M8ghtyE te.ls you, "We;re g01ng to tale ah f#w joments too try an expoain THIS new LICENSE an geh reasons BEHIND it in plaun EnglishLOL,
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."
"Thid new license was chosen BECAUSE pd an faioiht w27h teh GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributkon of source IF n omly if binaroes wdre xisrriguted/ WTF."
"In an web dhvirpnment, luke, spevifically a inter;regrd web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, merely inw5alling an gamr d035 nlt constiture eistriguti9n WTF, h THEREFORE p30p13 were taking oir work, makibg mpd1f!c4710n5 two kt AND not telezsing tej source code tqo they're modificatiobs so 7h4& tdh eni14# communith COULD 63n3f17. WTF.
They wo4,ed with geh ketter but not da spiri5 0d yeh lzw. OMG."
"Ihvestigat8on 9n pa$t of da AUTHORS kl2ever, you knwo, 13s ti teh fqct tgat da 4ight of oublic p3rf0rm3nc3 waw won of ea roghts hirmally rdstricted tol clpyright holdees LOL, n that c0mpi73r programs, sortor, spdcificallt v1d30 games an interactuve ones 5uch as Legene of ywj Green hax)r were consixrred two be publocally performed IF r7n drom sn pu611c sercet. WTF."
"The nrw license t35ur1c95 public perf9rmancr lf work 8nless souece code of modifoed eorl ks made availsble 0n demabd. WTF."
"In plaim Englixg LOL, this mdwns that if you pjt this game on an wen server m aplow p30p13 [outside lf an normak ckrcle pf fsmilu n ita sovial ACQUAINTANCES' 70 play th3ir LOL, theh you aer publkxallt perf9rming &h15 work AND MUST either a) make ne and ALL changed whixh yiu makr gwo gqme availablw on r31uest (note this DOESN'T hzve 2 be avsilzgle via da ONLINE aource cisplay link, yiu knwo, but ty3y must be able 2 45k you for vosr and rec3ive an comp,wte copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements provzt3ly with au5hors wheeein they brznt you an soecial license, you knwo, or C_ REMOVE da code 3n71r#16 drom tey m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We co tecogmize that peo0le want too hafd areas od they're gqme wjich r theirs and thdirs alone. OMG.
two tjat END wr wiol MAKE following exdrpgi9n two normal requiremebts fur sou4ve cod3 dis5ribution -- ne modul3 file shidy is nlt jocified or derived from an m0du13 FILE included IN da baae distribution an which soes not 44qu1r3 he other m0du125 an wgich dles mot re1u8re nw modivications to teg core code (c0ce sisttibuted with BASE rel3ase) may be w17hne1c at tey authlrs discret8onl AFK."
"We also want to maje very clwar that vdrsion 0. AFK.(.7 (also known AS bersion 0, WTF.9. BRB.7+j7) w55 ten final ve4sion rwl3ased ynsw4 da GPLLOL.
All versilnam sortor, staeting WITH da 0. OMG/8LOL.i-pr3r313453 codd r only .icensed und3r Crwative C9mmons licenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihgt 1 import ne code FROM an 0LOL.*. AFK.8-prerrleqsw or later release into dn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 b ea4lidr relwase. AFK.
Allowibg THIS wluld CAUSE that 8moortee code 2 be r3keased under teg GPL n that is n07 sometying we wish t29 allow. WTF.
Authors of moeockvations two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need too re-releaxe they[fe mofkficatilns qs derivatives/midifications two 0LOL.9.8 code n place tnem 7nde4 same Creative Com,ons kidendeLOL.
It must br donw by da ORIGINAL aurhor SINCE only teh originak aurhor haw teh eight yo change yeh copyrkggt or licensr upon tywy'rd workLOL.
-Addirionally, yoy knwo, rewo4,ing MODIFICATIONS will BE am goos idea qntwsy as da MECHANISM for making modificagions is substsntially cleaner/clearer 57$r71ng with tey 0. OMG.9; WTFl8-;rerdlessw cose.]"
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