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MightyE tells y0u, sort9fm "We're g91ng 2 take an frw miments tol rry an rxplain this new license n reasons behind ig in p;ain 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."
"Tnis new licrnse waa chosen becayse of an fakling wigh GPL. OMG.
It obly cocered d8stribugkon of source if an only if vina5ies were fiwtributdc. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironment, wortpfk specifically a ingdrpreted w36 environment sjxh 45 PHPk s9rtof, merelt 1n574111ng an game does nlb cinstutute duserib7tion, n rhererore p3ople were taking ojr wlrkk sortpf, making modificationa 3 it n NOT releasing teh soyrce code to rhe6'rw m9didovagions so that ten enyird commumith coilc BENEFIT. WTF.
They workes w17h teh letter gut not da spirit of lsw. WTF."
"Invesrigati8n on teh part of autnors howeger LOLm lrd toi da fact that teh righr or puglic pwrformance e45 won if rigy5s NORMALLY rextrict3s 2 fo0yright holders LOL, n ghat COMPUTER ;rogeams WTF, sp3cifically vkdeo gaues an intetacyivr ones 5uch ss Legend of geh Green hax0r were cobsidered 2 be publically pe4fornrd if run from an puglic server. OMG."
"Thd new lic3hde r3srricts pivlic pergormancw of work un!355 trh source code OF modified work is made AVAILABLE on demamdLOL,"
"In p;ain Englosh, you knwo, this m2ans yhat if you pyt rhis game ln an wsv server ah allow p39ple 'outaude OF ab notmal circlw OF famil6 4hd its social axquaintanxes' to pkay 5h3ir WTF. then you r pjblically o3rfprj1ng this w0rk n MUST either a) mqie nr g ALL cganges which tou make 2 da GAME AVAILABLE on 4dquest (note this dowsn't yavd to be avqilable vis da on.ine soytve disp;a6 link, like, bu5 THEY must be 4613 yo ask yij for da code n RECEIVE an com;lete co;y) LOL, v) mzke arrangements privateoy WITH da ajthlrs wherein they geanh y9i an special licwmse, you knwo, OR c) rem;ve t3h code ENTIRELY from da m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do rec9gnuse that pelple wsnt goo h4v3 arezs of they're dame 2hich r theirs and theifs alobwl BRB.
to tgat end we wikl make teh folliwing exceprio, to fa n0rm41 reqyi4ements for soircs cofe dis5fibutuon -- ne joduoe b11# ehich 15 not modified or derived grom an module FILE ihcluded in teh base sistriburiln b shich does not requird ne other ,9dules anc 2hivh does not require n4 modificatiobs top teh core code (clde dostriguted eith sa base RELEASE) msy be wuthheld at teh authlrw d!5cr3710n. AFKl"
"We ALSO want 2 make vwry CLEAR tuat ve4sion pLOL.9. BRB.& 94q50 knoen as fersion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was ten f8nal verwi9n reldased under ga GPLLOL.
All versions, sortod, xtqrting 2ith teh ). OMG.9LOL.80p4erelease code 4 only lucensed under da Creative Comminx licebse.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gh7 2 import ne CODE from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prqrrleasw 0f later release unto an 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 an earlier relesae.
ALLOWING 7h15 2ould vause thzt 1mp0r73d coee to BE relrased under GPL AND that is nit something we wisj too alooq. WTF.
Authors of modkficarions to 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wil; neee two re-releade thwy'r3 mpdificationd 56 derivatives/mod7vicatu8ns two -.9LOL.8 CODE n place them UNDER da same Cr3ative Commons lixense. BRBl
It must be done by da ORIGINAL au6hor since 9nlu da oribinal author has da right 2 chanhe da copyeight OR licrnse up0n tgey're work. AFK.
[Additional;y WTF, resorlinj tej MODIFICATIONS eill bw an good idea anyway as t2h mechanisn fpr making mldificsrions ia substantia.ly clwaner/cleare4 564e71ng w8th 0.9LOL.80prerelease d0d3LOL.]"
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