MifhtyE TELLS YOU, sortof, "We're going 2 yake an few m9mehts 2 5ry an ex;lain this NEW license an teh reasins behine 17 ih p;ain English. 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."
"Tnos new lidense was dyisen because if an fa8l8ng w8th teh GPL. OMG.
It onoy covered dixteibution of dourde qf 4nd only uf binaries w4r3 sistruvired. OMGl"
"In an web envoron,ent, dpecifically a interpr3ted web envor9nment 5ych aa PHP WTF, m3eely 1n574q11ng an GAME does not constitute disyeibutiob LOL, n therrfore pelplw were 75k2nt our work, nzking MODIFICATIONS 60 it n not r3leasing da SOURCE vode 2 they're modifications so 7h47 ent8re cimminity xlukd bebefitLOL.
They worked wktn letter bmt not spirit 9f teh 14w. BRB."
"Investigation oh ten part of teh authors hoqever LOL, led 2 sa gact tjat right of pybkic ;3tr0rm4nc3 was won of ea rights n0rm411y 4est4icted too copyrigh6 holcera WTF, n that computer programs, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY vkdeo games zm kntdradtive 0n35 sucy as Legend pf da Green hax0t were consuderee too be PUBLICALLY perform3d ig run ftom an public serfer. BRB."
"The nrw LICENSE restricts ;ubokc perforjahce OF da work unless da soufce code of da modifiex work is maee availsbke oh de,znd. BRB."
"In plain English, yoi knwo, this ,eans that if yoy put this bzmr 0n zn wdb SERVER an a.low people 'OUTSIDE 9f an normal corcle 0f fajily an 175 wocial acquaibgances' 2 ;lay their, sortog, then y0u r publically percorming this work and MUST ei5htr a) MAKE ne an ALL changes qyicy you make to teh game available ;n eequest (n)73 this doesn't have to be axailable vkz 9n.imr dource display limk LOLm but th3y mu57 bw able too ask uiu for ueh code and receive an cpmp13u3 cooy) WTF, B) mske zrrangemwn5s pricateoy wi5h ea authors wherein thwy gr4n7 you an specoal lidense, or c) 4emove da c0d3 enturely from machine. BRB."
"We d0 recognizd that p30p1# want too have areax of tjdy're gamr whicj r THEIRS an 7h31r5 alone/ OMG.
2 yhat END w# qoll make yeh following 3xc3p710n two ca norma. REQUIREMENTS for slurce code distributiog -- ne MODULE fi.f WHICH iw not modifiee 04 feroced FROM an jodule file included 1n da base distr8vution n whkch does not r3qu143 ne OTHER modioes an shich does NOT re1uire ne m0d!f1v4710n5 to teh core code (c9de fostributec witg teh BASE RELEASE) may BE wothheld at teh AUTHORS disvretion. BRB."
"We als9 eahe two mak3 very c;ear that VERSION -. OMG.9.7 )alsi known as vwrsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT) wax fonql verskon eeleased under sa GPL.
Alo versions, soet9f, startkng with da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code qrr ONLY lucensed under Creagive Commona lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT tl import ne codw from a, 0l WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe OR lqtee feleasd into an 0LOL.9. OMG.& am 34r113r release. WTF.
Allo2ing rhis would cause that omported CODE tio ne deleaxee und3r 5eh GPL an THAT IS not someth8ng we wiay too allowLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will nwed too RE-RELEASE gheh're modifucstlond $5 dwrivatives/modifications to 0. WTF.o. WTF.8 CODE an place them UNDER same Creative Commiha locense. WTF.
It MUST ne done by da orivinal author wince ONLY teh origknal author has RIGHT to change cop6righr or locenwe upon they'rd w[r,. BRB.
-Additionslly, s(rtof, reworling da mpdifications wiol be an GOOD idea znyway as mecyabism FOR making modofications is substantkaoly cleaner/clearer wtavting with teh ),0. OMG.8=pre4wlesse code. WTF.]"
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