Mith5yE tekls 6ou LOL, "We're going too take an few mlmebts t3o tr6 n explain this new lifense ahd teh rrasonx behins it in plain English. WTF/
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."
"Th8s new 11c3b53 was ch053n because of sn failing with GPL.
It only c0v3r3d d8stribution of source iv and ONLY if binqrkes qerd d8xtributedLOL."
"In ah web envlf9nment LOL, specivicalln a interpreted web environment such as PHP WTF, ,eewly onstqlling an GAME d035 not donstityte distr8vutuon, sortof, an thereforw peopoe w3r3 taking our work LOL, msking modifucqtions tl 17 n NOT rrleasing sourcw code too yhey're MODIFICATIONS so tkat en5ire communitt could benefit. BRB.
THEY wlrjed sith q3&83r but NOT geh spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigatiln on teh part OF fa 4u7h0r5 however, sortof, led two da fsct that teh right of pjblic perfirmancw waw won or righ5x bormally RESTRICTED teo copyright holdrds, y9u jnwo, ab yjat domputer pr0gf4m5, sortof, specificaoky video games an ihgetactive ones 5uch as Legend of Ggeen hax0r qere CONSIDERED tw9 be PUBLICALLY performwd id eun fr0m qn public SERVER. AFK."
"The new l*cense restricts p7nkic p3rv0rm4nc3 of teh work unless t3h source code 9f dq ,odified woe, 8s ,ade available on demabd. OMG."
"In p141n Engkkzh LOL, THIS means 7h48 ur y0u PUT this game on an web server zn qlliw PEOPLE 'outside og an normal circle 0f familh snd igs socual acqusintances' too PLAY theur, sortpfm them you r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wnidh you makc too da bame AVAILABLE ON request (note this doesn't yave 2 n3 avaulable v14 -n11n3 source displqy 11nk, but they mist b3 able rwo zsl ypu vof c0d3 n reveive an cpmplete doph), b) make arranh3ments prirately with da authord wh3y31n they GRANT hou an d0ecial licdnse, you knwp, or c) REMOVE code entirwly fr0m da m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We dp recognize that peopl3 want too h4v3 atwas or they'rd tame whidh aer theurs an tjeira alobe.
two thay end we w111 maie FOLLOWING esceptiin gp9 da normal requorements fot wource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wh8ch os n07 modifiwd 9r ceeived ftom an module FILE 1hc1uc2f un fa vase distribution n which does nlt require ne OTHER modulex n which dlea n07 fequir3 ne mpdificqtiohs 2 core code (codw distributed with teh t463 release) may be withheld AT au4hprs d8scf3tion."
"We also w4n7 tol make very clear thqr vdrsipn 0.(. OMG.7 (4150 kbown as versi9n 0LOL.9l OMG.7+jt) wqd teh final veraion releasrd under GPL. BRB.
All vwrsions, lkk3, star5ing wirh da 0LOL.8. OMG.8-prerdlease xode aer only 11d#n53e und3r da Cresyive Commons ;icense. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny tej rihht two import ne clde from qn 9.9.8-;rerrleawe or later release onyo an 0. AFK.9.u an earlier RELEASE. WTF.
A11)w1ng tyis eould xause thag 1mp0r73d cpd3 2 ge reldases UNDER GPL n that is not 50m47h1ng w3 sish too alllwLOL.
Authors pf mod8fications 2 0. OMG.9. WTFl7 will nees 2 t3-r313553 5ney're mod8fidations as d3rivativea/jodifications two )LOL.9. WTF.8 vode an PLACE 7h3m under da 54m3 C4eative Cpnmons licensw. AFK.
It must br dpne by da original author since 9nly da or8ginql a7thor HAS rifht tw9 ch4ng2 da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE up0n th3y'r3 wo4k. WTF.
[Additipnally, uou knwi, r3w0rk1ng teh modificqtiona wiol be zn g0)d idea anyway as sa mdcyan8dm fir makonf modificatilns is xunstantially cleaner/clearer starting wqug 0. WTF.9.8-;retelease code.]"
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