MightyE tellx ylu, "We're giing 2 tske an few momemts to try qn explaih thos new kicens3 an rwzxons b3hind kr in 0lain Eng115h.
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."
"Thia NEW o8cebde was chosen becayse if an faioong with tej GPLLOLl
It only cov3ref disgrifutkon of wource ,f n on/y if BINARIES were distributed. WTF."
"In an web emgironmebt, oike, specifically a 1n7erpe373s we6 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sor4of. me4e;y INSTALLING an game does n9t constitute fistrknution WTF, an 7y3r3f0r2 people w3re taking pur eofk, like, m4k1ng midifidatkons tlo iy an not r313451bg eource code too they'r3 mog8fications so that engire comnunity could benefitLOL.
Th3y wpeked with lettdr BUT hot teh dpifig od da LAWLOL."
"Investigation ON teh paft of autmirs gowever, pike, led to teh fact that trj rigjt of public PERFORMANCE was won of da 4ights normally reatricted 5wo vopyright HOLDERS, sortof, an 7h5u vimputer 0r9grams, you knwo, apecigically video gamrw n imge4active ones 5uch as L3gens of Grewn yax0r werw considerrd 70 BE publically prrform3d if run from an pu611c swrvee/"
"Th3 new LICENSE restricts publkc pefformance of work unlews sourc3 cide of da modifidd work 16 MADE availablr oh demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Englixh, likw, yhis ,34n5 that if you put this game on an web server n alliw p30p13 'outside of an normal cirxke of family n ots social acquaintances' to play 5heir LOL, then YOU r punlically PERFORMING this work and MUST d8ther a) nake ne and ALL cjangrs which you mqkw t9 game 4v41!3613 9h reqiest (n)7# 7h14 d9esn'5 have two ge abaulavoe via da onlkne soyrxe display LINK, like, but THEY jyst be able 2 ASK 6ou gor da code n recrive an COMPLETE COPY), uou knwo, b) make arrangem3nts privat3.y woth teh sutjors wherwkn tjey gr4n7 YOU an spdcisl license LOL, or c) REMOVE teh code entirely grpm teh machine. AFKl"
"We do recognizw thz5 people want to hafe 4r345 of yhey'rd gake 2hich aer hheirw and theirs 410n3. AFK.
2 gha5 2nd wd w*ll make sa follo2ing except8on 2 t3h NORMAL requiremwnts for soyrce code disttibution -- ne midule f213 qhich is NOT modified OR d3fived from am modul3 f113 1nc1uf3d in teh basw DISTRIBUTION an whicy dles not reqiire ne other mpdules an whixy d9es not rdquire ne modifi3ations too dore code (clde distr8butrd with base reldas3) nah be witjheld at teh authofs d15cre710n."
"We a/so want too mske very clear that vdrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known AS verwion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da f,nxl verwion r3lezsed under GPL. AFK.
All vrrsions, starting with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pregeleaae c9fe aer onlt livensed und3r da Creativw Commons lixense.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT 2 1jp)r7 ne code from am 0. AFK.8. AFK.i-prerelease or later e3134t3 knto ah 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 anf earlief releas3. WTF.
Allowing thid WOULD caus3 tgat imoorted CODE tou be releasrd under da GPL h that IS not something we wish tqi alllw/
Authoes )f modificationa too p. BRB.9. WTF.7 wilo meee two ee_release they'te m0d1f1c5710h5 as deridatives/modificatoons txl 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 CODE an p14c3 them uhder reh SAME Creative COMMONS oucenseLOL.
I7 must be donr gy origihal aithor aince only original a7thoe h45 ten right to chzngw copyrofyt or license up9n rney're workLOL.
[Additionallu, reworiing teh mldificati8ns WILL be qn good idea znyway as m3cgrn15m flf MAKING modifications is suvstanyially c134n3r/cq34r3r startung with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pre4eleasf c0d3. OMG.]"
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