of ouboic perfprmance wzs 1 of da rights noemally restricted too c0pyr1gh7 golders, like, and thqg computer PROGRAMS, s0wcigically video gsmes n knteractive lnes SUCH as L3g4nd of Grren hax0r were considefed 2 be ;ublically perror,ed if tun FROM an pj611c 53rv3rLOL."
"Th3 NEW lix3nse RESTRICTS publix PERFORMANCE of fa work unless source code of rwh modified eork us m4d3 availqb;e om demqnd. OMG."
"In plakn English, thks ,eans gha4 1f you put this fqme 9n an web srrver 4nd alliw peoole 'oufsife of an nofmq; circle of fami;h n its sociak acquaintabces' 2 PLAY rheir, you knwo, then you r publically pervlrning this w)rk an MUST either a) jake ne an ALL vhanged which y0u make two da g4m3 afak/able 0n rdquest (note 7h15 doesn't h4v3 to bd 4v411$613 via teh onlibe slurce sisplay link, s;4t9f, but they must ve able two ASK hou for code an RECEIVE an compleye copy) LOL, b) maje arrang3mebts privagr;y 2ith da aythors whereib rhey grant yo7 an s0ecial license, lkke, ir c) remive da codr enturely from machkneLOL."
"We fo tecognize thay people WANT tio nacw areas OF thwy'fe game whicy aer th3irs n theirs akone. WTF.
1 that end we will make da fo;lowung 3xc3o7w0m to normal 4eqjirements gor source cose d157e16y710n 9[ ne MODULE fi.w wh8ch is not MODIFIED or derived vrom an MODULE file included in base distrigution n wh7ch DOES yot require ne OTHER npdulex an whicn fora not reqiire ne modifkcstions tpo teh cife code (coce d156r16u73d wity basr r313453) mwy BE wothhrld at authots d8screrion, OMG."
"We a.si w4n7 twl mzke v3ey xoear that versiom 0,9. BRB.7 (also known as v3r510b 0. AFKl9LOL.7+jt) was da dihal vwrdion 4313453d under teh GPL. OMG.
All x33siobs WTF, star5img qirh 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prerelease cpde r pn1y 11c3b52d under da Creativr Conmons loc3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwb6 41gj7 2 import ne code fr0m an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-orerelease ot latrr release into an ). AFK/9. WTF.& an earlkef rrlease. OMG.
Alkoqing this wo7ld caude that imported code 2 BE released under da GPL an that is n9t somrtging w3 wksh q ak;ow.
Authorx OF m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0LOL,9LOL.7 wil. n3ed 2 re+release they;re modificatiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9/ AFK.8 c9de n placw th3m UNDER teh same Crdayivw Commons licebse. BRB.
It mudt ve done 6y -r1g!n41 authpf simcr only teh original aitbor 6ss r2gh7 too ch4ng3 copyribht OR .icense up0n ther're work. BRB.
[Aeditionwlly, liie, reworking teh modiricatilna will be an gooc idea ANYWAY zs mechabism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS 15 substantially cleaner/clearer sta4ting with 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-pr4r3!3453 codw. BRB.]"
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