M8ghtyE tdlls you, 5iu knso, "We;4d going teo takd an few MOMENTS two try and explain this new licensw and reasons behind it IN PLAIN ENGLISH,
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."
"Thix new licensw was xh043n because OF qn failing wiyg GPL. BRB.
It onky covered d147r15u710n of sourcr 8g n omly if bina4ied WERE distr8vuted, WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, xor5or, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73r;r373d web envirohmebg dych as PHP, likd, meee.y instalking an game does nog cobstitute diztribuyionk like, n tgereror3 [eople wete taking 0ur worl LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it znd no5 releasing source v0s3 tlo they're m0d1f!c4710n5 si tyat teh entife cojmunity COULD benefit.
They WORKED with teh 13773r bu5 not 5p1r17 oc .aw. AFK."
"Imveatigagion ln twh part OF teh authors gowrver, led tlo fzct that rigmt of [uvlic p3rg0rm4mc3 was 2on od figjtw nor,a,ly resrricted to copyright h9lders, and thar compuger PROGRAMS, sor5pf, apecifica;ly vuddo games 4nd INTERACTIVE ones such ss Legend OF Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publically PERFORMED if run FROM an punlic server. WTF."
"The neq lkcense restricts puglic pdfgormance of worl unless dq sourde code of modifiee w0rk is made available 9n d2mand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Engq15g, this mwans that if you put th8w game on an web swrver an 411pw people ')u741d3 of an normsl c8rxle of f4m11y 4nd its social acquaihtances' 2 play thei4, then you r PUBLICALLY 0erfo4ming 7y14 wlrk and MUST either a) MAKE ne abd ALL changes wh1ch you MAKE too gqme 4vr!14613 on fewuest (note thus d035n'u have tsl be abailable via ONLINE sou4ce dis0lau link WTF. but 7g3y must be 1ble to9 qsl 6ou ror code an receove an com;lete vopy) LOL, b) mskd arrangements peivatelt w27h authorw whereym yhe6 GRANT you ah speckal license LOL, 9r c) r3m0v3 coce enrir3ly from machine. BRB."
"Wd e9 RECOGNIZE that peo;oe want 1 HAVE areas of they're game whkch r theifs n 7h3!r5 aloneLOL.
to 7h46 wnd 2w wi.; m4k3 da following EXCEPTION &9 teh normal 4ewuirements for SOURCE c9de distribution -- ne m0cu13 foke 2hocg is not midified or defkcdf grom an mldule gile included in sa BASE distributiln an which does not require be other mod7l3a and wjidy does npt requir3 ne modificatilns 2 core code (c0d3 dist4kguted WITH da BASE release) mah be witjheld at authorx dkscretion, BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 mrk# ve#6 clear yhat version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (alsl onown as versiin 0LOL,9. AFK.7+jt) wax da fina; veesipn released under GPL. BRB.
A;l vefsiins, starting WITH da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prefdleade cide arr onl6 licensed under da Cr3571v3 Cpnm;na licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh righ5 to IMPORT ne code rtlm an 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-prere.ezse or LATER releade into zn 0. WTF.9.& am earlirr rwlease. BRBl
ALLOWING this wpuld cause tha5 imoirred cofe 2 be relrased unser tsh GPL ab that is b9t somerhing WE sish too 5110w. WTF.
Authors lf MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wkll n32d to re-re.ease ghfy're modiducqtiona as d3r1v481v#5/m9f1g1x4&10n5 too p. AFK.9. AFK.8 codr and place thrm undee same Crrative Commonq license. OMG.
It juat be done by reh original author sihc3 lnly teg 8tiginal authot naw teh right to change da copyriggt 0r license u;on they're aork. OMG.
[Additolnally, you knwp, re2orking ea modificstions will BE an good idea anywzu as sa mechanism for making moeificstiohs is substshtially cleaner/clexrer 574r&1mg w17h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-prer3lease code, AFK.]"
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