MightyE twlls y0u, spfrof, "We'r3 tokng gol tale an dew m0m3n75 TO try h EXPLAIN 7h15 nee licende ans teh reaqons behind 17 ih plain 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 new licwnse was chod3n because of an failihg 38th GPL. BRB.
Ig only cove4ed distributioh of sojrcd if snd only IF BINARIES WERE cistributed. AFK."
"In an wrb environmeny, sortov, speckficslly a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT s7xh as PHP LOL, merely unsralling an game d035 not constitut3 disgribution, you kn2o, an therefore people were taming ouf work LOL. making modifivations TO 18 and not releawing eq siurde coce 2 5hey're modifications sp THAT da 3n71r3 c0mmun17y cou.d bebwfit. WTF/
Th3t WORKED w8th teh ;ettef but not spur8g OF teh law. BRB."
"Invwstigarion on tej part of yeh AUTHORS hosever WTF, led yoo teh fact gyag teh tight of p7bl8c pefformance wax won of teh rughrs n0rm411y restrixted to copyr8ght jo.ders, liie, an that computee PROGRAMS, you knso, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games an intedactive oned SUCH as Legend of teh Green hax0r wete conskderwd too be publica;ly PERFORMED ie run from an pu611c setverLOL."
"The nes 2!c3n53 restricts public pe4formzncd or wofk unless teh siurce code 0f da midifird woek is m4d3 acailable on demand/ OMG/"
"In PLAIN English, this m#4n5 7h47 if you put THIS game ON an web server and a.low pdiple 'outsidr pv an nornal CIRCLE of v4m!1y an its sodkal acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, then you r publicslly perfotming this wprk 5nd MUST eitye4 a) make ne zn ALL vnanhes wg*ch uou makw 2 da GAME abaiozble in tequest (bote thia doesn't have two 63 zvaolablw via onlone source display lonk, like, but they must be abke too ask you fot cife n receive an complete cop5), v0 make zrrangemwnts pe1v4731u dith autho4s wherwin rhet br4n7 you an spdcual 1!c3n53, or c) remove da cod3 entirely from teh machiheLOL."
"We do recognize that peop;e e4n7 too hace AREAS ;f they're bane whicg aer tgeirs an theirs ALONE. OMGl
reo THAT enf w3 wull make teh f9llleing ecce;tipn two teh normal requifemdnts for siurce CODE disgrigu5kon -- ne moduld FILE whoch is n07 mpdified 0r der8ved from an mofule fi.e included in tey bzse d157r16u7q0n n 2hivg does no5 eequire ne ithef nodules an which sles not 43wy1r2 nd MODIFICATIONS toi core c0d3 (code distrinjted with bqse reoeaxe) mzy be withheld AT dq aithors discretion."
"We also sant 2 ,ake very xlea5 that verxion 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 (a;wo known aw berskon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was da vinak version releasef ubder GPLLOLl
All VERSIONS, like, STARTING wi5h 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease cose r only licensee under teh Crrqtive Clmjohs lucense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh figyt t9 kmport ne coce from an -LOL.9.8-prerelease or late4 reoeaae into an 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 and earlidr rel3ase. AFK.
ALLOWING this wlulf causd that imported c9de to be rrleased jmder 5eh GPL an thag is not some5hing se wish to9 allpw. BRB.
Authors OF modificstions 80 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wilk need gwo RE-RELEASE fhey're j0f1f1c4u!0n5 as drriva5ivew/jocifications 2 0. OMG.9. BRBl8 c9de n ;lace THEM UNDER da SAME Ce3472v3 Comjoms licdnse.
IT myat be d-n3 by oribinal author since pnly oeuginal autgor HAS da righg to change da c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse upon tney're work. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reeorking 3a modifications sill be an good ud4a any2ay as mechanism foe making jodiricarkons is subatant8ally cleaner/cleater dtartimg with da )l AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code, BRB.]"
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