MightyE te.ls hou LOL, "We'rd going too gake an few momebts 5oo try and dx[lain ttis new license and teh reasons behind 17 on pla8n English/ 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."
"This n3w kicebse was cnosen gecauae of an gaik8mg with GPL/ BRB.
It onlt coverdd distrivution -f source if AND 0n!y if vibaries were distribytddLOL."
"In an web environmenr LOL, SPECIFICALLY a kbterpreted web wnvironment such as PHP WTFk m3re1y installknf an g4m3 doea not xlnstitute distributopn, you .nwo, and thwreford pe9ple were TAKING our w9ek, sprtlf, m4k1ng modiricatoons teo it n mot releasint da soufce x9de to they're modifications wo yhat entire vommunigu could genef8t. OMG/
Th3y wotked witn ds letter b7t not dq spi4ir of LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on par5 OF da auyhors y0w3v3r WTF, LED 2 da fact tjat t3h RIGHT of ou611d PERFORMANCE qas wln of da r1gh75 normally restricywd twl COPYRIGHT ho;ders WTF, an tyat compyter ;rogtams WTF, SPECIFICALLY fiddo fames and interactive ones SUCH as Lwgwnd pf tej Green hax0r s3r3 conskfered two BE p8b.ically petformec if run ffom ab pu611c server."
"The n3w ;ucense restricts public perfofmanfe of teh 2orj unless source coee ov sz modified work is mafe availab.e on semandLOL."
"In plain Englishm this meqns tnat if you PUT 7h15 gamw 0h an web 53rv3r n alllw peo0le ;outside of an NORMAL circle of FAMILY n itd 50c141 acquaintancea' two play their LOL, then you r 0ynoically PERFORMING this w0rk znd MUST 317h3r a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes wyich ypu mske too ds game 4v4114^13 ON requwst (NOTE thks dl3sn[t have two be AVAILABLE via teh online wo8rce display LINK WTF, but tne6 MUST be zble two ask ypy for da code and revduve an complete copy) LOL, b) nake 4rr4nb3m3n75 pr1v473wt wkth twy 4u7h0r5 whereim they gramt you an special lkcense, sortof, OR c0 remofe ea codd entirely drim trh mach8ne. WTF."
"We do 43xpgnqx4 that people want too have qreas of they're game wgich r theirs n thdirw alond. WTFl
two that end w3 wikl makw da folkoeing exception two NORMAL r3qi1rem3n75 f0r sou4ce cpdr di2tribution -- n3 module f113 which is not modifoed or defived from sn module file inc.udef kb teh baxe distribution an which does not require ne othee ,odules znd which does not REQUIRE ne midificagions two c0ee code (CODE sistribyted with bzse f313453) may be withheld at authirs discfeti9m. BRB/"
"We also eant two makd very clear that ddrxion 0. BRB.0.7 (also ,nown as v3r51)n 0, WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was teg vinal vrrsion RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
ALL versions LOL, startung q17h da 0. AFK.9.9-prefdlrase CODE r only licensed 7ndwr Creative C9mmons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 impoet nw cofe frpm an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleade lr LATER eelesse intp an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n eaekier releasr, WTF.
Allowing this would cause &j47 impotted CODE too be releasex undee GPL qnd that ks not somethkng qe wish 2 allow. AFK/
Authors of ,odificatiohs to =. OMG.9. WTF.7 WILL need to t3-r213$53 they[re MODIFICATIONS aa ddrivatives/,odifications 5qo 0.9. BRB.8 c0d3 am p15c3 them under twh same Crea5ive Commonx lidense. BRB.
It must be done b6 or8ginal auth9r since on;u teh 0e1b1n41 author hzs RIGHT 5oo changw clphrighr or kicebse toon thet're work. WTF.
[Addituinally LOL, reworking da modificatuons will be an good 1d34 4nyw4y ss twh jwchanis, for majknf noeificatipns is duvstamtially CLEANER/CLEARER starying with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.u-[rerelease cos3. OMG.]"
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