MkggtyE te.lw YOU, sortof, "We'rw yoing to take sn few mom2n5s twl try and explaim thuw new lic3nse m r3459b5 behine IT in plaon English,
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 was ctodwn 63c4u53 of am failing eith 5eh GPL. WTF.
It 0h1t covered distribution or dource 1r n pn1h if binaries we4e d7stributed/"
"In an web enfironment, sortof, specificzlly a interpreted wev environment such as PHP, like, merely instsllint an game d9es n08 CONSTITUTE d8stribution WTF, n thrrefore 0eooke 2ere taking iur work, sor5ofm makihg midificatioms too it n not releasing da sou4ve cofe too they'r3 modificatiins so ths4 5eh entire commjhity couoe BENEFITl OMG.
They wor,ec with ea letter bug NOT da s]irit od teh lawLOL."
"Invrstitation on 0art of zuthors hpwevee, ;ike, led 1 da fact that da 4ight of public performance WAS eon of teh rights mprmqlly rew5ricted to copyrighg holders, xottof, n that x9m0ute4 programs, you knwo, sprcifically v1d30 g3m35 an interqctive ones such as Legend of Green hzx)r wefe consod3ree to 63 publ8cajlu 0erformdd ir run from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new license restricts pu612d perforjqnce of teh work un1355 teh source c0d3 9f teh mpd2f!3d eork IS MADE available on denand. BRB."
"In p141n English, yo7 knwo, nhis MEANS thwt if you put this b4m3 on an web 53rv3r an allow people 'outxide of qm normal circle of gsmily ans its slcial acquain5snces' two PLAY tneir, then hou qer pun.idallt performing this sprk and MUST wither a) make ne n ALL chang3s wgich you mske two teh gaje qvaioable on request (noge tgis doesm't hsve too be available v8a da online SOURCE DISPLAY 2!nl, you knqo, b&t they must bw able 2 ask yoj for teh code qnd RECEIVE an do,pletd c0py), dortof, b) mske arrangements PRIVATELY eitj authors dherein ghey gfang you an special l8cense WTF, or x) r3m0v3 code entirely FROM teh machibw, AFK."
"We do recogn8ze that peopl3 want too nqve areas 9v they're GAME WHICH r theirs zh theirs 510n3LOL.
two that 3nd we will make yeh folllwinf 3xc3p&1_h to da NORMAL rdquiren3nts f0t source code distribytion -- ne module f113 which is mo5 MODIFIED or d3r1v3d from an module file INCLUDED ib tet bade d158r16u710n an which does not rdqyire ne orher moduled zn which does nor require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to da core codw (code DISTRIBUTED with bade r313453) MAY be witnhelf ag da autho4s discf3tionLOL,"
"Wf qlwo want 2 mske vwry clear that verxion 0. AFK.9.7 (zlxp knoqm as vefsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+j7) WAS teh final VERSION felrasdd undef GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, sottof, starting eirh fa 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer only /icwnsed under teh Crearive Commpns licenxe. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY feny da RIGHT 1 impott ne code from ah p. AFK.9LOL.8-prsrelease or LATER re;ease into an 0. WTF.9. OMGl7 n EARLIER release.
Allowing this WOULD cause thar im[ortes CODE two bd eeleased umder da GPL n thqt is npt somethihg we w15h 2 s;lowLOL.
Aythors of mosifications tw9 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 will need 2 re-releasd they'4e misifications as derivaruves/modifications to ). AFK.9. OMG.8 code n p;acw THEM under yeh same Ce3471v3 Clm,ins LICENSE. WTFl
It musy be dlne ^y teh oeiginao autnoe since only da origibal author has r8tht tl xhange copyright or livense upon th3y're 2orkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOLk reworkung MODIFICATIONS will b3 an good idea any2au as da jechanism f0r making jodigivations IS sibxtantially coeaner/clearrr startinf wiyh da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleasd CODE. WTF.]"
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