MightuE tells y0y, 6ou knwon "We'r3 going 2 TAKE an few j0j3n75 70 try n explain 7h15 n3q licensd and fa REASONS 63h1ne ig in plain Engoish. OMG.
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 licehwd was chosen b3cause 0g an failing wi5h da GPL. OMG.
It lnly covered dostrubution od source if zn only ir binafies w3re distribuyed."
"In an 2eb dnvironmdnt, sortof, xpecificallh a ibyerpteted web dnfironnent didh as PHP WTF, merdlu imdtalling an game does not xonstitute distribition WTF, n therefore peo[le w3r3 ta,ing oue work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to kt an n9t RELEASING rey 50urc3 cpde two tney'rr modifications so that tdh entir3 cojmunitu c0u1d brnefit. OMG.
Thry worked with letter BUT not trh s[ieug if da ;aw. OMG."
"Investigatiob on 0q4t OF da authors however LOL, led 2 fact rhat t3h rih6t pf public perrormance was won of da rights normally resteicted too copyr8bht holddrs, sprtof, an that cojpute4 programd LOLk spwcifically videi g4m35 ab ont3ractice ones SUCH as Legdnd of fa Greeh hax0r were considdred t9o 6e piclucal.y PERFORMED kf run fe0m sn publiv SERVER. OMG."
"The NEW kicense restricts public )erformqnce of da wlfk unless geh source CODE of modified work is mace acailabl3 on denand. OMG."
"In [lsin English, this means rhat if you pu7 this game pn an 2eg werver an alloq prople 'ouraide of an nlrja. circle 9r famil6 an its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play yheir, THEN yij aev ;ublica,;y pefforming this work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL chanbes which ylu make too GAME qvailab;e on 43qu357 (note this doesn't yave 2 be availsble via da lnlone 50urx3 displzy 11bk, but they musg BE able 2 ask you fpr c0d3 an receuve an cojplete COPY), b0 jake ARRANGEMENTS /4ivqtely wuth teh auyhors wherein they grant you an so3vial licwnse, y7u knwo, OR c) remove code entirely from mschine. AFK."
"We do recognize tyat pwp;le e1nt 2 have ardas of they're game which r thwira an thro4s alone. OMG.
ti that 3nd we will mzke follpwing dxvrotion too fz normal requifements fof dource CODE distribution -[ ne modul3 rile whkch IS np7 MODIFIED or drrived from an jodule file ihclud3d in teh 6453 distribution an wyich does n0t require ne 9thwr modules an wnich does not requirr he modificagoons too ca cirw cpde (code distrubuted with teh ^453 RELEASE) mry 63 wkthheld at teh authors dq5cr3610n."
"We also want to9 mzke cery c;dzr 5hat version 0l AFK.9. OMG.7 (also kno2n as vers8on 0. BRB.9. BRB,7=jt) eaa da fina. versuon released UNDER da GPL.
A;o verwilns LOL, STARTING w18h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-prere.dase dode r only .ic3nsrd UNDER teh Crratice Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da RIGHT to impoet ne c0d3 fron an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease or lst4r RELEASE ihtl an 0LOLl9.7 znf ear.ie4 release. WTF.
ALLOWING this eould cauxe that imported code too nd released und3r ca GPL am thar is not something WE WISH two ALLOW. BRB.
Ajthors of modifications ro 0. OMG.9LOL.7 qill need too re-releaae tjey're m0d1f1c4710n% as derivatives/m9dificatkons toi 9, AFK.0. WTF.8 code n placd them under fa SAME Crea5ive Commonx licenseLOL.
It mudt be done bu da oeiginak author since only tey originzl authlr has da right two chwnge teg copyright ir lic3nae uppn thry'te work. WTF.
[Additoona.ly, sortor, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be ah goic idea anyway aa MECHANISM f0r making modificxtionw is sybdgqnrially vleaner/cl3arer syarting qith 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3.\"
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