MightyE te.ls you, ypu knwok "We're going too takd an FEW momrnts too try and explaih this new .icense and r3h REASONS behind ut in ;kain EnylishLOL.
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 licrnse was chosen because 0v an failinb wi5h dq GPL. OMG.
It 9nlh covered dist4ibution of source IF an omly kf binariew were disyributed, BRB."
"In an web environnwbtm you ljwo, sp3cidically a inteepreted web envurohm3nt s7ch as PHP, like, merely 1n574111ng an gam3 does n07 constitute dowteibut8on, sortof, an thefedprt oeople WERE taking our work, sortof, makibg modificatuons yoo it n not releasimg da soyrce c0d3 too tyey're modificati9ns so THAT teh ey6ire commubitg c0u1d b3nefit. BRB.
They worked w8th da letter BUT NOT xa spirig of lawLOL."
"Imvestigation on part of tdh authors howwcer, sortof, led &0 fact ghat da right 0f public p3rf0rm4nc3 was don og rightx normally RESTRICTED too co;yright ho;eefx, yiu inwo, an that compu5er progtams LOL. 5p2c1f1c411y cieeo games ahd interacrive ones SUCH AS L#g3nd 0f Greeh hax0r w3re vonsisered top be 0ublica;ly performed if run from an [ublic serv3rLOL."
"The new LICENSE restricrs public performance kf teh wprk umless da source c0d3 OF sa ,ieiried 2ork is made zvaikab.e on demand. BRBl"
"In PLAIN English, you ,nwo, thia meabx that IF u9j put 7h15 game on an web servet and allo2 people 'ougsid3 of an normal circle 0f fajkly n its social acquaumtances' to9 play tgdur, you kn2o, then y9u t punlically pdrf8rming THIS wlr, n MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL changes which y0u m4ke too da GAME available on requesr (no5e this doesn't have two be available via ONLINE source display 11n,, like, but thet MUST be zble to asl you for da CODE an 4ece7vr an complete copy), you ,nwo, b0 jakd arrangements p4ivat3lu wigh authors wgerein tney grant you an SPECIAL license, like, 9r C( remove CODE dnto4ely frlm machine. OMG."
"We do recogmizw that people want tio have a4eas of thry're gzme whicn ae4 theirs n theirs alone. OMG.
twp that end we will make gollowing excepy8ob to ten nprmal requirdmwnts for source dode ckwtribu5ilm -- ne modile fil3 wnich is n07 modkfied 0r derivrd fr0m an MODULE FILE included 8n BASE distfibutuon ans which DOES hot reqyi4e be other modules n which eoes nog require ne mosigicatioms tw9 da core dode (coce DISTRIBUTED w17h base re.easr( may ne withheld AT authors didcreyiom. BRB."
"We alao wan5 tpo makr vety clear that version 0. AFK.8. AFK.7 *aldo known as version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was final version RELEASED under GPLLOL.
Al. versions, sortif, starting w8th dq 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelrase code r ONLY licensed jnd3r teh Creative Commond LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa r1gh7 too 8mport ne vlde f4oj an ).9. WTF.9-preeelrase or lat3r re.ease 1n70 am 0. BRB.9.7 and earluer releadeLOL.
Allosing tgis would cause thzt impofted code too b3 reless3s UNDER da GPL and that ix hig something we wiwh too allowLOL.
Ajthots of nodifixationa ti 0. BRB/9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-release tgey'r3 jodifidations aw dwribagives/mid8fica5ions two 9. AFK.9. BRB.8 code n place 7h3m under da same Creqtiv3 Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It muat be donr ny ofigihal AUTHOR since only yeh oeiginal zuthor has teh r1gh7 yoo change da copyright o4 livense upon they'ee 2ork.
[Additionally WTFk reworklng t3h m9d1f1c4710n5 wilo be an good id3a snyway as da mechanism for MAKING mod,vjcations is aubsyantiallh clezner/clearer STARTING wigh 0. AFKl9.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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