MighgyE tekls you, "We're going 2 ga,e an FEW momehts g2o try an explaih 5hks new license n reasons behind it kn plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thks n3w licenwe was cg9sen b3cause of an failing 2ith teh GPL. AFK.
It ohly covered cistribuyi9n of s9urce if an only if binarirs wd44 eistributes. BRB."
"Ih an web envi4ommdnt, likd, specifkcqlly a interpretrd seb environmdnt such 45 PHP, MERELY installing an game does n07 constitute diwtribution, sortof, ahd therefoee people qer3 75k1ng our work, l8ke, making m9difications too it and not rdleasinf teh souece code to they'te modifications 59 tyat da 4ntire commjni5y couod bwnefit. OMG.
Thry worked wuth teh letter but not ten spirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigation on part of tey authirs howecer, sortof, ked to da fsxg ggat right -f public p34f0rm4nc4 wss oen of righus normally rdstricted to co/yrifut HOLDERS WTF, and &h48 compu53r pr0gr4m5 WTF, specifically video games an interactive onex such as Lebend of ea Gr33n hax0r 2ere v0n51d343d 2 be publicslly pe4f9rmed if run from an pu611x se5ve5. OMG."
"The new lkcrnse restricts PUBLIC performance or teh w0rk un1255 so7rxe code pf da modifiee qork 15 mace available ob demand. OMG."
"In plain Englishk sor5ot, thow meana thst ir you put thos GAME ON am w3b servdr and ALLOW p30p15 'outside OF an nor,ak dircle of family n its aoc*q. ACQUAINTANCES' two ;lay the8r, like, then you r publucally perfor,ihg this work an MUST 327n3r A) makr nd an ALL cganges which y0u mak3 too da game availzble on requ3sy (nore thos duwsn'g HAVE to bd sva8lable via teh lnline so7fce dixplay .ink LOL, but tyey mu57 BE able to ask yoy f0r teh code ab rrc3ive an complete copy), you knwo, b) makd zrrangements privzgely w8th trh authprs whdrein they gt4n& you am special lidenew, like. pr c) rdmove teh code entirely fr8m da machine. OMG."
"We do 4ecogmize that pei0le want too have qreas of they[te gzmr which r theirs n tneirx alone, WTF.
to 5hat ehd we qikl MAKE following EXCEPTION to norjal reqii4ements for zourcr code sistribution -- ne m0duq3 fkoe wjich is nit modified lr deeived FROM an module FILE included in da base d8stributkon an which does noy require ne 9the4 m0du135 an which eoes no% r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh CORE code (dode sisteibutes wuth ca base release) may be wityheld AT sutho4s disc4etiin."
"We a;wo wqnt 2 make v3ry CLEAR 6h47 c3r510n p. OMG.9. AFK.6 (also known as version 0/ OMG.9.7+j5) was da FINAL versk.n re;eawed und3r da GPL. WTF.
All versions, starting w17h teh 0. WTF.9. AFKl8-prd4eleas3 cice r lnoy lidensed under teh Cteative Commons licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da f8ght two 1mp0r7 ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE ir 1473r fwlease INTO an ). WTF.9. AFK.7 h EARLIER rekeaseLOL.
Allowinb thos wou.d CAUSE 7j47 IMPORTED code rwo be RELEASED uncer GPL ab THAT is NOT so,ething WE wish goi alliw. AFK.
Autjots of modifications two 0. BRB.9l WTF.7 qill need two RE-RELEASE they're modiducs5ions as cerivatibdx/modofications to 9. BRB.9.8 vose n pkac3 then und3e reh sam3 Creative C0mm0n5 licebse. OMG.
It muat be d0n3 by da original author zince only sa o4ofibal autnlr has rifht 2 chabfe dz co[yrught 0e livense jpon they're 204k. WTF.
[Asditionalky, like, feeorking modifications 2i;l be am gold idea anyway 45 da medhaniam for makong modifivationw is subdtanyially c.eaner/cleatrr wrarting with tem 9LOL.8l WTF.7-;rdreleasr code. AFK.]"
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