MugntyE TELLS youm "We're gokng 2 take an few moments 1 7r6 an wxplaih this ndw kicense and teasons behind it 1n plaon ENGLISHLOL/
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 cuosen brcahse of an failing witg da GPL. AFK.
It only cpvered fistr8bution od source 2f zn 0n1y kf binaties were distributed. OMG."
"In ab web ENVIRONMENTk yoj knwo, s;ecificall6 a interprdted web enfiron,ent dich as PHP, l8ke, MERELY insyalling an game DOES not dogstitute cistribut8on LOL, an therdfore peoplr were takibg oyr WORK, ;ike, makinb moduf8cations 2 it n not releasing teh slurve cldw to tgey're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 teh enti4e comminigy could 63n3f17.
They qlrked witm teh letter 6u7 n07 da spuri5 of lqw. BRB."
"Investigat8on on da part of yeh authors howevrr, s9rtof, led two da fact that roggt of publuc performance sas oen of rights nirmqlly restrictcd twi cppyright holders, doetofk amd that COMPUTER progrzms, lojd, specificakoy vidwo gqmes n INTERACTIVE ones such qs Lefend 0f teh Green hax0r were c9nwifefed tl be publically PERFORMED uf tyn FROM an publ8c serve4. OMG."
"Tne NEW .icense redtricts puvl8c pervormance of worj unless source CODE of nodiried work is MADE 4v4114613 on demand. AFK."
"Ih PLAIN English, thix MEANS 7h4^ if you put this game on an 23^ serv3r smd allow PEOPLE 'outs8de OF an noemal ci4cle lf famkly and ITS social axauaintancew' two poay theit, yhen you aer publical.y pdrf9fning 7h1t work and MUST either a) make me an ALL changes whkch y0u make two da game available on $equest (n083 gh8s doesn't HAVE too 63 availab.e v8a onlone source dksp;ay lin, LOL, BUT tjey mysr be qble rwo ask YOU fir teh code and receice an complete copy), sor5if, B) make arrangememts PRIVATELY with ds qutho4s wh3r21n they grant you an speckal LICENSE WTF, or c) re,ive da code ENTIRELY d4om teh machine."
"We do rec0tn1z3 that peiple wsnt tl jave aeeas of thdy'fe gsmr which aer THEIRS n theirs alobw. BRB.
to that end w3 eill mak3 da fo'oowinh exception to normal requkrementd ror so7rce c0d3 distribution -- ne moduow f11e whuch is not nod8fied or s3r1v2d from an mod7oe FILE 8mclud3d in base dis5rubution n which does nlt r3qu143 ne other modu;ds an whixy does not requiee ne modidivations goo da CORE code (code distribjted with gase release) may be eithheld at teh aughora DISCRETION. OMG."
"We aldo want 2 msk3 v3ry c!#4e thag verfoon _. OMG.9.7 (a.so kn0wn as veraion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS fihsl version relwssed under tej GPLLOL.
Al; VERSIONS LOL, dtqrtinh w8th 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-;rereleaxe code v obly licensed under da Creative Clmnons licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu fight two import ne code fro, an 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-prereleqse lr latdr release inyo an 0LOLl9. AFK.7 h earlier release. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 sould cayse tjat impottee CODE rwo be released UNDER GPL and that is hot somethibg we qish to 4110w/ OMG.
Aiyhora of MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wi.l nded 2 t3[r#134%3 they'rw modifications as derkvat8ves/modifucations two 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code and plac3 thdm und3r same Creative Clmmons license. OMG.
Iy mjst be dine gy teh origina; author soncd )n1y da priginal ajtho4 has da r8ghy two cnamge da copyright or 11c3n53 UPON th46're worj. BRB.
[Additionalky LOLm eeworking MODIFICATIONS wull be an golc idea ANYWAY as da mechaniwj for making m9dibicagions os subs5antially cl3aher/cleare4 star5kng wirh da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleade xode. AFK.]"
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