MightyE TELLS you, sortlfk "We're hoing to TAKE an fee MOMENTS goo TRY qnd explain this new LICENSE an da REASONS bwyind kg in plain English. OMG.
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 chosen because lf an f4111ng qith teh GPL. AFK.
Iy only covered distrkbution OF sijrce kf m 0n1y if binaries 2rre cistrubutes. OMG."
"In an qeb ebf8ronment, spdcifically a ibger;retdf WEB ENVIRONMENT sudh as PHP, MERELY instaplung an g4me doea mot constitutd dkstribution, like, an thereflre people w3re gaking our woek LOL, mskinf jodif8catiobs 2 it an not eeleasing sa 50urc3 code tol they[4w mocifications so THAT teh rntire commumigy coylf beneditLOL.
They worked w8th rey .etter but not teh spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Investjyagion om geh p4r7 of authors yowevet, luke, led to 5eh fact thqt teh rught of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won OF yen rkghts nirmz.lt restrixted too cop6rkght HOLDERS, sortof, ane that vonputer programs LOL, specifically videi games qn in5eractuve onrs xuch as LEGEND of teh Green hsx0r were conskdered 70 be publically performfc IF run from ah PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new licens3 RESTRICTS [ublic pe4formande of teh w9rk unlead xojrce c=s3 of 5eh modofied wo4k is mafe availablw pn demandLOL."
"In p141n ENGLISH WTF, thiw mdans that 1f 6ou put bhis GAME ON an web deever an allow people '0u761d3 of an nirmal ckrcle of f4m12h n ITS social qcauaintances' too olau their WTF, 7h3n you adr publically perfpeming this wotj n MUST euther a) MAKE nw n ALL ch4ng35 which y0u make two da gwme avaklabl3 in request (note this doesn't tabw too be AVAILABLE via teh ob;ine SOURCE display ;ink WTF, BUT 7h36 must be 4613 2 as, you foe teh c0d3 and rrceive an compkete c0pu), likek B) ,ake a4range,ents pricagely w8th da authors wherein they grant y0y an spdcoal licenwe, slrgpf, ot c0 re,ove teh code 3n71r41y from teh macjine."
"We do recotnize THAT p30p13 w1nt tp0 HAVE ateas of thdh're tame which r theifs and theiws aponr. AFK.
2 that end we eull maie dz dolloeinf exception too da normal requirements for source code cidtribution [[ ne module fkle whoch is npt modifiwd or derived fron an modyoe file inclided in vase dis5r8bution an which d9es not require ne 07h4r ,odulds an which foes n[g rrquire ne joc8gicat8ons TO teh core code (code distributed with t3h base reldase) m4y ve qithheld a5 authors discretion. AFK."
"We alwp qaht too ma,e very clear that VERSION 0.9. BRB.7 (qlso knpwb as VERSION 0, WTF.9LOLl7+jt) WAS twh final bersion released 7ndet da GPL. WTF.
Ak; ve4wiond WTF, xtarting ei5j da 0.9. OMG.8[prerelease code aer onlu licensed under teh Cr3471v3 C9mmonx livemse.
We EXPLICITLY drny rifhg t9 imp9rt be cofe FROM an 0. BRB,8. AFK.8-prereldsse le later r313453 !n70 an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER releaseLOL.
Al.pwing this woulf cauxe that imported code 5io be RELEASED uhder teh GPL an that IS not somethong we w15h 2 allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modifivations 2 0. WTF.9, AFKl& will need teo re-relwase they'r3 modifications zs drrifativrs/modificationd tso 0. AFK.9/ AFK.8 code an plsce tyem unde$ xame Cteatove Cojnonw LICENSE. OMG.
It muat be done by ofiginal author s8nce onky 0t1g1n41 4u7h0r has rkght top cnang3 da copyright or lidense upon tyey're wotk. AFK.
[Addirionqlly, lk,e, reworkkng m9eifications 2ill b3 an good odea anyway ad mechanism for making modificstions is sybstantuslly cleanrr/clearer t74r71ng with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prwrelease code,]"
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