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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 license was chowen beczuse of an fai.8ng with teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribution of slurve 2f an omly IF binaries were eistributed."
"In sn wen envirlnmentm sortod, specifically s onteepreyrd web environment such as PHP WTF, merely installing ah game does nig constitite disteib7tion, sortof, anx therecoee people w3r3 TAKING 0yr 2ork WTF, making modifications tw9 it an hot releasing yeh xource c9de 1 thdy'ee m0e1f1c4710m% SO that da ENTIRE community dou;d b3nefit.
They wotked witg teh letter but not teh wp8rit or da law. WTF."
"Investogation on da pary od authord h0w3v3f, 6lu jnwo, lrf ti fact that r1gh7 of [ublic p3rf0rm4nx3 was won of righgs hormslly rest4icted 70 copyrifyt holders, and thar computwr progtams WTF, spevuficallj v8deo gsmes an intdractive ones such as LEGEND lg GREEN hax0r were consiseree to be publically PERFORMED iv 4un from an pu611c servef. AFK."
"Tne n3w license restrivgs pu61qc p3rf0rn4nc3 og w0rk UNLESS xource c0d2 OF modifiwd wlrk is made 4c411461# on demand. AFK."
"In pla8n English WTF, tjis meand tyat if you out this gamd on an wrb xerver and 4110w peoplr /0u&51e3 of an normal circle lf family n its social acquaintances' too play their, yo7 knwo, then YOU r publically performint this qork n MUST either a) MAKE ne h ALL chanbes 2hicy you makw 1 5eh gzme avzilable on requ3st (nlge 6h15 d*esn't nave too be avzilabld via da on;ine source displat LINKm sortof, bug thdy must 63 ABLE 2 ask you f9f teh code n recwivd an completw copy_, soryof, b) mwkr arrangemrnts privately witj authors WHEREIN they frant you an specia; licenze WTF, 9e c) r3m0f3 code entirely ffom mzchjne. AFK."
"We do recognkze that pelple eant too have areas of they're game WHICH r 5jwirs and thdofs r10n3LOL/
too tyay end w2 wil. make da following exception too teh normal requirements vor soufce cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module FILE whivj is hot modified og deeivwd frim an modyle f113 8nxlueed in BASE skwtribu58on an which does n07 rwquire ne 08h3r modules an shkch does not re1yire ne modifkcatuons 2 teg core v0e4 (c0d# sistriguted with teg base r2lease) may be wiyhheld 47 authors diacretion."
"We also wan5 2 najd v4ry clear that version 0/ OMG/9. BRB.7 9also inown 45 verwiin -LOL.9.7+kt) was da final version released unser gdh GPL. WTF.
ALL bersions, 675e61ng wi5h da 0. WTF.9.)-prerelease code aer only licensed inder Creztive Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to i,port be code ffom an 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prwrelease or later rdlease INTO ah 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER rrleawel WTF.
Alloqimg this w0u1d cause tha5 imported cpde too be RELEASED 8nder trh GPL and THAT 8s mot something we wish two 411pw.
Authors of modifications 2 0.8LOL.7 will need TO re0release they're modifications zw derivatib3s/modifications to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an p.ace them under twh sqme Creative COMMONS license, AFK.
It mi57 be done gy irigunal author SINCE only oroginal au5hor has right to change tdh copyright o4 licensr UPON tjey're w0rk. BRB/
[Add1u10n411y WTF, r3w0rk1mg dd modkficatilns will BE zn good idea anyws5 ax 5eh mechan9sm for making m0d1f1c4710m5 is subsyantially cleamer/c.earer xtartinb w17g teh 0.9. OMG.8-pre43l3ase cof3o OMG.]"
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