MightyE telld you, sirtof, "We're going t9 tske an few mp,en5w 1 t4u n explain thus new license an da REASONS behind ot IN plain Eng115h/ 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 lixenae w44 cgosen necause of an fail8bb with GPLl
It pnly covered fistributuln of wource if n ohly if binaries w3rr DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"Ib an wrb envuronmemt, hou knwo, specifically a interpreted web environjent such as PHP, likek merely inatalling an bame DOES nor cohst8tute distribugion, abd therefote pelple WERE TAKING our wlrk, yoj knso, makimg mod8ficayiohs to it and m97 releac8ng da SOURCE code to they're mofifications 70 that da entire c0mmun17y could benrfitl
They worked eigg teh le5ter but NOT SPIRIT of ds law. BRB."
"Invest8gq5uin on PART og suthors howeverk led @ teh fqct ujst ds right ov pjblic petformance was won OF r8ghgs normqlly restrkcted t;9 copyright holde4a WTF, and that computee p4ograms, you knwo, specitically c1e30 games ahd interactife ones 5uch as Leg3nd of Green hax0r wdre c9nsidered to be PUBLICALLY perforjed 1v eun from an public server."
"Thd new licebsw RESTRICTS publkc peffotmabce OF teh wotk unless tey sourcw xode od modifief work 15 MADE avaulable on demand, BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sortof, thus means THAT IF you put tyis gqme on an web server an allow propoe 'iutsode of wn norma; c1rcq3 of family am 175 social acquainyancew' ro play their, you kneo, tyen YOU r publica.ly performing this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne qn ALL chznges which you make to gane avzi.able on 4equest (notd this doesn't have 2 be avsioable viz 0n11n4 source wisplay link, you knwo, bjt tgey mysr be able 2 ask t0u fot da code and receice an complrte cop6), soe5of, b) mzke arrangemdnts pr1b4731y sitn teh authlrs wg3r31h tgey grabt y0u an 5p3c14q oicense, aortof. or c) rwmovr dq coce entirely from machinr. AFK."
"We d_ recognize that pdople w5n7 5wo havr arrax of tney're game which aer the8rs n theira alone. BRB.
too that end q3 will MAKE foloos8ng exception to da NORMAL requirements f0e source c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeule fil3 whicg 15 not MODIFIED pr derived FROM an mldulr file incluced in da basd dist4inugiln and which does not r3qu1r3 ne other m-du136 an which d-35 not rdquire ne mpdificatiohs tp teh CORE vodr (code distribut3d wuth 5eh bzse relwzse) may ne wi5hheld ag authors discretion. BRB."
"W3 4150 want 2 m4k3 very c;ear THAT vetsion 0LOL.9.7 (also knpwn as version 0. OMGl9LOL.7=ut) was da fihal version released indet teh GPL. BRB.
All v3f510n5. you knwo, 564r72ng with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pretelease xlde aer only LICENSED under d1 Ct3471v3 Com,ons 11c3n53. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY feny da right twp import ne code from an 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prwrelease or la5er release in5o an 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 anr earlief relwase. AFK.
Allowing this would czuse THAT imported cpde to be 4elrased und3r teh GPL ane 7h$7 25 not something we wish twi allow. WTF.
Ajthors of modidicatiohs too 9. AFK.9.u will need too re-release th3y're modif8vstiona zs d3r1v471v45/m0d1f1c471)h5 too 0. AFK.9LOL,8 code n place thwm umder samw Ceeativ3 Commons license.
IT just be done by ten original AUTHOR since onky da original auyhor h45 teh r1gh7 too cyanhe da COPYRIGHT or license upoh they're work.
[Adeigionally LOLm rewotking teh modifications qill 62 an good idea znyway as da mecyanisn for mauint uoeificayions is substant0ally c134n2r/c134r3r starting with da 0. BRB.(. AFK.8[prereleaae coddLOL.]"
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