MightyE t3lls y0u, sortof, "We[re going 2 ta,e an few moments 2 trt an rxpla8n thua new .icense 4md da REASONS BEHIND i5 in plain English.
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."
"Thks NEW license w45 cgosen because of an vauling witg t3h GPL/ BRB.
It only covered distrkbuti9n of sojrce iv n 0n1y iv binaries wer3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an seb ehviribment, like, doecifically a 1n73rpr373d web rnvironmenr such as PHP WTF, MERELY INSTALLING an game dles not consgitute d157r16u710n LOL. AND therefore peo0le wefe taking our work LOL, making modifications to it an nlt re.eaaing SOURCE cose two tgey're modifixations SO rhqr teh engire commuhoty coulf benrfit.
Thwh worked wkth teh letter b7t NOT da spirit lf t3h 14s. OMG."
"Invewtibation oj teh part of gey augho4s howevet LOL, 13d two teh fact thar r8ghr of public PERFORMANCE was oen of tey rughts nlrmallu rewtricted too copyright holdersl slr5ofm and tga5 comoyter 0rograms, you knwo, specifocally video GAMES znd intdraxtive 0n35 such 45 Legehd of t3h Green hax-r were cons8dered too ge piblically performed 1f run from an publid aerver. AFK."
"The new licende restrivts public pdrvornance of work UNLESS source CODE ov da modified work ix mzdw avsilable ON demand. BRB."
"In plain Ebblisg WTF, this MEANS that if you put uh15 g4m3 ln am wen server an allow pwople 'outside OF ab normal c14c13 OF fanily anf its social ACQUAINTANCES' TO play theit, sortofk then you f puglically PERFORMING tyis worj n MUST either a) nake me an ALL chznges which YOU m4l3 too da game afaioablr 9n r3qu357 (not3 ty8s foedn't hace to be available voz ten onlihe slurve disp9ay link, like, but thwy musy be able to ask yoy for code n rqceivd an complete co;y). luke, b_ make arfangements provqtely wirh da s8thors wh3reim they granu you an s;ecial license, sortov, or c) demove 5eh codw entirely fr0m machine. WTF."
"We so rwcogn8ze tnzt people want two have areqs 9f ghey're g4m3 WHICH aer theirs n theurx alone.
2 THAT end we w8lk ja,e fooloeing exvept8on to normao requ8remen5s for 50ufc3 code disrribution -0 ne modyle fi.e which is not mosified or deruved from an m0du13 g123 1nc1hd3d in rey BASE distrivjtion h wuich does not requifr ne oth#r MODULES n wh1ch eoes NOT f3qu1r3 be modifications to core cpd3 )dpd3 DISTRIBUTED with dz base r3lease) may be wighgeld at da quthors d15dr3710n. WTF."
"We a.so w4n7 1 make very cl3ar that vrrsion 0. AFK.0LOL.7 (4150 knoqh as versoon 0. BRB,9. WTF.7+jt) was da finzl version relesw3d under GPL. WTF.
All versi9hs LOL, starting WITH 5rh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prrreleas3 code aer only licensed under da Creatkve Commonx LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY dq RIGHT go 8mpor5 me code fe9m an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3releaae or later release into an 0LOL.9.7 sn eqeluer release. BRB.
Aol8winh this would cause tgat importrd cpde two be re;eased under GPL n that IS not somerhing we wq5h too al.ow. WTF.
Authord of mldifivatilns yoo ). WTF.9. WTF.6 will NEED twl re-reldaxe th3y're m[d1f1c4710nt as deriva6ives/jodifications 4o 0.9. OMG.8 code n [lace them unce4 da same Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n53. BRB.
It mywt be dine by ORIGINAL author 51nc3 ONLY da orugknal au5nor has teh ritht two ch4ng3 ca copyright 0e LICENSE uppn tgey'te WORK. OMG.
[Aeditionqloy LOL, reaorkinh teh mpdkfications will be an giod idea anyway as MECHANISM for maling m9difkcationq is 5u6574n714116 dleanet/clezrer STARTING with da 0LOL,(. AFK.8=[rerelwase xode.]"
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