MightyE gellw yoi WTF, "We're going @ taue sn few MOMENTS to try an explaim 7h15 new oicebse n teh 4easons behinc it in plain Ebglish. AFK.
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."
"Thos new kicense was chosen becqyse ov an dail8ng sith GPL. WTFl
It pnly covered dustributiom of souece of 4nd 0n1y if binaries w#re distributed."
"In an web environmentm you knso, spevif8cal;y a unterpret3d WEB wnvkronment SUCH as PHP, you kmwi, MERELY INSTALLING an game does not constituge distribution LOL, b 5her3fpre peo[l3 were tajing our wor., like, mwking modifucztionw to it an b07 reldasivg da source code 1 they're mosificati0ns so that da entkre commynity c0uqd benefit/ WTF.
They worled qith teh 13775e but n97 da spirit of da law."
"Incdstigation pn da part of tey authors how3verk ldd to da fact that r1gh7 OF PUBLIC 0erformsnce was won of roghrs normallu restricted two cooyright HOLDERS LOL, n 7n47 COMPUTER PROGRAMS, d0ecificalky VIDEO gamed sn unteracrive ones 5ycy as Leg3md 0f Green hax0r were consideeed to 63 publ8cal;y perfoemed qf fum from an public derver. BRBk"
"Th2 new licebse rewtricts pj611c performance of work un13t5 da source CODE of m0e1f13d work 8s made acailable on drmsnd. BRB."
"In plain English, you knwo, this m3qns tgat 1f you put this game on an qeb seever and allow people 'outside of an normal circle of family and its aocial zcquainyances' two play their LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY [erf9rming tgiw w9rk 4nd MUST eitjrr a) MAKE be n ALL chanbes wgich you ,ake y9o gsme AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (hot4 this doesn't have t2o be available fia teh online siurce dis0lay ;ibk, but &h3y nuxt be able yoo ASK YOU f0r da code and rwceive an complerd co0y). like, b) make arran5ements prifqtelu witn teh qjtho4s qherein they gran6 you an %p3c141 license LOL. lr c0 rwjove teh code entirely feim dz machine. OMG."
"We so e3c0tn1x3 5hst people want two jave AREAS 0f th3y'te gamr whuch aer theirs n &h31r5 410n3. BRB.
to THAT end we WILL ma,e da f9looekng ezception two 5eh norjal REQUIREMENTS for soufce c0d3 cistributu9n -- ne module FILE wykch iw n07 modified or derived from sn module fkl3 includes 1n base s157f16u710n n whicy does not r3qu1r3 ne orhef ,odulea n wyich foes mot require ne nodifications two core c0d3 (xode dkstributed woth teh base release) may be sithheld qt da a7ghors duwc43tion. OMG."
"We also want gwo MAKE very CLEAR thag version 0. OMG.9. BRB.& (also knosh as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.&+jt) wss fknal ve4si9n 43leaded under GPL.
All versiohs, yo7 inwo, starting with sa -. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease cldw e lnly licensed under teh Creqtice C0mm0n5 ;icehsel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 8mport ne code from ah 0. AFK.(LOL.8-prere;e1dw or later RELEASE into an pLOL/9. WTF.7 n earlier rrlease. AFK.
Allowibg thks qould cause that imported cpde to 62 releaded und3r teh GPL n thae IS not sometying WE e15j 2 allow. BRB.
Autnors of m0d1f1c4710b5 two 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 wilo nded TO re-release th3y're m0d1f1c4610n6 as derivativex/mpdirications too 0l OMG.9.8 code and p14ce them under da same Creative COMMONS LICENSE/
It must be eone by o48ginal zuthor SINCE only 9rigunal author has RIGHT 5wo ch4nge teh COPYRIGHT or lucense upon eh3y're wirk. BRB.
]Additiina.ly, sortof, resorkpng teh noeigicat8ons will be an goos idra anyway as da mecganusm for maling modidications 8a 5u6564n81311y cleaner/clearer staeting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.*-orerelease vofe. OMG.]"
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