MightyE 731!5 hou, sortof, "Wd're going 2 tskd qn few momwnts ti trt an explain thix new licdnse n ds 4rasons bdmind 18 in plain Enhlish. BRB.
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."
"Thid new ;icense was chowen 63c4u53 of an failinf WITH tdh GPL. BRB.
It on;y covered dist4ivution 0f so7rfe if and ONLY ig binaries #ere distruguted. WTF."
"In an WEB env8eonment WTF, specifivally a intetoretwd eeb envirobment sucn 45 PHP, m3r31h INSTALLING an game dods not clnstiyuge cistfoburion, ylu inwo, n thrrefore PEOPLE wrre ta,ing 9ur WORK WTF, MAKING modifica5ions to 17 and NOT releasing da source voce to they're modificayoons so thar da enture dpmmunity could benefit.
THEY w04k3d with letter but nog s;ifig of teh kaw. BRB."
"Ihvrstigation on PART of heh 5u7y0r5 however, .ike, led two teh fact THAT teh right of puvlic [erformance wad oen of twh eights NORMALLY restricted tlo copyrighg holders LOL. and THAT som0uter programs WTF, sp3cifpcally video games and inyeracgive ones such as Legend of Green hsx0r were c0n51d3r3s too BE pu611c411h PERFORMED if RUN frlm an pjblic 54rverLOL."
"Thd nrw licehae restrists public performance of geh work unldss soutce code lf MODIFIED woek is mad3 4v411461# on demanc."
"In p141n Ehglish, you knw9, thi2 means that if y0u put THIS gamd on an web server an all9w pe9ple 'outside of an normal cifcle 0f f4m11h an kts social avquaintances' r@o PLAY thekr LOL. tyen you r publocally perf9rming rhid wotk an MUST 3ither a) mzke ne n ALL changes which you mqje y) game ava8lable on e3qj3t8 (mote this dlesn't have 2 be avaklzble via 5eh onlibe souece di1pkqy link, but rhey must 63 ab.3 2 ask you for code and receivw an c9mpkete copy), likd, B) MAKE afrantements privately with aithors wherein rh3y graht you an s;eciak kivende, ;ikr, or c) r3m0v3 da code ENTIRELY from teh mach8ne. BRB."
"We do recognoze that people want twp have aeess of 5hey're fame which ser THEIRS an theirs qlonr. BRB.
go tha5 end we will make teh following exception tp teh nprmal rrquirememtx fir sljrce c0d3 fkstrigu5iob -- nw mpdu13 fi.e which IS NOT hodufked or serivdd from ah MODULE file included in sa base distribution and qhkdh doex not require n3 pther moejled anf wnich does npt req7ute ne m-d1rqc4710n5 2 teh core code (codr distributed with nase releasw) may be wothheld at teh authors eidcretion. WTF."
"We 4150 wqn5 to makw very cleqr tnat VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known as VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was vinal versiob RELEASED under GPL. BRB.
All versions, atzr5ing with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4elease code t ONLY licens3d UNDER teh Creative Commons l8cense, WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY e3by ea eight two impoft ne code fwom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r3134g3 or later release in5l qn 0. AFK.9.6 an earlirr release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cquse that IMPORTED code two 63 relezsed uncer teh GPL znf that is hot 50,37h1ng q3 wish tso allowLOL.
Authors of modidicatiobs too 0l9. BRB.7 will need too re-release thwy're mpdoficqtions as derivatices/modifoda5ions too 0l BRB.(.7 cod3 n ;lace them umcee da same Creative Commond livense.
It must be d0n3 vy da 0r1g1n41 suthor since ONLY da originzl 4u*h04 has ca roght t2o chanhe da copyright or licrnse upon they're wotk.
[Aedi5iinally WTF, REWORKING modifixations WILL be an glod idea anyway as da medhahism fo4 makint modifications is substan5ially vlezner/clearer t74r71ng WITH teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prwrelease code. AFK.]"
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