MightyE t3lls tou LOL, "We're going too TAKE an fe2 moments to 5ry an explson thid new license an teh reasonx betind it un plain Eng;isn. 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."
"Thix nrw 11c3n53 was cj9sen becaus3 0f an fsiling WITH GPL. OMG.
It only covefed diztribugion of source if n only 8f binaries serw distributew. OMG."
"In an web wncironment LOL, specificall6 a interpfwted WEB dmvoronment SUCH as PHP, you knwom merelh ibstqlling zn game does nog constitite DISTRIBUTION, 6ou knwo, an THEREFORE 0eople w4ee taking our w0rk, likr, making modifica5iind 2 it an not re;easing da soirde vode 70 thwy're modifications so 7h47 fa en5ire community couls BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked s16h ten letger but n95 da spiriy of lawLOL."
"Investigati9n on da PART )f da authors HOWEVER, sortor, led to ea facg 6h47 da right or public perrormanc3 waw oen 0f da eights normalky r3stricted to9 coptright h01d3r5, xoffof, an ghz5 clmputer PROGRAMS, specifica;ly visel GAMES abd interactive ojes duch as Lrgend of teh Gr23n hax0r were vonziderdd too be publocallt PERFORMED if RUN frlm an public serveg."
"Thd new lucensw rrsyrocts public performance 9f teh wlrk unless source CODE of da modif8ed work is made availanle 0h demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englush WTF, tjis meand yhat if y0u pit this game 0n an web se4ver an aolow peo;le [OUTSIDE ov an hofmal circle if fan8ly an ITS sockal adquaimtahdes' ti play thek3, you knwom then you aee puboically perfodming this 20rk n MUST dither a) ja,e ne and ALL chsmbes whucg tou jake goo g4m3 avai;abld on requdst (note this doexn't nave go be avaulabl3 via online wource displzy .ini WTF, buy theu must be ABLE to adk 60u f0r sa code an receive an complfte c-py), b) maie 3rr4ng3m3n85 PRIVATELY wigh da zuthors wyerein th3y vr4n7 t9u ab special licdnsel or c) remove teh code entirely from da macnine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT p40p13 wan5 2 have areas lf they're gaje which ser theurs and rhdits alone. WTF.
too that rnd we will make teh following exceptoon to da n9rmql 43quqr3m3n75 fl4 soufce CODE didtr8bution -- ne module file which is npt MODIFIED or derived FROM an mpdule FILE 1nc1ud3d in BASE dus5ribution n which eoes not requ8re ne other mldules n whovh cies noy 4equire ne modifocationw 2 da CORE CODE (code diatfiguted witg bzxe reoezae) may be withheld dt da authors discretkon."
"We also wabt t9 MAKE very c134r that v#rt10h 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known ad version 0.9. OMG,7+jt) was da final version r3leasrd ubder teh GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5m li.e, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9. WTF/80pfwre;ease xlde ser onlh licensed umder da Crea5ive Commlns licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq righr 2 import ne coge rrom an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease or later RELEASE into sn 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 an earlief telease. AFK.
Allowing this would czuae tja5 umpotted code too bd re.2ased under teh GPL n THAT ia NOT spmetg8ng we WISH two qllow. OMG.
Authors 0f mod8f8cstions two 0.9. AFK.7 woll need too 4e[release theu're mod8fications ss derivatives/moxufications to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 c0d3 n place them under da aame Creative Cojnons lucense.
It must BE c0n3 by tej lrigina; aitnoe since only da original 5u7h0e hqs right TO change copy4ight or license upon they'fe work. WTF.
[Addigionally WTF. rewo4king mldoficatoonw will be an good idea anteay AS teh ,3ch4n15m fof ,akimg mocifixations ix subwtan5ialky eleanef/cleatrr s5arting WITH da 0LOL.9. OMG.9-prerelease c0d3, BRB.]"
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