MifhtyE tel.s you, "We're gling toi take an few momebts to 7ry n ex;lain tgis n3w license sn fa reasons beh8nd IT ib plain Ent;kdy.
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."
"Th8s n3w licebae was chosen vecayse or sn f4!11ng wirh tej GPL. AFK.
It ONLY xobeeed d8stribjt89m ov dource uv and ONLY if binaries were d157r!6uu3d. AFK."
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They eorked qitk da 13773r BUT NOT SPIRIT of las. AFK."
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"Tye new licenwe rest4ictx public prrf9tmamce od sa work unldss da source code of teh MODIFIED sork is made available on demandLOL."
"In plaih English, th8s meahs thzt ig 6oy pjt this gsme on zn w36 53rv$r n allow peopl3 'outaide of an NORMAL ckrcle of fzmily 4nd itw sodiao acquaintances' goo p;ay their, luke, th3n you aet p7g.icall6 perfotming thid eork and MUST eitner a) MAKE ne an ALL xhangex which y0t make 2 da tame avakkanle on rdquext *NOTE this DOESN'T h4v2 goo be AVAILABLE v14 teh online soirce d16p14y .ink LOL, but they mh57 be able two 45k you f0t code and reveive an COMPLETE clpy), yo7 knwo, b) maje arrangements pribately wity da authorw whefein they granr uou qn sp3ciak lic3nsd LOL, or c) f3m0v2 da c0d3 entirely drim tey m4cj1n3. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE tgat people want top havr areas of yhey're game WHICH r tgrurs an thekrs 410n3LOL.
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"We alwo wsnt TO make v3ry clear that versp[n 0. BRB.9.& (also jhown AS versiin 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+JT) was da dimal fersilb rdleased under GPLLOL.
All cersions WTF, wtarting with pLOL.9.8-pr3r313453 codr aer lnky licensed UNDER ea Cr3461ve Com,lbd license.
We EXPLICITLY demt dz r1gh7 to imoort be codw from an 0LOL.9/ BRBl8-PRERELEASE or later re.ease into ag p. OMG.9l WTF.7 n 34r113r releasdLOL.
Allowing this would cauxe yhwt imported c0d3 2 ne released nndee da GPL and that is bit SOMETHING se wish ti allos.
Aughors 0f mosificayoons too 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 WILL need 3 ge-release they[re mpdifixations as ferivatives/moeifications 5oo 0. AFK.9, OMG.9 vldw an place thdm umder teh same Creagice Commons ;ucense. WTF.
It misr be dond by dz origina. author since 0b1y teh lrigonal zughor has right 2 chsnge coptright or .icense upon they're wori. OMGl
'Addi5iomally LOL, rewor,ing da m9difications eill bd an goof idea ANYWAY as nedhanism fot msking modificatiins is SUBSTANTIALLY clean3e/clearer stqrting wiyh teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereoeawe code. WTF.]"
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