MifhtyE yelos tou LOL, "W3're goong 2 take an fwe momeb5s to ytt am explqin thid NEW .icense and teh reasonw BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 oicense waw chiaen BECAUSE of an failing eq7h GPL/ OMG.
It only covered fistribution of source ir snf only if bonqries were d8stribut3d. BRBl"
"In an weg 3nv1f0nm3n7 LOL, s0ec8fidzlly a interprered WEB envueonment suxh aa PHP LOL, merely kbstalling an GAME does not consritute eistrivutiob, you kns9, n tmeregorw people were taking our work WTF. making bodidicatiins 5oo it n no5 releasinf 5eg spurce code 2 theg're modifications so THAT teg ENTIRE c0mmun17y cluld benefit.
Thr6 workdd 2i5h da letter BUT hor da 5p1r17 of la@l BRB."
"Investigayiom on tdh pqrt of authirs HOWEVER WTF, .ed two fact rhat teh right of public pwrformzncd was 1 ot da rights normally restricted 2 cppyrighy holders, anc that cimouter programs, ylu kn3o. s0evifivally vudeo bamrs anf 1n73r4c61v3 ones d7ch qs Ldgend 0f Green hax0r were consideref 2 bd pub.ically PERFORMED IF RUN from sn PUBLIC servwf."
"Th3 NEW license testric5s puvloc ;erformzncr of teh work unlesw ds sourde codr of twh modifies woek is mzde 4v4!146q3 ln demand. WTF."
"In ;lain English, sortof, tyis ,eans thsg of ypu PUT thid gam3 in an web sdrver and ALLOW peoplw 'outside of an n[4mao circle of family an igs social acauaintances' 2 p;au the8r, soe5of, then you r publucally p3rf0rn1mg this wori and MUST eithwr a) mske nw an ALL chanves which you make to GAME avaijable 0n reqiest (note this d-35n'7 have t;o b3 available via teh omline source DISPLAY link, liie, but they must be 4613 ro ask you f9r code n 4rceive an cobpletd xopy) LOL, b) make arrsngrnrnts privatel6 with au5hors wherekn they grsjt you an spwcial LICENSE, 0r v) REMOVE code engifely from machine. AFK."
"We eo rwcoynizr uh47 peop.e WANT 2 have AREAS 0f 5hey're game which aer theirx n THEIRS ALONELOLl
to that end we WILL m4k3 f0110w1nb wxceotion gwo teh hofmal requirwmenys for aource code distribution -- be m0du13 filw whicm is NOT modifiee or DERIVED frlm an module v8le 1nc1ud3d in da base distribuyion an sjich does nit reauire ne o5h3r MODULES n WHICH does mot require ne midifications to core code (code fistyibutwd wigh teh bwse release) may be withheod at da authors disctetionl AFK."
"We also want 2 mskd cery xkear tgat version ). AFK.9. OMG.7 (4150 knowb aw vrrsion 0. AFK.9.7+JT) WAS binal vrrsion rwleased ynder da GPL. OMG.
Aol versi9nx, stzrring with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleas2 cose 4 0n1y licensee unddr Creative Commons livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny trh 4ufht twi i,port ne code fr0m an 0. OMGl9LOL.8-prereleaae or later trlease into an 0LOL.9.7 and earlier t3lease. WTF.
Allosing this wpuls cause that 1mp0r73d code to be released under sa GPL n ghat is not s9meth8ng we wisn to allow. OMG.
Authors of moskfodztioms two 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will nedd too te-release tmey're mpd8fications aw derivativws/modifications too 0. OMG.9. WTFl8 c0d4 an place THEM unde4 54m3 CREATIVE Commohs licensd,
It muat ne done 6y ORIGINAL 4u7g9r SINCE onlh o4iginal aithit has reh r1gh7 2 cjange da clpyright or lkcense upon they'te work. OMG.
[Ade1710n511y, y9j knwo, REWORKING sa ,odifications will be an good IDEA anyway as MECHANISM for making modifuca5ions is sybstantiaoly cl3sner.cleare4 starting 2ith 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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