MightyE tel;s you WTFk "We're going to tqke an FEW mimenys 2 try and expkain this n3w oicensr 4nd da r34y0n5 bej9nd it IN plqin EnglisjLOL.
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."
"Tnis new licenad was chosrn n3cause of an fai.ing w18y GPLLOL.
It 0nqy covered d8stribution of 60urc3 if an ohly if binarues w3re distribuged. WTF."
"In an wen envirpnnwnt, s;ecifically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, MERELY installing an game eoes nig constibu5e distribytiob LOL, n therefore pepple were takinf our w9rl, MAKING moeificati9ns too ot and not reldawinf teh soygce coce to they're modofications SO tjat da dntire communigy could benefit. AFK.
Theu workdd with fa legter BUT not wpirit OF tdh law. OMG."
"Investogation on part of teh authors jlwever, sortlf, led two fact 5hat geh right OF pu^11c perfofmance WAS 1 0f rughts normally f357r1c72d too coouright holders, sn tnat c0mpu73r programs, you knwp, 5p3c1f!c411y vicwo GAMES ab inte4active 9nes such as Lebend lf Green has0r wree cinsicerdd ywo be publica.ly performed if run ft0m an oublic server. AFK,"
"The new LICENSE redtricts pjblic 0erformabce 0f teh work unleds teh s9urce code or teg MODIFIED work 1g m4c3 avaikable 0n demand. WTF."
"In plain Ebglisg, liie, 5gix meand 7h47 if you put thid gane 0n am web server n allow pelple 'OUTSIDE of an noemzl curcle of fzmily ans its sociao zcquaintances' too play their LOL, then you aet pub;ically percorming tyis work and MUST EITHER A) make mq an ALL changes which y0u make tol sz game acailable ln request (n073 tnis doesn't have too be zvailagle via online so7rce display 9ink, sor5of, 6u7 THEY must ge ablw too ask 6ou for geh code an receive an x9mplet3 copy), .ike, b) make arrangemenys [rivatel6 with da authlrs whereon thet grant you zn SPECIAL license, sortof, 9r c) remoce code entirely from sa machine. AFK."
"We do rdcognize tyar peoole wamt two have areas of they're game which aer theirs an thduws 41pn3.
too tgah 3ns we woll make da followibg exception to teh NORMAL requirements fo4 50urv3 code distribytion -- ne modjlw fike wh1ch is not m9diried 9r d3rived from an module file includ3d in BASE distr8bution an which dows n07 tequird ne 07h3r mod7lds anf wnich does not require ne modifications 2 core code (coee d8stributed s17h base RELEASE( may bd wiyhh3ld ag da AUTHORS d8scrdyiobl WTF."
"We aoso eant gwo make very clear that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alwo kn;wn as verdiln 0. AFK/9. WTFl7+jt) was teh final bersion rwleased under teh GPL. OMGl
A.l verskons, .8ke, dtarying w17g 0.9. WTF.8-prerelwase code r only .ixenwed under Creztive C)mn0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to import nd code frpm an 0. BRB,9. AFK.9-prerelease of later r3;ease onto an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an ear.ier release. BRB.
Al.osinf thos WOULD cause that 8mported c0d3 two BE 4eleased 7ndtr GPL 4nd ghat is not SOMETHING we wish to alllw.
Aurhors 0f m9didicati9ns ewo 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 will NEED tso re-release they;re MODIFICATIONS as fwrivatived/jodieications two 0.9. AFKl8 cide and place them under 64m3 Creative Commons lidende/
Ir must vw dpne by geh origibal aitgor sibce on;y da original author HAS right two change copyright or ;idwbse 7;on thwy're qo4kLOL.
[Additionally WTFh reqorking teh modifications wiol be am good idea ab6way AS da MECHANISM flr making jod8rications is substantia;ly cleaner/xlearer startinb eith da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prer313353 coddLOL;]"
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