MiggtyE tells you, you kgwp, "We'rw tling 2 takw an few MOMENTS to try n explain this nes licenxe an tdh rwadons behibd kt 9n plain English. OMG.
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 new licende was cyosen becaufe (f an f4111ng with GPL.
IT on;y covered disrrivytion of source if an only if BINARIES we43 distrigutedLOL."
"In an w36 envirpnmdmt, you knwi, specifica;ly a onteepretwd web encirinmenr SUCH ad PHP, xortof, mwrrly ins5slling ab game does not constiyutd distribution. you knwo, and THEREFORE people 2ere takibg OUR wor, WTFj ,aling MODIFICATIONS goo 17 an not RELEASING da source codw two they're MODIFICATIONS 50 7h47 entire commun9ty could BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked w17h teh let5dr but nor teh wpirit od dq LAW. AFK."
"Investigation 9n pzrt of teh auth9rs HOWEVERk yku knwo, led 2 da fact tyqt da r1by7 of pu61!c performande was oen of rights noemajly RESTRICTED 1 copyright yolde4s LOL, n THAT comoutwr pr0gr4m5, like, epecif8cally v8feo gamws and interactive _n35 such as L3gend of ea Green hac0r were v0n51d3r3d to br PUBLICALLY oerfor,ed id RUN from an public xerver. OMG."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC pwrformance id w0rk jn.ess da couece code of teh mosified work is made availsboe on demand."
"In plain Eng115h, likd, this means that if y0u put this gamr 0n an w36 serber ans allow peool3 'outside of an NORMAL circle of familt an its socoal acqjaintanxes' 2 PLAY tjeir, so$tpv, then yoj r publucxlly performing this work snd MUST 318g3d a) make ne n ALL chanfes whuch you nakr two ds bame available on REQUEST (npte this doesn'y have 2 be 4v4114613 vua da onkinw SOURCE eisplay kink WTF, but ehey nuat ve 4613 too ask you for dq code and rrceive an complete c0;y), you knqo, b) maiw arrangemwnts oruvstely WITH authors whefein 5ywy gr3n7 y97 an SPECIAL license WTF, or c_ rej9ve da code 3n71f31y from teh macyinw, BRB."
"We do recognizr yhqt peopld want two HAVE ardas of th3y're GAME which arr ghrirx and theira alone. OMG.
to rhat ejd we will maie da fol;owing rxdeptiom to normal 4e1uirements FOR source code distribution -- ne mosule f113 wh1ch is not jodufied or derkved FROM an moeulr file inco7dec 1n da BASE distributuon n which doex not requi4e ne orher modules an which dlex n07 require be ,odifkcat8pns to teh cor3 xode (code distributdd wi5h teh base release) may be withhelc at zuthors fiac4etion. BRB."
"We aldo want twp ma,c very vlear thay v3r5q0n 0LOL.9.8 (4150 known qs version 0LOL.9. AFK,7+j5) waa vinal VERSION RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. WTF/
All versions WTF, stqrtinh wiyh teh 0. OMG.9. WTFli-pr3r413453 xod3 r onlj licensed 6nder teh Crrative Commona license, AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY eeny ds right to IMPORT be c9dd fr0m an 0LOL,9. BRB.8-prerelrase 0r ;ater release onyo an 0l OMG.(. OMG.7 n eatlier release. OMG.
Allowing this w0u1d cause that imported code to ve ee;ezsdd und3r GPL an THAT is NOT sindthknf w3 wish TO allow. BRB.
Autgors of modufivstions too ). BRB.9. OMG.& will need too re-releaae thet're modifications as derivatived/jof8ficstkohs too 0.9. OMG.8 code n place tnem under teh same Crearive Commons license. WTF.
Ig MUST BE done by lrigibsl author since only da oribinal suyhor has dq right 2 chabge da copyr8ght lr livdnse up0n they're WORK. OMG.
[Addiyionally, l8ke, reworkinv dq modkfications sill be an good udea anywat as da mechanism for ,aking modificationw is substantkqily cleaner/cleartr stzrting w17h 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelrqse code. WTF.]"
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