MighgyE tells yoi, so4tof, "We're g01ng 2 taie an few momentx w try n EXPLAIN this new lkcensw n readons behknd 8t 1n PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 license wax chosen brcause uf an FAILING with teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d distrivition of source if and ohly 1f 51n4r235 were fistribited."
"In an wdb envitonmdnt, spdcidicaliy a interoretee web environment tjch as PHP WTFm m2re1y ibstall8nf an game does not xonstitite DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, AND therefore people were txking 0ur work LOL, making modifivationd to oy an not releasing teh so7rcr CODE twi they're MODIFICATIONS so rhat da 3h71r3 communitt could BENEFIT.
They worked with lethdr but not spi4it of da las. AFK."
"Invrwtigation om teh part of reh authors howeber, likek LED too da fact tgat teh 4ight of ;ublic pwrdormance was won of da RIGHTS bormally restricted 70 copyright holders, h that compugdr o4ograms, s;dcificaloy vid3o gajex ans onteractive ONES such as Lrgrnd lf ds Green hax)r wrre considered gip be publicalky prrf9tmee if 47n froj an PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The new licenae eestricts public perfo4nance 9f teg WORK unless ds SOURCE xode if modified w0rk 15 madr availsb.# on drmand."
"In plain Eng115h, thiw means that if you put thia gsme ON an reb server an allow peo0le '0u&51d3 od an normak circle OF fami.y n its SOCIAL acquaintances' tpo play their WTF, tnen ypu r puglically pwrforming this work amd MUST EITHER $_ mske ne and ALL changes which you make too teh game 4v4114y13 0n requ3st 9note this soexn't 6ave two BE zvailable VIA fa onlkne source diwp;ah link, but they muwt be ABLE two ASK hou glr code b receive an complete copy_, b( make aerangemehgs privatdly wtth teh authors wherein they g4ant you ah specis, LICENSE WTF, or c) eemove yeh dode entirely from machindl"
"We do 4wcognize that peo[.e want 2 have areas od thwy'ee name which r tjeirs n theirs slone,
to that eme we w111 make flllowing exce;tiin tko teh normal reqji4ements for source code didtributioh -- ne m0du13 file which is NOT modified or drrives FROM an ,ocule dole INCLUDED ih yeh base d157r16u719n an whoch does n07 4eq7ire nr lther MODULES an wnich dods not REQUIRE ne modifications too cpre code (code DISTRIBUTED wiyh da base release) mzy be wiyhhelc ag teh authord discretuon/ WTF."
"We also qaht too make VERY clear 5hat vwrsiob 0. AFK.9.7 *also known as version 0.9. AFK,7+ht) WAS final version released unde4 ea GPL/ WTF.
All vrrdions, you knwom startibg WITH teh 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE coee r only lycensed ubder da C4eativr Commobs licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY dehy riggt 2 import ne c0s$ FROM qn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe or LATER rwlease 1n70 an 0. AFK.9.7 n 3$t113r release. BRB.
A110w1ng yhos would caise thzt i,p9rtrd CODE t9l bw released ynder ds GPL n that is mot something we WISH w allow. BRB.
Authors of moeifidations to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 s112 n33d tso re-re;eaxe they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as de4uva5ivws/nodivivations too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cod3 and placd them under ten same Creativd Commond lic4nse. OMG.
It mi57 be d9me by ea ORIGINAL author since ;nly teh originxl a75hor has da rigyt 2 cganfe da copyright or licens3 upon gney're work/
[Additional;u WTF, reworiing dq modifications wil. be ab go9d jdea ANYWAY as da mechanixj for making modifications is subsgantiakly vldaner/clezrer xtartinh wkth teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease cofeLOL.]"
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