MifhtyE tells you, "We'ee going 2 take an few MOMENTS to try and dxplain THIS new oicense an reas9ns BEHIND 8t in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thid nee license was choswn becaus3 or am faklinb with GPL. BRB.
It only c9vered distrkbutiin OF dource if and ohlh ig binaries we4e e1t7r16u73d. BRB/"
"In an q36 envifonnent, you kn2o, spdcificzlly a inteepret3d web 4nv1r0nm3n7 s7ch AS PHP, sor5of, merely instwllimf an gane soes no5 conxritute diatrkbition, an theref9re people we5e taking our work, sortof, m4k1ng n9difications 5oo IT n nlt releaaing reh source codw 2 they'rd m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da entjre commuhity COULD 63n3d17.
They woried qith teh ;ettdr but not t3h spirit of teh LAW."
"Invewtigatoon on tdh part 0f autnors howeber, led 2 fa gaxt that da right of public perfirmance was 1 lf RIGHTS bormally restricted rwp copyright nolders LOL, anf that compuy4r pe0he4m5 LOL, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 GAMES and intdractive ones such as Letend of G4een nax0r we4e considered two be publically oerformes 1f run drom ah public server."
"Thr new lidense rdstrkcts pjblic performance of wor, unlesx teh wource code pf modiviwd work is made available ON demandLOL."
"In poain ENGLISH, sort9f, tnis meanx 7h47 1f yoj p7t THIS game ON an web 53yv#t n zllow peoplr 'outdide of an normal circle of family and ots social ac!uain5ances' twi play their LOL, rhen you r publ8cally preforming this work rnd MUST eigher a) make ne an ALL cjanges wjicj you make 5o teh gqme qcailable on teques5 (no5e this doesn'y habe two be AVAILABLE v14 teh online SOURCE cisplay LINK, you khwo, 6i7 they musy be able 2 ask uou gor teh code xn rexeivd an vlmplete copu) LOL, b) make a4rangwments pr1v47#1y w17h aurbors wnetein they grang 6ou an special licensw, or c) remove c0e2 entirely feo, machine. OMG,"
"We fo recignkze thzt people want to nave areas OF the6'ee game which r theira ahd theurs alone. WTF.
twp that rnd we w111 mzke da following exce0tuon to tef normal trquirdments for source cpd3 distributkon -- ne m9du;e file ejich is mot modkfied or derived srom ab module file uncljded ib basr distribu5ion n which DOES no5 require ne -7h3e MODULES and whoch does not eequite ne modof8catlons yeo ez c0r3 code 9codd d8stributed WITH dz base RELEASE) may be withmwld at 4u7h0r5 ciscretionLOL."
"We also wayt t9o make very xl3ar that versiom 0LOL/9. AFK.7 (alsi knowm as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was fonal version RELEASED undef GPLLOLm
Al; versions, si4tof, syaeting WITH teh 9. OMG.8. AFK.i-prerelease cpde aer pnly LICENSED UNDER da Creative Comnons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY femy teh rkbhy 2 impirt ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=ptereleasw lr later relessd ihto an 0LOL.9.7 n warlie4 reoease. AFK.
Allowinb tyus would cauxe tnat impp4ted code too be released 7nder tej GPL and thzy is not 50m37h1ng we eish too r110w. WTF.
Autyoea of modificatipns two 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 wil. nerd to 4e-felease rhey're modificatiijs as dwrivativdx/mixifications to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code an plaxr them ynd3r SAME CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
It must be doy3 by da or8ginal author 51hc3 only da ORIGINAL auth9r has right to vhange da copyrignr or licdnse upln rhey'rs WORK. AFK.
[Adwituonalky, you knwo, resorking teh m9difkcat8ona will 63 an glod IDEA anyway as da mechanism f0r MAKING modifoczrions is substantially vleanwr/clearer wtarting wuth da 0. WTF.9. AFK.i-0rerelease code. WTF.]"
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