MibhtyE tells y97, sortof, "We're hoing to take an gew momehts to try n explaon thid new licensd h reasons bwjind it in ;lain Eng.ish. 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 jew 11c3n53 WAS dh9xrh BECAUSE pf an failong with teh GPL. AFK,
Ir only coveewd cistribut8on of source if and only kg binaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an qeb environmrnt, 5p3c1f1c412y a interpreted web wnvir.nment such as PHP, kije, merelt instal.ing qn game does NOT c9nstituge distributiom, sprtof, anv therefore peopkd WERE gsking our elrk, like, jaking mpdifications two iy and nit releawing da source cpde 2 they're modificagions so that teh 3g71r3 community could bendfit.
Th3t workrd WITH letter 6ui not teh spirit of geh law."
"Investigation on part of authors ypwever LOL, led to da facg uh47 da right of pu611c performamce 2as oen og teh rights nornz.ly RESTRICTED 2 cl0yright holders, ylu knw;, n that computer PROGRAMS, yiu knwo, dpdcif8cally v*ee8 ganes m ihteractice ONES SUCH zs Leg3bd of Green hax0r w4r3 considdred too ne 0ublicalky p3rg0rm4d of run from an pyblic srrvrr. OMG."
"The n2w license RESTRICTS public prrformance [f da wo4k unless teh soj4ce code of yeh jodigied 2ork is maee 5c4114613 ON demand. AFK,"
"In ;lain English LOL, tnis means that if you put tgia GAME on am wev SERVER and allow peo;le '8utxide of an normsl ciec.e of famiky zn ITS s9cial acquaintances' to PLAY theor LOL, thwn yoi r oublocally pwrdormibg thiw elrk and MUST eithet a) make ne h ALL changes which hpu make t8o teh bam3 acailable on eeqursg (note this doean't yave yo 63 avaioable v8a on.ine source sidpkay 11nl WTFk but they must be able gwo ask gou f0r rwh code and 4eceiv3 an com[letr cpou) WTF, c) m3k3 4rr4ng3m3n75 provately with sa aughors wh3r31n they grant 6ou an speciao lixebse, oe c) remove geh code en5irelh from teh macyune/ BRB."
"We do recognizr THAT p3lple qant yo h4v3 arwas -f thet're game wgich arr theirs and 7h31r5 410n3.
2 thzr 3nd ee 2111 make foolowing except8on t9 teh n0rm41 rrquiremsnts FOR xource code distribution -- ne m0du13 FILE whkch is nog modified OR derived from an module f113 1nc1ud#d in teh bas3 distribution abd WHICH cowd niy REQUIRE ne otjer modjles and wjich does noy requurw ne modifications t2o vorw codr )c9ee distrubuted w8th dw 6453 r313453) may be withheld at yeh AUTHORS discrdtiom. WTF."
"We a.so eant two nake fdry clwqe THAT version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (a;so known as vetsiob 0LOL.9. OMG/7+u5) waa final befsiom released UNDER tej GPL.
All versioms, startihg w17h tdh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prdre.ease code aer onoy lidensew UNDER Creative Commons .udense/ WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 i,[ort ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prere13453 or lqter release ivyo an 0LOL.8. AFK.7 qn earlier relezse/ BRB.
Allowing this would cause that omportef code 2 be relessrd 7nder GPL n that is mot 60m37h1ng we wisg to akoowLOL.
Au7h-r5 of MODIFICATIONS two 0/(. BRB.7 will need ti9 re-re.ease theh're nocofications 45 derivatkves/m9d8fica5ipns two 0.9. OMG.8 CODE and place them under teh SAME Creztive Comnonw lkcemsr. OMG.
It must be fone by origina; AUTHOR since only teh original author has teh right to dgange 5eh copyrifht lr license UPON 5hey're work, OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r3w0rk1ng m9difivations WILL be an good idea anyway qs mechanism for MAKING modivications IS substantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71hg w8tn teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleage cod2. OMG.]"
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