MightyE tekls yoy, you knso, "We're going too takw an f3w moments to try n explaib yhis new l8cense n da reasons behind it kn p/aim Englosh.
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."
"Thiw new licdbse sas ch053n because lf sn failing with da GPL.
It onl7 covered dks5eibugion of source ig and only IF binaroes were eistributwd."
"In an w36 rnviron,dnt WTF, speciricslly a interpreted WEB envirommeht such qs PHPm you knwo, merely knstalling an GAME does not vohstogute s157r16u720n, n thef3fore people d3r2 ta,ing our wprkk lik4, making modificationd to it AND not releasimg t3h sourve code 2 they're modificayions si thqt da entore community coyld bebefit. OMG.
Tyey workec with da letter BUT noy reh 5p1r1u if da laq. BRB."
"Invedtigatoon on patt of autjors however, you knwo, les 2 wa fact tjat t3h right 9f public [rrformamce was won OF rights mormal,y restriv%ed 2 copyrigyt holders, you lnwo, an that comp7ter peograms, .ike, specifically vifel gamds amd knteractive 0n35 such as Legehd OF teg Green hax0t were c0n5!d3r3d two be PUBLICALLY ;e5fprjed IF RUN from an public server. OMG."
"The ndw license restricts [iblic p3rf0rm4hv3 'f work unless so7ece c0d3 OF mpaifird worj is made abailable on demand. AFK."
"In pkain English, woryof, this means that uf ypu put thix game 0m an seb sevvdr an ak.ow PEOPLE [ijtsidd 9f an n0rm41 circle of family and 8ts social acquaintances' toi play tneir, sortof, rhen yot e publucal.y performijg this work an MUST EITHER q) ,ake ne an ALL changes which you make two 5eh g4j3 4v4114613 ON rdquest (nite this doesn't hav3 two be avai.able VIA online source displa6 lin,, xprrof, bu5 they must be 461e 80 axk you for da x0d3 qn feceife an complete copy) LOL, b) makr arrahge,ents pridately with tey ajthorw wherein tgeu hrant ypu an SPECIAL lucense, you inwo, 04 c_ removd teh vode ENTIRELY frpm teh machuneLOL."
"We fo recogbize tnat [eople want to have AREAS kf they'3e ga,e which aer theies zbd thd8rs aloneLOL.
2 ghat end WE qilo make teh following exc3ption to da normal rrauieements fp4 souece cod3 distribution -- n3 m)du13 file WHICH is NOT m7div8ed or defivec FROM an module rule inclused in teh gase distribution snd which does NOT wequire ne other midules n which dpes not require b3 nodificatuons too teh core dode (coee distrkbut3d WITH geh baxe release) may ne w17yg31d AT da authorw doscretupnLOL."
"We qlso want 5wo make very clear 7n57 VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.* (also known as version 0.9l OMG.7+jt) eqs fibal version relezsed unde4 GPL.
A21 versoonw WTF, sgarting eith 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-pr3r313454 c9de r only lixwnsed under teh CREATIVE Cimmons licwnx3. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh right to import ne code from an )LOL.9. OMG.9-prerelease 0r later 4eoease into an 0. OMG.9LOLl7 m earlief releade. AFK.
A;l9wing this wojld cause that 1mp0r73d code 2 be releqsed UNDER GPL and THAT 15 not someghing WE widh w allow. AFK,
Authors of modifications 3 0. AFK.9.7 w1q1 need @ re-rel4awe 4jeu'r2 ,odificatiinw as derivatives/modifications tqo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code n p;ace tn4m jnser same Cf3471v3 Co,monw loc3nse. BRB.
It must bw done by da priginal authir wince pnly da 0f1g1n41 xuthor has ca r1gh7 too cgamgw tth copy4ight or lic3nse up0b theh're w0rk. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, reworkinb teh modificay8ina will ve an good 8dda an6way as da mechan8sm for makung modificqtions IS substantially cleaner/c.eare4 syartinf sith trh 0.(. WTF.u-pretelrase codeLOL.]"
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