MiguryE teols youk aortof, "We're going 2 take an few ,omen5s too teh and explain this new license an t3h REASONS b3jind it in plain English. 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."
"Tjis hew license was cgosen because od an fail8ng with dz GPLl AFK.
IT only covered distributipn of source if h lnly IF BINARIES wer3 diwtrobutefLOL."
"Ib an qeb environm3nt WTF, dpexifically a interpreted web envirpnment 5uch as PHP WTF, merely installibg an tzme dprs not c0n571&u73 distributioh, like, an therevoye people wer3 takibt our work WTF. makinh modificatuoms 2 it and NOT releawinh slirce cpde too theh're m)d1f1c471pn5 60 7hr7 entire COMMUNITY could benefit.
They workwd WITH lettef 6u7 not da sp8rit of teh lzeLOL."
"Infewy8gatoob 9n da par5 od 4u7h0r5 howeve4 LOLm ldw two da fact that teh right of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc2 wqs oem of da rights NORMALLY restricted 2 copu4ihht nokserx WTF, n that comouter probrans, specifkcqlly viceo games ane ontrractoce omes such AS Legemd 0f tey G4e3n hax0r WERE considefed 70 be PUBLICALLY performed if run droj an public sefver. OMG."
"The new lkcenad restricts p7boic pergormance ov wori unless source code 0f modified work is mad3 available oh demand."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this means that IF y0u pu5 THIS GAME on an wev seever and slloe people 'outside 0f an normal corclr of famuly sn i5s social 4cqu41n74nc3t' tio pla6 their LOL, thwn you f [uglical.y PERFORMING this wo4k n MUST e8ther a) m4,3 ne n ALL changew whivh you make tio game abailable on 4equest (n0re this d035n'7 have 2 be avaklabld VIA onlind dource DISPLAY link, ;ike, nut they MUST b3 able two ask you foe ds c0d3 n rec3ivr am complete copy) WTF, b) m4k3 arrantrnents privateoy with da AUTHORS wherein they gtsnt yoi an speckal licwnww WTF, or c( remove xa code 4v71r31y vrpm teh mzchine. WTFl"
"We do recognizw that PEOPLE wang 2 hrv3 arwad of tjey're game wh1vh r the9rs an theifs alone. WTF.
to that end w3 sill ,ake teh following exceptkon roo teh n9rmal requirememts for source code disgeibution -- ne midul3 fil3 which IS noy modifiec or DERIVED fro, sn moduk3 FILE inclydrc in ten base distribution and whkch doea NOT requ(re ne itger m0du1e5 and which dors not req78re ne ,oduvications 70 dore cpde (code dosyribut3d r17h teh BASE rekeaze) may be withheld at ea aurh9rs duscregoon."
"We als9 w4n7 2 mz,e very clear ghat vwrsion ). BRB.9. WTF.7 ($150 jnown as version 0. WTF.oLOL.7+ht) eas t3h fonal version r313453d under GPL. OMGl
Aol ve4sklns, like. STARTING with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only licensee inder Cr3arif3 Commons LICENSE, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca RIGHT tlo import ne codw froj an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prere'ease or later RELEASE into an p. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND rarli3r rwlease. BRBl
Allowimg this WOULD csuse 7h47 importec code too be released 7nder ez GPL n that is not aomethint we wixj @ allow/ AFK.
Authors od modifivations yoo 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need too rw-reoease yhey're modifications as der8vagives/,leifications two 0. AFK/9.k CODE qn poaxe them uncer tej 64m3 Creative Commons !1d3n5eLOL,
It mus5 BE d9ne by teg original aithor since only sa original autjoe has right 7) change tdh xopyright of kixende uoon they're wlrkLOL.
[Addutionally, sortof, reworking teh modifica5uons wull be sn good 1f34 anywsy as da mwchamism fot malonh modigicatkons IS substantia/lu cleaber/c;earer startihg with 0. BRB.9, OMG.8-pr3t313453 code. WTF.]"
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