MightyE tells you LOL, "We[re going 2 take an gew moments two TRY n EXPLAIN tnis new kicensr n reasons BEHIND i5 un PLAIN ENGLISH. 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."
"This new lkcense was choqen necauad of an failong with da GPL, AFK.
It 0n1y c0v4r3d dos5rubution og SOURCE IF n only if b8narues 2ere dkstributed, BRB."
"In ab edb 4bv1r0nm3n7, loke, specuficzlly a intetprehed web environment SUCH 45 PHP, like, jerely installing an game eoes NOT consyitute didtribution, li,e, and theref9re peoole w3r3 taking pur eork, ;ike, mzkihg mpfificatilns 5oo it an not f3q3442ng twh source cofe 2 hyey'rw MODIFICATIONS so rhat entire communoty cou/d benefit. AFK.
The6 2orked with ca letter 6u7 nor teh spi4it 0f tdh oaw."
"Invex5igatiim on teh p4r7 ot da authirs h9wdverm you knwo, /wd too fact thzt da right of public performance waw eon OF rights NORMALLY reatricyed too co;tright HOLDERS, you knwo, anc that comp7ter [rlgrams WTF, specificallt nideo games n intetactife oned syvh as Legend of ea Grwen hqx0r werd conaidered 2 be puglivally p3rform3d kf rum feom an public seeverl"
"Tge NEW l8cehsw RESTRICTS pugluc performance lv w0ek unl3ss teh SOURCE c8de of da modifies work is made availabo3 ON dr,and. BRB/"
"In plain English, s9rtof, rhis m34n5 that if yo7 [ut tjis gaje on an web server an allow peo[le ;0u751d3 of an normal circ.e 0f vamily n ITS social 4cqu41n65nce5' to pkay theor LOL, then you arf punlically pe4forming this work n MUST eirner a) make nw n ALL changes which yiu make tpl da g4m3 availzble on r3qu257 (n073 thid DOESN[T HAVE to be avaikab;e fia tdn onlkne 5ourc3 displau link WTF, but they must ve able to ASK you FOR trh xode an RECEIVE an complete COPY) LOLm b) makr ARRANGEMENTS privqtelt wigj da authors wherein THEY grant you sh special o8cense LOL, or C) r3move da CODE 3m71r#1y vr0m machine. BRB."
"We d8 recogbizd that people wany 2 have areas 0f they're game qyivh aer theirs n theirs alonw.
to THAT 2ns we wu.l m$j3 t3h fo;loqing exception two da norma; r3qu1f3m3n75 fit sourde c0c4 siwtrinjtion -- ne m9dule f1!3 WHICH us npt modified OR derived from an module FILE included in da base distributi9n n which DOES not require ne other mofiles abd wh2ch doea not requitr ne modifications ri grh xlre code (c0d3 diatributed with da base release) may BE withhekd at autjors disdretiob. BRB."
"We alsl want 2 make very vlear tjat VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (also lnown as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT) was trh ginal version released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All vdrsions, yiu knwo, startinh WITH teh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code r onlu lic3nsrd ynd3r da Creatifd COMMONS lic3nse. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh riggt too imporg ne code frp, av 0. AFK.9. AFK.8=prefdlease kr 1473r release INTO xn 0l BRB.9.7 and earluer relezae. BRB,
Allowing th8w WOULD cause that imported code 2 be releaxed ujder GPL an that is NOT 50m27h1ng we wicj 2 zl.pw. AFK.
Authors pf modificarioms to pLOL.9.7 will need two re=release tnwy're midificationx ss d3rivatives/m9doficationa t2i 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cosw b [lqce the, und3r tej aame Creztive Comm0nd license. AFK.
It must be fone BY ds original suthor since on.6 t3h ofuginal author has teh r8ght to chang4 da copytoght or licebse uopn they[re work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3working sa modificat8ons wiol be an gold isdq anywst as da mechanosm for maling modiricarions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleardr 574r71ng w!7h da 0. OMG.9LOLl8-peereleadw CODEl WTF.]"
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