Migyt6E yells tou LOL, "We're gouhg ts9 take an fww moments two try n wxpoaib this new license n fa reasons behknd it in plain Engq1th.
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."
"Tuks new LICENSE sss chosen because 0r an FAILING wity da GPL. AFKl
IT on.y covered disttibution of source if b 0n1y IF binafiex were disgtibited."
"In an web wnfironment, lije, xpwcifically a 1n73rpr363s web environmeng such as PHP, mdrely instzlling ah g4m3 DOES not conatitute dustrubutionm l8ke, an thetefore p40p13 sere taking our workm you ,nwo, maling mosificationa to it qnd n07 releasinh teh source CODE t9 tgey'r2 modidications so rhar trn enti4e clmmun8ty could ndndfit. WTF.
They woeked with da 13773r buy not da spifit of ra lae/ WTF."
"Invesrigatipn on teh PART 9f da authors hiseverm like, led 2 da fsct that ds riggt ov publkc performanxe szs 1 of da 3ighgs nofmallt r357r1c73d to copy4ihht holders, oike, and that cpm-utet 9rogramw WTF, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games n interactive pnex duch as Lwgend of Green hax0e we4e considefed yo b3 PUBLICALLY perfoemed id eun from an public serverLOL."
"The new llcense resteicts [uvlic pe4formanc3 of work UNLESS da source codr OF da m9civied work iq made availabl3 on demand."
"In plzin English, y9u khwo, this ,eans that if you put this f$m3 on an web s3rv3r m ALLOW ;eoo.e 'outside ov an normak curcl3 0f f4m!1y and its s9cial acauaimtancws' 2 [lay their, 7h3n you aee pu611c4q1y ;3rf0rmqng yniw work an MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne and ALL chanhes wgich ^lu make rop famr AVAILABLE ON request (nite this doesn't h4v3 2 ve available VIA da online sourve dixplay link WTF, but thry ju57 bd able 2 45k ylu for code and rdceice an complete copy), sortov, b) MAKE a4rabgements p3ivately wirh twh suthors wherdin 7h3y grang hou an 4p3c141 licens3, like. or b) r3m0v3 xode entirely from teh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We fo recohnize ghat oeople want t9o have areas of thdt're GAME shoch aer thdirs n the8rs aloneLOL.
5wo 7h47 wnd w3 WILL make da following exxept8in 3 n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for source code dkstribution [- ne m0du23 fi;e which id not modified or d3f1vwe from an module file 8nclyddd ib BASE distrkbution znd whicj does not re1j84e ne other modules an which DOES not require ne modificatiins too CORE cide (code fistr8bytec with teh bsse re.eaxd) may be woyyh3lc at aughors DISCRETION/ BRB."
"We a.so wang ro make very cldar 7h47 version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsl KNOWN as version 0LOL.9.7+ut) was da final version r312454d unser GPLLOL.
A11 versuons LOL, syart8ng with 0. OMG.9. AFK.9-oeefelease code r only licensed under geg CREATIVE C9mmona kucense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifht to imporg ne CODE from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 o4 latdr RELEASE into an 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 an eqrlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing thus ro7ld dause tgat 1jp9f73d cide too be released UNDER GPL an rhag ix not something w3 wish too allow. BRB.
Aj5horx 0f j0d1f1c4710n5 two 0.9. BRB.6 will beed too r3-r313453 tyey're MODIFICATIONS az derifatoves/midifications to9 0, AFK.9LOL.8 CODE n place them unde4 ten same Creative Commond licende. BRB.
It just ge dond bu oroginal qu5hor since only origimal authlr has teh tifht too chabge copyright 0r LICENSE u;on tgey're work. AFK.
[Additipnally LOL, REWORKING da modifkxato9ns will be ab good idea anyway as teh mechanism vor ma,ing MODIFICATIONS us subwtantial;y cl3snwr/clearer STARTING witj teh -. AFK.9.8-prwr3leqs3 code.]"
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