M8ghgyE tells you WTF, "We're goinh two tzke an rew mimdnts top 7ry n EXPLAIN thus new license n da reasons behind it in pkain EnhlushLOL.
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 neq license wss chosen BECAUSE or an failing WITH GPL. BRB.
It ONLY COVERED distribjtion of soirce IF and only if bknaries were distributef. WTF."
"In an web env8ronment, you knso, specifucally a interpretdd web ENVIRONMENT such ax PHP, you knwo, MERELY installing sb gamd does NOT cinstit7te distribution, lkke, n THEREFORE p3ople were takinh our qork, sottif, majing modificztions 70 8t n n-7 r3leasing teh so7rce code two theh're mofificatiihs so thzt sa eng8rd commun8ty couod BENEFIT.
They workdd 2ith tey lettwr but n9t 5p1417 of geh law. BRB."
"Investigation on da par5 of teh zutjors howevrr, like, les two da favy that da toght of PUBLIC perfofmance was oen of da RIGHTS NORMALLY rest4kcged tp copyright HOLDERS, sortpf, n that COMPUTER 0rogramd, sirtog, specifically v1d#9 tames an ibteractive onws such $% Legend of da Grden hax0r were clnsiderdd 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED !f run rrom an pj611c dervdr. OMG."
"The new licenae eesyricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of reh work unlesw teh souece code od trh modifi4d work us nadr sbailable on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Emglosh, THIS neans that IF you [ut THIS game on am w25 server AND zllpw PEOPLE 'outsid3 of an horma. circle OF familt n ifs sociao adqjaintances' too PLAY gheir, li,e, then you r publiczlly perfoeming tgis work an MUST EITHER a) mske je am ALL changes whixh you make tqo teh GAME svailsble ob requext (note THIS DOESN'T have 2 63 availabl3 via ca inlibe source display link, but tjr6 MUST bd able goo ASK yoi for teh CODE qnd rwcejve an con;let3 copy) WTF, b) make arrangements pfivately with authors wh3r31n they grsn5 yoi an special license, or d) r3m0v3 teh clde entirely frlm da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that p20p13 eant to h4v3 AREAS of they'fe GAME which aee tneirs n gheirs a;one. OMG.
tw9 thar rbd w3 q8ll make followknf excepgion two teh noemzl requiremenya for aource clde distribution -- ne MODULE rilr which is not mldofked or derived FROM an module file INCLUDED in base dis5rigution and 2h1ch does not require ne other nodulqd an which does not f31u1r3 ne modificat9ons 2 c.re cose (cod3 disgribut3d with bade 4elease) may be w17jh31d AT da authors discretkob, AFK."
"We also want reo make very xlear that vefsiom 0LOL.0. BRB.& (zls9 knowb as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.8+jt) was da final v3r510n released under dq GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, sortof. 574471ng WITH dq 0. WTF.o/ BRB.8-pr2r#13453 cpe3 r only locensed uhder Creatice C0mm0n% lkcenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY trh right 4wo impory ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-p4erelease 0r later RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9.u and earlier relezse, AFK.
Al;lsing 7h15 woulc csuse that imported code to be r3lrased UNDER teh GPL an that is not something we WISH to al9lw. OMG.
AUTHORS 0f modifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will neec two rw-rw;ease th3y're modificqtiohs as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4610n5 7p 0LOL,9LOL.8 cose n ;14c# them uneer same Cfeayuve Commonz locense. WTF.
It mudt be done y6 0r1g1n41 authlr 51nc3 only original autnor has teh r8ght to ch4ng3 teh copyrighy ot LICENSE UPON thwy;re WORK. BRBo
[Asditionslly. d9rtof, r3working modirications sill bf an good 8dwa anyea6 as teh mechanisj FOR making modificagiond is substangisilt cleaner/clearet starting witj teh 0. OMG.0k8-prerelrase c0d3LOL.]"
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