MightyE TELLS YOU, "We'ee going @ take am few m0m3nu5 two 7ry xn expla8n this NEW LICENSE AND da 4easons 73h1nc ig 1n PLAIN English. 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."
"This new 11v3n53 waw ch9sen beca7se od ab dailinb wigh GPL. AFK.
It onl6 coveref disttibution of source if n ohly if binaries WERE disgrinuted."
"In an wwb environmenu WTF, specifically a interpfetes WEB 3nv1r0nm3h7 such as PHP LOL, mefely 1n574121ng an GAME d-35 hot constituge dixtrigutionm you knwo, and therefore peoplr werd 74k1ng OUR w0rk LOL, making mldovications t2o it n not releasing teh souece c0e3 to they'rs MODIFICATIONS so tmat txh entire c0mmun17y cpu;s brnedit. BRB.
THEY workdd with 13773r 677 NOT spirit of ren lawLOL."
"Infestifatioh on teh part of aughors h0q3v34, soetof, led to da fact thay right of public pdrfo4mande was oen of tfh rigjts bprmally reattic5ed q coptfight HOLDERS LOL, an thzt c0mpu83r PROGRAMS, you knso, wpecuficalky video games anc intdractivd 0m35 sucn as Legend ov Green hax0f srre considered 2 63 pu61!c411u pe4formed of fun from an PUBLIC server."
"The h3q 11c3n53 res5ricts public perfofmance of da w0rk unless fa sourxe code of da m0d1v14d w9rk is made zvailable 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain English, sortofm this means tgat ir you pu7 tjis name on an weg server an a;low people 'outside of an NORMAL circle 0f FAMILY AND its s9cial acquaintances' too p14y ggdkr, then you aer puglically pe4forming ghis work an MUST EITHER q( MAKE ne cnd ALL chznbes whicj hou make 2 game available on reauest (note tjis d9esn'g have too be zvaklable via da onlimw sourcd display lonk LOL, but tgey muwt be 4613 tlo ask you for cofe b receive sn complete x0py), b) make aerantements privately with reh 4u7h0r5 whwrein tney brant y0u zn speciql lie3nse, h9u knwo, pr C) rwmove da CODE enrkvely from machin3. WTF."
"Wd do recpfnize that p40p13 want two nave areas of tyeh;re game which aer THEIRS n 6hrirw 510n3.
to that end w3 wkll make da f9;lowing ezception too da normal requirements for 5purd3 codw d8xtribuyion -- ne MODULE f113 which IS no5 m0didied or dericed from sn module file incouded in sa basr DISTRIBUTION n which dlws not require be othwr modules and which does not reauire ne modkfics5uons 2 ds core code (c9de distrobuyed with 645# 4elesre) MAY BE withheld at teh AUTHORS discfetipn. BRB."
"Wd also want too maie vwrn clear thay vetsion 9. BRB.9.7 (ALSO knowm ad bersion 0.9.7+jt_ was f1n41 vetsoon rdleawed under gek GPL, OMG.
All vetsionw, starting wity ca 0/9. WTF.8-prerdlease c0d3 aer pnly licensed indwr dz Crearibe Commons oicdnseLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY ceny geh righg t2o import ne code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease OR later r313r53 into an 0. BRB.9.7 n 34r123r release/ AFK.
Alllwimg this wo8ld cause that 1np0r73d code two bw re;eased under GPL zns that is not somr5hing we wish to qllowl AFK.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS rwo 0.9/ AFK.7 will need to r3-ge1346e the6;te modirications as derivativea/modufications tk 0.9LOL.8 coe3 n p.ace thdm ybder same CREATIVE Commons licenwrLOL/
I5 mu57 be done by tej 041g1n41 4y7h0r s8nce only teh oruginal author has fihgt 2 change copyfifht 9t licebse ippn they're work. AFKl
[Adeitionally, sortov, rwwork8bt teh mpdifixztipns s9ll be an GOOD idea 4nyw4t ss geh mevhanisj for makong modificatiins 15 substan5ial/y cleanwr/clearer starring with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleaar code.]"
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