MightyE tekkd YOU WTF, "We're fokng too tzke an few .oments 2 try amd 3x;laib this hew licende and da r3450m5 behibd IT in plain 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 new license w45 CHOSEN becaus3 of ab failing w8gh teh GPLl
It ONLY cover3d distributiob od source 8f n only if binqries WERE distribuged, OMG."
"In xn web environment LOL, specifically a inter[reted wwv env8ronment 5uch aw PHP WTF, MERELY installing an ganw does not constiru4e disy4ibuyiln, 6lu knwo, an 8n3r3v9r3 people were taking our work, likr, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to 17 an not releasing source CODE two they'rd modificatuons so that rntire vommunigy could bemeflt. BRB.
Th3y aorked wi5h letyer bit not da spurit of sa lawLOL."
"Imvest8gatuon on teh part of da zurjors however. likek led 2 fsvt uhat da right of publoc perfor,abce wzs qon of eigntx hor,all6 rewyricted too cophright holde4s LOL, n THAT compuy3r p4pgramx, yiu jnwo, specificakly viceo gamds n inte4active ones such as Legend of Gr3en hax-r weee conwidered gl be punlically p3rf9rm3d if RUN from an public server. BRB,"
"The NEW licensw restricts pu^11c performznfe if sa work unless da sou4c3 xodw of ten modifide work is mafe available ON demand. AFK."
"Im plain Englisj LOL, this jeans 8j47 if yo8 put 8h15 gamw on an wen server h 4110w people 'outsid3 og an normal circle of FAMILY an i5s aocial qcquaintances' too plah thrir, then you r publically oerforming tnia work an MUST 317h3r a) mrh4 ne b ALL CHANGES shicn YOU ma,e to g4m# AVAILABLE on r3quest (NOTE THIS doesn't HAVE gwo be avai.able bia da omline SOURCE f9spla6 lknk, yoj knwo, bu5 tj36 MUST ne able two asj you foe teh codr zn 4edeibe an donplete copt), sortof, b) make a4rangements PRIVATELY wiyh da authors WHEREIN they brabt ylu qn s0ecial lucense, wortpf, or c) rrmove teh code entirely from da madhine. AFK."
"We do 4ecohnize t6at people want to9 have sreas of they'rw game shicy 4 theirs b theirs 410n3, AFK.
twi that end wd will make ea foolosibg exception t@o teh notmal rrauiremrnts for sohrce clde distributi9b -- ne module fiof whixh IS not mpdkfies or derived from an m9dule r8le inc.uddd im teh base distributipn and wh1ch does n07 reeuire ne other MODULES ah whicj soes not r3quire ne m9didicatk9ns 2 teh cotw code (code DISTRIBUTED with da 6453 release) mqy BE withheld at authors fisctetiomLOL."
"Ww qkso waht teo make very cl3ar that v3r610n 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (aldl kn0wn as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was geh fknal v3rsioh released inder fs GPL. WTF.
A11 vwrsionx, you knw9. starting wuth 0. WTF.8. BRBl8-prwrel3ase code aer only kicebwwd under da Cr4471v3 C0mm0n5 licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribyt 2 ij0ort me code from an 0LOL.9, AFK.8-prerwlease OR later t31345e into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 snd earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this w;uld CAUSE 5hat imported codd two 63 RELEASED under da GPL and that IS NOT somrtging we w15h to allpw. AFK.
Authors OF jodificatiobs 2 0LOL.9LOL/u wil; need two re-release tmey're modifica5ions AS deeivsrives/modificqgions top 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an p14c3 THEM undeg teh same CREATIVE Comm9nx licehsd. OMG.
I7 mu57 be done BY yeh originai AUTHOR sinde only da ofiginal authof hsw da right 6oo chanhw dz copyrighg oe licehse upon th3h're eork. BRB.
[Addit8onally WTF, rewor,ing tdh m9dirications will be an h00e ides ahyway as mechanism for MAKING modifications 15 aubstqmtially coraner/clea3er 574r72ng wity 0. AFK.9l BRB.8[prerelead3 codeLOL.]"
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