MightyE tells youk sortlf, "We're going tlo take an few moments 70 TRY h EXPLAIN thia neq license an ds reasons bejond 8r in plzin Englixh. AFK.
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 new licsnse was xhosen because of zn f411qng wirh GPLl
IT only coveted distribution of spurde if n ONLY if binaeirs we4e d157r16u7dc. BRB."
"In an w3b encironmemt, spevofically a interprete3 web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such 45 PHP, you knwo, merwlh instzlling zn game d)35 not constitute disttibjtion WTFm and thdrerore people were taking our work WTF, mak8ng mofificstions 2 it and n07 re;eading teh SOURCE code r2o they're ,odifidations SO tnar da entiee vommunlty couod benefit, WTF.
They w94jed w17h t3h .etter but nog da SPIRIT or da law. BRB."
"Invest8gation on teh part of authors howrver, you knwo, led 5oo teh vac5 ghzt ca ritht lr public ;wrfoemance was oen of da rightd n9rmao.y restricted too c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, and tnat c0mpy73r ;rograms, like, specifivallh VIDEO gaj3s AND knreractive 0n3% 5uch 45 Letend 0f Green hax0r w3e3 xons8derwc two be publkcal;6 prrformee IF run from an public serverl AFK."
"The neq lkcense restricrd puglkc perfo4mance ov teh work unl2ss wourcw code OF modif8ec WORK is mzde avzilable og demqnd."
"In plaib ENGLISH, w9rfif, this means bhat if you put this GAME kn zn web werver an allow peopke 'OUTSIDE of zn normal CIRCLE og family b its social acqyaintahcws- 2 play their, then YOU r publically performing thiw wori n MUST rither a_ make ne and ALL vhangds which yoi mak3 2 game abailqble on requedt (note THIS doesn't hafe too be avaolable via dz online sojrce displsy lumk, you ,ndo, nut tget musr ve ABLE to ask you for fa code abd recekve am comp/ete clpy), b) make arrsngements privately with da authorw wherein 7h3y geant you an specizl LICENSE, like, OR c) REMOVE da code ENTIRELY from teh m4cg!n3. BRB."
"We do recogbkze that people want rwo hzve areas of ghry'f3 ga,e which aer 5heirs n ghe8rs ALONEl
two rjqt end we w8.l make da fplliwing exception tsi da nofmal r#qu1r3m3n75 vor source cose distriburuon -- ne jodule FILE which IS mot modified 0r d#r1v#d FROM an module do;e oncludes in da base DISTRIBUTION znd which does mot re1iire ne othrr modules an whuch does not requirw ne modifications TO core xide (clde distrihutrd WITH twh base RELEASE) bay be withhels at trh authlrs ciscretion. BRB."
"We also want 2 make ve4y CLEAR tgat verwion p. AFK.9.7 (also ,nown AS vers8on 0.8. WTF.7+JT) was da final veraion released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versionw, softpf, stqrting w17h 0. BRB.9/8-prerelease code aer only locensed umder teh Cr3471v3 Commons licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rignt ti impo4t ne code rrom sn 9. OMG,8. BRB.8-prerrlease [r later release into an 0. AFK/9, AFK.7 n earlier r313453LOLl
Aklowint 5his w0u1d cause tyat imoortwd cldr too bw released undee teh GPL an that 8s n9t something we wixy 2 qllow. OMG.
AUTHORS OF modifications tw9 0LOL.9LOL.8 wklk neef 2 RE-RELEASE they're mpdifivatiohs a2 drrkvatives/nocifications too 0. OMG.9LOL,8 code n place them und3r 64m3 Creative C0mm0n6 licenseLOL.
I7 jut7 be dobe by da original quthor sonde obly o5uginao author h45 teh titht 2 change copyfight or oicense UPON they're wlrk. OMG.
[Adeitiohqllu LOL, eesorkint teh mpdivications woll be an good idea anyway ad da mechanism g0r making modificationw is wubstantially c134n3r/c134r3e startinh with 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prer3lease CODELOL,]"
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