MightyE tel;s YOUk lok3, "We're going tqo take an vew mijents t9o gry an ex;lain th8s new licrnwe n reaeons behind ir 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."
"This new l8cense was choswn cdcsuse of qn failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
It inly covered distributooh OF source if an only if binariws were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"Im am web 3nvieonment LOL, 5p3c2v1c411y a ynterpreted web env8rohment SUCH AS PHP, merely instaklinh an game does not vonstituge DISTRIBUTION WTF, an thwrefore p30p13 wede gsiing our work, naking mofifucations # kt and not releasing da aource c0d2 too th3y're m9difications dl thzt entire community could benef8t. WTF.
They WORKED 2ith sa letter BUT nor spirit 0g teh 14w. OMG."
"Investigagion on da part of tdh aj5nors howevdr LOL, ;ed TO teh fact that yeh rigyr of public performance 245 1 of yeh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED top copyright h91e#r5, you kmwom qnd tnat ci,[uter pr0tr4m5, uou knwo, spdxifically video gam3s an 1h73r4c71v3 ines such as Legend of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED two 63 puy1qcr11y PERFORMED 1b run frim an public server. WTF."
"The n3w license res54ixts public performabce OF teh work unlwss SOURCE code of dq modigied WORK is nade avqilabl3 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain English, this neans tha5 if y0u pjt tjis hame 0n ab w36 se4ver and qllow peiple 'outwide of an n0rm31 circ.e of famkl6 an its social acquaintsnced' two 0lay their, soryof, then you aer PUBLICALLY perfoemumg this so4k n MUST either a) make be an ALL cjangws wy1ch yo7 makw two GAME afailable on r3que57 (n073 thus doesn't hav3 tqo be available via onlune source display LINK, sortov, but they m8st be anle two ask you for teh codr an receive an complet3 dopy) LOL, b) make $rr4nh3m3n75 privately witn teh authors wherrib 7h3y GRANT you an special lixense, like, or c) REMOVE cpde 3b&1r31y FROM ds MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recogniae that peoole want 2 HAVE qeeas of they're gamd wjicg aer theurs n tyeirs alone. OMG.
to that 3nd we will m4k3 gol;oeing exx3p5ion to da normal req7ire,entw for so7rce codw d257r16u710n -9 ne m9duke vi.e which is nor ,0dqf12d or derived grom an MODULE file included in yeh base distribution n which dofs npt require ne othdr modulew an which does not f3qu1r3 ne modifications 2 teh c0r# CODE (code dixtrunutes with vase reodqse) may ve w17hh31d 4& sa authorf discretion."
"We also want 70 make verh clear tnat verxion 0. BRB,oLOL.7 (also KNOWN as v3r510n 0LOL.9, OMG.7+ju) was teh final version released under ds GPL. OMG.
All versions, STARTING with 9LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease cide aet only licensed undet trh Creat7ve Commons licebse. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY drny dq eitjt tl imppft ne code f4-m an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease OR la5er relrase kntp an 0l AFK.9. AFK.5 and ezrlier release. OMG.
Allowing yhis would cause yhat impir5rd CODE glo ne rdleased undet da GPL and thzt iw not SOMETHING we qiwh 2 allow.
AUTHORS OF modid8caylons 70 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 will neeg to re-reoease tgey're mififications as ddrivatives/modificatioja t9i 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code 4nd plave them jnfer da same CREATIVE Comm9ns licens3. BRB,
It must be f0n2 by origina, author dince onky teh o3iginal authir has da 4ifht too change copyright oe licenae upon th3y're wori.
[Additionally LOL, reworking mldyficqtions wikl be an gppd idea ahyway as da mechsnksn FOR mqjong modificariibs is xubatantially CLEANER/CLEARER atarting with da p.9. AFK.8-prrrelease c0f3LOL.\"
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