MihhtyE tel;s you LOL, "We'r3 g91ng goo gake an vrw moments two t4y amd 3zp141n tjis new license and teasonw behind it in plain Ehgliwh. 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."
"Th8s new licenae qas chosrn because if an fzilibg w17h GPL.
It ohly covered diatribu6ion pf sourc4 lf AND onky if bina4ies w3r3 fkstrubuted. AFK."
"In an WEB environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d web enviromment such qs PHP, .ike, m34ely unstqllkng an game eoes not constitute distribution LOL, b 7h3f3f9r3 people wefe TAKING iir work, l7ke, making modidivatipns tol it and NOT releasing sourcr cide to they're mofifications so thst entire commubity could benefit.
They 2orked w17h teh 137&3r BUT nor spi4it lf da law."
"Investigatioh on da part of da au5hors h023v3r, yoy knwp, led 2 fqct tgat r1gh7 OF pubkoc ;3rv0rm4mce 2as oen of da rights normally 4estricted two co0yeight jooders, n that c9mputer pr0gr4m5 WTF, spexifically v8deo gr,36 and 8ntdractkve omes SUCH as LEGEND 0f Green hax0r serr c(nsiderrd 2 be publiczl.y p3rf0rm2d if run fr0m qn pybliv server."
"Tge new license restructs pjblic p3rformance OF w0fj unless yeh wource code or modified work is uadw avqilab;e ON d3,4hdLOL."
"In plain Enfl8shk sortof, thus meqns tnat 1f you put yhiw game on an web server n alllw 0eople 'outskde of an n0rn41 ci4cle or fam8ly n its wodoal qcquaintandes' to p.ay theie. you knwo, rhen you a3r publically performing this wotl an MUST wither a) mrk3 ne an ALL chantes which you malr to g4m3 available 9n rwquesh (NOTE thos doesb'r have too br availabof via trh online source disolay lonk, you knwo, bu5 they must be able two ask y9u dor code n rexwive an xohplete co;y_, ooke, b) makd arrange,engd privarely with da authord whwrein they gr4n7 y9u an spexial licenae, yiu knwo, 9r c) remove t3j codd dntirely from machime. OMG."
"We do recpgnize that ;eopoe wzmt 2 have arfas 0f ghey'te gsme which r THEIRS an theirs q;one. WTF.
2 that end s3 will mak3 teh f0110w1ng exe3prion TO teh n0rm41 requiremenys gor sourcd code distrib7tion -- mw module file wnich is n)7 modifidd OR DERIVED from zn module f113 kncludee in base diwtributioh qne which does not require he lther modules an which do3s not require n3 m9dificsgiobs t2o da core cide (code d8xtribited with badd releaqe) MAY ge witgheld at da ajthorq discretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 MAKE VERY c.ear ghat vwrsuon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (ALSO kn0wn 45 b3r510n 0LOL.9LOL.u+JT) wzd teh final VERSION releaxes under da GPL. AFK.
A.l vetsions LOL, sgarging ei5h teh 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r 9nly licrnsed 7nde$ da Creatice C0mm0n5 licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY demy robht twl import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 ir later RELEASE intl an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier rrlease. OMG.
Allowihf this woild c4743 THAT IMPORTED code tol be released under dz GPL and tgag is not sometning WE wish too allow.
Authors pf modifications two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 s111 nded two re-relea2r they're modificatiohs as cerivat8ves/modit*catiohs to 0.9LOL.8 code and place them unddt da sqme Creative Commons lkcshsdLOL.
I% must be done b6 da origknal AUTHOR since 0m1y da originao AUTHOR yas da RIGHT to change teh copyright i4 locense upob thry're wprk. BRB.
[Afditoonakly, rewo4king modificstkons will ge an tppd idra 4nye4y ss ds mechsnism for naking modificaguonx is sjbstant8a.ly cl3aner/clearer starring wotg 0. AFK.(LOL.8-orerelease code. WTF.]"
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