MigjryE TELLS you WTFm "We're going TO 74k3 an FEW ,pmenrs tw9 rry an explain this mew licens3 snd reasonx behind it in [lain Enflish. 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."
"Thos n3w LICENSE was CHOSEN becsus3 of an failing with GPL. OMG.
IT on;6 covefed distributioh 0f source IF and ONLY if b8naries were disyrinuted. BRB."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, you knwik specifica;l6 a interpreted web environment such as PHP LOL, mer316 unsta;ling an GAME dpes n9t CONSTITUTE distributiob, b therefore peopke WERE takint oir 2lfo, aottof, maming modifications too it n n07 releasibg tey so7rce code 2 they're modifivations so rhat da 3ntire comjun8ry cou.d benecit. AFKl
They WORKED with teh ;ett3r 6u7 nlt ca 5p1r17 of da 14wLOL."
"Invcstigation on twh oart of teh ajthors h0w3v3r, like, led too faxt tjat ten rugnt of ;ublic peeformance eaw wob of gdh r1gh&5 norma;ly RESTRICTED 2 clpyrught golders LOL, and that computee p4ograms, xortog, 5p3c1v1c4116 video games n onteractivr ones 6uch as Legend of Green hax0r w3r4 considqeed 2 be puglically performed if run de0, an publiv SERVER."
"The n2e licensd restricts pjbl8c performabce 0f worl unleax da source code of m9didied WORK is made available on demandLOLl"
"In p15!n Eng.ish, lile, this MEANS thst IF YOU PUT this game 0n an web s3rvee abs allow people 'ou5sife OF an bormal corcle of familu h ors 50v141 acwuaintancex' teo play their, woryofm yhdn you r PUBLICALLY pe4forming th8s work and MUST 3q7y3r a) m4ke ne n ALL changes qhicg y0u make too da gane AVAILABLE on request (bote this doesn't have to be availsb.e VIA onlkne SOURCE dispoay .in,, you kn2o, but THEY must bd able two ask you for code and eedeice an complete c0pt), jike, b) make arrange,entx privatwly with sa authors wh3feim they gfant you an special livense WTF, o4 c) r2j-v3 dq CODE engir3ly fe9m madhine. OMG."
"We do rdxpgnize tha5 p39p13 wamt two have areas 0f tgey're GAME which aer thrirs n thwirs alone. WTF.
two thzt END we WILL maie following EXCEPTION rop nirmal requirementd FOR sourcr CODE eustribytion -- nr module file wyich iw n07 modified or derived fron an module file oncluced 1n base distribytion an whicj do3s not require ne other moeulea , whuch dows not 4equire ne modifications twl teh core code (clde distributed w8th teh gade release) may 63 WITHHELD qt t3h auth94s d8scrrtion. OMG,"
"Ww also wan5 2 make very clezr tyat version -. AFK.9LOL.7 (also ,nown as v3r510b 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was twh FINAL vrfdion reldased under GPL. AFK.
Al; VERSIONS, syartihg WITH tdh -.9. AFK.8-preeeleaae cod3 aer only !1c3n53e under teh Creativr COMMONS license.
W3 EXPLICITLY d#ny RIGHT 2 1mp0r6 ne cofr from ab 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasr or .at3r rslease int9 an 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 an earlie4 release/ WTF.
Allowing this would cause that import3d code 2 be RELEASED uneeg da GPL n thzt 8s not something we wish to al;ow. BRB.
Authots OF mpdificayiobs to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-rwlease they're m0d1g1v4710n5 sx d3r1v57!v35.m0d1g1c4u10n% too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an p14c3 tyem ynder teh same Cr3471v# COMMONS license. OMG.
Ig mu57 bw cobe by teh o4iginal auyhor dince 9nly 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR hss teh right 2 change teh dopyrighr or LICENSE upon they're w0rk. AFK.
[Additionslly WTFk rrworking da midofivations wil. bd an gooe idea anywa6 as da necnamism f0f making MODIFICATIONS IS substantia;lu cleaner/clearer STARTING wigh da 0l9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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