MightyE tells hou, you knwo, "We're going to tale an few MOMENTS too 7ry 5nd explain &h15 NEW ;icense 4ms reasins gehind it kn plaon 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 b3w licensd WAS choden 63c4u%3 of an f4111nh w17j teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered disttobution id source id an 0n1y if binaries we4r d157r16i73d. BRB."
"Im an web enviromment, sortofk specifucally z ihte4pretcd w3b 3nv1r0nm3n7 5uch as PHP, like, merr.y unstaoling am game DOES mot constutute disgribution, you knqi, amd therefore peo0le were taking our WORK LOL, making modifications 2 it abd not RELEASING teh source cpde too thry're mldkfications wo 7h47 da 3n61e3 vlmminity c0u1s bemefit. BRB.
They workec WITH da leyter 6u7 nor spirit of lwwLOL."
"Investkgation on ;art of auth9rs hoeever, you knwo, .ed 70 da fact tfst geh right of pyblic PERFORMANCE qas won of rihgts morna.ly restrict3d to copyright h01err5, you knwp, n that compyter programsk s8rtog, specifically video games and interactive ONES %uch 45 Legend pf Green nax0r w3r3 considered too be publical.y performes if r7n from an public sercer. WTF."
"The new ;icense restricts public pe4dormance ov teh wotk UNLESS source clde 0f reh moeif8ed w0rk 15 mqde avaiksbje ON demqnd. AFK."
"In plaon Engliwh, sottofm THIS mdzns thzt 1v YOU put this GAME on an srb aeefer an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal cirdle OF family abd its socuzl acquaintances' 2 plsy th3i4 WTF, tydn you t publically performihg hhis WORK n MUST eiyher a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whicg yo7 nake to da game available lh rrquest (nlte this doesn't have goo BE available via teh ONLINE source duspkah 11nk WTF, BUT tgey must be able t9 45k YOU for CODE qn receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make areangements PRIVATELY sith da authots wherein ghey gr4n7 you an apecial lkvebae, or c) remove da c9de entirelu frlm trh m$ch1b3. BRB."
"We d0 recognize that PEOPLE want tqo hsve AREAS of they[ee tame wh1ch aee theirs n thrirs alone.
to that evd qe wull make teh FOLLOWING exce;tion bo reh n9rm41 r3quoremen5s for sl7rce cose d157r16i710n -- ne module f113 whuch uw not modified or deribed fron an module fule inckuded in base dietrobutlon n wh1cy does not r3wu1re ne OTHER mocukes and which doex not rwquird ne modivications two teh vore code (c0f3 distron7ted with base RELEASE) ,ay cd WITHHELD AT authirs discretion. BRB."
"We alsl wqng rwo MAKE very clear rhat v3r51)n 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 *also kbown as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fonal version feleaxed under teh GPL. AFK.
All ferwuons WTF, starting w17h p. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr4re13353 c0d2 g only lixensed inde4 da Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gg7 2 1mp0r7 nw code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-prdrelease o4 later relwas3 into an 0.9. OMG.u an earlier release. AFK.
A;kowing THIS w0u1d dause thq5 IMPORTED c8de twi be releasef under da GPL zn that is NOT womethibg w3 siah rwo alloe.
Authors OF modifixztions 3 0. AFK.9LOL.7 WILL need 2 re-rdlease tjey'r3 m0d@f1x4710n5 as cerovatives/jodificqti9ns toi 0, BRB/9.8 c9de qn place yhdm under 4eh xzme Creative Cimmons license.
It m757 BE d0n3 by original auth.r since only teh original qutnor has ca r2gj7 rqo change cooyrihjt or license upon ghey'te eofk. WTF.
[Adsitionally, sorrif, reeorking mosificayions wilk be an go9d IDEA anyway as mecjahosm for making modufications q5 subwtsbtially cleaner.clearer sta4timg w8th 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8-orer314453 c0d3. OMG.]"
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