MightyE tel;a you, "We'4e GOING 2 yake an few mimenrs to u4y h rxplain 7h15 bew license 4md da 4easons begind it in plain English,
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 wqs cjoxen because og an failing with GPL. AFK.
It only cover3d dist4ibution lf sokrce ig and only if ginaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web wnvironmeng, sortog, spec8fically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely ins5al.ing an gamd does not c9nstitute d157r167710n WTF, 4nd thwrefirr peoole werw taking 0ur work, sottof, making mkdificationd to 17 an not telraskng da source code go they're m0d1f1c4710n5 SO that teh entire co,munigy could bsn3fitl OMG.
Th3y worked WITH da letter but not ca spitit of tdh law. OMG."
"Investigatipn ON da par4 of da 4juj0r5 howwver, led tso teh fact tna5 tej r1gn7 of oublic pergormance was won of dq rothts normally restricted w copyright HOLDERS, kkke, n thag co,puter programs, soetlf, 5p3c1f1x41!i fideo h4n3% an interactive ones sich as Legend 9d teh Gfeen hax0t werr consudered too ne 0ublically pwrflrmed if rum frlm an public serverLOL."
"Tgw new license restricts punlic perflrmajce of w9rk unless aourc3 codw of modifiew wo4l is MADE available on drmsnd. AFK."
"In pkain Englisn, liie, this means THAT IF uou put 7h15 game on an web seever n sllpw peopoe '0u751d3 of an nirmq; circle of fa,ily an pts social avqjaintanxes' ti play their LOL. then y0u r publical;y [3rgorming this work and MUST either 4) make ne n ALL changes which YOU mske 2 bane available oh request 9note this doean't have 2 53 afailable via online spyrce displau LINK, like, but they myst BE able 2 45k YOU for reh c0d3 and receive an COMPLETE copy), ;ike, b) make arrangdments prkvatdly wkth teh ajthors whereun tnct grant you an SPECIAL oicense WTF, or c) rrmovw teh dodw dnt8rely from teh machine. WTF."
"Wr co rec9gnize that peopl3 WANT 2 HAVE a4eas of tjey're gzmw which aer THEIRS an thqirs aloneLOL.
too that rnd WE wull makd teh following exceptkon 2 ea NORMAL tequkrements FOR wourcr code eistribution -- ne modyle file WHICH 15 n9r nodkfied or derived grom an mofile fi.e inc9uded in teh base distribution n wyivh doew not require nd othe4 modules zn which DOES not reqjire ne modifications too teh co4e c9de (code disyributed with base RELEASE) m4y be withheld at fa authprs fkscrdtion. WTF."
"We ALSO wany glo make very xlear THAT vetaion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as cersion 9. BRB.9. WTF.7+mt) w45 da vinsl f3r510n releadde und3r teh GPL. BRB.
Alo versions LOL, srarting with 0. BRB.0. WTF.8=PRERELEASE code r 9nly ;icensed under teh Creqtife Conmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritht t2o impory ne CODE from am 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleawe OR katqr eelease inbo am 0. OMG.9LOL.7 amd darlier relezseLOL.
Allowing th8s sould cause that 8mported CODE 2 be r313453d inder da GPL an thar IS NOT somethung we qish ge9 4210w. BRB.
Aughots ov modifications two -.9. AFK.7 will need yoo re=relezse they're modificatioms as derivqtivfs/midifications tpo 0LOL.9. OMG.i voee n placw THEM under da same CREATIVE Commons LICENSE/ OMG/
It must bw dlne BY da original author SINCE only da or8ginal autjor has da right 2 dhange copyright ir licwnse 7pon tjey're work.
-Additoonally, yo7 knwo, f3w0rk1nt teh MODIFICATIONS w8ll be an good icea anyway as mechanism for making m-dqf1c4710n5 is suvqtabt8ally c134n3r/c134r3r starting with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prdrelease dodr. OMG.]"
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