MifhthE tdlls uou WTF, "We'rw GOING to take qn few moments 2 try n explain thid n3w .icense n r3450n5 nehind i5 in plain Englksh.
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."
"Tgis new l7cense wzs ch053n becajsw of an faiking with teh GPL.
It onlt cocered DISTRIBUTION of source if qn only ig binarirs werd dix5rib7ted. OMGl"
"Ib an web 3nv1r0nm3h7 WTF, specifically a 8ntdf;reted web envieomndng such as PHP WTF, meeely instaoling an GAME dp35 not constit7te DISTRIBUTION LOL, m thefrfore people WERE taking pur work, sofrof, making mldifivationw q IT n NOT releasing da source code go theu'te mod7dkcatiins so THAT entire commubkty co7ld brnefit. BRB.
Th3y w9rk3d wi5n reg letter bug not da spirit of da lsw."
"Investigation oh part OF teb authorx howwvvr LOL, ;ed to da f4c7 that 4ight of public PERFORMANCE wad 1 0f teg fignts normaoly restrictes two c9pyrighg holders WTF, an 5jat COMPUTER pr9gramsm spttof, speckfically video games and inte4active ones SUCH as Legend of da Gfeen hax0r w3r3 conwicered two be PUBLICALLY prrgor,ed if tun fr0m an 0unlic servef,"
"Thw new license rdsyric5s public PERFORMANCE of da worj yylesz soy4ce code of ,odified WORK is made available on d3m4nd."
"In pla8b Engl8shk likek 6h15 means that uf you pu8 THIS game on sn wen server ans ALLOW people ;o7tside )f an normzl circle of fami;h n 175 social acquzintanxes' too play theie LOL, then yoy r puglically ;erformkng this wofi n MUST eiyhe4 a) m4k3 he n ALL changfs shivh you make 70 game avqilan.e on rdquest (nite yhis dodsn't have two be availqble bia reh imline s9yfce d15p146 link, like, 6u7 THEY must bd able two aak YOU for teh code and r3ceive an complete cu;y). sortof, b) make afrangrmeh5s privatrly with da authors 2herein tywy grant you an spevial l8vemsem roi knwo, -e x) r4m0v3 teh coce ehtirely fr0m teh machkne. AFK."
"We do recobnize that [eopke want 2 have areas of thet'r3 game whkch r rheirs n THEIRS 410n4.
to that end we will make following 3xc2p710n 2 teh normal requiremen5s for sojfcr cice disyribytion -- ne ,odule fole whidh is not m0d1f13d or derivec from qn module file inckuded 1n da 6453 disttibu5ion and which doew bot requite ne otjer modulex an whicy fies not requi4e ne m0c1f1c4710n5 tpo tej core dpde (code distributed with t3h basd delezsr( may be withheld at da autgors diwdretionLOL,"
"We a.sl sant to ,ake VERY clear that verxiob 0LOLl9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS dq ginal bersoon released under tfh GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, 574t71ng WITH 0.9. AFKl8-;rereleaaw ciee aer 9nly LICENSED 7mdwr Ctea58ve Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY seny r8hhr 2 import ne clde FROM an 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-prereleawe or layer rrlease ingo an 0. AFK.o. AFK.u and ear.iew release.
ALLOWING THIS wluld cause rhat 1mp0r73d code 2 73 releqsef ubder teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wisy to allowLOL/
Autho4s of modificationa 2 0.o. AFK.7 woll need TO re-relessd theu're modificatiohs ss derivatived/modificatoons goo p. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE an p;ace thdm infer dq saje Creative Commonw licehwe.
It must be done by original auyhor dincw lnlu 5eh origunal author HAS da right 2 xhahge da copyrutht OR LICENSE upon th3y'r3 qork. WTF.
[Addiriina.ly LOL, rwworking mldifications will br am good idea qnyway AS teh mechanism f0r MAKING modificati;ns is sibstantiallt cleaner/clearer starging wuth 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-0rerelwase cofe. OMGl]"
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