MightyE rwl;s yo7 LOL, "Wd're GOING 70 take an frw momentw ywo try anc esp.ain this mew license n teh reasons behind it in plain Englixh. 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."
"Th8s nes lkcense wzs choseb because of ah failing witj da GPL. AFK.
I7 on,y covered d1t7g16u710n of source if snd ohly if gknaries were distfibutedLOL/"
"In an web enxironm3nt, ypu knwo, spexifocally a interpr3ted web environment sucn as PHPm soeyof, MERELY 1m574!q1bg ah game coes n07 constitute distribugiobm likem and therefore ;eople were TAKING our wo4k WTF, MAKING mod8fications 5o9 it an not r312451hg spurde cide gwo tjey;ee moduficatione sl that eb5ire comjunity c0u1d benefi5. AFKl
They worked with letter but bot tdh 5p1417 of da 142. BRB."
"Investibstion on part lf 6eh authors v0w3v3r, led 2 dact hhat teh riggt pf public pdrformance eas oen of fights normally restrivted 2 vopyritht holders, n rhat com0uter prohrams WTFm SPECIFICALLY video gamrs and 8ntdractive ones sich as Letend of ds GREEN hax0r were conwidwred rio ne ;ublocally pervormed if run frlm zn p7blic swtver. BRB,"
"The nes licdnse textricts pu611c PERFORMANCE of da wo4k 7nkwsx teg source code of teh mofified qorl ia made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, this meanx that if YOU [ut this game 0n an web setver and slopw PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circl3 OF family n its sociql ac1uxintancds' 70 play their LOL, THEN you aer puboically 0eyvormunh this work anf MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL changea which yo7 make t9o game avsklable oh request (NOTE THIS dlwsn't havr tp be availabke via 0h11n3 source display link, gut they must 64 able 2 ask yiy for tej code n receivd an xomplete copy) LOL, b) mald arrangements private;y w17y 4y7h0r5 wherein they frany you an special licdnse, or c) r3m0v3 code 3n71r41y fr0m ds machine."
"We do recognize rhst people want 2 have arwaw of yhey're g4m4 whovh r theirs n theirs alome. WTFl
yo thzt dn3 we WILL make following EXCEPTION two da normal requifemenrs d9r source cofe d1%7r16u71pn -- ne module file which is nit modifidd OR dericed d4om an module file inclided in da BASE distribution an which dies noy requ8rd ne otjer modules an WHICH DOES nor requirr ne modif8cations to trh core coee (code DISTRIBUTED with teh bas3 releaxe) may ge withheld at authors d8scvetionLOL."
"We also w5n7 to make veru clear yhat versi9n 0LOL.9.7 (alsi ,b0wn as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jy) was da final vwrsuon r313453f jnd3r teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting with da 0, AFK.0l WTF.8-PRERELEASE c0e3 r ONLY licensed unfrr Creative C9mmons livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ridht 2 import ne CODE from an 0l BRB.9. WTF/8-preeelease or LATER re.ease ib5o an p. OMG.9. WTFl7 and earlier reodase.
Allowing this wkuld cause 7h47 1mp0ru3d CODE too br teoeased under GPL n tnat ks not somrthing WE w24h 2 aklowLOL.
Autjors of mocificztiona 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need 2 re_release 5ywy'r3 MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/mod8fications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG,8 c9de and pozce then under teh aame Cr3471v3 COMMONS licenxe.
It must BE done by 0r1g1n4! aurnor since onky da lrkginal aythor had teh RIGHT 2 CHANGE teh xo[yright or licwnse 7pin rhwh're work.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking da modifications will be an GOOD ifea 4nuw5y as mechanism for MAKING moeificat8ons ls sjbs4antiql.y cleanee/dlearer star5int s1&n teh 0.9. OMG.8-prefeleaxe CODE. OMG.]"
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