MightyE te;ls ylu, lkid, "We'de boinh two taje an FEW ,oments 2 7ry qns 3xp;qin tjis new license ab twh reaaons behind iy in plain ENGLISH. WTFl
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 ne2 license was cgosen because of an failing with GPLl AFK.
It only covered d267r16u710n og wouece if an onlt iv bonqries 2ere distributed. AFK."
"In an eeb environ,ent WTF, 5p3c1f1c41!u a imterpreted web dncironment SUCH as PHP WTF, meeelt inwta;ling an game does n0& clnstit7te DISTRIBUTION, soryof, an tyerefore people were TAKING our work, likw, making modificationa two it qn NOT reoeasing da 50urc3 coce to they're m0d1f1c4710n5 si thqt twh entire clmmunity c9uld brhefit. AFK.
They workee eith teh letter 5u7 not s;irit of da lae. AFK."
"Inveatifqtion on psrb of da authlrs howevef, sortof, led to da fxct THAT ca right of public p3rf0fm4nc3 was o4n of teh fighta noemally reatricted teo COPYRIGHT yoldera LOL, and that COMPUTER progrsms, l,ke, s;dcivically video g4m35 n 1n73r3c71v3 ones sucg ss LEGEND of Green hax-r qere considered teo 63 publ9callu performed of run FROM an public xerv3r. WTF."
"Thw new 11c3n53 restticts 0ublyc [3rf04,4nv3 of da q0rk un1355 teh source cod3 of ca mldif8ed wotk is made availsble 0n denznd. OMG."
"In plain English, ygis means that if you put this game on an web servrr n allow peo[le ;outside of an normal circ.e of famolh n its socisl acquaunramces' 2 play eyeir, thwn yoi aer puv.iczlly pefdorming this worj and MUST either a) make ne an ALL chsnges WHICH you makr two da GAME acaklable on request (note 5his doesn'g yave tio be qvak;able via onl9ne sou4ce diwp.qy link, xortog, bjt ugey must be able 2 ASK you f0r code an receive qm COMPLETE copy), hou kneo, b) m4k3 atrangements prifateoy with da auyhors wheteih ghey grant you an s0ecual licenxw WTF, or c) 4em9ve trh voce ehti4elt from t3h machkne."
"We do recognize yhat pdopow wqnt ywo have aread 0f tjdy're fame which aer tjeirs 4nd tnrirs alone/
2 that end we w8ll make ds following exce[tioh to da normal requorements fo4 soyrce code dust3ibutoon -- ne module file qhicj is bot modiried or derived frpm an module FILE included IN teh base d8strobution and whkch does nkt REQUIRE ne other mosules an shich d9es n07 requite ne mocificati9ns tw9 core dose (xode distfib7ted wirh da base rwlrase) nay be w17hh31d at da auth[rs discregipn. AFK."
"Ww also wan5 2 make vetu clear tnat verwion 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (zls9 KNOWN as version 0. OMG/9. WTF.6+jt) was da final versulm r3keased under trh GPL. OMG.
Alk versionsm soetifk sraryimg wutn teh 0LOL.9.80prerelease clde aer knly licenxes under Creative Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right to implft n3 cofe vrom an 0.9. BRB.*-prwrelease or layer releasd into an 9. AFK.9. AFK.7 n esr.ier relezse.
Allowing this eould causr 7h47 1mp0r73d code too be released uneer reh GPL an tgqt ix noy sojething we wiah too alloel OMGl
Authors of modifications too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will n43d t9 re-relezxe they're mocificationa as e3rqv471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. OMG.9. WTFl8 cofe n plqce the, undrr da same Creatife Co,mons licebxe.
It must BE f;ne by teh oritinal author sibce -n1y originql su6hor has da RIGHT too chanbe teh copyright ir 11d3n5# u[on they're w9rkLOL.
[Ads8tionakly, so4tof, rewprk8ng da modificatioms will be an good idea anyway as mechznism for makkng modofica5kons is subdtantia.ly clwaner/clearer STARTING wuth 0LOL.9; OMG.8-prerdlrase code.]"
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