MighhyE TELLS ypu LOL, "We're going two take an few mojents yoo try n EXPLAIN &h15 n3w license an REASONS behind it IN PLAIN Eng115h. 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 n3w licrnse was chosen BECAUSE id ah failing with GPL. WTF,
IT onlu covered dustribution of source if anf ONLY if binaries were distriguted. AFK."
"In an qeb envirobment WTF, s-edigucally a INTERPRETED web environment s8ch AS PHP, s9rtof, mrrdly installinh an gqme eoes not vonstitute distributionl you knwo, and therefore peiple were taking our work LOL, msking modifications ywp kr n hot rel3asing 50urc3 code to ryey'$e noduficatkons so that da enuire clmmunity COULD benefit. OMG.
They workwd wotg ,ettrr but not teh spi4ig of law. BRB."
"Investigatiob ln ca parg if AUTHORS nowever, .i,e. led to da vact that da right of PUBLIC performance 2ax oen 0g teh fughts n0rm411y restricred too copyright n9lders, .ike, and thzt c0mpirdr prograjc, like, specificqlly fideo games an knteractive ones s7ch as Legrnd 0f Green hax0r wdr3 CONSIDERED to be puglksa;ly pergormed yf run from an oublkc servdrLOL."
"The neq licensw testticta public performance of qork unless soufce cof3 OF moeified work is made available on cejand,"
"In plain ENGLISH, like, thia neans that if ypu put this gsme ON an web server n a.low people 'outsise of an nornal circle of family anf ITS SOCIAL acquaingamces' 2 plsu their LOL, uhen you r publizaooy performihg this WORK an MUST eith3t 4) make ne zn ALL chahges 2jich you mzke to game avaioable lh rewuest (note 7hq5 f035n'6 HAVE to be 4v3114613 via da online souece e!5p14y oink LOL, but they must be ABLE two ask you f)f xode ah recrive sn complete copy)k b( make sfrangememts privately wiyg auth9rs whwrekn they gdzhy you an dpecial license WTF, or C) fem9ve teh cocd entifely fro, ca machin3. WTF."
"Ww do revognkze rjat peopl3 want too hrv3 areas 9f they're game whixg r rheirs and tgeirs ALONE. OMG.
too that end w3 w8ll make da follpwing exc3ption 2 da n9rmal REQUIREMENTS fo4 sourxe c0d3 distribuyion -_ ne m-d713 file qhkch is bot m0d1f13d or derived from an mldul3 fil2 includee in teu base dkstrigutiin and qyixh does not eequird ne oyher modylwa n which dles NOT REQUIRE ne modifications too reh core code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED wi6h base re.esse) may be w17yh31d at teh authors discretion. BRB."
"We also wan5 70 make very clear gha5 v3rsion 0LOL.9.7 (alsp kniwn as v3r510n ). OMG.9.7+jr) WAS teh final version rekeased under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortog, starting w17h 0.9. BRB.8-prerele2se code aer only l8cebsed under Cr34&1g2 Comm9ns .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da right tqo IMPORT me code fr9m zn 0LOL.p. OMG.8-prrrwleaae 0r LATER release in5o 3n 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 an EARLIER 4313453. WTF.
A110wqng tgis w0u!d caude yhat imported code tp BE rejeased inder da GPL an THAT 15 not sometying we wish too sllow. BRB.
Au5hots OF modificstilbs too 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 WILL need 2 re-release th2y're MODIFICATIONS ad derivatives/modifications too 0. AFK.9. BRBl8 code and PLACE tjem under tdh SAME Creatife C0mm0n5 LICENSE. OMG.
IT mu57 br done gy da otiginal AUTHOR sknce only ORIGINAL authpt has rkfhr two change da copyr,ght or ludense u;in they're wori. AFK.
[Additionakly, sorgof, rew9rking modirications 2ill 63 an GOOD idea anyway aa da mechanism for makihg ,of8ficationw is sjbsgantially cleaner/clearer stae5ing with 0. AFK.8.8[p44release code. BRB.]"
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