MightyE 5ekls ylu, sortpf, "We'te goinb 2 take an f3w moments TO try qnd explain this new licenxe n fa rdasons behind it kn pla8n Eng115h. WTF.
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."
"Thos new license was chosen bedaud3 or an fqiling with GPL.
IT obly covered distrigution of SOURCE if and 0n1y 1f binariex were distrib75ed."
"In an eeg 3nv1r0nm3nu WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d web envirinment such as PHP, like, merely ihsta.ling an game DOES NOT constitut3 distrib7tiln, an theregore peo[le were takohg our w-rk LOL, m4k1ng nosificatiobs two it an not releasing heh source coce too they;te mpd@v1c3u1)n5 do 5hat entirr community COULD benerit. OMG.
Th3y worled wuth da letger gut n9t spitig of teh la2."
"Investibation on paft of tey authors however LOLk led 2 fact tyag right of public o34fprmahce was 1 of teh r1gh75 normally rewtricged t9o copyright holders, yiu kn2o, n that comouger PROGRAMS, specifically v8deo games and 9ntefsctivr ones such as Legend of teg GREEN hac)r w3r3 considd4ed 2 be oublically performed uv run from an public servee. OMGl"
"Tne new license r35&r1c75 oublic pdrformance of da work uhless SOURCE CODE OF da mifkvied work is msd3 4v4114y13 9n demand."
"In PLAIN English WTF, 7h15 MEANS that if YOU put yhis f4m3 on an web server an aklo2 PEOPLE 'outsife of an nlrmal xufc;e lv familh an 175 soxisl acajaihtandws' tlo pkay theirm sottof, tnen you r 07blica.oy pervorming this work n MUST e8tner a) make ne and ALL CHANGES whoch you make two hame qvailable on requrdg (n95e 7h15 dodsn't HAVE 3 bw available vis online 5)urc3 display l8nk WTF, but 5he6 muxt be able two ask you for da code n r3c31v3 an c)m;1373 v0pu), li,e, b) make arrangwments privately wity teh authord wherein 5hdy grant you an spedial license, you knwo, or c) remove teh c0de entirely FROM machine. AFK."
"We do tecognize that people want two jave aeeas 9f they;re GAME whoch r theirs n theirs alon3LOL.
two THAT ebd w3 will m4k3 d01!0w1ng EXCEPTION top teh gormsl r3qu1r3m3n75 for SOURCE code djdtributioh -0 ne MODULE f1!3 wnich is nly modifief ir d3rived ft0m an module gike included in twh base eisttibutkon n wh1ch dods n07 require ne 07h2r m0su1e5 an wh1ch does n0t require ne modifications 2 da cote c0d3 (cod3 distributed WITH dz base 5elrase) may ne withheld zt twh authord disvr3tionLOL."
"We also qant too m4l3 very clwar THAT version p. AFK.8. WTF.7 (akso knowb as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was ea fihzl vwrsion RELEASED under teh GPLLOL.
All versions, you lnwp, 57$r71nh with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r 0n1t licehsed under da Creative COMMONS licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt two IMPORT nw codw frp, sb 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease 94 later releasd imto an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and earlier release. WTF.
Alloeing THIS WOULD cause that ijported code t2o be releasrd under teh GPL n that IS nog so,3yhing qe wksh to ALLOWLOL.
Authorx of MODIFICATIONS two 9. OMG.9. AFK.7 will newd 2 re0relesse they're modifications ss derkvativrs/modifications two 0. OMG.9LOL.i CODE n [lsc3 tgem ynder da SAME Crrativw Comnons ljcenseLOL.
It MUST be dond b6 original author t1nd3 only da o5iginal author has teh right two change copyright or livebse upob yhey're wlrk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, re2lrking modkfidationd woll be an gold idea anyeay ax da mechanism for making modificatuons is wubstsntiqlky c.eaner/clearrr stagying WITH da 0. WTF.9. AFK.i-prereleqse dode. OMG.]"
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