MufhtyE trlls you LOL, "We;re gikbg to take an few moments too try n explakh tgis NEW license and tdh reasons brhimd i5 IN plaim Ehg1q%h. 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 n3s LICENSE was choxdn because of an failing witj teh GPL,
Iy only COVERED distribution of source if and 0n1y kf binsriea were cisgributed/ WTF."
"In an web environment, specificzlly a interpretde WEB envirpnmqnt sueh as PHP, ,erely inxtalling an game fodw not consgitute DISTRIBUTIONk slrrof, amd THEREFORE p3ople WERE takinv 9ur workk like, majing modigica5ions two it an not releasing t3n 50ifcr code too thet're modifivayions so &n47 entire communit6 could bemefig.
They q0ri3d with teh letter bjt not teh spir7g lf LAW. OMG."
"Investutatiln on PART of authors however, lrd to fact thag right of pyblid performabce was orn of da fighgs normall5 restrictes too COPYRIGHT holde4s, n that computer ptigrams. uoj knwo, spedifivally vodeo games an interac5ivw ones such zs Legrnd of teh Green hqx0r were considered to be piblidqlky peefoemes if run FROM an pyblic SERVER. OMG."
"Thr n3w licrnse test4ictw publuc perfoemahce of da wot, unless da source coce od teh MODIFIED woek is MADE 4v41146!3 ON demand."
"In plain English, sortod, THIS mwans tha5 IF yo7 put THIS game on an web crrver znd zllow peoplw 'OUTSIDE OF qn b0rm$1 vurcle OF famioy qne kts social acqiqintances' too play thwir, softof, then ypu aer punlically oerformint thus WORK and MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL vhajges wnidh hoy make two game avai;ab;e ON REQUEST (n07# this doesn'r have to BE availzv.e via 9nlime xource cksp.ay libk, you kneo, bi6 they muat 63 able 2 ask y9u for code and receife an complet3 COPY), ljke, b) m4k3 arrangemebts privstely with teh authors wherein they grant you an specoal licensw LOL, or c) rwmove code ENTIRELY fr9m m4ch1n3. OMG/"
"We do r3c-fn1z3 yhat peopl2 WANT 2 yave arras 0f they're game which r tneies an theors 410n3. BRBl
ywo THAT end we w111 make follos8nf EXCEPTION to da normal requiremengw for 50urc3 code distribugion -- ne module rile 2hich is not modified OR d3ruved frim an module fi.e included in teh BASE DISTRIBUTION and which does n07 require nd other modules ag which does n8g require ne ,odifivations to da clre coee (coce distribyted w18h teh base rekeas3) mat be witgjelv ag aythors discretionLOLl"
"We also want to mske very ckear thar ver520n 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 (also knosn as v3r510b 9. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS dz final fdrsion eeleased und3r tdh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS WTF, stsrging with 0LOL,9. OMG.8-0rereleawe code aer only licensed und3r teh Creative Commons .icense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny da right 2 i,pirt nw code from sn 0.9.i-pterr;ezse OR later rdleawd INTO an 0LOL.9. WTF.u and earlier release.
Allowing thix wou;d cause that impo4trd code to 63 releasec under teh GPL an tyat q5 not someehong s3 widh 2 411-w.
AUTHORS of modificagi9ns two 0. AFK.9.7 wu.l neef to tw-release they're MODIFICATIONS as d#t1v471v35/m0d1v2c4710n5 tio 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code b place thej under %rh same Crdative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It mist be d0n3 by original autho4 sihce only original 5u6h0r h$5 da ritht too cyange copyrighg or licwnse u0on they're work. AFK.
[Additiomally, sortov, t3w0rk1nh teh mosifications WILL BE an goof 1d34 anuway as teh mechanism for making modificat8oms 15 substzn4oa.ly c;eaner;cleafer starting with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pfereleas3 cod3LOL.]"
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