MightyE TELLS YOU, "Wd're holng 5w9 5ake an f2q noments to try amd explain 7h15 new license n da REASONS tehind it in plain Entlisg/ AFK.
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 bew 11c3n53 WAS chlsen necaus4 of an failimg wkth trh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covefrd distribution or SOURCE if n only iv binqr8es w3r3 disteibutedl WTF."
"In an wev 3nvironment LOL, spevivically a interpreted web envifonmemt sucn zs PHP, me4elr INSTALLING an GAME does not cohdtotute eksttibution, like, anc 7h3r3f)r3 people wrre taking 0ur w0rl, surtof, jaking modifications 2 ot an n07 r41e45qng zource c0d3 to they're m0d!f1c4710n5 so that teh enyite community coule benefit.
Theu woried w17h tej letter b7t not da spkrit of da lawl"
"Investigatiob on da part of teh authofs HOWEVER WTF, led two da FACT that r1gj7 0r public 0erformamxe was 1 of eights normally redtrict2d too copyritht h9lders, tou knwp, anf thag computer PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY vkfe9 gamws n interactkve onec such as Legend 9f Grren hax0r wefe considered to be puvlicaoly p3rrlrmed if 4un feom zn ;ublic wwrver. WTF."
"The new locense resgeicgs public performance of wof, unless reh source code lf mpdufied qork is m1de avaklablw on d3m4bd. AFK."
"In plain Ebblish LOL, this m34n5 that if you put %his gqme on an wdb sercer n allow people 'outside of an normal circle of family m its aocial 4vqu41h74nc35' ti play theoe WTF. thwn you e PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 5hos 2otk n MUST wither s) jake ne ahe ALL chahbes WHICH you make 2 teh game available on request (n9te yhis doesn't yave two br available v!4 teh 9nline sojrde disp;a6 link, sortof, but they mj5u be sble 5op qsk YOU FOR code and receivr an c9mplete copy), you knwo, b) m4k3 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY wigh teh authors wher3in THEY frant you an special lidense, sortlf, or c) rej9ve ds code entirely from maxhine. AFK."
"We eo recognize thzt peiple want 70 hzve areaq of they're game wh1ch aer theirs an ghdirs a.onek WTF.
w 5hat end we will makd teh FOLLOWING exceptkon to t3h normql requirementd for skurc3 cpde e157r16u71)n -- ne mldule file which is not mogified or defibed vrom an m0du12 file INCLUDED on teh base distribjtion n whuch eoex n9t teqhire ne othwr MODULES n which eoes not require ne m0d1d1c4710n5 two 6eh core code *code dos%rkbured with bsse rrlease) jay be wkthheld qt da authors discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO wabt 2 make very clea4 tyat version 9. OMG,9. AFK.7 (ALSO knpwn zs versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.8+jt) wss rinal vetsion fdleased under GPL. BRB.
Al. vrrsk9ns LOL, stqrting sith 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-p4dreleaae xoce adr on;y licenwed under fa Cr3471v3 Commons license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rotht teo 1mp0r7 nd code fr9m an 0.9. OMG.8-prrreleasd 0r later releaas into an 0. AFK.9l OMG.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would cause that importef xpde 3 be releasex undwr GPL and rhat IS not SOMETHING we qisg tlo allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modifications tl 0. AFK.9. WTF/7 will need 5oo re-rclwasr they're modufications AS deribatives/modkfica6ions too 0.9LOL.8 code and p;ace them und3r tey same CREATIVE C0mm0n6 licensel BRB.
I7 ,ust be dohe by teh oririnzl author since inly teh 9riginsl authpr has RIGHT top chabge dq copyright 0r license upon the6're aoel. BRB.
[Additiona.ly LOL, rewor.ing modidications will be ab g00d idwa anyway ad twh mdchanism f9r makunb modifizations is s7bsrantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting sith teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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