MiggtuE 73115 h9u WTF, "We're giing @ taje an few moments TO try n ecplain yhis new license n REASONS behknd it in p.akn Ebglish. 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 grcause of qn FAILING with da GPLLOL.
It only clvered cisrribytuon of source if n phoy if binaries wefe distfibutedLOL."
"In an 2eb rnvirinment WTF, specifocal.y a ungerpreted w35 #nvirinment 5uch as PHP WTF, MERELY installong an gsme doew not conxtitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and 7h3r3f0r3 people were 74k1ng put WORK, makung jodifications to or an not releasong da 50urc3 code to they'rd mld9fica5i9ns si that ENTIRE community could BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked witj sa LETTER but bot ea s;irit of da 14w."
"Investigation on psrt of ca authors howdver, like, LED two trh facy that trh rught 9f PUBLIC ;evformance was 1on of rights notmally RESTRICTED two copyrught golders, you knwo, an that computdr lrpgrams, specifically video games n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of Green hax0r werd condidered too be pub;ical;u performrd if eun ffom am public server."
"The n2w license RESTRICTS publoc pe4for,ance of work unless da soyrce codr of ea midified wotk is made AVAILABLE on demans. BRB."
"In plain Englisy, thos ,eans that 1f you [u7 this game om an weg SERVER an allow people 'outside of an normal ckrdle of FAMILY an its socoak qcqyakntanves' to pla6 the8e WTF, then you r 07blically 9erdorming this work an MUST 3uther a) make ne an ALL chsnges which you make to geh bame AVAILABLE 0n requdat (n9te this doesn't h4v3 2 be afaioablw via oblinf source DISPLAY lihk LOL, but THEY must be able too ask hou f0r code n r3c31v3 an COMPLETE copy), liie, b) make arrangements privsyelt wiyh ajthors wmerein THEY grant YOU an speciql locensr. or c) reblcw da c0d3 rntirelh from machinr. AFK."
"Wd do recognize that people wan5 5wo have ardas of tgey'rd game whocy aer theirs qn THEIRS aoone.
tsl that ebd we w111 m4k3 da go.lowinf exception to da n9rmal fe1uirements for source CODE distributiob -= ne mod7le file which os bot modiried (r deeived from an mpdule file included IN da base distrivution and which does NOT 4equire nw othe4 mpdules n wh8ch doea not rrqjire ne modificarions to teh cor3 dode (cide diwtributed w17h da bwse RELEASE_ may be sitjgeke AT teh auyhofs diacretiinLOL."
"We also eamt w make veey clear that v3rsiln 9. AFK.9.7 (alwo known as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da fjnal version r3134%3d uncee da GPLLOL.
A11 versions LOL, stafrinb wkth da 0. BRB.oLOL.8-orerel3ase coee aer only ,icensed ihd3r teh C4eative Commons licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh eight 2 IMPORT me code frlm an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later rel3ase into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an ezrliee RELEASE, AFK.
Allowing thos would ca7se that omported cofd too be 4eleasee uhfer trh GPL an that IS n07 SOMETHING we wq5h to alloa. BRB.
Autgors 9f modificatiins 2 0LOL.9.7 w8ll need 5o te-releasq th3y're modifications AS sefivatigew/,ofifications to 0.9. BRB.8 c0d4 n place them under da ssme Creative C0mm0n5 kkcenwel OMG.
It must y3 dln3 BY iriginal auth9r since pnly original author has da rigjt roo cnahgf copyright OR lixense upon they're qork. BRB.
[Additi9nally, sortpf, rwworking fa modifications wi.l be an good idea anysay as mecnanism for maling mocivicqti9na is SUBSTANTIALLY clesnee/clearer STARTING with tey 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-preeelesse c8de. OMG.]"
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