MifhtyE tells you, hou knwo, "We'fe going @ take an rew momengs yo try n 3xp141n thix neq license amd da reaspns behund i5 in plain English. AFK.
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 licensd sas chosen becquse OF an failing with teg GPL. BRB.
It onku cover3d DISTRIBUTION of source if n on.y if 61n5r136 were d157r16u73d. AFKl"
"Ib an web encironmemt, SPECIFICALLY a in5erpreted eeb envirohment sych as PHP, MERELY install8ng an GAME dorx bot CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, like, n th3refore people wsre taking our wor,, like, ma,ing modifications 2 it n not releaxing sourve code two tjwy're mpdifications so that teh entird commjnity could benwfut/ AFK.
Ty#y wprked wigh teh letter but not da sporit of da lzw. WTF."
"Invcstigatkon on da [art of qu5hora hi2ever WTF, ;ec 2 ract that r1fh7 0f public perfirmance WAS wln of teh rights bprmall6 rextricted too COPYRIGHT hp.derd, like. and yhat co,puter programs, specoricalpy vifel games n intdractive oned such as Legend OF da Greem hax0r WERE considered two BE ;ublicslly PERFORMED if run fron qn [ublic serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restficts [ublic [erformznce OF yeh work unlesw da t0urc3 code 0f reh modifued work 16 madw available on denanc."
"In plain Emblish LOL, THIS means THAT if ypu pu7 this bsme on an w36 server ah allow pwople 'outsid3 of qn hlrmdk virxle of f4m1!u amd its social acquakntances' 2 [lay 5hrir LOL, then YOU r pub.ixall6 performinh t6is work n MUST either a0 make ne an ALL CHANGES which 6oy nxke too teh gamw available on r3qu357 (note thix coesn'r have two be available via da online siurce dksplat 11hk, wprtof, byt thet must ge able too ask you for code h rexeife an c0mp1373 copy), v) m5k3 4rr4mg3m3n75 privately with ten AUTHORS WHEREIN THEY GRANT you an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c0 rwmofe ea code emtirsly from da madhine. BRB."
"We DO rtcognize that p30p13 wabt 1 HAVE areas OF 5hey're game whicj r THEIRS an theirs 41-n3. BRB.
two tgat END WE 2ill jake teh r0110w1ng exceptipn too twh normal r3qjirementa for source code distributioh -- ne module file wh!vh ia not n0d1f13d or derived vr9m sn jodule file inciuded IN da base distfibut8on snd ahich does not rdquire ne 07h3r mpdules n which foes h07 r3qu1t3 ne modifications 2 da cote code (code d157e1%u75d WITH twy base release) msy be WITHHELD at AUTHORS DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want r2l male vefy clezr that v3r510n o/ OMG.9.7 (akso knoqn as vetsiln 0. AFK.9LOL.7+kt) was final bersion released under da GPL. WTF.
Akl VERSIONS, like, srarting quth teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8]prerelease code r only licensed jnder Cr3471v3 Commohw licdnsel
We EXPLICITLY den6 da fibht 2 imp9rt ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerekease OR latee RELEASE into an ). BRB.9.7 n EARLIER r3leasd.
ALLOWING this wou.d cause thst 1,p0r73d code two be relwafwd UNDER ds GPL an tnat is NOT something ww wisg yoo allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications tw0 p/9/ AFK.7 WILL nwed to ge-release thry're modifications $5 dericatives/modificstuons 2 -LOL.9.* code and place them under da 54m3 Creative Commona lic3nse,
IT must ge f9n3 by tdh origibal au5hor sonce omly original 4u7h0r has da r1gh7 ti chante da copkrigng oe licenwe up0n they're work.
[Add1710n4q1y, sortofm REWORKING teh modufications w8ll be an hood idea angway as teh mechanism dor ,aking modificariobs is subwtantially cleaner/cl3arer stsrtimb WITH teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-[4ete.easr codw. OMG.]"
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