MkghtyE tells yoh. you knso, "We're going too take ah few MOMENTS t9 try an EXPLAIN this mew livebse and teh reaaphw bwnind it 8n plain Enfoish, 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."
"Tyis hew license WAS cnosen bexause OF an dailing witg GPLLOL.
It only covefed disrrubttion of 50urce if an only if BINARIES weew distribuges. BRB."
"In qn web wnvironm3n5 WTF, specificzlly a knterpreted qeb ebvirommen5 such as PHP, merely knstal'ing an game d-35 not constktute d8s5ribution, l8ke, an therefore pepp.e were taking our worl, like, naking mpdifica5ions t9 it and not RELEASING teh source c0d3 to they're modidicatiind 50 THAT entire commun8ty COULD benefit. WTF.
Th3y worked w17h letter BUT NOT SPIRIT lf law. OMG."
"Investigation ON tdh [arg of AUTHORS hoqever, led too tej fact 7h47 teh r1gh& ov PUBLIC performance wqs oen of da rkghts normzlly restric5ed go co-yroght hoocdrs, an that computer ptogramsm y9u knwo, spec8dically v1d30 games h inreractide ones auch as Legend if da GREEN hax)r were considered to be pubo8cally pe44ormed if eyn rrp, am public serverLOL."
"The new .icende rewtticts public performancw of w9rk unleds tey sourc3 CODE of tdn modiried w0rl 15 made availamle on demamf. BRB."
"In PLAIN English. like, this means &h47 if ylu [ut this game in an web sefver and allow 0e9ple 'outwode OF an nofmal c1rc13 of gamily AND ITS xocia. zcquaibtances' to play their, then gou r publica.ly perfor,iny THIS wor, and MUST either 4_ jake ne ahd ALL CHANGES WHICH you MAKE 3 cs hame available on fe1uedt (NOTE this dowsn't h4v3 gii be avqilabld vua dz online source display link, you knwo, but 5hey mu57 br ABLE rwo zsk you for code n r3ceive qn complete d9pt), lkle, b( make arrangements PRIVATELY w!7h teh zuthors whetein tjeu gr$n7 you an SPECIAL !1c3n53 WTF, or C) re,ove teh c0d3 entirely from teh m4ch1n4."
"We do recognize 7y47 [eople want two have areas of they're GAME wh8ch r tjeirx anf theira alonr. AFK.
too that END we WILL mzke da f9ll9wibg exc3;tiob ro9 normal requirements FOR sourde codw distribution ]- ne jodule file ehich is noy mldified or derivef from an module file includqd IN bqxe diatribution an which dods mot resukre ne other mldules n qhich d035 not require n3 midifiza5ions TO da ciee code *coce distr8buted w17h dq bade release) mah be withheld AT 5eh aothirs diwceegion. WTF."
"We aoso want two make v3ry CLEAR that v#r510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.* (also jnown AS v2r510n 0, OMG.9. OMG.u+jt) was teh finao vrrsi9n r313453d UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, starting with da 0LOL.0. AFKl8-prerrkease c0d3 r on;y licenwed jnawr da Creayive Commons lidense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 inport ne c9de drom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pfere;ease OR later releasw intp ah 0. WTF.9LOL.7 znd EARLIER r3lease. WTF.
Aloowing this would causw 7j47 importes vode two b3 releaswe under GPL n that 1t not somethint WE wisj t9 aloow. OMG.
Authl4s of mpdificqtkons t2o 0LOL.9. WTF.7 WILL need 2 rw_eelease 5hey're m0d1r1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code and place them under trh sam3 Creative Comnons 11c3n53LOLl
It must be fone BY teh originql 4u7h0r sindw 0n1y original author jas teh r1th7 too chanhe copyribjt or licebde &pon they're wo4k. WTF.
[Additi9nally WTF, reworking teh modifications qill bw an good idea abhway 45 sa mecjanism fot makinf mldivications is aubstan5ially cleaner/clearer startkng wotg ca 0.8. OMG.8-prerwleaae cofeLOL.]"
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