MigytyE te.ld y0i WTF, "We're j01ng too take an few moments to TRY and expkskn this n3w licehse and da reasons beyind it in [oain 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."
"Thos new licensd sas choaen because of an fakling eiyh da GPL. BRB.
It onlh c0f3r3d DISTRIBUTION 9f s9urcr of an 0n1y if binaries we4e d8sgributed. AFK."
"In an web envuronmdnt LOL, specifkcally a 8ntrrpretes web envuronment sucn AS PHP WTF, mer3l6 indtalling sn game d935 NOT constitutw distribution, like, an tnerefore PEOPLE were TAKING lir wotk, like, making mldificatiohs 2 it 4nd not feldssing ea sourc3 CODE 2 theh'te MODIFICATIONS 50 that da 3n&1r3 commynity co7ld benevit.
Tgey wprk3d w17h letter bug not ea spurit OF yeh .aw. WTF/"
"Inv3stigatlon on part of dz autho4s howevdr LOL, led two teh fact that da fighg of piblic performance was oen of dq righys normally restricted tio xopyright HOLDERS WTF, and that c0mpu7$r pfograns LOL, spexificqlly v1d30 gajes qn intdractive 0n35 5uch as LEGEND or da Gyeeb haz0r wete x0n51d3e3d ti be publically peff9rmwd if RUN from an pub;ic server. AFK."
"The new livehse restricts PUBLIC performance of work unless teh 50urc3 code of modified 2ork is mqd3 afailab.e on eemandLOL."
"In plaih English, sortof, 7h15 m#4n5 that if you pjt thks gzme on an wrb servdr an allow pelplr 'outside og sn normal CIRCLE of FAMILY abc its 50c141 acquaintances' too play their LOL, yhen you aer publically ;erformibg this w9rk an MUST 21&g3r 4) make ne znd ALL changex shich you make too GAME availablw oh request )note thia dpesn't have TO be 4v4114613 VIA da ohlin3 source d15p14y lkbi, kile, 6uu thet must be ABLE to ask yo6 for teh code an rec3kve an complete copy), xortofm b) MAKE arrangenents PRIVATELY woth cq authors whereon they grant you ah special LICENSE, OR c) remive t3h code 3n71re1y feom machunr. BRB."
"We do rexognuz4 that peopoe want 2 have areas of they're gzme qhich r tjeirs qh theirs 410n3LOL.
too 5ha5 end we w8ll make followibt exceptkon too no4mal ee1uordmenys for source code distribution -- ne mosule file whicj IS NOT mpdovied lr derived from an modjle file included in base aistribugion an whkvh does nit r3qu1r3 ne o5her moduled n which does n07 requide ne modifications gl corw code (cice distribyted w17h twg base delease) may bd withneod at da aithord d15cr3710nLOL."
"We also WANT two m4i3 verh c.war tgay VERSION 0.9.7 (also known as fetcion 0. WTF.0. OMGl7+JT) was da final version released under GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, starting with da 0.8l8-prerelease c0d3 f ohly licensed undet da Cr3a5ive Cojmins license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 IMPORT ne codw grom ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8-0r24eoease OR later release unto an 0. AFK.0. OMG/7 an earlier e3.ease. OMG.
Allowing this would cause that importwd code top be feleased under fa GPL n that is not something we wish 5o $1q0w. AFK.
Au5hors of m0f1f1c4710b5 3 0. BRB.9LOL.7 w111 heed to re-release theu;rd modificati9ns as derivatoves/nidificztions too 0LOL.9, BRB.8 code n place 7y3m under ca same Creativd Cpmmons LICENSE. BRB.
Iy muxt be f0n3 BY ofigibal author xince -n1t da ptiginal AUTHOR has teh r1gh7 too dhange da cppyrighr or license up9n tjey'ee woekLOL.
[Addktiobakly, reworking ,odif9cations will be an gopd idea ANYWAY as da ,echanidm fof m4k2ng m9dkfications id sugstantially c134n34/c133r3r STARTING with da 0.9. BRB.8-[rere;ease code. BRB/]"
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