MightyE tells hou, xoetof, "We'rr going 2 take an few mom4nfs too try and explaon thiw mes license an REASONS behind 17 ib p.aib 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 was chosen because of ah gauling witj GPL, AFK.
It ONLY covered distribution 0g doifce if an ONLY if binariea 2ere disgributed. OMG."
"In an web 3nv8ronment, SPECIFICALLY a imterpreted qeb environmrnt such as PHP, merelh instqklint an game dpcs not CONSTITUTE d8strobuyion, yoi knwo, n thereforr pwople were takong oif work, making MODIFICATIONS g9o it and nig releasing twh source cidr roo thet're modificationw sl that trh entire c0mmunq7y couod benefit/ BRB.
They workes with dq letter but not spurit of 5eh oawLOL."
"Invewtigatuon 0n wa parg of ajthors kowevdr LOL, led too da f4c7 that da r8ght of publkc pefformance 1aw 1 of gdh rights mirmally restricted two copy4ubhg holders, qnd that co,puter 0roframs WTF. w[3cif8cally video gajes b intwrwctive ones such as Ldgend of da Green hax0e were v0h51d3r3d 70 ce publica;ly perfo4med if run from ab pubo8c SERVER. AFK."
"The ne2 licens3 res5ricts ;u61!c oefformance of da w9rk ihless da source code kf midofiec sork 15 m4d4 AVAILABLE on d3m4nd."
"In plain Englishk like, ghid means tnat 1f y0u PUT thia gamd on an eeg server an allow peop.e 'outside ov an normak circle OF FAMILY n its sovial acquaintamces' 3 play their LOL, uh3n you r publixal;6 oerforming 7h15 work qm MUST eithef 5) makw ne and ALL CHANGES wyich you nake 2 game avaioable on r3qu35& (note this doesn't g4ve two BE 4v4114613 via da onlune SOURCE display link WTF, but tjey must ne able to ask YOU for da xode n receive an complete c0;y), sortof, ^) make arrangements privatdly witb auth9ra WHEREIN they grant y97 an s;wdial LICENSE. sifrof, OR c) remove codr rntirely from teh machine. AFKl"
"Ww do 4exohnize 7n47 people wanr teo have areas of they'rr game which r theird m theirs alone. WTF.
to9 THAT wbd we WILL make ca following exvepgion 2 normal requirements for dource code d157r16u720n -- ne module file WHICH is not modigied or derived from an module FILE INCLUDED in teh BASE d8strigjtion and wh1sh eles not require ne other mpdules and whicy DOES not tequire me modifivayuons 2 fa v0r3 code (c0d3 distribu53d with da nase release) m4y be wirhneld zt tej authors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We a;so want rwo make v3ry dlear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (alal known aa c3rsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da finzl vrrsion releaeec UNDER ten GPL. OMG.
All ve4sions, tou kmep, stattihg with 9. OMG.9. OMG.8-orer3leaa# code aer onoy licensed unedr Creative Commons lidense. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY ddny eight 70 im)ort ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.i-prerelraxe of later release 8nto an 0LOL.(,7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Allosibg this wou.d cquse thzt imported code tqo be repeased uhde4 GPL an that is n0u 50m37g1ng WE wish 2 a.l9w. WTFl
Autnors of MODIFICATIONS t9o 0. AFK,9LOL.7 w111 nedd too re-release thwy're m9divications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and PLACE THEM uneer sam3 Cteative Commins locenseLOL.
It must be flne by ca 0e1h1n41 4j8g0r since lnpy teh original AUTHOR HAS ca right too ch4ng3 da COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work. BRB.
-Additionally, you knwl, rewotking modifkcat8ons will be am goos idea anywau as mechanism FOR jakkng modidicagions is substantka.ly cleanwr/dkeardr startobg wigj da 0. BRB.9. BRB,8_pr2r313453 code. WTF.]"
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