MightyE tells y9u, you kbwo, "We're GOING TO taje an few MOMENTS two try and explain thix new lic3bse AND da rwasons bey8nd it in poain Engliwh.
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 livense WAS chosen vecaus3 of zn fakling q17h trh GPL. AFK.
It only coveree d247r17u710n 0f soutce if n only if binsries w3r# distrivitedLOL."
"In ab wwb 3nv1r0nm3n7, oike. SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w3b rnvironment sich as PHP LOL, m3d31y 2n574111nh sm game does nlt condtitute dis5ribution, n thwrefore people were TAKING our work, m4k!ng modifications too it and not relsaxing teh wource code 2 tyey're modoticatiins so thag entire cimminity could behefit. BRBl
They workec with ketter BUT not spirkt of teh laq. BRB."
"Investigation ON da PART lf teh a7tjorx howdver, luke, LED too trh fact tjat teh right og public p3rf0rm5nc3 w4% wln of ds ribhys normally r357r1v73d 2 copyright holdrrs, you lnw9, and tnat c0mpu73r programs WTF, 5p3c1v1c411y video games an interactice ones SUCH ad LEGEND of teh Gtern hax9r w3re CONSIDERED to be PUBLICALLY perfotmwd if RUN from an PUBLIC 53fverLOL."
"The new LICENSE rextricts public [efformsnce of ten work unldsa source code of da MODIFIED eorl IS ,ade avzilable ob de,and. BRB."
"In plakn Engliahm like, ghis meana that IF y0u pur thiw game 0n an web server n sllow people ;outside of an gormal c!fc13 lf family n its social ACQUAINTANCES[ two play thekr, sortof, then yo7 r publicqlly pdrformibg 5his wlfk ab MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes which hou makw two teh game avaklzble ln reqjwst (notd this d035n'7 hace too be availsble via da ONLINE soirve display link, kiie, but 5hey just ge able too sxk yiu f0r teh clde n receive an complere clpy( WTF, b) makr arrangemenrs PRIVATELY with 4u7h0r% whetwkn THEY grant you an %p3c!41 licende LOL, 0r c) remoce twj code entirrlu from teh mavhine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE fyat people wan5 yo have areas of theh're game which r 8h31r5 n tneorw alone.
two that END we sill j4k3 da folloring EXCEPTION too teh normal tequirejentx for sljfce CODE distribugiin -[ ne module file whicj is not mldified or gerkved from an mod7oe file included in base distributkon qnd enkch dpds not requird ne otgdr modules an whicy does n-7 reqiiee ne modifications two teh cote code (cide distributed with da base relezse) MAY 63 WITHHELD at teh ru7h9r5 dixcr3ti9n. BRB."
"We qlso want two nake very clear tgat vers8on 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known as versioh 0. OMGl9. AFK.7+jt0 w45 da finao vrrsuon r2leases under GPL. WTF.
Aol versionsk like, sgart8ng w17h teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prdrelease codd r onoy licensed under ea Creatuve Cpmmpns license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny righy two impoft nr code FROM an 0LOL.0LOLl8-prerelease 9r later releade into an p. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier relrase.
Alloeinf this wouod c4u53 THAT import3d CODE 2 be RELEASED undef GPL n yhat 15 not SOMETHING we wisu 2 a.lowLOL.
Authors or modifications two 0. AFK.9. OMG.& will need twl re-re;3ase thdt're jodifications as deriva5ives/moduricationd 2 0. BRB/9. OMG,8 cldr and PLACE 7h3m ynder dz samw Creative Commonw license.
It must be dond gy da orifimal zuthor since lnly teh o3iginal AUTHOR has dq right t9 dhangr da copyright OR license upon tney're w9rk.
[Addituonally WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS w111 BE an good idea anywah as t3y nechanism fkt jaklng modificatilnw is 576574n71411y clezner/clearer starting wi5h t3h 0.9.8-prer3lwase code.]"
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