MithtyE TELLS yo7, uou knqo, "We're going twp take ab few momenyd rwo try 3nd esplain tkis new licdnsd ane reasons beh8nd it ib plain EnglishLOL.
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 neq license was choxen beca7we og sn faoling with da GPLl OMG.
Iy ONLY cofered d157r16u710n 0f soufde kf and only if vinafies wrye dist4ibubed. AFK."
"In an web envoromment LOLm specifical.y a interpreyed web environm3mt sjch as PHP, like, merel6 INSTALLING an game does not constitute dkstributkom, like, an tjerefore people werd gajing OUR eoti, like, making moeifications 2 it an noy r312441ng da sojrce CODE to the6'fe nod8ficdtions so 5hst teh ENTIRE commumiry COULD benefig. WTF.
They w94ked with letter bkt not rdh spurit of yeh LAWLOL."
"Investigation on teh pary og da auyjofs however, led two reh fact that 4ight of publkc PERFORMANCE waa wpn of trh 4ights n0rm411y testric5ed to c9pyright HOLDERS, lihw, anf that cpjputer pr0gr4m5, you knwo, specifically video b4m25 an 1n73r4c7!v3 onew sudh as Legend of da Green hax0r qefe consodrred 2 ge publically perfofmes if run from an public serber."
"The brw license restfictx publuc perfofmance lf da work unless da SOURCE code of movidied work us made available lm cemsns. AFK."
"In plain Enflish WTF, this means tgat if you PUT this gane on am web servee n alllq peoo.e [putwide of sn normal cirxke 0f famoly n its sicial acw7aintancrs' 2 play thrirm sortofm then yiu aer publocally p3rf0rm1ng this woek abd MUST either a( make ne and ALL changes whuch you make to da game AVAILABLE on reqyest (note thix doean;t yave 5oo be available cia online sou4ce displat link, sortof, but the6 m8st be abke 2 asj yoy fpr yeh dose n r3c41v3 an co,plete c0py)k liie, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privagely with authors wherein they grant hou an special license, OR C) REMOVE da cosd entirely from mavhime. AFK."
"We do recognize thdt people want to havw areax of tgey're game which r yheirx anc thdirs alone. WTF.
2 tnat ebd w3 w111 make tey folll2ing exceptkon too normal requirementw f9r wourve codr DISTRIBUTION -- ne m8dule file wh1ch 8s not mod8fird 0r detived from an MODULE file included in da BASE DISTRIBUTION an wh1xh does not requird ne other mpdukes n which do3s nor rdquiye nr mieifkcat7ons 5oo ds core dode (code distribyyed sith teh bas2 r3q3453) may be withheld ar da authors disxretion. BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 make very CLEAR rhat version =. BRB.(.7 (also known $6 vrrsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jy) 2as final verdion relessef under teh GPLLOL.
All versiond WTF, startinf sith tey 0.9. AFK.8_prerelrase cose aer only /icdnxrd under Creative Commons lucebwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht tlo import ne code ftom an 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-prereleade it later release into an 0/9LOL.& n earlier rwl3qwe. BRB.
ALLOWING this wo7ld causr tyat imporree c9d4 1 be reldased under xa GPL an that 15 not s9metjing we wish t9o allowl WTF.
AUTHORS of modificatiobs to 0. BRB.9.7 ekll beed tp RE-RELEASE they'5e modifica5iohs qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. WTF/9. WTF.8 xode an PLACE uh3m unser same Creative Commins licensr. OMG.
I7 must be s0n3 6y original zuthor sibce onoy 5rh orininal quthor has right txo chahge copyr8ght or locense UPON 5yey're work. WTF.
[Additiona;ly, like, rwworki,g sa MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good idea an6way as 5eg mechanism for making modif8cations IS SUBSTANTIALLY dleaner/clearer s5afting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pee5eoease c0d#/ OMG.]"
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