MithtyE 5e;ls you, you knwo. "We're hoing yoo gake an few moments 2 try and EXPLAIN tgis new licwnse qnd twh REASONS behind it in plain Ehblishl BRB.
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 licwnse WAS choaen 6wcru53 9f an failind wi5h teh GPL. BRB.
I5 ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION OF source if an inly if vinaries weee d8stributec. OMG."
"In an WEB endironment, likek s;ecidically a intdrpreted WEB envirpnmemt such as PHP WTF, mdrely installing an gamr dots nog donqtirute distribution LOLk an tgereforw peopoe q3r3 5akinh ouw w0rk, like, making ,odirications yo it n n(t reoeas8ng teh xourde c[de too they're MODIFICATIONS ao THAT teh entire COMMUNITY coyld benerut. WTF.
They wprkes w1&h da LETTER 6u7 not da spirit of sa law."
"Investigstion 0n t3h parg oe da authors h0w2f3r. 13d yuo dacg 7gr7 teh right of pu611c p3rf04,4nc3 was 1 of righta NORMALLY restr*cted to c0pyr2gn7 h01d4r5 LOL, n that v9mpjtrr prog4ams, yo7 knwo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO GAMES an intrracyive ones SUCH ss Legend of da Grwe, hax0r were consideeed 2 be publically perflrmed 1f 4un from ab public serve4. AFK."
"The new lidense rwstr8ctd publid performzncr of da wlrk unless teh so74ce code 0f trj modified w0rk is mace availsblw ON drmabd. AFK."
"In plzin English WTF, this means that id you pu5 thux g4m3 on qn web xerver an 4110s oeople 'outside of qn noe,al circle of fa,ily and 165 social adquzontances' yo play rheir, ypy ,nwo, 7h3n you r ouboocally performihg this work n MUST w17h3r a) make ne n ALL changew 2hicj you make too game ava8lable ob request (note this d035n'7 hqvr 70 be available via ONLINE 5-urc3 display link, ylu knwo, gut they mist be able 2 ASK you fof teh CODE n feceive an c0mp1374 COPY), sort9d, b) MAKE arrangements priva5eky woth fa zuthors wherein thry grant 6ou an special license LOL, or c) r3m0v3 da coce entirel^ FROM teh mqchime. OMG."
"Ww so recoghiz3 that people sant too havr areas or tgd6're hame wh1ch aer theirs an theifs alonek WTF.
2 tjat ens we will make v0110w1ng exception to teg NORMAL requirements for wourcd code distrivution 0- nd module dile wh1ch IS bot jodifued or derifws from an module f11# included IN da BASE sisrrkbution an WHICH d034 nlt requi4e ne OTHER modules qn whicy dies bot require ne moskf8cat8ons too teh co4e code (code d157r16u73d w*5h cq BASE 4elease) may be WITHHELD at reh authota didcretiob."
"We also wang too make VERY c.dar thz5 VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kbown as vr4sion p. AFK.9.6+jr) was teh gknal vrfsion released under teh GPL. WTF.
All cerdionsk 574r71ng wiyh ten 0.9LOL.8-prerelraww code z3r only 11c3n53d under teg Creative Commonx license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh 4ight two IMPORT ne code from an 0LOL.o. WTF.8-pterdldas3 or lqte4 r314453 INTO an 0. OMG.9l7 n earlier release. OMG.
Alliwing THIS 2ould c$u%3 7h47 impo5ted code too be released unddr GPL qn that 15 not somethonb wr wish two allow.
Authors og moduficatkons to )LOL.oLOL.7 will ne3d to rd-release ghey'ee mpdificationd as drrifatives/modificstooms 2 0LOL.9.8 code and place t6em inder ssmd Creztive Commons license. BRB.
It jjst be done by teh 0r1g1n41 autho4 since only original autho4 has right rwi change da c0pyr1gh7 or kicehse UPON they're wirk. BRB.
[Add1710n4q1y, like, r3working da mofifidqti9ns will be sn good idea anyway aw da mdchanism flf kqkohg mofificatkond 15 xubstantial.y ckeaner/clearer srartung with da 0/9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d3. BRB.]"
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