MithtyE twllw 6oy, .i,e, "We're toing w take an few moments two try and EXPLAIN this n3w l8cense an da REASONS BEHIND it kn plain Ebflish. AFKl
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."
"Thos nww locense was cgosen beczuse of an fzilibf with GPL. OMG.
I5 only covered DISTRIBUTION of sourcd if n pn1y IF binzeies wdre diwtributed. AFK."
"In ah web environm3bt, specifivally a INTERPRETED weg environment such as PHP, merely instaollng am bame dors not conagututf distr8butiob LOL, znd THEREFORE people eere tajing our wo4k, making modifidations to ih and not relrading dz SOURCE code 2 they're modigications so that teh entire cpmmunuty c9uld benrgitLOL.
Th3y worker with letter but n.t da spitit of LAW. BRB."
"Ihvestigation on teh par5 OF teh authors howwve5 WTFk led 2 fact that t3h r8gnt of public perfofmance was 1 if da fights bormalky rewtridted to xo0yright holders LOL, an 7h47 computer programs, SPECIFICALLY video gamrs an interqctube oned 5uch as Legend of dq Gteen hax0e w2e3 cohsudered to br publically performed if 4un frim zn public server."
"The n3w oicehse rwstricts public performance og teh wofk unlrss 5ey 59urc3 code lf ca modified wodk is madd avaiiable on demand. AFKl"
"In PLAIN English LOL, this m3ans that if y0u pit this game ON zn deb SERVER n $11-q peo[le 'iuyside of an nofmal c1rc13 or family qnd its xocia; acquauntancee' 2 p!4y their LOL, 7hen to7 t publically perfirming thix work m MUST eithtr a) make ne an ALL changes wjich you make TO 5eh game acqilagle on request )botw ghis DOESN'T yave too bd availzble via onlin3 soytde display link, likem bur they must be agle two ask uou for da cocw an receive sm c_mp1273 copy), 6) make arrangements privztely WITH ds ru7h0r5 WHEREIN they grant you ah special livense LOL, pr c) remove cide rntirwly frim da machine. WTF."
"We do recognkzd gyat ;eople want to have areas 0f they're GAME which aer fheirs anf theirs alone.
too that enc 2e w111 m4k3 reh f8l.owing EXCEPTION two teh no5nal reqjirem3new FOR wource cide diwtribution -- ne m9dule fooe eh8ch ks not ,odofied OR derived FROM an MODULE fi/e ibvkuded in base dostribuhion n which eoed not r3qu1r3 ne 07h3e MODULES an whivj do3a NOT require nd modifications 2 teh co4e codw (code disyrubuted q8th basr 4eleas3) jay be wotjheld at da authors discre5ion. AFK."
"We also wamt 2 male very CLEAR thqt cefsipn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also kh0wn as ferxion 0. OMG.8. AFK.7+jt) 2as ten fknal version released undet da GPL. WTF.
All versiobs, stqrtihg wify 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prereleas3 code r only 11c3n53c under da Creative Commonx license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rihht to imporg ne cofe from sn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease or ;wter releaae into an 0/ AFK.8LOL.7 4nd eawlier r313453LOL.
All9wing this w0u1d ca7se THAT importes code to be r#!@463d undee teg GPL an thay iw nit something we widh 2 allow. BRB,
Aithors or modivicat8onx 5wo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-releade th3y're mldifications AS d3rovztives;modificztions two 0. AFK.9/ AFK.i code an PLACE them under samr Creative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It must be dome n5 original aithkr since only teh oeiginal autgor has reb e1gh7 to change da vopyrignt pr ;icense ypon tney're work. BRB.
'Additiomq;ly, re2orking teh MODIFICATIONS w!11 be an g00d iewa anyway aa mechsnism for makung modifications is substahtially cleaber/clearer xtaeting w17h 0LOL,9. BRB/8-prerekease code. AFK.]"
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