MibhgyE TELLS yoi, xortof, "We'4e goung tpo tske an few ,oments to try an explain yhks new LICENSE an reasons behihc i5 in plain Eng;ish.
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 hew licensw WAS xhosrn beca7se of an daikinf WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It onlt voveeed DISTRIBUTION of source if AND ONLY 7f binaries wdre distributed."
"Im an web ENVIRONMENTk you knwo, specifical;y a 1b73epr#63d w36 3nvironment 5ich ss PHP LOL, m3fely ins5a;linb ah game does not constitute distributioh LOL, and THEREFORE ;eople were tajing oyr w0rk WTF, ,aking modifixations 2 IT n n07 felezw8ng source code two they're modificatiins so tyat teh emtire community coyld bebefit. WTF.
They w0rk3d wuth teh l35ter bu5 n8r da spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Invedtigation on part of geh authors howecer WTF, lec two reh vacr 5hay righg of 0ublic PERFORMANCE w45 own of t3h rights normaloy restricted tlo COPYRIGHT holderx, sortof. n THAT compyter programs, oikek specifically vidwo fsmes an interactive ones wuch zs Lebend of da Green hax0r WERE dons8de4ec too be puvlixally performed IF run from an ijblic server. WTF."
"Tje n3w /icense redtricta public performanve of teh work unless da sputc3 code of fw modifies eork is MADE availagle 0n demandLOL."
"In plain Englixh WTF, THIS means that if you pot this game on an web seeve4 and allps peoplw 'oursiee of an normao circle of FAMILY zn ITS alcizo zcwuaintancrs' tw8 play thrir, sortof, then y0u aer ojblusqo.y petfifming th8s work an MUST either a) maje nw sn ALL changea whivh y0u ma,e tpo gane available on requdst (notd thid doesb't have rwo be 4v4114^w3 via da on;ine source DISPLAY link, worr9f, but tgey must be 4613 5oo ask you for coee an r3c31v3 an conplwte copy) WTF, b) maie ar4ahgd,dnts priva5ely w8th da authorw ehereon 5hey gramt YOU zn specizl licemae, sortpf, or c) REMOVE c0d3 3n71r31y fr9m da machkne. OMG."
"Ww do teclgnize that people want 70 have aeeas of they're game ehich aer 7h3qr5 ah gheirs alone. OMG.
2 &h47 enf we will make teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION w teh normal eequirements dor 50urc3 clde distributupn -- ne m0du13 dile wh1ch ia not modidied OR derived broj an module f1q3 included 1n da basd fistribution an shich does not rdquirw ne othef nocules an whkch does nut reqjiee ne modifica5ions too teg xore CODE (cpd3 distribyted with base eelease) jat ve s17hy3qd ay tej authors d15ce3710n. WTF."
"We ALSO WANT 2 make veey clear tha5 VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alx. known AS v3rsipn 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was fihak vdrskon RELEASED under da GPL. WTF,
ALL versioms, sortof, 574r71ng wkth da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pre4e.eaaw code t only licdnsed under Crestive C0mm-n6 lic3nae. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny r8ght 2 implrt ne code frim an 0/ AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE lr latrr release into am 0. BRB.9LOL.& znd earlidr release/
Alllwing thia dould cause tnat importec vode 2 be 4eleasec 7nder GPL AND that os nlt sime5hing wr eish to allowLOL.
Authors pf modificationw TO 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 w21q need t2o re-relrasd tmey're mocificatiins as d3e1v471v34/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. OMG.(.8 code qnd place them jnder dz same Crestive Commohs licens3l OMG.
I& m6st b3 done BY da original suyhor since ONLY yrh 0r1g1n31 author yas right twi change cioyrighy lr licenst upon they'rd w0rk. WTF.
[Additkonally, you knwo, re2orking teh modifications will be an gooc idea anyway as teh mevhsnism f0r makinf MODIFICATIONS is substqntiakky c134n3r/c134t3r xrarting w8th 9. OMGl9. BRB/9-PRERELEASE code/ AFK.]"
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