MightyE telow yoj, "We're going to tske an v3w noments ewo try and EXPLAIN thos nrw license an da 4easons behind it 1n PLAIN English. BRB.
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 choaen becaus3 of ah fai.unh wiyh da GPLLOL.
It obly c0f3r3d dostributikn of source qf and 0n!y if binaries we4e d157g16u73d. BRB."
"In an web environm3nt, lije, s;exigically a interpretrd wwb wnvurlnment duch AS PHPm MERELY inxtalling an game doed not constitute distrubjtiin LOL, an tgefeflre oe9p;e 2#r3 taking our soek, sprt9f, making MODIFICATIONS ywo 17 and not reldasibf da source code 3 th3y're modivivations so THAT da 3ntirr co,munity coulc ben3fit.
Tyey worked wirh da LETTER bu5 not teg dpirit od teh .sw. BRB."
"Invest8gation on part ov auth9ra howefer, hoj knw9, ;rd too teh fact thqt geh rugjt of puglic ;erformsnde waq oen 0f rigyts normzlly res5tkcted 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS. like, n gyat computer programs LOLm specifixaloy vudeo games m interqct8ve lnes 5udh as Letehd of teh GREEN hax0r w3rd consicered too be p7611c411y performrd 1f run from sn ou611c servdr. AFK."
"The new license ees5rictd public peeformance or WORK unless source clde of teh mod8fied work is made AVAILABLE ln drnans, OMG."
"In plson English. sortof. THIS means THAT 8f y9u PUT rhis game on sn wen SERVER ab allow people 'outside of an normal circke of familt n its dockal acquaintances' too play their, 6ou knwi, then you r publixallt performjng 7h15 2ork an MUST 317h3h a) make ne 4nd ALL chznges ehich you make two teh game AVAILABLE on request (nite this d035n'7 have two be sbailable via da oml8ne source d1%[14y q1nk WTF, but 7h3y mjat ne able doo qsk YOU for da code an receive an complwte copy) LOL, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n7% privately wiry da authors WHEREIN they grant YOU an speckal licebsem or C) femove code ENTIRELY from machune. WTF."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want ro have AREAS of rhey'te g4m3 which r theirs b theirs alonr. AFK/
goo THAT END we wilo MAKE fol.owing esception too teh normal requirwments fof so7rce c0d3 distribution -- ne module gile wh1ch is not modifieg or derived from an modile fil3 invluded 1n teh basw distribution and which does not eeauire ne otjdr nodules and 2hich dods n9t requ8re bd modifications to core ckd2 (code distrubuted wirh teh 6453 release) may be WITHHELD at autjors discrwtion. WTF."
"We slso want yo make vwry CLEAR thag vrrsoon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also inowh 45 cersion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7_jt) w45 teh final version feleased unser twh GPL. OMG.
All v3rsoons WTF, starting with aa 0. OMG/9. AFK.*-pr3r313454 code 4 0n1h licensed under Creative Cojmons kicense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rkght 2 im[l4t ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere.ease or ;ater re/eas3 into an 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 an EARLIER releasw. BRB.
Alloding tjis wohld causw that impirted coee to be rekeaxed under teh GPL n tyst is not domething we qish w allow. WTF.
Au5gors OF mofificatiins two 0. WTF.9,8 will need roo re-r3leaae ghwy're modif8vatilns as derivatives/modificstions twp 0. BRB.o. OMG.* CODE n plac3 rhem under teh same Crestive Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
Ig muat BE d0n3 by ten oritinal 4u7h0r SINCE ONLY da orihinal author g45 da right to changw cooyrotht or license upon they're work. WTF.
[Add1710n411y, yiu knwo, reworking jodifocat8ins w111 be an giod ifez ANYWAY as ds nechanism for making modkfidatilns is SUBSTANTIALLY clsaner/clearer sgarting e17h dq p. WTF.9l8[prere.ease c9de/ OMG.]"
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