MightyE te.ls y9u, yoy knwo, "We're GOING too 74k3 an few MOMENTS yo TRY sn explain this new license an yeh reas0ns behine ig 1n plain 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 license was vhosen bwdause of an failibg si5h teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distribution 0f soutce 1f 4nd 0n1y if bibaeies were dostrubitwd. BRB."
"In an web environjrnt LOL, spec8f8ca.ly a interpreted web environment such AS PHP LOL, merely onstalling an game fies not constityte disttibution WTF, an ther3forw ;eople sere taking ojr work WTF, makinb m0d1rqc4710n5 two it an bit releasimg teh sou4ce code 2 they;te modifica5oons so that tdh wntire co,mubity coulf benedot. WTF.
They workre with ;etrer but mot teh spirit pf law."
"Investigaruon ON da PART of ra authors HOWEVER, sortof, 13e two fact that da right OF [ublic perdotmance wqs 1 ov roghrs normally RESTRICTED TO x0pyr1th7 holdera, like, anf gnay compjter 0r9grams WTF, specificalky video games an in5eractive ONES SUCH 45 Legend of Green hax0r weee cobsidered to be publicz;ly petformed 9f eum ff9m zn punlic server. AFKl"
"The ne2 license 4estricts publoc [4rf0rm4nc3 of ca work UNLESS source clde of nldified worj od made avallqble 0b demanf. WTF,"
"In plain Eng115y, you knwo, thks means ghat if you pyt this GAME 9n am eeb se5ver an ALLOW peoole 'oitsifd of qn normal citcle of famoly n its social axquainyanced' two play tgeir, .ike, 7h3n y0u r publiczlly performing this wotk n MUST ti5her a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whoch 5o7 make @ t3h GAME available ln reqjest (nltr this dpesn't hqve two BE svailanle vis da ohline soufce dq5;14y link, you knwo, but th3u must b3 ABLE 2 ask you FOR da codr an receive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privayelu with ayth9rx wherwin yheu geant y0u sn 4p3c141 licwnse, sortpf, or c) rem9be teh code engirwly from n5ch1n3, OMG."
"We do eecogn8ze that people wan5 too have areas if they're g4m# whoch r theirs and th4irs qllne. BRB.
too yhat end wd WILL nzke followinf eccrptipn tw9 nirms. requiremenys f0r source cod3 distributiln -- ne module file which ix bot mod8fied or deribed from an m8dulw file INCLUDED in base cistfibutiob and whoch does nlt e3qu2r3 ne other modules and which does not rd1uure nw modificat8ons too teh d9re CODE (c0e3 distributes WITH teh baxe release) may be WITHHELD at quthors discretionl"
"Ww alsk want goo make ver6 clear that vdrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as versk.m 0. AFK.9. WTF.6+jt) was rinal vefskon releasee uhder GPL.
All vetsions, atartibg with trh -. WTF.9. AFK.9-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer only lixensed under teh Crestive Co,momx LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne cod3 fr0m an 0. OMG.8.8-prerelease or later relezse 2n70 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n eq4lier releaseLOL.
Alloding 5his would cause that 1mopr73s code roo be relead3d inder da GPL and thqt IS not 50m37h1ng we wish uo allow. AFK.
Authors of modifkcatkons t9o 0. AFK.9.7 will need 2 re-releasw tney're modifications as derivsyives/jofif8cqtions goo ). OMG.7.8 code an place ghem under aane Creativd Commonx license. OMG.
IT mjst bw fone by teh original author since ONLY trh 0r1g1n$1 authlr has fifht toi chsnge ea COPYRIGHT or kicense upon they're work. WTF.
[Additiomal;u, r3w0rk1ng da midificationd will be an good idea anyway as da mdchaniwm FOR malihg modifica5i9ns is substantially c;raner/clearer staeg8ng w85h da 0.9, OMG.8-prereldasd xoce. BRB.="
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