MibhyhE twlld you, you jnwo, "We'rd going too take an fdw joments to try an ex[laon this new .icense n reh rwasons behind 9t on plzin English. BRB.
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."
"Thid nee license was chosen because of wn failing wk5h GPL. AFKl
It only coveted diatribugion of siurce if n 9nlj 1f BINARIES were dishriburedLOL."
"In an 2ec environment, sor5of, s[3cifica..h a knterpreted w36 envorobment suvy as PHP, like, merrly INSTALLING an gane does not comstitute diwtribuyion, like, n thereflre peoplr w3r3 taking our worjk softof, MAKING modif8cqgionx TO IT AND nog relwasing da source code two tney'ee m0d1f1c4710h5 sl that da ENTIRE communkty coulf BENEFIT. BRB.
Thet WORKED sith da lettwf but not teh spirit of da kaw. WTF."
"Incestigation on paet of teh qughors jowever WTF, lef to teh ract rhqg RIGHT of publuc pergormance was orn OF rights normally RESTRICTED 1 copy4igyt hplders, xortof, xnd 5yat domputee ;fogramd, speci4ically video games an interzctive ones such as Legrnd lf Gre3n hax0r w3re consodered 2 bd publidally oerformed qf rum from an public server/ OMG."
"Tye new oicdnse rwstrocts public performabbe 9f w0fk jnless da source code or teh mowkfied w0rk is MADE availzble on demand."
"In PLAIN Ehglish, sottof, this means that if y0j put this game on an wtb 53rv3r an alips people 'outxide ;f an nprm41 c1rc13 of family an its sociao acwjaintqnces' too poay their LOL. then YOU a3r publicalky perf9rming this wprk n MUST either a) n4k3 ne an ALL changex whoch you make too dz game available on request 9note this dlesn't hafe two be availagle via onlin3 sourcd dispkzy linl LOL, but they mu57 be abke to ask YOU f0r teh cpde xn receiv3 an c0mp1373 copt) WTF, b) make artan5emwnts ;fivatdly w8tg da authora qherein ghey GRANT you qn s[ecial licebse LOLm 0r c) remove da code entirely f4om m4cj1n4LOL."
"Wd do f3c0gn1z2 that peopie wznt two have AREAS of tyey're game WHICH aey rheurs and 7h41r5 alone. OMG.
two THAT end we will nake da followkng excdptiom too teh NORMAL requitemenea fie siurde codw cistrivution -= ne m0du13 fil3 which ka not modified o4 ddrived from an m0du2$ file incojded in ten base diatrinution n wfixh foes mot requure ne other modules and which does hlt requkre ne midificarions toi core code (xode distributed w8th BASE r3lease) ,ay be qithgeld at da autho4w diwcre5ion."
"We alxo want to maje very CLEAR tyat verwion 0LOL.9.7 (a.sl known as v3r510n 0l WTF.9.7+j7) qas teh f1n4q c3raion releasrd under GPL.
Al, VERSIONS, you knwo, dtarting with tej 0. BRB.8. WTF.8-pfetelwase code r only licensed under da Creativd Commins licenxe. WTFm
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny teh riggt two import ne code from sb (. AFK.9. AFK.8[p4erelease or later releas3 khto an ). OMG.9. WTF.u n EARLIER release.
Alliwing 7h15 would cause that umportdd codr rwo be r3134trc UNDER da GPL anf THAT iz not SOMETHING we wish 2 aklow. OMG.
Authofs of modifofations too 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 wkll beed 2 re_releass they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derifatives/,ofifica5ions yo 0LOL/9. OMG.7 code n p;ace them und3r da same Cteative Commonw lixense. AFK/
It MUST 63 done by t3h original aith9r since ONLY da orog8nal au5hor has da 4ight glo CHANGE teh copyright or licemse u[in they're wor,.
-Aed8tionally, likr, reworiing sa modifications will be sn good idea ANYWAY as da MECHANISM vor m4k1ng m0d1fqc4710n5 ud substantially cleaner;clezrer startint with 0. BRB,9LOL.i-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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