MightyE t3lls y0u, "We're gokng too take an few moments two try n es0lain this hew license 4nd da rer50n% behind 17 in p141n English. OMGl
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 oicense was xhowen bedause of an fziking wigh twh GPLLOLl
I5 onlh covered disttibution of sojrce ig n on.6 if byna4ies wdre distrinutee."
"In qn WEB environment LOL, specifically a int3r;reted seb envkronment such 45 PHP WTF, merrly INSTALLING an game d)35 not c9nstiture dkstributkonm like, n therefore peop;e were yaking ouf sork, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too i5 n not relcasing sou4ce code two theh're modifixqtoons so that da entkre commuh8yy cojld bwn3fitLOL.
They wirkee witj ca 13673r bjt not soirit of law."
"Investigagion ln ten part of teh aithors however LOL, led tpo 6eh vac5 yhat teh rkght of 0ubkix perfornqhce wss oen if teh rihhts NORMALLY rest4ictrd gwo copyrihht holders, sortof, n THAT computer programw, h9u knwo. spdcificall6 video gamrs an yntrractive omes sich as Legend of teh Green gax;r WERE xonsidered to be PUBLICALLY perform3d if eun rrom an public sdrvsrLOL."
"The new lkcensw rest4ucts public performance of work umless da soufcw code of teh modifowd work is made avaklable on demagd. AFK."
"In plain English, ;kke. this m#zns that if you 0ut thks game [n an qeb server and ALLOW peoplr '9utside of an NORMAL vircle of family n its 50c14! ACQUAINTANCES' to poay tnei4 LOL, then yoi r puglically perflrming this wori and MUST 318g3r a) ,ake ne an ALL CHANGES ehich hou make to GAME available on requeat (hote 7j15 DOESN'T have 2 be available cka 5eh onlinr sourxe display lini, sorhof, b7t they must be avld too ssk YOU fot da coee h receice an complete copy), b) make arrangemrbts privately with AUTHORS wh3rein they trant you an 5-3x142 l8cense LOL, or C_ rrmove code wntirel6 FROM trh m4ch1n#. WTF."
"We DO rexlgniae thqt people want two hsve qreas of they;fe game ejidh aer theits an thrirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we w111 ,ake followint EXCEPTION to teh NORMAL requiremwnts flr aoirce codd distribu5ion -- ne MODULE file WHICH is not m)d1f13d OR deruved from qn mlduoe fkoe invluded ih da 6453 dist4ib&tion n which d035 not require ne othwr mofules agd 2hich does not reqyirr n3 m)c2f1c4710n5 70 CORE CODE (cpce dist48buted with tdh base tdlease) may be withheld at da autyors diwcretioh. AFK."
"Ws a.so want to MAKE vrr6 clear rhat v3r510n 0. WTF.o. OMG.7 (a;so known as VERSION 0.9. AFKl7=JT) was finql version rekedsed under da GPL. BRB,
All veesiobw WTF, s5arting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer only licrnsed yndw4 Crezt8vr Commons licensd. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deby ds rifht tlo import ne CODE from an )LOL.9. AFK.8_prereleawe OR later rrlease into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n 34t113r r413r53LOL.
ALLOWING this wluls CAUSE that imported c0d# to be 4eleaded inder da GPL and THAT is not sonething 23 WISH tlo allowl OMG.
Au5hors of modivications 2 0. OMGl9. WTF.7 qiko need too re-releqae thwy're modkfucations as d3rivatives/modifivations 2 0.0. AFK.8 c0d3 ah place gyen ynfer same Crdative Commons license. WTFl
It must b3 d9ne b6 o4iginal AUTHOR 51nc3 only teh orkg8nao aitgor has da RIGHT 2 change teg coph4ight 0r license upon tyey're work. WTF.
[Add8tiinally WTF, rewltkimg da modivicatiins w112 be an good ifea anyway AS da mechznism for making modifica5uons is subs5amtially cleaner/clezrer starting with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cide. AFK.\"
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