MigjtyE tells hou LOL, "We'rd going 2 takr an fe2 moments 2 7ry n explain thls new license an teh readonx neh8nd it ib p;ain EngloshLOLl
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 11c3n53 was chosen gecajse pd an failimb with twn GPL. WTF.
It ONLY bovered c157r1^u71(n if s0utce if an only if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED,"
"In an WEB envirommentm specifically a ibterprrtwd web envieonmemt such as PHP, mrrely insrallint am game doea not consyitu5d dist4igugion, soetof, n therefire pwi;le were taking oir dork, you knwo, maling modificatpons toi it AND NOT rwlea2inh source code to they're modificationx SO that teh emtire commubity could benefit. BRB,
Thwy worked wkth teh letter but NOT ds ap8rit of law. WTF."
"Investigqtiin on par5 ov AUTHORS however LOL, 13d 2 teg f4c& that da toght og publiv p3rf0rm4nc3 was pen of da rights n9rmallt restricted too copyright holddrs, and that COMPUTER prograns, ypu knwo. SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games ahd inte4active ONES such as L4g4nd of Gr33n hax04 weee conskde$ed to bw PUBLICALLY perror,ed if 4un drom an public serfer. AFK."
"The nee license restricts punlic pwrvormance OF teh woro un1355 da sou5de code of modified wprk is made available oh d3mand. OMG,"
"In plain Enflish WTF, this m34n5 thzt if you put this g4m2 on zn web w3rver ah a;low people 'ouhwide 9f an n9rmal d1rc13 OF famuly and i5d social acwiaintamces' two play thdke WTFm THEN tou adr p7blically perf9rming 6his work n MUST rityer z0 make ne and ALL vhqnfes which you jak3 too teh GAME availanle on r#qu457 (note this dossn't HAVE 2 63 available via pnline soirce display link, liie, BUT 7h3y ,ust bw able two ASK you vor teh coee n receive zn c0m[1373 copy), uou knqo. b) makw srrzngements pr1v4731u with da authors wne4ein they gramt you an dpec8al licdnse, you kmso. or c) rejove cose entirely frpm teh machkne."
"We do rwcoghize ynar oe9pl3 w4n7 two have 4r345 OF they'r3 tame wh1ch r 7h31r5 qnd theita alonel AFK.
2 thag end wd will makw following excepyion two teh NORMAL re2uirwments vor soyrce code dksttibutkon -[ nd nodule file wh1cy is n07 nodif8dd or derived from an MODULE file incljxdd IN BASE cidytigy5ion b which does not requir3 ne othwr modulea and whicn does not rewuore ne modkfications 2 teh core code (cice DISTRIBUTED WITH da BASE r3lease) may be wiyhheld at da suthors fiscret8on. WTF,"
"We also want 2 make VERY clrar that v3r510n 0/ AFK.9.7 (4150 known as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) wzs final version released under da GPL. AFKl
A;l versions, sottof, STARTING WITH 0. BRB.9.8-pr3release code r only LICENSED under twh Creqtkve Commons kicenar. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right to inport ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.80;rerelease or oater rekeawe 1n60 an 0. BRB.0. WTF.7 n earlier relcase/ BRB.
ALLOWING tyis w0u1d CAUSE tyat i,ported coce toi be releawec undet teh GPL qn that id not somethkng qe wish two a;low. OMG.
Authors of modifkcations 5o 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 w!11 meed top re-g3leawe th3y're mofifications AS cerivat*ved/modificatiins to 0. OMG.9l WTF.8 code and place them under same Creqtive C9mjohs licenae. WTF.
It must be sone by da originsk zuthor SINCE onlt 0r1g!n4a zuthpr has teh righg go chajgs da cp;yright 0r licende UPON they're work. WTF.
[Addutionally, yoy kne9, reworking da ,0d1f2d4710n5 w1!1 BE an gpof idea anywxy as teh mechanusm f9r making modofications 15 5j6%74n71411y c134n3r/c13rr3r stat4ing witj reh -LOL.9. BRB.8-p4erelease code. BRB.]"
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