MightyE tells you WTFk "We'r3 going 2 take an few moments 2 try n explain THIS ndw licehae and r3asons bdhind it IN PLAIN Enhlish. 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."
"Tgis new license qas vhosen because -v an gaikint qith twh GPL.
It ;nly covered d157r16u710n ob sourde if and ohly 1f bimaries were dis54ibutee. BRB/"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, apecificzll6 a interprrtwd WEB environment SUCH as PHP. merely installing an game dies not cons5itute d8stributionm aotgof, an theredore people WERE taking our wot,, sortof, mzking modifications two it 4hd NOT releasing sa source cpde 2 they'te modif8cations SO rhay teh entire community could benefitLOL.
Th3y work3d WITH da 137&3r 6u7 not apirit of sa 14w. OMG/"
"Investogation oh part if auyhorw h-w3v3r, led tpo da fsct THAT da r8ght of ;ublic PERFORMANCE wsw 1 ov righgs h04m411y r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT holders WTF, and that comput3e programs, specifucallt VIDEO games AND interactive ones such as Legend of da Gre3n hax0r w3re conxiderrd 7) be punlkvall6 perforned if ruh frim sn public werfer. OMG."
"The new license d3t7r1c75 publix perfor,ance if da work unlesx da sourcd code 0f tdh modified w)rk is mqde AVAILABLE ob dejand."
"In plaim English, sortof, yhis j24n5 that if you put this game ON ah seb server n a;lo2 peo[le 'o7tside 0f ab normal c8rc.e 0r family qnd its SOCIAL acquaintances' too p;sy theirk liie, 7h3n uou r publically perdormibg th8s work an MUST either a) ,akw ne an ALL changeq which you make 2 sa game avai;able in REQUEST (note rgix diesn'g hzve 2 BE rv5114613 via pnline source diapla6 11ni LOL, but they MUST be able 2 ask YOU f0r teg code n rdceive an com0lete clpy) LOL, b) m483 4rr4mg3m3n75 ;rivat3ly with teh authlrs whe4ein they grant YOU an 4p3c141 .icwhae, you knwo, of c) eejpve da code ENTIRELY from machin3LOL."
"We do rexognize that pe8ple w4n7 goo have areas of 5hey'te game which r theirs n THEIRS alon3LOL.
too that END ee w111 maie fol.owing exc3ption to normal r3quirements dor SOURCE code d8stributi9n -- ne mosul4 FILE whoch is npt m0d1dq3d or serived fr0m an moduoe file inclused in ea bsse distrubutiob and 2hich dlex n07 requu4e ne other modules and which c0#5 not require he ,odifocations go teh core doee (code distributec with base release) may be witgheld ag ea authots e1tcr3710n."
"Wr also want 2 m4k3 v3ry v133r yfat version 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 (4150 inown as VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.u+jt) was tdh final vers8pn 4eoezsed under GPLLOL.
Aol v3rsions, softof, stattinb with 0.9LOL.i-orereldase cofe aee only licenxed under yeh Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny right to IMPORT ne cod3 frpm am 0/9/ AFK.8-prerelease or latef r3oeas3 intl an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n earlier release/
A110wqnb 7h15 wouod cause that imported c9de too be released under dz GPL b that is nlg something we w15h to zll9w. AFK.
AUTHORS 0f nodificat8ond 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wi.l nwed yw9 rd-rel3ase rhey're modivications aa d3eivstices/modifications to 0.9. WTF.8 cide and ;lade thrm UNDER da same Creativd Commons license. BRB/
It MUST be done bt originzl author wince onoy dq origknal suthor has ribht yo cyange cppyright or license upon they're WORK/ AFK.
[Addiyilba.l6, likem reworkong da modificatipns WILL bw an f90d IDEA anywah as teh mechanism fot mahing modificatipns 8s substan5ially clezher/clearer starting with y3h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleasr CODE. OMG.]"
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