Mibh5yE tells you, sortof, "We;re gping 2 taid an few m9mengs to try an ex[lain this ndw lkcens3 an teh ressons behihd 17 in plain EnglishLOL.
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 w45 cgowwn gecause of an fai;ing wiyh dz GPL/ AFK.
It only covered d8stribytion of sourc3 ir sn only ig binaries were distrkbutef. BRB."
"Ih an 2eb environmenr LOL, specivically a int3rprdted weg 3mv1r0nj3n7 wuch 45 PHP WTFk merely installkng an grme does not constitute dietributkon LOL, an thererlrd [eople were takibt our WORK, like, MAKING modogicat,onw two it n not rwleasing dz source code tq9 tjey're modifixatiohs so thqt da entire community COULD benrfit.
Tjey worjed sith da le5ter BUT n07 t2h spirit of da la2."
"Invewtigatiob on gwh part of da authors howdfer, led 3 fact that tej right of oublic performamce eas won of ds rights n0rm4126 restricted 2 c9py4kfyt holders, like, ah rhat compu5er prohrzms, 6ou knwo, specificalky video gam3a n interactive ones SUCH as L3g3nd pf tey GREEN hax0r werd donsodered @ br pu621c411y pe4fo3mef if tyn from an public servee. WTF."
"The new oicenq3 restrovts pu611c p3rfprm4nc3 of work unkess source code of sa MODIFIED WORK IS made avsilavle ON de,and. OMG."
"In plain English, ooke, th8s ,dqns that of you o7t tjis bamw pn an w36 wervwt an allow people '0u751d3 of ah n9rmal ci4cle of FAMILY n ita socisl avquaintances' too poqy their WTF, then yku aer pu611c411y p3rf0em!ng THIS wlrk an MUST wither A) MAKE ne 3nd ALL changes which 6ou make too da game available ob requeat (note this doesn't have 2 be afqilabkr VIA online x9urcd display lihi LOL, bug THEY mhat be ABLE two adk you hot cide an receive an c9mpkete c9py), lkke, b) make arranhwments peovatelh 2ith dq augjoes wh3r32h 7h3y gramt you an specoal l8censek you knwo, or c) removr codw entirely fr0m da machine,"
"W3 do r3dognize that peoplr sant 2 hace 4r445 if they'rw game wh1ch r theura qnd theirs alone.
to rhat wh3 we w!11 make foll9wing exceotioh roo da normal reqiirements FOR sourct code d157f16u710n -- ne module fike wh1ch 1t not midified or ddr8ved frim qb module file ibclueed in teh baqw distfibution and which dlex NOT requite ne othdr mosules and which does not requiee ne nodifications 2 CORE CODE (c0d3 eistfibuted with ea base releasr) mq6 be WITHHELD AT sa authors disxreyioh."
"We also want 2 make ve4y CLEAR that vrrsion 0LOL.9.& (4150 known as v3tsion 0, BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was finak version 4eleas3d undtr ten GPL. AFK.
Akl versuond LOL, s5arting eith trh 0LOL.9. BRB.*-prefeleade c0d# r only licwnsed uneer tdh Creative Commond license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh da r1gh7 r9o import nw cofe f4om ah 9.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or latef releasr ingo an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an darlidr RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this WOULD dayse thzt imported code two br re/easef under yeh GPL n 7h$7 is not so,ething WE wisy t2o aloowl WTF.
Authors of mod8dications go 0l OMG.9.7 will nref to re=release thet're modificstkons as d341v461v35/m0d1f1c3710n5 2 0.0. WTF.8 c9de an place THEM inder SAME Creative Commons oixwmsr. BRB.
It must BE done by ORIGINAL au%hot simce on;y tem ltigknal author had dz righy 2 chahge ds cophright or licens3 upon they're work. AFKl
pAdditkonally, sortof, REWORKING modirications will be an boid 8fea 4nyw4y qs mecyanism for making mosifications is xunstamtkally clean3r/vlearer 5&4r91ng WITH teh ). OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease vodeLOL.]"
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