M8ghttE tells you, you knwo, "We'rd going 2 take an feq MOMENTS 2 try n 3xplain this new licemse rnd t3g reasons brhkmd 17 in plakn Enblish. AFK.
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 licenae w35 CHOSEN beczuse 0f an failomg with ea GPL.
I7 only coverec DISTRIBUTION od sou5ce if 4nd onoy if vina4ies were d157r16y&3d. WTF/"
"In an web ehvitogmentk you lnso, SPECIFICALLY a intetlreted web environmwnt such as PHP, jere;y instal.ing an gqme dors nog consritu5e DISTRIBUTION LOL, n THEREFORE pelpl3 were 74k1bg our worl LOLm making modifications to it and not releasing t3h source c0d3 2 they're MODIFICATIONS do thqt da wbtife communitu c0u1e benefitLOL.
They worked wkth da letted but n07 spirit OF geh law. OMG."
"Ibvestigatikn on da part of authors howevrf, you knwo. .ed 2 dz fact thay sa tight of public performance was woh of da RIGHTS notmally restgic5ed two COPYRIGHT holcrrs. sortlf, sn tyat c0,pu73r programs WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y v8feo games n interaxtovr ines SUCH as LEGEND lf ds Green hdx0r wer3 consoderee 2 6e publically perf9rmed if run rfom an public servdr/ BRB."
"Th3 n3w LICENSE RESTRICTS public pefformance of worl uhless source CODE OF m0d1f13d w9rk 8w m4d3 availagor in d3m4nd. WTF."
"In [lain Ehglish WTF, THIS means thqg IF y0y pug thks game on an web serve$ qnc ALLOW pwo;le 'outsiee of an normak ckrcle of family an 175 aocial sc1uaintqnces' two PLAY theur LOL, yhen you r /ub.ivally performing thks worj an MUST either 4) make he AND ALL chqnges qhich you m4k3 yo game zvqilable on teqjest (note this doesn't HAVE to be 4v5114613 nia teh ln.ine 50urc2 displsy link WTF, but they must 63 ABLE 2 asl YOU f0r da coee amd r3c31v2 zv comp.ete c0py) LOL, n) make arrangemenys privately witj tet 4u6h0r5 wherein they grant tou an doediqo license, like, lr c) remove cpde ENTIRELY frlm teh machinr. WTF."
"We dl rwvogn8ze that peop;e want t2i havw ateas of theu're gzme which aer tyeirs am theirs alone.
2 that end w3 will mqke following excdp5ion tw9 da normal requirements for t0urc3 xode d8stribut8oh -- ne m9cule file which ix not modifidd ir d3ficef fr9m ab modul3 FILE incl7ded in da base dixyeibugion and wkich dord not REQUIRE ne OTHER ,odules an WHICH DOES not r3wu1r3 ne modi4ications two teh c9rd code (cofe cistribugec wuth da BASE releqse) may be withheld ay teh au5hors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alsi want 3 mqke very clear THAT versipn 0LOL.9LOL.7 (aoso KNOWN as vdrsu9h 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was f1mr1 version released UNDER GPLLOLl
Alo cersions, sortofm starting with 0.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE vodr r 0n1y 11c3m53d UNDER Creatibe Commohs licensd.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right t9 8mooet ne coce geom an 0.9. BRB.8-prerwleawe 9r 1$63r release in5o an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlirr release.
ALLOWING THIS would caus3 that imported code too be relezaed under da GPL n that is not wo,wthinb q3 wisg too allow.
Authors of modificayions 2 0.9LOL.& s8ll need too re-reoeaxe theu're modifjcatiins as derivatkves/modkfications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an poace 7g3m undrt szme Crezrub2 Cojmonw licenseLOL.
It just be d0ne by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since 0m1y dq original author has teh f8ght yo CHANGE c00yr1gh7 oe license upon they're wofk. AFK.
-ADDITIONALLY, reepriing da modirisations wioo ve am g00d idea anyway as jechanism got makihg modifications us dubstqmtially cleaner/clearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. BRB.70prereleaae code. WTF/]"
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