MibhtyE tells you, sortof, "We're GOING t9o taie an few mlmenta 2 grh an explzin thix new licenxe am da r3rt0n5 63y1nd ut in plain Enflishl 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 nw2 license was cjosen because od an ba8lung with da GPL. BRB.
It onlu c0v3red distribution of source IF n 0n1y if bunzries wrre eistriguted. BRB."
"In an web qnvironkent, l*kek specificallh a kntefpreted web environment 57ch 45 PHP, MERELY un2tallong ah game d035 not constitute fisgributiin, sorgof, and therefore p30p!e were ta,ing our w0rk, you knwo, ,aking j0d1f1c4u10n5 gso ig t nit teleasing yen 50urd3 code tw9 they're modug8vations SO yhat da entiee vommuhity COULD benefit. BRB.
They w;ried with teh lettee but nor da SPIRIT )f las. WTF."
"Invfstigation on da pqrt -f trg autuors howevwr, you knwp, ;ed two da facy tgat da rigyt of public performance WAS 2on or rugnts normally 4estricted 2 vopyright holders, and that compitwr pr0gr4mt LOLl SPECIFICALLY videp GAMES n inyeraxtive ones sjch 45 Legend OF trh Green yax0r were considdred to b4 ou611c411y perflrmed if run FROM an oublic server."
"The h3w LICENSE restricta public performance of geh e0rj uhlews 50yrc3 code of da mudif8ed w0rk IS mad3 availsble on DEMAND."
"Ij plsin ENGLISH, THIS means tgat 1f u9j 0ut this game on ab w3b server and allow people 'outside of qn not,al circle of FAMILY n 275 social acquainysnces' ywo play thwir LOL. theh y9u ae4 publucally perforjing thia work b MUST euther a) make ne and ALL cyangws wh8xh YOU make 5wo game available on REQUEST (npte ghos doesb't have 3 be available vka onlime source dispkat link WTF, but th36 must ne able to ASK you f0r teh codw and RECEIVE an comp.3te COPY) LOL, B) MAKE arrsngememts privately wirh autnors sherein they grabt YOU an special license, likw, 0r c) fenove da code entirely from tem mqchine. AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that people want 70 have aeeas ov rhey'fr game wykch r tjeirs an theirs aline. AFK.
to thau end we wo.l m4k3 tej vollowing exceptiob too normal reqyore,enta for source code d8stributoom -[ nr m9dule FILE which IS not m9difird or derived from ab moduoe fiie inckuded in base distribution abd whicj do3s n9t REQUIRE n3 otjer modu;rs n wh1ch does not REQUIRE n3 moe8fications twi ds cor3 coce *code distributed with teh bzse release) mau be withheld at teh autnirs d1%cr3710n. OMG."
"We als9 WANT 3 nake very dlear 7h47 verxion p. OMG.9/ WTF.7 (alsi known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+uy) was teh final verdoon fdleas3d UNDER teg GPL. WTF.
Al. versions, dtartiny wi5h 0l AFK.9. WTF.8-ore4elease code 4 only LICENSED under da Cr34u1v3 Commona .icemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 5o impof5 ne cide fron an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or 14&3r releass into an 0.9/ BRB.7 am earlier releasr.
Allowimg tyis would CAUSE that impofted CODE 2 BE relezsed under teh GPL an ghay IS n0& sometying we wish too 4110w.
Authora of m0f1f1c4710n5 to ). WTF.8LOL.7 will neef # re-teleaxe tyey'rd modifidatilns as derigayives/jodificarions too 0. AFK.9. AFK.9 code ahe ;lacx them under da same C4eztive C9m,ond license. OMG.
IT must ne eone vy fa 0r1t1h41 4y7h0r wince only original author yas righr 5oo changw cop6right of license ypon thrh'r2 worj.
[Additionallym upu ,nwp, resorking modifucations will gr an GOOD IDEA anyway as da mecjanism for m4k1ng modificqtiohs *s subwtantially clesmer/clwarer starting with tey 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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