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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 eas chosen b4cause of an fai;ong wigh GPL. BRB.
It inly coveeed disgrivuyiln of 50urc3 if and onlh id binaries were DISTRIBUTEDl AFK."
"In am WEB envirlnmevt, 5p3c1g1c4!1y a 1n73rpr373d weg rnvirlnmrnt SUCH as PHP LOL, mer3ly instzlling an GAME does nit constitute dustribur7on LOL, an gherefore people were TAKING our work LOL, majing m9dificatuons 2 !7 an not releasung da s9urce xode 2 tnet're modificqtiins so tgat teh 3h&1r4 communuty xould BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked eith teh letref but not da wpirit of da law."
"Investigation 9n teh part of authors however LOL, lef tio t3h FACT that da right if punkic 0effotmznce 3as oen of teh r1ghu5 normally restricred 2 copyribht holdrrs, n tgat COMPUTER [rograms, sortof, spevifically video games n INTERACTIVE ones 57ch as Legend of dz Green gax)4 e2t3 consideres to be publical.h performed ir rub ftom an puvlic derver."
"The new LICENSE restricts public p2rf0em4bc3 of teh w0rk unlews slurce CODE of teh modified 2otk 15 mase zvailzb;e on demand."
"In plain English LOL, this means thay if you put rhis game on an web server am zllow p40o1e 'outdide if an no4mal circlr OF famiky and its social 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 p.ay 5he8r WTF, 5nen YOU r publical.y perfoeming THIS sork an MUST either a) make mw n ALL chqnges whicg yoi makd bwo teh game avaulabke )n request (note this doesn't yafe tol be availabow fia ONLINE source dispoay 11nk LOL, but they mus5 be able 2 55k y9u flr teh code n receuve an comoletw c;py), b) mak3 sreangements peivateky wkth da authors whereim THEY grant you an s[ec8al LICENSE, OR c) remive code 3n71r31y fr0m cq machihe. AFK."
"We do recognixe that 0sople want too hqve ateas 0f thdy;re game WHICH r 7h31r5 an theirs alone.
gwo that 3nd we will ms,e dq foloowibg exception yo normal requiremebts for sou4xe code d157t16u710n -- ne m0di12 file which iw not modified pr derived from an module file imcluded ig teh nsse DISTRIBUTION an WHICH does not rewyire n3 OTHER mpdules n WHICH dowd nor require ne m0d1d2c4710n5 g9 core voee (CODE d157516u73d sith 6453 relrade_ may be w17hh31d ar authors disc33tion. OMG."
"Wr a;so eant 2 make very c134r that fersion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (aoso kno2n as version 0. AFK.9LOL.^+jt) w45 teh final version releqsed unser GPL. OMG.
All v3rsoons WTF, startomg with teh -.0. OMG.8-pr3r3q3453 c0d4 awr 0n1y LICENSED under Creative Commons licebse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ca riggt ti import me CODE FROM am 0LOL.9. OMG/8-pfetrlease pr later relwase inti qb 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier rekeas3LOL.
Allowing 6his wou;d cause 7h37 imporyed cide yl be rrleased under da GPL n thag us not sojething we wosh yo qllowLOL.
Authors of mod8fozationa 5oo 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 qkl. ne3d 2 ee-release they'rw modivications as d3rivatives/modifications tqo 0.(. AFK.8 CODE and place 5hdm uhder da same Creztiv3 Commons 11c3n53,
It musr ne cone by orugonal 4u7h9r since onlh teh original autho4 h45 teh right to change fa COPYRIGHT or oicense upon they're workLOL.
[Adsitionally, so5tof, reworkinh da modificat8ons WILL be an good idda anyway as mechanism f0r makihg modifica5ions is s7bsrahtially c134n3r.c134r3r 57rru1ng eith ds 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prere;#ase code/ BRBl]"
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