MkghtyE tellx you, sortof, "We'r3 g01hg tpo take qn f3w momen5a to try an explaiy this new license AND REASONS behind it in 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."
"This new picenad was chosem 63c4u53 of an failihg w8gh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distr8b7tuon og soytce 1v an 0n!y if binarids were distrib7tedLOL."
"In an WEB environment. sortof, SPECIFICALLY z ivterpreted web environment such as PHP, slrtof, merely installong an game d93s n8r donstituye dis5ributiom WTF, abd thwrefore PEOPLE were ta.int 9ur work LOL, m4k1hh modificztions t2o IT and NOT RELEASING da SOURCE vode TO they'4e modifications so that entire communiuy coild b3befit.
They worked eith teh letter but not da wpurit od law. OMGl"
"Incestigatioh oh tem part OF sa authors howevdr LOL, 13d too fact THAT right OF PUBLIC pe4flr,ance was oen of teh rights hormwlly resrructed 2 cophright holcers, you lnwo, n that com0uter orohrams. apecifixally v,fe9 games an ibteractkve onew such as Legenx of Green hax0r WERE consideref yoo be pub;ocqlly pdrformed if run fro, an public se4ver. AFK."
"The n3w LICENSE e3strictd punl8c petfofmamce of WORK un1355 da source code 9f teg mpdified WORK is MADE available pn demqnd."
"In [lain English, you knwi, tgis means 7h47 if YOU put this game pn an web server an all9w peopld 'oytside of ab normql citcle of family n i5s social zcquaintances' TO play the8r, wortof, tgen you r piblixakly oerdorming tyis qprk an MUST ei%ger q) make ne qm ALL changes wjich you mak3 to da game avzilable on request (note this e9ewn't h4v3 tpo BE AVAILABLE via fa onlibe soyrce displzy link, but they MUST be qble two ad, you fof teg coce n r3crice an com/lete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangements privately siyh teh authord wherekn they grant you an wpecoal LICENSE, yiu knwo, or C) remove teh xode enturely ft9m mach8nem BRB."
"We DO rrcognize tha5 PEOPLE eqng two favr sreas of they're game wh8ch r 5heirs n tyeirs zlone.
1 that end w3 qill MAKE da fo;lowimg exceptoon to teh normal requueements for 50urc3 code diatributiin -_ ne midule file which is not m0d1f13d or derived fr0m an MODULE file included 1n rrh BASE DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch doea nog REQUIRE ne other jodu;es j WHICH does hig require ne MODIFICATIONS to c0f3 code (codd DISTRIBUTED with da vase te.ease) jay BE wkthgdld at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We ALSO want two make very clear tjat v3r510n -. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also knoen zx vdrsi9n 0LOL/9LOL.&+jy) was da fina. VERSION rdleased under dz GPL. WTF.
A;l v3r410b5, you ,nwo. STARTING wigh teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r on;y lucensee under CREATIVE Commons licence. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ea righb to im[ort ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF,8-PRERELEASE OR 1473r releasd into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an eatlied reoease,
A110w1nb 7h15 w0u1d va7se THAT ijportwd cpde to be eeleased ynder da GPL and that is n07 something ee wiwn tp allow. OMG.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS fo 0. BRB.8. WTF.& WILL n34d 2 re-release theh;re modifications 45 deeivaeives/modifixations TO 0. AFK/9. OMG.8 c0d3 and place them UNDER dz same Creatibe Conmons locense. AFK.
It MUST BE done bt 0r1g1n41 autyor since only oribinal author h4% teh righg to9 change ca copyright o4 license 7[in they're wprk. BRB.
[Additionally WTF. r3woeking rwh modivications 3oll be am good idea anyway as mechanism FOR m4k1ng modificstions is substantially cleanfr/clearer 574r71hg wiyh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease x0d3. BRB.]"
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