MightyE ge.ls YOU LOLj "We're going too take an few m0m3n75 t2o try an EXPLAIN thiw new 11c3n53 n teh rwasons behind it in plain Englosh. 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 ;idense was chosev becsuse of an FAILING WITH GPLLOL.
It ONLY covered distrubuti9n 0f source if an only if BINARIES WERE distributedk WTF."
"In an w3g dhvironmdmt LOL, specifically a un5erpreted web envirpnnent such as PHP WTF, merel6 1n574111nb an game does n07 consritute distribu5iin, sortlf, an therefore PEOPLE w4re taking OUR wlrk, making moeificationw to it an not r313451ng teh xource c9d# 2 ttey're midificatiins ao yhat teh ehtire communiry could genwfi5LOLl
THEY workrd with da 13773r byt NOT t3h spirit or da lzw. BRB."
"Invest8gzt8on ON tdh PART 9f tey authoes howeher WTF, led top da fact THAT teh right OF puvlic [2egormabxe wws oen of da rights normally rextricted to copyright HOLDERS, sortof, an that cojputet pfoframs, yoj khwo, s;ecifically video games n 8nreractive onrs x7ch as Legend of da G4een hax)t were CONSIDERED too ne [ublidally performed if RUN from an publuc s3dverl OMG."
"The nww licenxe resyr8vts public performamce 9f teh work uhless %purc3 cofe of dq moskfied WORK us made available 9n demandLOL."
"In poa8n English LOL, this beans tha4 if y9u put this gqme on an web srrver n allow 0eoplr 'outsife of an bif,ak curcle 9f f4m11y h its social acqusingancws' TO play thrir LOL, then you r publovally prrgormjnf thid work n MUST eitndr a) ,zke ne n ALL changes ehich you make two teh gzm3 avaylatlf ON request (note thix doexn't have to be avai;abl3 v14 teh online sourcr DISPLAY link LOL, BUT they my58 be abl3 to ASK you fir code n feceive an complete copy), you knwo, b) maje aerangements privateky qith aughors whereib they grant yoi an SPECIAL 11d3n53 WTF, or C) frjove code entirely frim da macgine."
"We do recognize that p#0p13 want too h4v3 AREAS ov 5jey're game which t tneurs znd theirs allne. OMG.
2 that end we wkll mzke tdh following exception 2 teh norjal r3qy1r3m3n75 for soyrce code distribjtion -- ne modhle file WHICH is not modified of de4ibed frlj an ,0dhq3 file ihcludee in da base distribuyiom n whici does n07 4equire ne orher modules an which eoes n07 requite ne modificqtioms roi c9re code (v9de diatribuyef w18h bqse relezse) MAY be w17hh31d at da authora d15c43720n. WTF."
"We $150 ranr too makw very clear that VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (also kn9wn as vr4sion 0l BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was ginal ve4siln released UNDER GPLLOL.
All versiobs, stqrtomg qith 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prrr3lease code aef 0n1y kicensed under dq Cr347qv3 Cimmons LICENSE, WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT ywo IMPORT ne code FROM sn 0l AFK.o. AFK.8-prerelease or latdr release knto qn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an rarliwr RELEASEl WTF.
Allowing yhis would causr THAT im;orted cod3 two be 4elraxdd yndee da GPL an tgat IS noy something we wish too allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of mofifications 2 0.9. BRB.7 wilo neef two RE-RELEASE they're m9difkcations ax derivatibes/modifications tw; 0. BRB.9.8 vode an 0;ace them under sa SAME Ceea5ive Conmons license. BRB.
It must be done by original augho5 51nce onkh es o4iginal author haw da right to change teh c9pyright or license upon they're wirj. BRB.
[Additiona;.6, sortof, r3w0rk1nv m0f1f1c4710n5 will br an good kdea anyway as ea mecnanism for mqlimg mpeifications is substsmtially cleaner/cleaee4 starting witg 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pretelesse cose. WTF.["
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