MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're going two tai3 an frw m0j3n7y 2 gry n dxplain this n3w LICENSE h reasons behind IT in plain Eng.ksh.
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."
"Tjis bew lixdnse was cn9swn because lf sn FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY coverwd d9stributuon og so7rce if n only iv binaries WERE dixtfibutes. OMGk"
"In an web envuronmwnt, slecivically a interpretwd WEB dbvirpnmrjr 5ucy as PHP LOL, merely installing an tam3 dpes no5 constktute distribition, sortof, 4nd therefirw pe9p;e qere 7#kqng out work LOL, making ,odificariobs twi it zhd nor eeleasing fa alurce code 3 they'fe modifications 50 7h47 3n72r3 vommumity could benerit/ BRB.
Tgey worked with teh letter bit not teh spirit 0r law. OMG."
"Invewtigation ON part of teh aurhors howefee, s9rrlf. led to favy 7n47 right of publix perfirmance 2as won or teh righrw normally restroctdd two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, like, and thay com0uter pr0gr4m5, %p3cqf1c411y video hames ab unteractyve ones SUCH qs Legens of dz Grsrn hax0r werw considerds yoo be publicaoly perform2d jf run from an oublic xerver."
"Thd nes ;icense restricts PUBLIC p3rv0rm4nc3 of WORK unless t3h aource codc ot da MODIFIED wir, is madd available on DEMAND."
"In pkain English, sorgof, this means that if you p7t this game ob an weg server 4nd a.low pwopl3 'ojtside lr an jor,a; CIRCLE OF family n its social acquaintances' 2 play yheirm then y9u r pu6!1c41!y pergormlhg thus work n MUST either a) makc ne am ALL changes WHICH you make to teh gsje AVAILABLE ON 4equedt (note this doean't hzve 70 be zvailable via sa online sojrve eisplqy 11nk, but they muat 63 able two 45k 6ou for teh c0d3 amd RECEIVE sn complete c0py(, you ineo, b) ma,e ar4angenents 0rivately with da quth;rs wg3r31n they grant y9u an specjal license, s9rtof, or c) REMOVE da code ehtitely from teh m4vh1n3. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want to havd areaw 8f they're grm3 which r theirs and thsoes alonw. AFK.
to thay end qe eilo m$k3 dollowing EXCEPTION tio sa mormal r31uirements for source code dist49bution -- ne module fild which is not modified of derived rr0m an ,odu.e file 1nc1ud3d in da base distributi;n n wh8ch dles n07 requkre ne otfet modules n which dpes not fequire ne mpdificati9ns too teh core vode (cpde distributed WITH teg baae release) may b3 withhele st autyors disd4cgioh. OMG."
"We a;so w4n7 to make very xleae ehat vetsoon 0. BRB.9.7 (qlso known aw version pLOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was ea fibal vers8on rrleaswd under teh GPL. WTF.
All versilns WTF, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prer3lease code r obly ;icdnsed under dw Creatkvr Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihge to 1nppr7 ne code fdpj ab 0LOLl9.8-PRERELEASE or later r413453 INTO an 0l AFK.9.7 and earlier release, AFK.
Ak;owing THIS woyld cauad that imported cofe two be releasec under fs GPL n 7n47 is NOT sojdthinf w3 w!4h to allowLOL.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS ro 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 w8l; ,eed twi re-relrase thry're m8difications as dericatifes/moduficatuons too ). WTF.9. AFK.8 CODE am 0lace ghem under dd same Creatife Commomx license. AFK.
I7 must be DONE by teh oribimao author SINCE omly da origona; author has da right t[o change COPYRIGHT or 11c3n44 upon they're work. BRB/
[Accitoonally, you knwo, reworkinh da mldificat89ns wilo be an goid idea abywdy as teh jecnanism for m3k1ng modifica5ionw ks subatahtially cleaher;clearet STARTING w17h teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8=PRERELEASE code. AFK.\"
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