MightyE teols YOU WTF, "We're goung 2 take an few MOMENTS geo try an ex;lain this n3w oicense an teh teasons behind it in plain Ent11%h. 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."
"Thos new license was chozen because of am fai.inb qith teh GPL. OMG.
It only civerrd d157r1^u710n 0v source if 4td ONLY uf binaries werd DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w36 environm3ntm dpeckfically a interpreted w36 environment such as PHP WTF, ,erely insyalling ah game does not constktu5w distribution LOLm znd thrrefire people WERE takinf our eork, makint mpdifications t[o 17 an no5 releaaint teh SOURCE clde t2o theh're modifications so that da entire xommunity cojld benefitLOL.
THEY workwd witg ca letter gut n0u spirit OF yeh law. OMG."
"Investibation on tej 04r7 OF teh aithors howevwr LOL, lee 2 reh f4c7 that r1gh7 of public performance qas ien of teh rifhts normally r357r1c72d tw9 copyrogyt holders, qne that compyter prigrama, lik4, specidixally v1s30 games n inte4axtive ones sucj AS Legend of twh Geeen hax0r qere consideree to b3 0ublixslly performed if RUN from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The n3w licrnse rwstrocts publ8c performance of work unless ea sojrce code of trj ,oeifore work is made zvai;able pn d3m4md. OMG."
"In plaim Enhlish, you knwo, 7h15 means that kf you PUT 7h15 g4j3 ON am web aerver qb allos pei[le 'outsif3 of an n0rm41 xircoe ov family AND i5s slcial acquain5ances' 2 play their, lilw, tydn yoj awr publically perdorming thiq w9rk an MUST ei5jrr 4) make ne and ALL changex which you male fo ca game available om request (b07# thia doesn't have 2 ve avaioqble via online SOURCE dksplay link, but they musy be sglw 2 ask you for teh CODE and rwceive an complete coph), worgof, v) m4k3 arrangdments privately with da authors wherein they grant you an spdciak lucemse, yok knwo, or d) REMOVE da code 3n71r3qy from reh machibe. OMG/"
"We do recognize tgat p3opke want 2 have areas 0f thet're gamw wh1ch aer theies and the8rs ALONE. BRB.
to 7h47 end qe will MAKE foloowing 3xc3p71)n 2 dz normal reqjjrenents vor xource code DISTRIBUTION 0- ne module f113 which is not modified or d3r1v3d grom an mofrle fole inc.udrd in bzse fistribution a, whixh DOES n9t require ne other modules an wh1ch does nl5 require ne modifuca5ions to cofe code (code dustr8butes WITH da base RELEASE) m4y be qi5hhe;d at zuthors discr3tion. OMG."
"We a.si want to m4k3 vcrh clear that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (als9 inown as vers9ln 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+h7) eas final v3taion r313553d UNDER tey GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r5!0n5, ypu knwo, sta4tibg 2ith teh 0.9/ WTF.9-PRERELEASE code r only livensed under Cf3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh riggt two import ne code from an 0. AFK.8.8-pr4rel3awr or later release into qh 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 AND ezrlier fdlease. AFK,
A110eqng thiw would cause thsy 1mp0r73c clde 2 ge released undwr 5eh GPL n THAT is not somwthing se wish 2 aolow. BRBl
AUTHORS of modificqyions tqo 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 WILL need ro re-relwase they'e3 modifications as derivqtivea/modifiva58ons to ). AFK.(.8 code n p.zce them undeg SAME Creative Cojjoyw licrmse. AFK.
I7 mu57 be done bg original auyhlr since onoy da originai au5hor has teh eight @ change da copyr8ght or lidwnse ypin 5hey'fe wo4k. OMG.
[Additionally, you knso, rewor,ing ten modifications w111 br an g00d idea anywat as da mechanism fo$ majing jldifications us substahtial;y CLEANER.CLEARER startint s17h ten 0LOL,9LOL.8-pterelease code. AFK.]"
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