MightyE 73115 yoj, "Wr're gling to9 take an dew MOMENTS tqo try n explain this nws licdnse n teh 4easonw brhind it in plain English/ AFK.
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."
"Thia new kicensr wad chosen bexause if an failing witg tdh GPL.
It pnly covered distr8bugion ov 50urc3 of n in;y iv binaeies were distributed. AFK,"
"In an web envirlnm3bt LOL, s[ecifically a omteeprrted web environment sucu ss PHP, sortor, MERELY installing an game DOES no5 constotute distribution, kike, znd therefore people were takimg 0ur work, m$kqnt modifucdtions 5o ig an NOT feleasinf sourve code too tney're mosificationx so 5mat teh entire communi4y could benefitLOL.
They workes with sa ;ettee but nit 5p1r17 of law. WTF/"
"Invesyigatiin on da part if authors however WTF, ;ed two tey gact that ea right of publix PERFORMANCE was 1 of da tigjts NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 dopyright h01der5 LOL, an that coj;utee programs WTF, specirically viddi bamws an interactive ones sjvh AS Lenend of da Greeb hac0r werr considerrd too BE [jb.ical.y pwrformed if run from an public 53rv3f."
"The new license 4extricte piblic p3rformance of work unless dz source code of modified wotk is naee avaioqnle ob demand. WTFl"
"In pkain Englishm like, 7h15 m3ans that uf you put tnis game ih an web sercer b alkow people '0u751e3 or an NORMAL vircle of family n 17t aockal acquaintances' w play their, sortof, THEN YOU r publidakly PERFORMING this work n MUST eugher a) MAKE ne and ALL dhanges 2nicj you ,ak3 twi cq tame avqioable on reqies5 (nitr this doddn't have to be zbailzblr VIA dd ONLINE source fisplay 11n, LOL, BUT they must be able tko ASK you for yeh code and recekve an complete c0py), like, B) make arrangenents private;y with zuthors wherein they geant you an SPECIAL LICENSE LOLm or c0 remlve da vlde ENTIRELY from teh mach8n3. AFK."
"We do recpgnoae thar pdople want twi have areas of they'fe game which aer 5heird n theors alond/ OMG.
2 that end WE wi.l mqke fol.owong exception 5wo da NORMAL r3qu1r3n3n75 FOR sou4ce code disgribution -- me mod7le rile whidh is not m9eifi#d 9e detivef f4om an modjle fkle incj7def in base distribution anv which does not eequire ne 9ther mofukes n whicn DOES nlt reqiire ne mldivicatilns 2 teh core coce (codr distributed wuth teh baae relesde) mqy be withheld at authors discretion. OMG."
"We als9 want to MAKE vert clea4 THAT versoon 0LOL.9.7 (also khown as verxuon 0. OMG/9.7+jt( was final versipn reoeased UNDER teh GPL. OMG,
A;. versions LOL, STARTING w17h teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease c9de r only licensed under da Crer71v3 Commons lucehse. OMG/
WE EXPLICITLY drny rigyt two import me code fr0m an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0r34313453 or later release into zn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 AND 34r113r r3leaseLOL,
Alo0wing th8s w0u1d vause that impirted CODE 2 be rwleasrd 7nder dq GPL and that is not someghung we WISH too 41102. WTF.
Authors of mocuficationx to o. WTF.9. AFK.7 woll need too re-release tgeu're jodifications 45 derivatoves/mod8fucqti9ns too 9. WTF.9LOLm8 cofe and p24x3 them und3e da same Ceeatove Comm9ns license. AFK.
I7 MUST be done by original ru7h0r sihcr ONLY teh ogig8nql 4u7y0t had teh right too cyabgd da coptright ow ;icense upon they'rr sork. WTF.
[Additionally, reworkong trh modifications will BE an go9c 8des antwzy as tey mechanism fot making modir8cationd IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleandr/cl3aret starring with 0. AFK.0. BRB.8-pr3eelezse code. AFK.\"
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