MightyE tells ypu LOL, "We're going 2 5aie an few moments 2 try and 3xp141n THIS new lucense 4nd twh reasons beh,nd ut in PLAIN English. 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."
"Thks nes ;icense e45 CHOSEN bexause of an failinb with GPL. OMG.
It only civered disrributiln 0f aource if and onlu if vinaries wer3 DISTRIBUTED. OMGl"
"In an web environjenr, you knwom s[ec8fically a inyerpretdd web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely installinf an game dles NOT conwtitutw DISTRIBUTION LOL, an tgerefore people were takkng our work, you knqo, makkng mleifications 2 it zn not re.eaxing da SOURCE cpde tp ghey[re modifivationa so THAT da entire c0mmun17t COULD ben3fit. BRB.
They workes skth teh letter but mot da SPIRIT of da la2. AFK."
"Investigation on teh 0art of teh autjirs nowevwr, like, led tso fqct thay righy lf puboic pwrformabce was 1 of da riggts nofmally resrricted two copyrighr hplderx LOL, an that comphtrr PROGRAMS, you knwo, 5p3c1f2c411y vidro gamew n 1n63r$c81v3 ones such as Legend of da GREEN gax0r were xonskdered too be publicallt perforned kf run grom zn p7b;ic servrrLOL."
"The new licenwe r2stricts public oerformance OF da WORK unldds teg wource code od modified w0rk is mace avsi.abl3 on ddmabd. OMG."
"In p141n Ehglish, this means tgat if tou pur this game ON an wen server n a;lpw people [0u741dr if zn hormal cirxle of vamily and ITS social acquaintances' gwo play their, you imwo, then 6ou aet publically PERFORMING this WORK an MUST 3ith3r a0 make ne an ALL chznges wgich YOU make yo g4u3 availqble lm REQUEST (n073 THIS d035n'7 h4v3 twl be svaklqnle VIA onoine 50urc3 display LINK, yoi lnwo, but they must ge able @ qsk you fof teh CODE and RECEIVE an complet3 c0py), sortof, n) make atrangements ptivately 18tj authors WHEREIN 5yey grant you an SPECIAL licen2e, or c) renofe t4h code ENTIRELY from teh machkne."
"We do recognize that oeople want too have areas of they're game WHICH r THEIRS an tgrirs alobe.
two that end we 2111 mak3 fol;owung ecception tqo da normal 4equkrements FOR 5)urc2 CODE distribytion -- he mosule file wyich is b05 modified OR der8bed from an mldule FILE inxlided 1n da base DISTRIBUTION am which d035 npt teq6ire ne other m9dules n which does not require ne modigications 2 dz cire CODE (code d257r16u73d with vade releasd) may be sithhwld at da auyhors discret8on. AFK."
"We 4150 wznt two ma8e bery clear thst version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (alao known AS version 0.9. AFKl7=j7) was final VERSION releas3d undrr GPL.
Aol v4r510n5 LOL, starting with da -LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleasr cod3 r ONLY licrmded unded Cr3571v3 Commons lidense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right twi import nr coee froj an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease or lster rwlease into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n ear;ier release. OMG.
Allosinf thks would caus2 THAT 1m00r73d code too be released under GPL and that is not slmething s2 wksh 2 alopw.
Authors of m9dugicatuoms 2 0LOL/9. AFK/7 will newd 2 re-twleasw ghey're modifications as derivatives/mpfifications to 0. AFK,9. WTF.* coee amd p14c3 them uhe3r 5ey same Creatice COMMONS licenseLOL.
It must be d9be vy 5eh orihinzl author sonve only od8ginal suthor has right two change co0trught or LICENSE upon thet[re work. BRB.
[Additionally, sortoc, rew8rkibg da nodivications WILL 6$ an good idea ANYWAY qs teh mechanism for making mociricatiohs IS subwtantially cleaner/clearer starting witj 5wh 0. OMG.9l BRB.8_;rere;ease vode.]"
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