Migh5yE 7511t youm soryof, "We're hoing 2 take qn few moments 2 u4u an wxplain THIS new license n reasons 63hqnd if in plzon English. 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 b3w loxense was choseh 63c4u5# of an fa8ling WITH GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED distribution if source IF n 0n1y if vunarids weee sistributdd. AFK."
"In qn web environment LOL, specoficaoly s iny3r0reted web envirohment skch AS PHP, sortof, merely ibsgalling an gsme dpes npt constitute distrivution, sortof, ah therefore people were taking our work, sortof, mskinb modificatioms two it h not 4wleasing t3h siurce dode yo 6hey're modificatuobs so 5hat da entire communuty ciuld behefit. WTF.
THEY worked WITH teh lettrr but not teh spiri5 of ca 14w. OMG."
"Investigatiln on part of teh q7thors howeber, you jnwo, lwd to dz fact that da eight of public peefoenance was 1 of da RIGHTS norma.ly RESTRICTED twi copytight h01d#25, sottof, an thay comp7ter programs, s[ecifica.ly v1d30 games an interactlv3 ones such as Legemd of da Green hax0r w3e3 considdres rwo br pub.iczlly perfirmed id ejn from am ;ublic s34ver. OMG."
"The new licrnse restricts public p3rf0rm3nc3 or wu4k uhless teh doirce dld3 9f modified w9rk is mase available on frmand. AFK."
"In plain Englizh, you inso, this means that IF you pit thks GAME on an qeb server amd aollw pdople 'o7tside OF an normal circle of famkly an its xovizl acquaintqbces' too play their WTFm then 60u r [ubkivall6 performing this eo4k an MUST either a) make nr and ALL changes whoch you makw too teh game avsilable on request (note th8s doesn't hace too be avaooable fia ca ONLINE soirce display LINK LOLj vut they must 63 able 2 awk yo7 dor teh CODE an recwive an vom[lete c0py). sirtofm 6) make arrangejents privately wi5h da auyhors wherein th3y gf4n7 yoj an SPECIAL licenwek you knwo, OR c) rrmove code wntirel6 rro, da machknfl OMGk"
"Wr do recognize that PEOPLE want 5wo have aeeaa of tney[re game which aer theirs an ygeirs alone. BRB.
2 that end wr will make t3h fol;owint exception two teh NORMAL requktements for sourve cofe distg8bution -- ne m-du1e fil3 which is not modified or ferived from an jidu'e FILE 1nc17s3s ih teg bawe dist$ibution and ehidh does not rdquire ne 07n3r ,0du134 snd WHICH does not rrqyire nr modificatoins too da core code (c0d3 distributed with da nade RELEASE) mah n3 withheld at suthors didcretion."
"We ALSO wamr 2 make bery clear 7y47 versoph 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 (also known as version 0. WTF.9, OMG.7+jt) WAS dq fubal VERSION reieas3d UNDER GPL. BRB.
A11 ve4sions, you inwo, starting woth da 0. AFK.9.8-[rerelease code aer ONLY LICENSED undwr da Creative Commonx 11c3n53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent right 2 import ne code trom sn 0.9. BRB.7[pr3r313453 or later RELEASE into ah p. AFK.(LOL.7 anf ezr/ier r313453. AFK.
A11)w1ng 7g15 w9ukd caise thqt imported code too be relesxed under teh GPL n rhat us n07 xo,ething we wush tll allow.
Au7h0r5 of mosifications roo 0/ AFK.9.7 wi.o ne3f tso r3-re;ease they're moeificat8onx as derivqtives/moeifivationd gwo 0.9. OMG.8 codd 3nd plqce them under teh same Creative Commons licrnse. AFK.
It must be done 6y ORIGINAL authir sincd 9n1y twh origibal author has da r1gnu to change da copyr8ghr or licehwe 7pin they're wofk. BRB.
[Adeitiinakly, .ike, reworking modificatpons w111 BE qn good odea qnyway 45 yeh mechanism f94 makogg mpdificatuohs IS subwtantiall6 cleaner/clezrer starting wotg 0/ AFK.9. OMG.8-0refeleqde dode.="
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