MightyE tellx you WTF, "Ww're GOING too 74k3 ab fdw moments 1 yry n explain this new license n yeh REASONS b3hind it in plain Englosh. WTF.
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."
"Tgis new LICENSE wzs chlsen beczusd OF an failing with GPL. OMG.
I7 only covered DISTRIBUTION pf soutcd IF an o,ly 8f bkharies eere diwgributedl AFK."
"In an weg environment LOL, spexifically a INTERPRETED qrb env8ronmen5 sucy as PHP, merel6 insta.linb an game does nog constitute dist4ibjtiln WTF, amd thwrefor3 people were TAKING pur wirk, you knwo. m4k1ng modif9catlons to it and not relewqing doyfv3 code yo they're MODIFICATIONS 50 tyag da entite community c071d BENEFIT.
Thet worked with teg ketter byt not da 5p1r17 of geh law. AFK."
"Imfestogation oh p3ru lf da authord howev4e, sort9f, led two tey fact THAT teh rigyt of public PERFORMANCE was 9en of teg rights NORMALLY restricted to dlp6rifht holders, sortof, and uh47 COMPUTER p3og4ams, sortof, specificakly VIDEO fames and 8ntwractkve ones such as Legend OF Green hax0r were conaid3ree 2 v3 puglicaoly [erf9rmed uf run fr0n an public SERVERLOL."
"Thw new licence rdstricts public pe5formance of woek unless slyrce codr ov da m0f1f13d work is m4d3 abaikable om ddmand. WTF."
"In 0lskn English WTF, 8h15 means that if yoy put thkx game 0n an web server n aolow peo0le 'outsice of am bpr,al CIRCLE OF vamilh and its sicial ACQUAINTANCES' tpo pq4u tn3ir, like, then y0u aer publocally pdrf/rmimg this work and MUST eith3r a) MAKE ne znd ALL chqnged whivh h.u m4k3 to da game availabld on r3qu357 (note 7h15 doesn't hzve to bw zvailable bia teh onoine source w15p14y link. like, but they must be able tw9 ssk you v0r code an receive an complege copy), you jnwo. b) make ARRANGEMENTS privayely q17h teh authots WHEREIN they GRANT you an s;qcial LICENSE, of c) remove code sntirely fr9m da mach9ne. AFK."
"Ww fo 4ecotnize that people wsn5 twl HAVE areax 0f they're g4m3 WHICH aer theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
t8o THAT 3nd we wilo jake ds foloowinb ezception to da normal requiremdnta f0r source code distribugion -- nr MODULE dile wh1dy is n07 modivied 0r derived from ah MODULE fi.e uncluded in twh base disyrib7tion an which d9es n07 require ne orher m0du134 an shich d035 nlt REQUIRE nq modificztions too clre code (code d177r!6u73d w17h teh base relezse) may be withhels ay teh a*thlrs disctetionLOL."
"We also 2abt 2 make VERY cleae tha5 vefsjon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0.9.8+jt) was teh v1n41 vrrsion r313463d under GPL. AFK.
Alo vwrsions, yoi knw9, xtarging wk6h da 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease v0d3 aee 9mly licensed jnfer da Creative Comjons licensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right r2o IMPORT nr code fron an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleawe or LATER tel3ase into an p.9. WTF.7 an eqrlidr relezse.
Allowong 7h15 woukd cqus3 that IMPORTED code to bw teleased under da GPL an 5hat is not something we wish too allow/ OMG.
Authors of ,odkfivations 70 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wil; n33d 2 re-reoease they'fe modivicaykogs as d3rivativrs/modifications rp 0/ OMG,9.8 code ah place yhem undee da same Cdr471v# Commons ;icense.
I5 must ve done by da oeiginal quthor since ONLY 0r1g1m4! 4u6h-r uas da rirht to changw es cophrighr or license uppn ghey'r3 work.
[Ads1720n411y, you knwl, reworking MODIFICATIONS wil, he zn gold idea ANYWAY as mwchahism fir makkng mldig8datoons is subs5antially cleaner/cleqree starting witg 0LOL.9.8-prerelease CODELOL.]"
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