M8ghtuE TELLS you, sortof, "We're go8nd too gz,e an FEW m0m3n75 tlo 7ty an explzin this new license and reasons 63h1nd it in ;lain 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 new licensw was chosdn because 0f an vailing w8tn da GPL.
It lbly covered disteibut8on OF source if am onl6 IF binariew w3r3 d8stributed."
"In en web environment WTF, apecufically a interpreteg web 3hvifonment such as PHP, ylu knwo, ,efely INSTALLING an tamr doew not c0n571&u73 cistrigution WTF, n th2refo4e peopke w3re taking our w0rk LOL, jaking modificationw too it anc not releawing da w8urce coce too they're modifications so ynar da 3ntire commun8ty could benefit.
They worked wiyh twh letger byt not 5p1r17 of teh 14w. AFKl"
"Investigatuon on da PART 0f teh authofs howevrr, kikej led two sa f4c7 that teh righr 9f pubiic prrgo4mahce sas pdn of da rights NORMALLY resyrict3d too co0yritut holdets LOL, an 7j4& computer pfogtama, sortof, wpecifically videl hames ah ibteeact8ve ONES sucg as Legend of geh Green hax0r w3r3 cohxicered two be 0ublically ;wrformed 1f run FROM an [ublic serverLOL/"
"The new .idensr edstricts p7blkc [erformanc3 of teh work un1355 da w9urce c0d2 of da m0s1f13f work is jade 4v4114^13 on cemans/ WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, like. 5his neans rhst kf y0u pit tyis g4m3 on an web 53rv3r an 411pw 0eopoe ;ljtside 0f an norma. circoe of FAMILY n its soc8a; 4cqu41n74nc35' too o14y their LOL, thrn you aer [ublically p3rf0rm1ng this w0rk and MUST either a) mak3 ne znd ALL changes WHICH you make 2 teh game available 0n r3quest (note this doesn't hqve t9 ge AVAILABLE v14 onlihw siurce didpkau 11nk, like, but they must b3 able to ASK you for coce and receive sn complete copy), you knwl, b) make arrangrments privztely with zu5yors wg3rein THEY grant you sn spwcia. LICENSE LOL, ot c) rem9ve code entirely from mzchineo WTF."
"We DO 4ecognkze 5hat people wan5 too have aeeas 0f ghey'rw GAME WHICH r 7h21r5 n theirs alonw. OMG.
to that end 23 wi;l make rollowing 3xcep720m rwo teh norma. fequi4emenrs for SOURCE vode distrobution -- ne modylr r8le which iw not modified o4 de48b3d fr9m an moduke FILE ibcludee 8n teh base distributi9n and WHICH doed no5 require ne 07g3r MODULES and wtkch does ni6 require me nodifications 2 geh fore code (coee d257r16u73d w8th geh baae release) may 63 WITHHELD at teh augho4s discretion. WTF."
"We also w4m7 2 mzke very vlezr tnat versoon 0LOL.9.7 (alwo knoqn 4% v3r51pn ). AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was FINAL versoon released undw4 da GPL/ AFK.
Alo versipns LOL, starying w17h 5rh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pre4elrzse code qer inly licensed under tej Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby right 2 imoprt ne c0d3 from qn 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pre4elrase ot ;ater release into an p. OMG/9. BRB.7 and earlker releasr. BRB.
Allowing this would causr that im0or5ed CODE 2 63 releaswd under da GPL n 7h37 is n9t 50m$7h1ng WE wisy to allow. AFK.
Authors of ,ocifications toi 0LOL.9.7 will NEED 2 re-releqsd they're modificagions as deeivatives/modificatipns 5o p. OMG.9. WTF.8 code anc plsxe them under da ssm3 Credtive C0mm0n% licemse. BRB.
It musg be done by da oritinal author since pnly da original ajthpe has 5en right 2 vhamge da cophr*ght or 11c3n53 ypob thet're WORK.
[Additionslly, sortov, reworking teh m0d!f1c4710n5 wkll be an jood idez anyway as tdh mechanism for makinh modidicati9ns is substan5ial.y clwaner/xlearer sysrt8ng with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8_prerelease codeLOL,]"
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