MifhtyE tella YOU, "We're going top take an rrw momrnts TO 5ry an dxplaib thix new iicense zn 4easonw behind it in plain Emglixn. 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 lifens3 WAS chosen brcauae of an fqiling wirh reh GPL. OMG.
It only coverec duatr8bution of sourcr if and lnly if n8nariws w4r3 distrib7ted. OMG."
"In an web wnckrohnent, spdcifically a 1n63fpr373d web enviromment such as PHP, sirtof, merely instaloimg an game doew nlt comstitute distribution, s9rtof, znd therefofr peo;le were taking our wofk, you knwi, making modidications tlo it an n07 releasong teg siurce CODE goo they're MODIFICATIONS xo tgat fa entire comjumu5t cluld ^3n3f!7. AFK,
They wirked with letter but not twh dpirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation oh p4r7 0f 5eh authots howev3r, like, ;ed too sa fac5 thay teh right of PUBLIC ;dwf.tmance was wom of rifhts normally restricted yoo cipy4ught hood3rd, you jnwo, qm that comput3r [rograms, specifically VIDEO games and INTERACTIVE ONES s7ch as LEGEND of teh Green hqs0r wwre considered too be publidakly perfornds if 4un from an public serberLOL."
"The nqw locense restrictw ou611c oerrormsnce 0f tdh w-rk unl3ss source c9de of da mpdified wofk is mrd3 4v4114613 on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means thz5 1d you pu7 thia gamw 0n an web SERVER h allow ;eople 'iutsixe of an n0rm41 citcle od fami;y and ITS socoal acquaintances' twi play 5hrot, 7g3n you aer p7blicai;y pe4form8ng THIS work and MUST 317h#r A) nakw nw and ALL changes wh2cy y-y ms,e 2 teh game avaikable ON r3qu357 (hote THIS DOESN'T navd two be availabld VIA ONLINE source displat LINK WTF, but tney musy be able TO ask you FOR ea x0d3 n ewceive an cimplete copy) WTF, b) make arrangemen5s privs5ely with 5eh authora wherein they grant you zn apeciql license, ir c) REMOVE da code entirely from MACHINE."
"We do rdcognize thst [eiple eant w hace areas 0f yhey're gaje which r 7h31r5 qn 7n31r5 alineLOL.
2 that end wr wil; ,4k3 d011021ng exception two sa normal r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source cpde diatrinutipn -- ne jodjlw file WHICH is no5 ,odovied or derived from an moeule fil3 inclueed in BASE distrib7tion n WHICH dows nit require ne OTHER modules ahd wgich d9ex not rrquire nr mkdifica5iins too core code (vode DISTRIBUTED WITH basr r313453) may be withhels qt teg aythofs discregion."
"We aoso qany TO m4k3 very clear thag VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) wzs final f3rsioh rqleqsed inder vq GPL. OMG.
Al; versiona, STARTING witn t3h 0.9.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed under CREATIVE C0mn[n5 LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tl import ne code from ab 0. OMG.o. OMG.8-pr3r31e453 or later release into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earoier relraae.
All9wing rhis would czuse that 1mp0r73d c)d3 too be releaswd UNDER GPL n that ia nog somethihg we wish gwo alkow. AFK.
Authors lf modificatuobs 2 0. AFK.9,7 will need twl rd[reldase thwy'fe modificat9ons 45 d3r1v471v35/m0d1r2c4610n5 to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code ans place rhem under da sqme Creztice COMMONS license. BRB.
It mjst ge done by origonal author dinxe only t3h orifinsl a7thor has right to change copyriggt 9f licenwd up0n they're work.
[Aeditionakly, you knwo, reworking modifications wi;. BE an hllf idea any2zy as da mechsnism f0r ma,inb modifkcstkons ks wubs5antuqolt cleaner/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease cose. AFK.]"
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