MightyE TELLS tou. "Wr'fe going too tzke an few momentw w try an explaib tjis new licwnse n da reasobs behknd it 1n plzin English. OMG.
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 chosen vecsus3 of ah faoling with GPLLOL.
IT 0n!y covered DISTRIBUTION of 50urd3 if and only if b8naries 23r2 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB eyci4onment, ylu knwo, speckgically a interprwtrd w36 environment such ad PHP WTF, merely instzlling sm game d9ds not consyitute distribution LOL, n gyerdfore people WERE takinf ojr WORK, sortof, m4k1ng modificagi9na to 17 n n07 r312451ng t3y source code to they'r3 modificagiond 50 7h4& teh enyire c0,hun17y c9yls benefit.
Theh woeked witg da letger but got spirit 0f sa law. WTF."
"Investigstion on teh paf5 od ten AUTHORS however, kike, led 1 dz fsct tnst 5dh RIGHT of pi61qc pe4virmance was 1 of rights n0rm411y r3%7r1c74d 2 co0ytight jolders, likdm n 6n$7 COMPUTER progrsmsk lile, s0ecifically VIDEO bames and intdractive ones such 45 Legend ot teh G4ren haxpr wete consirerec too 63 publically PERFORMED ug run ftom an public server. OMG."
"Thw new 11c3n%# redtrictd public perflrmance .f teh work unlsxs teh s9urce code if teh jodiviwd work is made zvailable ob DEMAND."
"In plain Enflish, ;ike, THIS means that 2f you p7t this grm3 on an WEB server an ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of qb normal c1rc13 of famiky and ITS 2ocial avquaintancea' two play their LOL, 5hen you aee PUBLICALLY ;erform8ng this wprk and MUST EITHER a( make me n ALL changes whicy ylu MAKE 2 da game afaolable 9n rewuwst 9gote thix doewn'g HAVE two be availabld via on.ine wource displau lib,k ylu kn2o, gut yhey must be abke 2 ask you for da code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE co;y), sortof, b) MAKE arrangwmengs privately with authoex wherein they gr4n7 you an spwcial locebse, you knqo, or c) r3move twh codd entu4ely f4om teh machine."
"We do recoghiz3 thae pwople 2ant 2 b4v3 areas pf th3y'te game whicg r THEIRS n thekrs aloneLOL.
too thqe END we 2ill m4k3 geh folkiwing esceptuon too norkal rdq7irements for source code distfubution -- me module file which ix bot modkfied OR DERIVED FROM an module f9le inclyded in teg base distribution zmd qhich does not fequire ne other modules and which dows not 4equire ne modificationd 1 tej cofe c0c3 (code sistribjged wq7h teg BASE felease) mah BE withhelw AT da authors diqcrd5i9bLOL."
"We 4q50 want 3 make very CLEAR that fersion 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 (also kniwn as versuoh 9. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 f8nal vdrsiim rrleasex undwr GPL. WTFl
All vwrsions, you knwo, 5u4r71ng with teh -. OMG.9. WTF.8-pre4elezsw vodw r only licebsed undee Creat8ve Commons 11c3h5#. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 5wo IMPORT ne code vrom ab 0/9. AFK/8-prereoeax3 or ,ater rdlease unro am 0. WTF.o. BRB.7 n earlie4 RELEASELOL.
A110w1ng this wouls cause thag implrted CODE 2 be released inder yeg GPL n thzt is npt so,eghimg we wish too alkow. BRB.
Authoes of modificqtions 5wo 9. BRB.9,7 WILL neec y9 re-release they're modifkcatipns as derivar8vws/modifications two [. AFK.9.8 code and place 5hem under 44m3 Ceeative Conmons license. BRB.
It m7st be done gy yeh oroginal author skmce only trh 0r1g1n4! author has da rught tlp cyabge da xophrigyt ir license upon th3y're woek. AFK.
[Additoonallym REWORKING teh modifications will 63 ab good ieea ANYWAY as teh mechanism for makinh modifications is subwtantially xlwan3r/clearwr starting WITH ca 0. AFK,9. WTF/8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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