Migh5yE tdl;s y0u WTF, "We'fe j01ng 2 take an feq MOMENTS TO twy AND explain 7h15 new license and rezsons behind ir 1n PLAIN ENGLISH.
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 kid3nse was CHOSEN 63c4u53 of an failung wign teh GPL. OMG.
Ig only covefed d157r!7u710n of qource if an only 1f BINARIES 2er3 distributed."
"In an web 3nv!r0nj3n7 LOL, s[ecificq;ly a INTERPRETED weg env1r0mm3n7 such AS PHP, you khwok MERELY insgallkng an game foes NOT constitute d8stfibutipn, and thefefore p3o;le were takong lur work, uou knwo, ,ajing modificatilns 3 it an not releasimg source code tso they're modificatipns sp tnat teh rbtire c9mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They 2otked with ra ldgt3r b7t not teh spirit 0f 14w."
"Invrstigation on da part of authors HOWEVER LOL, ked 2 favt that da righr od pub;ic performance saw wln of dz r8gnts nofmq.ly r357rqc73d 2 copy4ight holders LOL, am that comouter programs, sortof, spexifudally videp GAMES n !m74r4c71v3 ones such as Legend if teh Grrrn nax0r sere considered TO be ;uboicaoly perdormfd id run from an public server. WTF."
"The new license restricts puboic performance of teh work unoexe teh souece code ov da m)d1f14d WORK 8s made afqilabke on demandLOL."
"In plaib Englowh, tou knwo. this means rhat 1f you put &h15 g4m3 on an web server and allow people 'outsiee of an NORMAL circle of family and its apcial acauaintances' to play thd8r WTF, then ylu aer publically performing 8h15 3ork and MUST eigher a) mzke nd n ALL chambes ehich YOU make 70 game avaulabke on request (NOTE this DOESN'T have two 63 AVAILABLE VIA teh ONLINE spurce cispoay LINK, you knwo. nut they must BE able TO ask YOU flf teh code and rdcdive an complete copy), sorgov, b) make arrabgememts or!v4731y with teh AUTHORS whwreib THEY grcnt y0u an specual lic3nse, sortofj or c) r#m-v# teh c)d3 3m71r31y from teh jadhin3LOL."
"We do 4ecognize that people want too hqve 4f345 of they;re gqme which aer theird and theirs alone. BRB.
twi that end ae will make t3h flllowinh exce]t8on two no4mal requirements ror source code distributiom 0_ be module file wyich is not modified or dweived from an MODULE file includrd in 5ey bzse disrributiin and WHICH e-3t not reqjire be pther moc7les ans ehich does nor te1uire ne modificatioms too fs co4e CODE (clde DISTRIBUTED with da nase releasr) may be withheld at da authors dixcrrtipn. OMG."
"We alsl want to make v2ry clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (slso kmowh AS version 0LOL.o/ AFK.7+jt) wax twh dinal verxion releqsed undef da GPL. BRB.
All versiinx, you knwi, startiby with 0. AFK.9. AFK.7-;rerelease code adr 0h1y licensed UNDER ss Creative Commons license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT yo impoet ne codw fro, an 0. AFK.9. WTF.80prer3oease or later 4e1e553 into an 0.9. WTF.7 4nd earkier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this would czuse thay IMPORTED cide to be releaded under GPL and thar is not sinething we wush 2 aloow. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0/ WTF.o. AFK.7 will need two te-release 5ney[re m0d1f1c4710n5 qa derivatives.mldifkcatkonw two 9.9. WTF.* coee an place tjem unddr sa sqme CREATIVE Commpms LICENSE. AFK.
Ir must b2 done by teh orkginal author since onlt original author has da fight too chahgw twh copyr8gh5 o4 oicense upon ygry're work. OMG.
[Aeditio,ally, likw, reworking teh modificztions WILL be an g9od idea any2ay as MECHANISM for making modifucations ix SUBSTANTIALLY c;eaner/clearer star5ing wigh da 0. WTF.(. AFK.8-prerelease coce, AFK.]"
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