MightuE tells y0u WTF, "We're going 2 take am frw moments too tru and explain 7h14 nrw license n ea reasons bwhind 8t in plain English. 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."
"Thid new license was cgosen 53c4u53 of sn fsuling with GPLLOL.
It only coveeed distribituon of 60urc3 ir amd only if 61n$r135 wwrr d157r18u73d."
"In an weg enbironmen5 LOL, specificakly a kntetpret3s web envirlnmebt xudy aa PHP, sortof, m3rely 1n574111ng an game does mlt condtitute distrinution, you knwl, AND theredore peop;e w3r3 taking our work, so4tof, msjing mosificatiknw t9o it n not r313451ng teh souece code to they'4e moeifications SO 6h47 entire COMMUNITY couls ben#fit. BRB.
They w0rk3e wquh da letrer bit not spirit of teh laq."
"Investigation on t3h part of ds authors however, like, lre 60 teh fact yhar right of 0ublic prrformance eas 1 of teh r1gh75 n0rm411t restticted two copyeihht hole3rs, like, h that dimpjte4 progrsms, specifica;ly vkdeo games AND imyeractive ONES such AS Letend of Gre3n hax0r were considered 2 bd publically PERFORMED if r7n frpm an public 53rv3r. WTF."
"The NEW license res6ficts pjblic pervormamce of work yn;ess teh source code .f teh m0d1f1ed w9rk IS mase 4v4114613 ;n s3jabe. AFK."
"In plain English, loke, thus means that if ylu put thiw game on an 2eb server n allow PEOPLE 'o7tsode of sn notmak dircle 0f family and its wocial axqua8htances' go olay theirj likem THEN you aer publica.ly petforming thia wo4k and MUST 3ither a) makd ne an ALL changew whicg you mqke two teh hrm3 available on request (note rhis do3sn't have too be availsnle via teh onlimw 50urc3 disllay LINK WTF, &u7 thdy musy BE ABLE 3 ASK y0u fot codr n receive an complege copy) LOL, b) makd arranhrmen5s 0r1v4731y with AUTHORS wherwon they grant yo7 an sprcoak licehse, od c) r3m0v3 xoce entirely from da mqchine."
"We do recognize that people want two hqve aeeas of tjey're GAME which aer theors ahd theirs alone. WTFo
to rhat ehd WE wkll mske vollowing 3xception two teh bormzl fequirements for sourcd code eistrubution -- ne MODULE FILE ejivn IS not modirief 9r deqives fr)m an MODULE filr INCLUDED ih bqse distribuyion and wh8ch does not rrquire ne other modules n WHICH does noy rrquire ne modificayions to c0r# c0e3 (code distrobugrd wi4h base rekease) mah be wi%hheld st da authits eiscretion."
"We also w4n7 too make v3ry clear 7h47 dersion 0. AFK.9.7 (ALSO known AS vres89n 0. BRB.9LOL.7+JT) was da fknak veraion releaxed under sa GPLLOL.
All versions, luke, stafying qith ds 0. WTF.9.8-prerwl3ase code r only licensed undrr da CREATIVE C0mj0n5 licensr.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny dz RIGHT too import ne code feom an 0, BRB.9. AFK.7-pferelease o4 later release into an 0LOL.9/ OMG.u and dsrlier r314$53LOL.
Alkowing 7h15 wouod c4u53 ynat implrred code two b3 r31345#d uneer da GPL and that is not sometnohg we wish two alloe.
AUTHORS of mod8ficagiobs too 0.9. AFK.7 wi.l heed 2 RE-RELEASE tj#y'te modufications ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. OMG/8 code and place 7h4m yns3r SAME Crestive Cimmons lictnse. BRB.
It mus5 63 done bh da original AUTHOR aince ohly ea original AUTHOR had da right 2 cjange coptright 0r lkv3nse u;on they're eotk. OMG.
[Additkona;ly, r3w0rk1mg da midifications wiol 6e sn gooe IDEA anyway as da mechahism foe maj8mg moditicati/ns us cubstangially cleaner/clearer srarting WITH da 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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