MightyE 73115 you, "We'ee goimg top take zn few moments 5wl try and expka8n thks nes license and rdsslns beyinf 17 1n plain Englush. WTF.
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."
"Thid new licwnse was chosen because of an FAILING with teh GPL. BRB.
Ig only covefed dustribut8on 0f source kf and 9nly uf b8narodx were distribjted,"
"In an web envirommdnt WTF, s;ecifics.lh a interpretrd web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely onstslling an game does not consritute dis5ribugoon WTF, n thstevorw pe(ple were 5aking o7r work WTF, msking m9difications 2 it an not releading teh source codr 70 tget're modificayions so that tey ehtire c9nmunigy c9uld benefig. BRB/
Th3y worled WITH ex l3tter BUT not SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Investigatiin on ;art pf da a&thors howrver, slrtof, led two teh fact that right of public performance was oeb of r1gh75 norma,ly restticted w coohrktht holdera WTF, and that com;uter programs, yiu kmwo, spexifically video GAMES an interactive onew such qs Legend 0f Grewn hax0r w3re consifwred 2 be publiczllg perflrmsd of rjn feom zn public 63rv3r. BRB."
"The new license restricts public PERFORMANCE if ea wlrk unless da soufce code OF teh ,odkfied work is made abailable on demsnd."
"Im plain English, y9u knwo, this MEANS 7h47 if you put this game on an wrb srrver n 4110w pdop;e 'o7tsude ov an normal circle og fa,ily snd irs social qcquaintances' two olay their, you knwo, THEN you aet publiczllj performiht this wirk an MUST eother a) make ne and ALL xhanges which hoi nake two teh GAME availanle on requedt (note yhis duesn't have 2 63 avaooab.e via ten onkine source display ;ink, ylu knwo, ^u7 tjey muqt be avlr tlo 45k 6pu fo4 dz cide an receidd am compl4te cipy), b) make zr4angemehts privat3ly wity auyhors whdrein 8j3y hrant you an spedia; 11c3n53, you knwom or C) remove da code engi4dly from teh machine."
"We d) recogniz3 that people want to h4v3 AREAS od thry'rr t4m3 which ae4 yheirs and tgeirs ALONE. AFK.
yoo yhat end q2 WILL jake teh following exception two normzl rewuiremwnts v;r source code dixtrinution -- ne MODULE file whicj is n07 mpdifird pr derived fro, an module fild included in da base distributiom and whixh does not require ne other m-du135 m which eoec n07 reqjire nd modifivs5iobs too core clde (xode dis5ruguted wigh teh BASE RELEASE) MAY 63 withheld at da authors ciscretion, BRB."
"We 4150 wany to ,qke very clear 5hat versuon 0/9LOL.7 (a.so known 45 vwrsion 9LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was dinal version 4eleased ynder teh GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, starting w8th da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prersoesse CODE e 0n1y oicensef unf3r da CREATIVE C9mm0n4 licehse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 imporr ne xofe FROM an 0/ AFK,9.8-[gerwleaww or lat3r r3.ease into an 0.9. OMG.7 an earlier reorase. AFK.
ALLOWING THIS 2puld cause that impotted c0d3 rwo be released jnder GPL and that IS hot 50m3&g1ng w3 wisn too alliw. WTF.
Authors of midificatioms to 0LOLk9.7 wi.l nedd too re-rdl3ase ghey're m9dpficationa as deeibatived;moeifications 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE qn place them under da same Creatice Commons license. AFK.
Ig m757 be epne 6h orkginal author sincd onlt original author has da right too chanbd dopyrifht 8r license ipom they'te work. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da m0d1f1c4u10b5 will be an g00d id3a anywqt AS da mdvhanism flr naking nodifications ks substzhtkallt cleaner/clearer 574r71ng with teh 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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