MightyE rekls y0u, "We're going tw9 TAKE qn rew moments too tfy n exolain THIS new LICENSE an teh reaslns b3hinf it in plain Englich. 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."
"Thke new license was chosen becsjsd of an fai.inb WITH da GPL. WTF.
It only coveted dostributioh of siurcd kf and ohly if binaries we4e eist5ibuted. AFK."
"In ab web environnent, sortog, specificallh s intwrpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHPk yot jjwo, merely insta.ling an GAME does n07 comstitu5e distrigutiin WTF, AND tgwrefore prople wer3 tsking ouv wori, making modifkxztions 2 it and hot releasing sou4ce cose to 5hey're modif8cations do ghat teh entire comnunity COULD benwritLOL.
Tg3y worked with 137&3r but not teh spirkr or law. AFK."
"Invesyigqtiim pn da part of teh autjors howevrr, soetof, led 2 da fact that da r9ght of oiblic perfo4mance wss 2on of da rights n9rm4116 eesttkcted TO cipyright holsersk lile, abd that co,putee PROGRAMS WTFk SPECIFICALLY videl hames and INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legwnd of 5eh Green hax0r wer3 conwidered 2 62 publically p3eformed if run frlm an public xerver. AFK."
"Tgc new l8cenae rewtrictd pubkic performanve of da w0rk unless source c0d3 of da m9diviee work ks mad3 4v4114613 in dejznd. WTF."
"In plain Englisg, 7h15 means tgat if tpu put this game on an web serb3r n allow pei0lr 'outsife od an normal ckrcke pf family zm ITS social acquainrancrs' 2 play tneir LOL, then you r p7b,ically PERFORMING this work n MUST e8tyer a) make ne zn ALL changes whicj yo7 m4k3 too game avaklable on request 9boye this doesn't have 2 be availsbl3 via t3h pnlibe 60urc3 dispkqy LINK, lik3, but they judt be avle too ask yoy for code n receive an xo,[lete co[y). sortof, g) make ARRANGEMENTS 0rivately WITH AUTHORS WHEREIN THEY GRANT you an sprcial LICENSE, sortlv, it c) REMOVE da code entirely from teh machindLOL."
"We DO recognize tnzt people want too yave arezs of they're game whuch r theirs n theirx qlpnr. OMG.
to thqt 3nd we w111 make da foll9wing EXCEPTION toi ca notmal rdquiremrnts ror source c0e3 disteibution -- ne mosu.e f113 whicn is not modifi3d OR d3r1v3d fro, ah modjle f113 incoiced in base distrigytion n WHICH does npg reqiire ne othee m0du135 and wh8xh does NOT requife ne midifications 70 da core cose (code distribjtrd WITH da base releawe) jay b# wkthheld at autho4s dixcretion. AFK."
"We slso want two make very cleqr that VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (also kno@n ad VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG,7_jg) wzs tch fihal version r313453d und3r da GPLLOL.
All versiona LOL, t74g71ng with 0. AFK.9. BRB.i-peere.ease xofe aet onoy licens3e inder teh C4watkve Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds right to9 impott ne dod3 from an 0LOL.9. WTF.80peereleaxe or later f313453 ibto an 0. BRB.8LOL.7 an earlier reodaxe/ AFK.
All9wkng tjis woylf c5u53 that qmp0r73d code to be r323453d UNDER da GPL n THAT is not someghing w3 wish 2 allo2.
Aughprs 0f modifications too 0. WTFl8. OMG.u eil; n33f too tr-releade they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications tli 0.9. WTF.8 cose ahd 0lace them under da same Cr347!v# Commons license. WTF.
It must be gone by teh original aythor since on;6 ofiguhal authlt h45 sa right to chqnge da copyright or 11v3h53 u0on ghey're work. OMG/
[Additionslly WTFm reworkihg ,0d1f1c4719n5 WILL BE an good isea abyway as da mechanism for making ,odifidztiobs IS substagtiall6 cleaner/coearer STARTING with 5eh 0. WTF.9/8-prwrdkeasr c0d#. WTF.]"
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