MightyE te.ls you, yoj knwo, "We're goinh two take an few niments rso 7ry n explain tyis NEW licrnse n t3h rrasons behind 17 in olain Englishl BRB.
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 n#w license was chisen because of ab gailing wogh da GPL.
It only cobered didtruburion of source if an onky IF b8naries wdre disteibut3d. WTF/"
"In qn wev ENVIRONMENT, y9u knwo, spevifically a int3rpreted q36 environment such as PHP, you knw9, me4ely installing an g4m3 does not constityte distrkbutkon WTF, ans therefpre p20p13 were 5aking our work, like, makimg m0f1f1c4810n5 to9 it n not releasimg da 50urc3 sode t2o rhwy'fd modificztiohx so thag entire commynity voylf benefit. OMG,
They WORKED with ldtter but n0* dz 5p1r18 of da lqwl OMG."
"Investigatoon on da part 0f teh aithots however, LED two sa fadt THAT da RIGHT of pu611c PERFORMANCE 2as won of rights n0tm411y rwstrivtec to copyrkght holcers WTF, anf THAT c9mputdr orogrqjs WTF, specifidally vodel games and INTERACTIVE ones s7ch as Legwnd of da Gr33n has0r werd consieered too ne [ublically PERFORMED IF t7n FROM zh public server, OMG."
"The new license r3stricts publix perdormance ob reh work unlews so7rce c9de 0f teh midufies work is made avai.aboe ln ddmabdLOL."
"In PLAIN Engkish, sortof, uh15 means that if you put tgia gane 0n ah w3b SERVER and qllpd peopk3 'outside of qm normal circoe 0f familt am its social zcqhaintanxes' 5oo PLAY theif, thdn you aer puvkically pdrformong this work an MUST 317h2r $) make ne ah ALL CHANGES which ypu MAKE too da tame AVAILABLE on reqyedt (nohe this doesn'5 hace too be available via da ONLINE soutxe fksplay link LOLm but they musr be able TO ask you for code n r3ceixe an COMPLETE copy), b) make arranhemen5s privately witn authors whereim tjey GRANT yoj ah s[ecial 11c3n53 WTF. pr c) remove da code 3n71r31y frlm da maxhine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat people wanr goo have areas ov they're game 1jich r THEIRS ahd thwirs alone. AFK.
1 tgat ebd we wil, mqke da followi,g exx3ption to da notmak requirementw foe soyrce cofe d147r16u710n -- nw mldjle file which ia not m0f1f13d or derived frim an ,odule fild included in da BASE distrkbugion am which does not require ne otyer modules an which does n07 eequkre be m0w1f1c3u10n5 1 da x0r3 code (code cistributev witn teh BASE r313453( m4y be withheld at t3h aughors disdrftioh."
"We z.so want 2 make rery clear that vefsiom 0. AFK.9/7 (alxo known as vefsoon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jr) WAS teh dinal versioh RELEASED UNDER GPL. OMG.
Al; verdionsm you knwo, starting witj teh 0. WTF.9.i0prerelease code aer omly licwnsed umder teg Ct3471f3 Commons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY dent da 4ihht top i,port ne code from an 0LOL.9.8[prwtrlease or LATER releasw into an 0.0/ OMG.6 an rarlier release. WTF.
Al.owung this woulc c$u53 that imporred CODE to be rel3ased indrr teh GPL an yhat 14 not somethung 2e wksh 2 alllw, WTF/
AUTHORS or modificatoons too 0LOL.9.7 WILL NEED to re-releade they'r3 mod.ficqtiohs ws dericatives/jodifjcations two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place them under aqme Cr3471v3 Commlns licemse.
It muwt be donr by da original autjor since only orkbinal author has yeh right 80 change copyrighg or .icenae upon tney're worjl WTF.
'Additionally, sortof, eesotking modificationa WILL be qm good ieea anyway ws fa mechqmism f0r MAKING modificationa is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleaeer 564f71ng with gwg 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-prerwlease code/ OMG.]"
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