MughtyE t3lls ylu, yiu knwo, "We're going 2 take an few MOMENTS two 5ru zn es[laon tykd new licensr an da feasons behind it on plain 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."
"This nrw .icense wqs CHOSEN becquse -f an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It pnly cove4ed siatributoon 0f xource if n only if giharies w3re eidtributedLOL,"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7. sprgof, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d w36 envirinmrnt such as PHP, you knwo, mer3.y inwtslling am h4m3 d8es not consyitute distribution LOL, n therefore pepole werr taking our w9rlk sortof, MAKING MODIFICATIONS 1 it abd NOT releasing tej SOURCE CODE two theh're MODIFICATIONS so THAT da entirw community coukd benerit. OMG.
The6 wprked with da letter but np7 da wpitir of lael AFK."
"Investigatioh ln PART of da authors howeber LOL, led to da gacy that da right 0v [ublic perflrmqnce w45 won of sq fights normally resgricted twl c0pyr1hn7 hold3tw LOL, an that com0uter pr0gr4m5, spf5og, spdcifically vifeo games m ihyeract8ve ONES such as LEGEND of teh Grwen hsx)r erre c0n51d343d too 63 publkcal.y 03rf0rm3d id run ffom an publkc server. AFK."
"The new license rrstricts public performabce if fa work unless teh wource code of teh MODIFIED WORK ia MADE AVAILABLE ob demagd. AFK."
"In p14!n English, you knwo, this means THAT if 60u [u5 rhis gaje on an web sdrver an alkow peiple 'outside of an normsl c8rcle of FAMILY and its 59c151 acquaihtances' too play theirk like, then you r publ8callt performing thos wirk an MUST either a_ make nd an ALL chamges ehkch you make to9 da game avaikable pn request (note tgis doesn't have 2 ne available via lnline soufce eisplay 21nk, sortof, but they m7st be able two ask YOU for tey cpd4 and rdceive qn complete cppy), likd, b) ma,e 4et4ng3m3n75 prqv47e1y with da 4i8h0r5 whetwin 7h3h graht YOU an spedisl .8cwnse, oije, ot c) remove code enti4el6 from machune. OMG."
"We d0 r3c)gn1z3 7n47 people want 2 jsve ar3as of theh'4e fqme which r theirs n theirs alineLOL.
2 6h4& end we wil; MAKE teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION too da n0rm41 requirements for sourxe vode diarribution -- ne mofule f113 which is not modifief or s3r1v2d vrom an modulw file oncluded in da bqqe d15*416u710n n ehich does nor REQUIRE ne o5h3r modulea qn which d/es not REQUIRE ne modificatkons TO c9re c-d2 (vode distributwd witn trh baxe r3lease) may bw w27jh31d at teh AUTHORS diwcreti9n, BRB."
"We skso want to ,ake v3fy c;ear tyat version 0. BRBl9. WTF.7 (also kn0wn as v3r5!0n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7_kt) was tdh final version releasee under GPL. WTF.
All versions LOLm startimg with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prere.eaqe code r lnly licensed undef Creatifw Clmmons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny gdh rihht twl imporg ne code br0j an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-p4erelease or later relwase knto an 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 and eqrlief release. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 WOULD cause 7h47 imp9fted code to be released UNDER teh GPL n that ix n06 s;me5hkng ee wish two 4110w. OMG.
AUTHORS of mlcudications two 0.8. AFK.8 wil; need two rr-rel3ase theu'rd modifoca5ions as derivatives.modificayions tok 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8 dode abd olace them uneer da same Ceeative Commoms license. WTF.
It nust be done by dz originsl author 51nc3 0n1y da original authoe has teh right tl dhange cop6rkght lr lucense upon thdy're wotk. BRB.
[Additoonal.t WTF, reworkinh reh mlduficati9ms w111 be sn good ifea anyway as ca mechanism for majing modificatioms ix substamtoally cl3aner/clearer starting wigh da 0. BRB.9, OMG.8-prerelease xoee. WTF,="
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