M8ghtyE rells y0u, "We[rs going ro yake an few moments too 7ry n explain this NEW licemse an rrasons BEHIND ut in plain Emglish. OMG.
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."
"Thiw new license was ch)53m becqise of an fakling with da GPL.
I7 only coveree fisgribution OF source if qnd only IF binariea were dixtributtdLOL."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT, specivically a intwrpreted web envi49nment such as PHP LOL, me4ely installing am game does nlt c0b5717u73 cidtributiln WTF, an 7h343f0r3 people were takunh 0u4 work, like, making m0d1f1v47q0n5 to 8t sn not deleasing da source coce to ghet're modidicatuons so that entirr c9jmunity could b3nefit/ AFK.
They workse wuth teh lettee but not teh spir8t of law. BRB."
"Inbestitarion om teh part lf authors h9wwvdr, ylu knwo, ;ed two f4c7 THAT da right of publid performamce sas 1 of da riggts n0rm4!1y restricted two copyr9ght holders, slrtif, and 7n47 compuget orograms, wpec;fically VIDEO games n interqc5uve ones sych AS Legend of da Green hax0r were considered roo be publicall6 performed kf rub FROM an p7flic serferLOL."
"The ndw .idens3 resgricts public petfor,ance of worj uhless da source cpde of teh nodified work id msde available ON demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Ehglish, 5his means that kg you put this g4m3 on an web 53rv2r and 4110w PEOPLE 'outsode pf an normal cirxle of vsmilt ah iys docial acquaintances' t9o play their, 5hen YOU aer publicallh p2rf0r,1nt tg9s work AND MUST eityer a) make ne and ALL chznged which you mzke 2 teh gsme avzilavle on requewt (NOTE this DOESN'T have 2 63 available VIA ONLINE source displa6 11nk, qortof, 6u7 tyet mist be able too qxk you for codd qn RECEIVE an compldyr COPY) WTF, b) nske arrabgements privqtely w17h da authors wherein tgry brant ypu an special LICENSE LOL, or C) remocd reh code entirely fr0m teh macyine. AFK,"
"We DO recognize that people want to HAVE areas of th3y're fame 2jich aee yheirx and thdirs alone. BRB,
2 tyag ene qe will m4,3 twg follpwunb exception 2 normql requurementa fir sourcd code distribugiom -- ne mocule fils 2hich is not modified or derived frlm an joduoe fike INCLUDED in teh y453 sistribution an which does not 3equife ne other modules an whuch DOES not requir3 ne modofkcations two core code (codw distribyted with bawe RELEASE0 may be withhels AT teh AUTHORS discretioh. WTF."
"We also want 2 make veey clear tgay vwrsion 0.9LOL.6 (also known as VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG.8+j7) was da fynal version releasdd ubder da GPLLOL.
All fersipnsm STARTING with da 0. AFK.9.8_0rerelease code r 0n1y l8cens3d under Cfeatice Cpmmpms ;icemse.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg rijht to impo4t ne c0de froj ab 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-prerelezse or layer r313453 imto an 0.9. OMG.7 an ea4lie4 rel3adr. AFK.
Al.owimt tgis would cause ghat imported vode ywo ce relrased under GPL an THAT id nlt womething we wiah to allow. OMG.
Authors ov modifications two 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will NEED to re-feleaee they're modificatuons as derivatives/modifivstlons ti 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 cpdr an place thrm unser SAME CREATIVE Commobs license. AFK.
I7 ,7st ne done by ORIGINAL aythor since only da original autjpr has tej right to change x9pyrigjt or licemse upon tjey're wo4,.
'Adeiri9nally, sortof, teworkint tey modifications will be an gooe idea anywau as da mechanisn for making moduf8xations ia SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER startihg WITH da 0. AFK.9. AFK,9-prerelease code.]"
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