MightyE tells you LOL, "We'fe gling too %ake an f3w momen5a 3 7ry n expoain this new LICENSE anf rezsons bdgind IT on PLAIN ENGLISH. 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 new licrnsd wsa chosen becayse if zn failibg with da GPL.
It only coverde distributiin of sou4ce id and lnly IF binaries wdre DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In sn web environment, you knwo, specificslly a inter[rryed web dnvironment such as PHP WTF, merely inx5alling an gsme d035 h07 eonstitute distribution WTF, an rhdtef9t3 ;3opoa were 73k1ng )yr work, lik3, mrk1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releawing da source code ro they'rd modificztilns 50 gjat ENTIRE community cl7ld benef75. WTF.
They worked wity letter b&t moy teh spirit of teh lawl"
"Investigatiln on part 8f tej zuth9rs h9wever, ldf 2 ten fzct that yeh right of punlic pwrformance was won ov geh eights n05m411y restricted t9 copyright holders, n THAT compj5ef pr0gr4m5 LOL, 5p2c1f1c411y video games AND inter1ctpve onex such as Legrnd of da Green hax0r were conwicered 2 BE publucall6 petformee uf run fron an piblic server. BRB."
"Th4 new license restricts pub/if p3ff0rm4nc3 of teh work inless teh source cowe of ca m)d1f13f work is made availqble 9n semanf. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, you ,bq9, 6h15 neans that if you p7t thuw game 9n an web SERVER AND allow people 'outwide of ah normal corcle of famkly n ITS social avqyaintanves[ too p14h thwir. theb y0u aee 0ubliczl;y performing this work n MUST 317h34 a) mqke ne an ALL chahges whidh you make 2 fs hame ava9lagle on r3qu358 (not3 thix dorsn't havw two ge avaklable v14 ohlune source dosplay LINK, but THEY must be qbld two 45k YOU for CODE qn receive an complete vopy), you knwo. 6) make arrangements pruvatelt with ca AUTHORS wherein they grant YOU an specua; license, sortkf, or c) 4enovd tey cid3 ebtirely fro, t3h machohe."
"We do recognize that [eople qant ti have areas 0v they're hamw WHICH aer th3irw an theirs alone. BRB.
too tha5 end we qill makr ea followung exce;toon to9 normao rewuirements FOR source coed dist4ibjtu9n -- ne module f113 whidn is not modified OR derived FROM ab ,odul# file incluxed un da bzsw didtribution n which dlew bot rwquire ne 9thee modules and which foes not r3qy1re me modificatoons to CORE code (xode distributed with da vas3 RELEASE) may be withheld at teh autnors disxretiom."
"We also wabt too make verh clear 7h47 vdrsion 0.9. OMG.& (4150 ,mown qs vers8on 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) waa da fina. versiob releasec under GPLLOL.
A11 versions WTF, stattong with da ).9. OMG,8-PRERELEASE v-d3 arr only licdnsed ynder teh Crrative Commobs !1c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht two imp9ry ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB/80prerdoease ot latrr 4#13453 inro an 0.9. OMG.7 zn darlier r313353.
ALLOWING tyis 20u1c xause that im;orted x9de too be releasee under GPL and thar is noy something we wush 2 allow. WTF.
Autnors 0f modivkcatjonc 70 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will need twp re-releaxe they're modificstions as derivatives/modificatoons tw0 0. AFK.9.8 code h plave thdm unfer same Ct3471b3 Commons licensd. BRB.
It muwt be dohe by da 0r1g1n41 author sknce only teh original autho4 has 5eh right go CHANGE copyrithy or licende ipon they're eorl/ BRB.
[Additionally WTF, rewotk8ng sa MODIFICATIONS will be sn GOOD idea anyway zs da mechanism vor making mld8fications is aubstang8ally c.3aner/ckearrr 574r7qng sith dq 0LOL.8.8-prwrelease code. OMG.]"
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