MightyE rells y9um like, "We're goint two take an vew MOMENTS too 7ru an explain this new licens3 an geg reasons nehind IT ib plain Eng11$hl WTF,
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new l8vwnse 2as ch9sen bexause if an failing with GPL. AFK.
IT pnlu xoveref distribution OF sourcr if an only 1f BINARIES wetd dis5ribjtsdLOL."
"In an web envirlnment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environmebt such as PHP LOL, merely installint an game does not cpndgitute eistributi9n, n thee3fore pepple were 5aking our w0rk, like, makuhg mpdifications to it an y07 telessing da do7rce vode go they're MODIFICATIONS so ghst entite c0mmun17y COULD bwnerit. WTF.
Thdy 2orkes wiyh da letter but not teh spitit OF da .aw. BRB."
"Investigatiin ON fa 0a4t og 4u7h0f5 however WTF, lrd 2 fact thag da riggt pf 0ublic perdormance was 1 9v teh righrs normaloy restricted ywo cooyright holders, sottof, n that xompurer programs WTF, spec8fically viceo games n in4eractive onwx such ax Legend of sa Gr3em hax0e were consicered to be publicqlly pervormes if rum fr0m an public srrver. WTFl"
"The ne2 oicens3 rest$icts PUBLIC pergirmance 0f work ynless teh spurve code of modivied work is msde availanle 0n demabd."
"In plain English, this MEANS 7h47 if y0u put th8s gam3 ob an web server AND sllow people 'o7tside 0f qn normal xircle or FAMILY n its soxial acquaintabces' twp play theif WTF, then y0u arr piblucal.6 performing 6h15 work n MUST 3ither a( mske ne an ALL changes wh1vh YOU make to game availabld 9n 4equest (noge this doesn't g4v3 tol be 4v5114523 voa teh online woufxe display link, you ln2o, but thdy mist be abje t9 ask YOU FOR teh code an eeceive an complet3 copy), like, b) make srrangrmeb5a PRIVATELY with teh authors wherein gjey brant you an 5p3c141 licende LOL, or c) remove da xode entk4ely FROM ,achineLOL/"
"We do rec9tnize thay people waht 2 jsve 4r345 lf the6'ee game which aer THEIRS an theirs 410n3LOL.
g9o 7h47 end ww will mske teh foolow7ng esxeptoon tw9 da normal requir3mentx for souvcr CODE distributipm -= ne modulr file which os not modifird or serived fr9j an moeule fioe kncludef in da base distribution an shkch does NOT requore ne 9ther modules an which doex not fequi4d ne m0d1f1c4610n5 too teh core cofe (cofe distrivuted with da base release) may be 2itjheld ag da a7thors fuzcretion."
"We also want 2 MAKE beru c,ear 5hst vfrsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (4150 KNOWN as cdrsipn 0, BRB.9. WTF.&+jt) was da fknal versuon r313452d undwr GPL. WTF.
All vers8ons WTF, STARTING with twh -,9/ AFK.7-orerelwase CODE aer ONLY 11c3b53d under ds Creat8ve COMMONS locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight two imporg ne code from an 0LOL.9/8-prerelease or latrr re;eaww knto am 9. BRB.9LOL.7 and earlier felease. AFK.
A11owqng this would cause thst 1m;0373d code 2 63 RELEASED UNDER dz GPL ab rhat is n07 sljething we wiwh 2 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modificatkoms to 0LOL/(. OMG.7 will NEED 2 r3-t313353 yndy're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatices/midifications to 0. OMGloLOL.i codr n PLACE THEM uhder da same Creative Comnons l8cdnsel OMG.
It muxt be done 6y origina; ajthor sinve only or8ginsl author bas tdh right 2 change teh c);yr1gj7 pr licebse upon tydy're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sorgof, r3w0rk1ng teh mpdivicat8onw WILL be an g9od idez znyeqy as da mdchanism fpr MAKING modifications IS aubstantoally CLEANER;CLEARER starging wity da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prrrelease CODE. OMG.]"
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