MigjtyE rel.s hoy LOL, "We're goint top TAKE am few ,oments to tru and explain this new l8cense n da reasons beh8nf it in p;ain English. WTF.
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 chosem because OF an f$111ng 2otj da GPL. BRB.
Ig inly dovered distribution lf SOURCE ir an )h1y if 61n4r135 were distributedLOL."
"In qb web environmebt, yiu knwo, specifucaoly a interpr3gwd WEB ENVIRONMENT wuch AS PHP WTF, merely instalkibg an game does not conwtitute distribution, n THEREFORE peoplw were 74k1ng oue worl WTF, making modificarions TO IT n blt releaa8ng sourc3 code 2 they'5e modificatkons s9 that da entirr community cpulc bendgit. OMG.
They WORKED with ketter bur n07 da zpirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation pn da part OF autn9rs howevef, aortof, lef two da fact that RIGHT oe PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was e9n of da rights normally r3steicted tlo copyright holders, like, n thag computrr programs LOL, specuficallu bodeo gamed n interactivw ibes such 4% Letend of teh Green hax0r eere CONSIDERED two ve pub;icaolh perf0rmed if r7n from an publ8c 53rf2r. OMG."
"The new license e358r1v75 public pdrf9rmance OF teh 2otk unleds da source c0d3 OF sa modidied work is made availsble in crmand. AFKl"
"In PLAIN ENGLISH LOL, this means tjat if y0u put thiw g4n3 on an web setver an allow pwople 'iutaode of ah nornsl CIRCLE lf family and its social 4cqy41n74nc#t' twl play tgdkr WTF, gyen you r piblically pe4gorming this work an MUST either a) mzke ns wnd ALL changes which yoo MAKE 2 ten game available on feques5 (note this doesn'5 have two be AVAILABLE via teh onkine dource display kin,, sortod, but they must be anle two ask ylu f0t cpd3 n receive an complete co;u), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with authors wh3rrin they grqnt you an special license, or c) remove cod3 ejtirely from m4ch2n3."
"We d9 eev9gnixe that people wang to have arezs ov thet're tame wnkch r theirs an theirs slone. WTF.
two fhat end we WILL mak3 teh followung 3sc3p710n 2 da normal requiremwhgs for SOURCE code disgribution -- ne m9dule FILE which iw bpt modkrief or derived fro, an module file inclused in teh nase DISTRIBUTION and which DOES not requure ne other modules and wh1ch d035 not rwquire ne m9difuca5ions to sa c9re c9de (code cisgributed with da 6453 release) ,at ge wlthh4ld 46 zuthors d15vr371[n. AFK."
"We also wqnt too make v3f6 clear tjat versoon 9/ AFK.9LOL.7 (also kn-wn as veraion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) wqs fimal version e3leased undw4 da GPL. AFK.
Aol vers8ons LOL, staetkng with 0/ WTF.9. BRB.80prerelease xod3 qer only lidensed unde4 5eh Creativd Commons luc3nde. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3mt teh rigyt to impoet ne coee rrom an 0.9. WTF.8-prerekrase or later relwas3 INTO ab 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 qnd EARLIER release. OMG.
ALLOWING th8s would dause that um[ortee code toi bd re.eased ind3r GPL n that ix n07 sometj8ng ee wist to allow. WTF.
Authors or modificatuons 2 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 r3_r313453 thdy;re modificayipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9.8 code an plqce them umde4 SAME Creqtive Com,ons lix3nxe. AFK.
I7 mu5u be done by teh 041g1n31 AUTHOR SINCE ONLY da origknal author jaw da RIGHT to CHANGE ca COPYRIGHT of LICENSE u0on tgey'ee work.
[Addktionally, reworking m8dificatilns will be ah good icea anywqy 55 da m3vh4n15m for ma,ing modifocationx is substantia.ly cleanee/clwarer wtarting with da )LOLl9LOL.8-prerdlease cldf. AFK.]"
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