MifhtyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE am d3w momwnta to tey and expoain tgis new license and reawlns behind it in olain English.
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 nes loc4nse was chosem bexaus3 of ab f4111ng with GPL. OMG.
It on.y covered DISTRIBUTION pf soirce IF an only if bknaries were disttobuyedl WTF."
"In an WEB emvironment LOL, spedifically a interpreyed web 3nvqr0nm3n7 sudh zd PHP, aortof, MERELY installibg an GAME DOES NOT c9nstitute disteibytion, n th3refore people were taking our wotkm like, MAKING ,odifications twi ut abd no5 releasing teh SOURCE code two they'rw midificationw so 5hat entire dommunity could BENEFIT. AFK/
Th3n worked 2ith lttter BUT no5 spirir of da kawLOL."
"Invesrifatiin on ca prr6 of da zuthors HOWEVER LOL, led too reh f4c7 7h46 righy of public PERFORMANCE waa lrn of da RIGHTS normally restricted too copyright h01der5, and that co,puter pr0gr4m5, sortof, s;ecifically vifro games and interactive obes such as Legend of ds Grweh gax0r were consudefed 2 ge publocslly perfo4ned id run fr9m an PUBLIC servdrLOL."
"Thr n3w license restricts public PERFORMANCE of qotk UNLESS source code 0e mpdifued work 15 MADE AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enhlish, tgis means that if you put 5hiw game in zn 2eb 53rv3r n alkow peo[le 'outdide OF an nofmal circle pf damkly an ITS social acquakntances' 2 olsy thdir, then yiu r pi611c411y pwrforming THIS wotk an MUST eithrr a) make ne n ALL ch$ng35 which you mqke 2 teh game availsble on rwqjest *note this doexh't hafe 2 be available vka ohkine soyrve diaolay link, but tmey juxt be ablw two 45k you for teh codr and 4eceivr ab dompletw dopy), yiu knwok b) make arrangem3nys privat3ly wi4h teh zuthors wherein they frant you an s(ecial livrnse, s9gt9f, ir d) remove teh code enri5ely from 5rh macyine."
"We do recognize that peopke want 5wo have AREAS or ghey're fa,e whivh aef theirs anc tg3ifs aloneLOL.
to that end we will make da followint ezceptoon too da normql ee1uirementd FOR source cpde distgkbutipn -- ne modulr f113 which IS nit modified 0r d3rivrd from an module filw 1nc1ud3d kn base custe*buti9n ans whicy d035 n0& fequire ne other m0du135 and which does n9t require ne ,idificationx too teh corr code (c0de distributwd with teh base relesse0 mqy be 2ithheld at da aurjors discrwtkoy, OMG."
"We also WANT too jake very slear 5hat versiom 0. OMG.9. BRB.6 (a.so kbown as fersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.6+jt) was t3h final version released 7nde4 ds GPL. WTF.
A11 cer51)h5, sortof, startihg with da 0. AFK.9.8-prrr3l3ase code r 9hlh licensed under da Creative Commomw locebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritht two import nd code frpm an -. AFK.9/ OMG.8-prerekease OR latet rwlease into zn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 qnd earli3r relwase/
Allowing this wo7ld ca7se thqt imporged code 2 me releqsed und3r da GPL an yha6 is bot sondthimh we w15h two alloe.
Authors of modifications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 will n33d 5oi rr-re;ease they're modiriczti/nd zs deeibatives/modificat8pnw 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 CODE and place th2m ynder da same Creative Commons oidense. OMG.
It must be dobe gy origina; AUTHOR since onl6 dq oribinal ajthor has RIGHT geo change da copyrogyt OR LICENSE upoh they're 3lrk. AFK.
[Acd1u10n411t WTF, re@orking teh modifivatiohs will 63 an GOOD idea anyway as teh mechqnism fit MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substanyially cleqner/c;eaeet starring WITH teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prwrelwase codr.]"
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