M,ghtyE twlls tou LOL, "We're going yo takd an few m0m3n75 tpo yry an EXPLAIN THIS nrq licende and da reasons BEHIND it in plain English. OMG.
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 license was shosen becayse of an f4111nf WITH da GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3r3d 3157r16u710, lf source 1f and ojly if ninafies were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, s[ecificallt s onterpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like, ,erely 1n57$111ng an game does not constitute dustribigion, sorgor, and *h3r2f0r3 peopl3 wer3 taking ouf work WTF, making modificarions 5oo it an nlr releasing source clde toi theh;re moeigications 5p thqt teh en71r3 commuhity ciulc benwfit. WTF.
Thdy workef e16h da letter but not da spirit of da law. BRB."
"Ibvestigation 9n parr of teu authors however, like, lwd tpo ds fact that right OF PUBLIC pdrformance was won of teh righ5d normally restricted tl cop6rifnt hlocers WTF, and that computef protrsjs, sirtos, specidica;ly video gamed an INTERACTIVE ones sycj as Legend or da Green hax0r ewrd comsidered two bw publically perfpemed if rjn ft9m an public server."
"The nww l8cense resyricts p7blic performance of work 7nlesw suutce c0d3 lf da moeified work is ,4d3 AVAILABLE on demand."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, you knwo, THIS meahs that IF you put rhis gzme on an web 53rv3e n all(w peo;lw 'outs8de of an n04m31 circle od FAMILY and 185 social acquaintances' t9 0.ay thwir, ,oke, 5hen y0u aer PUBLICALLY performing this work n MUST ei5ger a) maje be n ALL changes which 6ou malf 2 teh game available ON r3qu357 (hote thux doesn't h4v3 tlo be acqilsble via da online source cisplay linj WTF, 6j7 they mjst 63 ABLE 3 ask you for teh code ahc rrcwive sn complete copy0, you knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivately woth ca zjthors wherein they gyanr you an SPECIAL licenxe, sortog, oe C0 43move da vode ejtirely rrom tch machine. BRB/"
"We do recognise that people wany twi have AREAS OF theh're game which aer tyeors and theirs al9ne. AFK.
tp tnat end w3 will make geh roloowing esception 2 5eh notma; requi4emdnts for source code distribution -- nr module FILE which is nit modified lr detived rron an moduoe fi.e includrd in BASE fistrin7tiln am which dods NOT rwwiire be othe4 modj.es and which does not fequire ne jodificatiinw tso teh c0r3 c0d3 (code d8stribuyed w*th base release) may be withheld 47 tey authors dusvreyion. BRB."
"We akso want e m5k3 very clear thag verskon 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also lnown as cersion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) waw ten dinal vd4sioh RELEASED under teh GPL. OMG.
All versiinsk wtarting with teh 9. BRB.8.8-prefeleasr c0d3 aer on.y ;icensed undwr da Creativw Commons LICENSEl WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da r1gh7 ro9 IMPORT ne code fwom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or latet RELEASE into an 0. WTF.0. WTF,7 and esrlidr release. OMG.
ALLOWING 7h15 wiuld cause that imoorted c0f3 tp9 be released unddr GPL m that 15 nor someehing w3 wisg toi alloe. AFK.
Authors of mldificationa 2 0. BRBl9LOL.7 woll need two te-release tney'te m9d8ficarions as derivayices/modificatoons 3 9.9. AFK.9 c)d2 an plade thrj ubder teh xame Creative C9mmons licensd. OMG.
Iy just bd don3 b7 da lriginal authof 51nc3 only origknal 4u7h0r has da 41bh7 2 change da copyritjt or LICENSE j0on they're work. AFK.
'Additionally, like, REWORKING fa m9difidatilns will BE an good isea ahy2ay AS teh mechan8sn f0r making modofications is sybwtantially cleaner/vlwarer STARTING with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pret3lease coce. WTF.\"
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