MightyE tellx you LOL, "W3'te g01ng 2 tale an few mon3nrs to try an explain this new LICENSE amd teh rwssons behind 17 in plain EngkisgLOL.
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 kisense WAS chosen because og an failing with da GPLLOL.
It only dovered d8stribyrion of sourxe if 4nd 0n1y if binqrles 2erw distrivuted."
"In an srb ENVIRONMENT, specifically a intdrpreted web rnvorinment such as PHP LOL, merely insta.oing zn g$m3 does not constitute dustribut8on, sort9f, h thwrefore people were taking OUR work, .ike, making MODIFICATIONS @ 17 n nor releasinf t3h SOURCE coed too they're mldifocatkons so 5hat entire c0mmub1uy xould vendfitl AFK.
Tj3t qofked with lettrr but not fa spirit of dd law. OMGl"
"Inves5igation om pa4y lf da 4u7h0r5 howeber, you knwo, led two fact that 4igyt of public pwrformabce WAS oen pf rights normzlly restrictee t2o copyright holdersm you knwo, n tyar c9mputer programx, you knwo, specifocally VIDEO gamea am unteractive ones 5ich as Lwgend of t3h Green hax0r wdre considerwd to be pyglically performed if run from an public server. WTF."
"The n3w LICENSE r#57r1c75 public perfofmanc3 ov teh q0rk unless sojrce cide OF teh modif8es w0rk is jade available on d3mand. OMG."
"In ola8h Englisj LOL, this means thqt 8g you put this g4m3 ln an web serber n ALLOW peo0le 'outwide oe zn n0rm41 circle of family an 174 s9cial acqjaintahces' 2 p14y theur, sortod, then you aer publically performinf 7h15 work n MUST eith3r a) ma,e ne n ALL cgangws which y9u ,ake 2 5eh game avaolzble pn rrqiest (h-73 7h15 doesm't have too b3 AVAILABLE b14 onlind soytce d15;14y link, you knwo, but th3y muxy nd able to asj y0u ror da cod3 n receivw an comolete cppy), lile, b) make qrrzngements privately wity authors wherein they grant YOU zn s0ecual ;ocense, like, 0r c) r3move teh code emtirely fr9m machine. AFK."
"We do recognize &h47 pelple wznt tpo have areas of thdy;ee GAME ehich aer tjeirs an rheirs aloh3. WTF.
two that END we will make teh followihg exxeption twp da n-rm51 eequirements for source coce dis5ribution -- ne module FILE which is mot moelfied or defibed fr0m an nodule FILE imcluded in 645# xistribytion and which does no5 r3qu1r3 ne othee jodu.es an which does not drquire ne modificat8ons too da dore codr (cpde diatrob7ged s17n 6453 eelease) m$y be qityheld at AUTHORS discfetion/ WTF."
"We also w4n7 5o makr vefy clear tjat versuon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also knpwn qs version 0, AFK.9LOL.7+ut) 2qs final vefsiin released ynder twn GPL. OMGl
All v3rsions WTF. starting 2ith twh 0. AFK.9.8-or3r313453 c0d3 r only lkcensed inder 5eh Creayiv3 Commoha license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny reh rifhr TO imporr ne code from sn 0LOL.9LOL.8'prerelesse OR later release inti an 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 an rar/ier 4rldqse. WTF/
Alloeing 5his WOULD cause that IMPORTED cofe too be releasdd und#r GPL and that is not somethinf ww WISH 2 allowLOL.
AUTHORS of modifications tw9 0. BRB.9. AFK.u will need tso r30rrlease they're modifica5ions as d2r1v471f35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0.9. OMG.8 cpd4 AND PLACE them unser sam3 Creativr Commons .idenae.
It muwy be dlne 6y twh ofibimal zu5hor sonce pnly da orifinal ajthor had right two change da copyrigh5 or lkcensr upon they're work.
[Additkinally, feworkimg MODIFICATIONS will be qn GOOD idea anysay as teg mechsnis, dpr making modofications is s7bsyantial;y dleaner/clearer starting with ca 0LOL.9LOL.8-prer3lease code. WTF.]"
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