M8ghtuE tells you LOL, "We're GOING two takd an few momdnts TO t4y n tc;lain this new license an r3asons behind IT ij p141h 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."
"This new license was chosem BECAUSE of an daioing with ds GPL,
It only cobered distribution lf SOURCE IF an only 1f 61n4r135 wete fiatrkbuted. BRB,"
"In an web envieonment, sprtog, soeckficaoly a 1nu3rpr473d wen ENVIRONMENT such qs PHP, sortod, merelu installing an game does n0& c9nxtitute disttibuti9m, n THEREFORE people WERE taking 97r work, sortof, m4k1ng modifica5ions 2 kt 5nd n9t reoeasing da aource CODE tko they're modiflcations so ghst teh enyird communuty COULD benefit/ AFK.
They wo4ked WITH teh LETTER bur not SPIRIT or teh 14q."
"Inbestigat8on ON teh part og autnors however, sortof, ;ed to da fact that dq righy of publ8c prrformance was won or ca rights mormally rdstricyed 2 copyright holders, an thay COMPUTER pflgrsjs LOL, specifically fideo games and knteractive ones xuch as Leg3nd OF teg GREEN hac0r were CONSIDERED too be publica;ly oerfoemed 8f run from an 0ublic server. AFK."
"The new license reqteictd piblic perfotmancd of work un1345 yeh sputc3 code pf ds m0d1f13d w0rk iw made avzilanl3 on demsbdLOL."
"In olain English, this means that if 60u pjt this game on an web xerver an aloow peop.e 'outside od an normal v1rc13 of family n itd social acquainyances; too p14y tneif LOLm then you arr p7bluvally perforning thiw w0rk abd MUST e8yger a) make ne znd ALL changes which you make tlo ss game aca8lable kn trquest *notw THIS doesn't gave 2 be available via ds pnoine soufc3 displat 11hj, lije, but they must be ablr too ask you r9r twh code n receive am completr c0py(, tou knwo, B) makd a4ranhenebts privately sith teh AUTHORS whefein they hr4n& tou an SPECIAL licrbsem sortof, oe C) r4m0v3 fa code ENTIRELY fr0m m4ch1n3. AFK."
"W3 do RECOGNIZE that people want 1 h4v3 zrras of rhey're g4n3 qj!vg r uhe1r5 and the8rs aoone.
2 that end qe will jake teh following exceptkon to no4mal r3qu1r3m3n75 dor 60yrc3 code d157r16u710n -- ne mosu.e fip3 which !5 not modifi3d or derived dron an ,odule fioe 1nc1ud3d im tej base diatrinjtion n which does not REQUIRE me otner modules an which does not require ne modificatkons too teh core c9de (clde distribuyrd wuth yeh 655w release) nay be withheld 47 da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want two kake very clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 )also known za VERSION 0. AFK.9l WTF.7+JT) wss teh finsl vers8oh releaaed und3r GPL. WTF/
ALL vetsions, atartibg witj 0. BRB.9l OMG.8-pr3release CODE ser only oicensdc under da Creatuve COMMONS license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg to inpprt ne CODE from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or latwr releawq into ab 0. WTF.9LOL.7 AND darlier r3lease. OMG/
A1103!nh thiw w0u1d cause 5hat imported dode two ne released under teh GPL an that is not somethint we wish twi a;;ow. AFK.
Authors of nodifica5ions two 0.9. OMG.7 wilo need @ re-edlwaxe they'r2 ,odificationw aa derivatives/modifications two 0. WTF.9, BRB.8 CODE n plaxe them uneer trh 53m3 Creative Conm9ns 11c3n53. AFK.
It jisr be done ny cs 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r since only twh ORIGINAL authoe hzs da right too chabge dooyribht OR licenwe upon they're work. BRB.
[Additipbakly, you knwo, rewprking reh modifidarions will be sn good odea an6wa6 as mecha,ism for making modificationd id substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting 28th teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease core, WTF;]"
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