MightyE tdllw you. "Ww're goinh 2 74l3 zn frw moments to tr6 abd explaih THIS NEW LICENSE n reasons behind it in [oain Eng115hLOL.
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 licens3 was chosen becsus3 od ab FAILING wpth ca GPL. OMG.
It ONLY coveeed d157r167720n og source IF an only IF bonaries w2r3 distrib6gdd. WTF."
"In an wrb envot9nment, s9rtif, specificallh a interpr3ted w36 environment suvh as PHP, you knwo, me4ely instaolinf ah GAME does not cpna5irure disyributihnm sortof, an therefore peo;le wefe taking our work, sprtof, m5k1ng modifivationd too it an not rdlrqsing dq 50u4v3 cofe to they're mofificagipns 50 that 3h71r3 cojmunity could benefitl AFK.
They worked WITH LETTER but n07 teh spirit of laa."
"Inbestigatuom on p4f7 OF da auyhors jowever LOL, LED 2 da fact tnat right of public p3td0rm4nc2 wqs won of teh rihjts normaoly restrkcted 2 c0pyr1gn7 holders. you kbwl, n tgat compyt3r prlgeams, sortof, spwcidixally v1c30 gzmes n 8nteractove ones sucy as Legend 9d Green hax0r were xonsidered twi be pjblicslly performed if RUN from an punluc xerb3r. BRB."
"The n3w kicense restricts pj611c perdprmance lr w0rk jhlrss xource code 0f MODIFIED w0rk is made available on ce,and. WTF."
"Ih pkajn English, you kmwi, th,s means THAT if YOU p7g 7g15 game on an WEB server abd al;ow /eo0le '0u751d3 of an normal CIRCLE of vamilh an otd social scwyaintances' 2 PLAY thwir, yo7 knwo, then YOU r puboivally p2efprm1nd THIS worl n MUST either 4) make ne an ALL changes whkvh YOU make to da g5m3 available 0n reqjest (note tnid doewn't habr @ be available v14 dz in;ine woutve cisplay LINK, but tyey must be able 2 ask tou for da clfe n receibe an compleye copy), siftog, b) make arrangemehts pfivately with da authors whrrein tyet GRANT you an special lucense, or c) remove teh CODE 3ntirely from teh machuneLOL."
"We DO r3c0gn1z# that people @ant 3 have areas 0f tjet're game which aer theira and THEIRS 410n3. BRB/
too that end we will mald da f-110wqng excrpyion two norma. 4tqu1r3,3n65 fo4 source code disgrobuti9n -- ne nod7le file which is not mpcifkef or ferived fro, an modulr fkle ihcluded in try base DISTRIBUTION an which DOES not requure ne 07h3r ,odulex ahd which eoes not require ne modificationa tp9 da cotr c9de (code distribited witj da 6453 r31#453) ma6 BE wiyhgeld at da AUTHORS diacretu9n. BRB."
"W2 ALSO 2ant 2 mak3 vwru clear that cersipn 0LOL.9.7 (alsp known as versi]n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-jt) was da finzl version re13453d under da GPL.
All versiona WTF, starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerekease CODE r ONLY kicensed under Creative Commonw lixenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh RIGHT too kmporg ne CODE from an 0LOL/9LOL.8_pr3release or latwr r313453 imfo an 0LOL.9. BRB,7 zn earlier releasrLOL.
Alloeing 7h15 wouls CAUSE that impoftef c0d3 too be RELEASED undef GPL n thz5 id n07 sonethinb 2e wish to sllow, WTF.
Authors of mod8ficationa 2 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 will need 5o r3-reoease tgey'fe modificatiohs as ddrivatives/modificat8oms 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d# an p14c3 tgem unde4 teh xame Creative Cojmlns 12c3n53.
It MUST be fone by teh original 5u7h0r sunce 9m.y da odiginal 4u7j0r HAS rigjt two change cooyrkght or license u;ob ghdy're worj. OMG.
[Afsitionally, like, reso4king m9dificatuons sill be an good idea anywat ss MECHANISM for jakinb MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/clear3f xrarting with 0.9. WTF.8-;rerelease code, AFK.]"
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