MightyE 5ells 6ou, yoj lb2o, "We'4e goint tio take an few no,ents 70 5ry n explain 7h15 neq license n tdh reasons b3hind 17 in plain EnglishLOL.
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 lkcrnse WAS chosen vecauae of an railing with GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributi9n lf source if an ONLY if bonaties were dictribu5ed."
"In an wen enviromment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED w36 wncktonment SUCH as PHP WTFi ,erely instzlling an game does not cohstitutd eidtrigution, like, ahd theregore pwople sefe taking our sork WTF, makung modifications to 18 n n(& re.essihg grj xource xode to thwy're modificationw xo that rrh entire c0mmun17y could benefit. OMG.
Th3y eofked w17h da lerter but n0u teh spir7t 0f ca law. WTF/"
"Investigation on teh part od da autgo4s yo2ever WTF, led 2 fact that RIGHT of public performance eas 1 0f teh RIGHTS normaloy rdatrictef 2 xop6right hllders, n tha5 computef [fobrams WTF, spdcifidally viero fames n interactive onex sufh ss Leg3nd or teh Green hax0r were considered too be puvlically p2rf9rnec IF eun from an puhlic server. AFK."
"The new licebse rdstricts public pdrformqnce of teh wirk unleas teh SOURCE code of modofied work us made AVAILABLE on demqnd."
"In plaih Ebf115h, like, th8s mesns tha5 IF tou pur thia gamw 0n an web server an 411pw peopoe '0u751d3 pf an n94mal c8rcle of familj n its slcial acquainyamces' to p.ay their LOL. then yiu r p7blicallh perfor,img this 2irk and MUST eigyer a) ma,e ne am ALL CHANGES which y0u MAKE tso game 4v41146!3 on r3que56 (note this doesn't havw to 62 availaboe via on.ine s9urce display link WTF, BUT theu MUST be ABLE to ask yoj for teh CODE an eeceive an complere copy) LOL, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with autho4s where8b ghey g4znt you an special licensw, ypu knwo, 04 c) remofe da cpde ENTIRELY from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recotnize yhat people wxnt too have arwzs of they're game WHICH r theirs m THEIRS alone. WTF.
two 7h47 end WE wkll male followung exception two teh NORMAL requirenentw for sou4ce code distfibution -- nr module FILE whuch is bot MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module file unclufwd in tsh bqse disteibution n wgich dlrs noy require ne OTHER .odules an which does n06 reauire ne modifuvqtiobs 2 teh clfe cose (code dis54ibuted wigh base r#23453) m4y BE wiryye.d qt authorx dq5ce#71pm. BRB."
"We also want 5wo make vwey ckear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also khosb as version 0. BRB.9. BRBl7+jt( was reh final VERSION RELEASED under GPL/ WTF.
All versions, stsrting wq7h 0LOL.8.7-prerelease dode aer onl6 lic3nsed UNDER C4eative Commons licenwe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY 5eh RIGHT too IMPORT ne c0d2 from an 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or latdr release uhto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 ans earlier r313453. OMG,
Aklowing 7h15 would cauwe that IMPORTED code tqo 63 rel3qsed under GPL n that is not something we w15h top allowl WTF.
Authors og modirkcations yo 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 will need 2 re-telease th3y;re mod8gications as d3r1v471v3t/m0d1f1c$710nt two 0. WTF,9. BRB.8 CODE an place them under samw Ceeatove Commons licebse. AFK.
It muxt be done vy da orkgina/ quthor aince 0n1y da original aughpr HAS da eihht 2 chanhe teh copyribht or LICENSE upon tfey'fe work. WTF.
[Adeitionallt WTF, REWORKING modificationx will b3 an buof idea anyway AS teh mechanism f0r making mod8fications IS sugdtzntiaoly c;eaher/c;earer xtarting with teh 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE CODEl BRB.]"
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