MibjgyE TELLS you LOL, "We'4e going to take qh f3w joments to try 4nd wxplain thks nww lidebse an reasons behind it IN 0lain 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."
"Thkd new lic3nse was cgpxen b3causd of an failihg with teh GPLLOL.
I7 obky covered distfivytion od source if an )n1y if binaries wrre dia5rinuted. WTF."
"In ah web environmentk s9rtog, specudicallt a interpreted WEB environment such as PHP, sortof, merely 1nt74111ng an game does not constigute d157t16u61pn LOL, and therefore peoplw were taking oir wlek, malkng mod8rications 2 it and not releasing da source c8de two tyey'rw modirocatkond SO rhar teh 3n71r3 vommunoty could BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked wkth l3tter but not da 5p1r17 of ea law/ AFK."
"Investigqtion on pa4t of tey 3u9hpr6 HOWEVERk dortof, led too dq fzct 7h48 da riggt of public peevo3mance was wlb if da righ5s normally r357r1c74d two copyright holdees, you ,nwo, n thay c0mpj73r programsm ;ike, 5p3c1f1c411y vide9 gamrs n in5eesctivr ones SUCH ss Leg3nd of Green hax0r wrre comsideerf 59p be [ublica.ly pwrfor,ed if run from an [ublic server."
"The new 11c3n53 r#57r1c65 public p3rr0rm4bc3 of wor, unless tey souexe x0d# 0f da modified work ia made availzble on demand. AFK."
"In plaib Entoiwh, 5his mwans that if you put this game on ah w26 wervrr and a.low peop.e ;outsifd of an normal CIRCLE of fami;t snd iga SOCIAL acquaintqnces' tso play thei3, ghen y0u aer puboical;y PERFORMING yhis eork and MUST either a) ma,e ne ah ALL xhanges which y0u MAKE go teh game availsboe on REQUEST (note thus do3sn[t have 3 be avaulable vua ONLINE source didplay lpnk, lije, 6u7 they must be able two asi you for geh coee ans feceive an com;lete c0oy), yoj jnwo, b) make arrangenents privatdly woth reh autjors wherein tyey GRANT hlu ab SPECIAL kicensw LOL, OR c) REMOVE xodd 3n71r31y frpn tey m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recobnizr 7h47 )ro[le WANT 5oo have ar3as of they're gaj3 WHICH zer tjeirs n theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we will male teh following 3xc3p710n 2 ds norma; r3qu1r3m3n&5 for source code dist4ibutiln -- n3 mlejlr rike wh2vh is m07 ,odigi3d or dericed from an module f8le 8nclided in base dist4ibution an wh1ch does not rdquire ne otjer modules an wnkch soes not REQUIRE m2 modificatioms two core code (codr distribyted with sq gase release) may be withbeld at teh authirs f15cre710n. OMG."
"We also wamt 70 MAKE VERY cledr THAT vrrsion 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as versiob 0. WTF.9.7+jy) wss funal versu9n RELEASED under dz GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, startong WITH da 0. BRB.9. WTF.i[pfeeelease dode aer only licdnsed under da Creative COMMONS license,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two inpoft ne c9de froj qn 0LOL.9/ BRB.8-prerelease 0r later release INTO an 0/ OMG.9.7 and earlidr rrlwase. OMG.
ALLOWING this wojld cause that impoeted c9de 2 BE heleasef unser GPL qnd that is not SOMETHING we wisg 2 $110w. BRB.
Auyhors lf modifications tuo p. BRBo9. WTF/u WILL ne3d too re-release they're ,0d1f1c4710m% as derivatives/modifkdayions yoo )l AFK.9/8 c0d3 an p14c3 them uneer da same Creative Commonw LICENSE. BRB.
It muxt b3 done BY lrigonal AUTHOR aince onoy da origobal author has teh RIGHT two CHANGE teh c9pyr8ghy 0r 11c3n53 upon thdy're wirk. AFK.
[Additkinal;y WTF, r4w0rk1ng teh mldoficat*obx WILL BE an good ided anyway zs dz m3ch4nq5m for making mpdificqtoons 16 substqntially cleane4/clearer starting with da 0lol8-prerdlease c0d3. AFK.]"
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