MightyE tells you, xortof, "We're GOING to ta,e am few moments 2 7ry n explain thix ne2 license n teh rwas9ns behind q7 IN plain Ebglish. OMG.
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 n4w lkcense WAS choxen because lf an FAILING with da GPL.
I7 9nly coverwd eistribuyion of source 1g an only oe binaries wer3 disttibutef. AFK."
"In an q36 ENVIRONMENT, slrtof, xpecifidally a intwrpreted web env9rom,ent SUCH as PHP, tou knwo, merely 1n474111ng qn game e0#t not constitute fistribution, n tnerefor3 p30p13 w3r3 TAKING 0ur work WTF, MAKING moeigicatopns toi it an not releaainn dz slurde c0e3 tp th3y'4e ,odifications so that da 3n7153 commun8yy coulc 63h3f1u. BRB.
They wlrjef WITH rrh LETTER BUT not ds spirit OF da las. OMG."
"Incestigation on teh pa4t of da authors 7owever WTF, led tqo fact tnat eq r1gg7 of PUBLIC peefprmqnce szs wln of da rigjts normally RESTRICTED to co;yright h91d$r5k lkke, n that x0mpu73r prpgtams. 5p3c1f1c411y video games snd interactive onea SUCH ss Legend OF Geeeb hax0r sere conaifered to 63 [u611c311y ;erf9rmed if run from an public serve4. OMG/"
"Thw new license restricts public perfotmance of teg work uhlesd dource vofe OF modifi3d wpri 15 made avzilabl3 ON demznd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sorrpf, this ,eqns that if h0u put this g4j3 on an WEB sercer and 411ow peopld 'outsidd of an normal cirxle of famul6 AND its sodial acqusintances' to play their, sortof, tnen hou aer p7bliczkly performibg ghid work an MUST qithrr a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whuvh you make t2o game availaboe on requedt (bote this doexn't have w BE availavle via 0n11n4 source display LINK. sprtof, BUT they MUST ge able t9o ask y9u for da codw amd receivs an dpmplete copy), you ,nwo. b) ,zle zrgangementd PRIVATELY eith da AUTHORS sherein they grant you ab s;ec8al license WTF, of c) eejove teh cpse entirely grom jachine/"
"We do recofnize that people want roo hqve areas of tney're g4m3 whucy aer thd8rs an tgeirs a.one. OMG.
too ghat end ww will make followinh exceoriin tl da normal requiremrnts fot s9urve cpde distribution -_ ne modu'e fkle which IS not modifowc or ferived from an modul3 file 1nc1ud3d in base DISTRIBUTION qnd which does not requo4e ne other ,odules n which does not require ne modificayions 2 da vorr code (code dpstributed with tdg bade r3ldase) ,ay be qothheld zt a7thotd discretionLOL."
"We a;so want tso make VERY clear thzt vrrsiom 9. AFK.9. BRB.7 9alsl ,nown 45 verwion 0.9. WTF.7+JT) waw final vdrsioh RELEASED 7ndrr teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, STARTING with da 0/9LOL.8-o43releawe clde 3 obly lixensed infer tey Cre471v3 Commons 11c3h53. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY feny fight rwo IMPORT ne codr from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease 0r 1473f re.ease INTO an 0. OMG/(LOL.7 n earlidr r3lease. BRB.
Alloeing thid wiuld cause that imported xode too 63 relessed und3e tdh GPL n that is nog aimdthing we wish too aklow. WTF.
AUTHORS 0f nodificsrioha to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wkll need 2 re_reoeawe they're m0d1f1c4710n5 AS ddrivatives/modificationa too 0. WTF.9. WTF.* CODE ab [14c3 th3m under sqme Creayive Comminx license. WTF.
It muqy ve don3 by da original author since onl6 ten ORIGINAL author h45 fa ritht too change da co;yright or lkcdns3 jp9n they're work. BRB.
'Additionally, sortod, reworking da m)d1f1c4710n5 will bd an good idez qnyway as teg mechanism fpr m4k1ng modidications kd dubstanyially cleabrr/dlearer srarting 2ith 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF,]"
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