MihhytE teola tou WTF, "We[re goint 2 take an few momentd too try n explaib yhis new license an tey reasons BEHIND it in olaon Enf11%h. 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."
"This new license 2as CHOSEN because of an raioihg 2ith GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY covered fis5ribugion 0f source if sns on;y if bibaries wdre dkstribu5ed. AFK."
"In qn WEB envirpnment WTF, ap3cifica;ly a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, you jnwo, merely instaloing an game dows nlt constitite dis5ribution, sortof, am tyerefore people were taking our wlrk LOLk making midifocatuons too it n not relessimg da sourfe c-d3 2 they're modifieatiogs so that teh entire community co7ld benefit. OMG.
Th3y worked wu5h letter but nor ten SPIRIT OF teh law. BRB."
"Invesrkgation on da [art or teh autyorx goweve4k you knwo, LED tao da facr 7h47 ca fitbt og pu611c perfornqnce WAS won OF da ribhts normal;y restricted too COPYRIGHT hold3rs LOL, n that c0mpi73r programxm sort9g, specifically viceo bames and onteractive 0n35 such as Legend OF teh Gr33n hax0r were consid3ted too be ;uboicaloy pefformed if run from an [iblic servee. BRB,"
"The new license restricts pub;ic 0erfotmahcc of teh 2ork UNLESS gey sojrce cofe of ,ocigiee wori ix msse avaikable on demand."
"In plain Enb;ish LOL, this MEANS thst 1r y0u 0uh thps game on an qeb srrver n allow peoole 'o6ts9fe of an normal ciecle OF family an its 50c!41 axqua8ntancds' too play their, sorgof, then you r publixaoly p3rf0rm1ng this work an MUST eithef a0 nak3 ne n ALL cjanges whicg you m4k3 yk teh GAME abailable on r3qu357 (note this dpesn't HAVE too ve $c4114613 vis onlime source dis9lay LINK WTF, BUT they mjsy bd able ro ask you for tdh coee and r3cr1v3 sm complete vppu), B) mxke ARRANGEMENTS privately WITH authors wherein THEY GRANT YOU an spedial licrnsem like, or c) REMOVE teh cod2 entirrly fr9m t3n mzchine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that oeople want @ have areas of gjeg'r3 game which aer THEIRS n theirs alineLOL.
2 that end se eill make FOLLOWING excepti9n too ds normal rw1uiremenys d0# sourve code distribution -- nw m9dule fipe wyich is not modifief ot serivdf f4om an module f11$ included IN teh BASE distribitipn anf WHICH does noy require ne lther mleules n wh1ch does n07 require br modifications u0 core codq 9code sistributed with da gase RELEASE) may be 2ithheld at authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We qoso want too make vety c133r fnat versioh 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsp known as versilh 0, AFK.9.7+JT) was teh finsl versiog tekeased under ten GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5 WTF, stattinb with 0. AFK,9l8-PRERELEASE code r only licenaed jnerr teh Creatibe Commond licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY c3hy rigjt to import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease or ;ater re.rasd into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and 34r113y release.
Allow8ng thia would cause that im[orged codr two ne r313453d und3r da GPL an that ia hoy domething we wish TO al;9w. WTF.
Authors of modkfica5ions 2 0. AFK.(. AFK.7 will need tio re=release ygey're mocitocat8ons 45 d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710h5 two 0l AFK.9. OMG.8 code and place them under ssme CREATIVE Comnons licehseLOL.
It mjst be donr gy da orotinql autgor since only original author hax da RIGHT two change da copyrkght or license up0n thdy'te WORK. AFK.
[Additionally, reeorking da modificarions wi.l bd an goos IDEA anyway zs teh MECHANISM for jaking moc8ficati9ns id substantially cl3aner/clearw4 starting eith da 0. BRB.p. WTF.8-prereleade coddLOL.]"
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