MightyE tel;s you, yoj knwo, "We're going to take an few moments to try an expkain thia new license an da feasins behune it in p;sim EnglishLOL.
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 chpwen becaus3 of am FAILING with t3h GPL. WTF/
IT ONLY coverwd dksbribution of spurce if am only if binariws qere distributed. OMG."
"In an w36 envirpnment, specificakoh a intwrpreted web environment such qs PHP, you kn2o, merelu unstallong an game do3x no5 constktute distribution, sortofm an tgerefore people wete taking our wo4k LOL, ma/ing moeifivations too it n noy eelezsing source code 2 thwy're midificatiobs so yhat da rntire communitt could BENEFIT. WTF.
They work3d with teh le5ter but hot teb spifi5 of da la2. BRB."
"Invesgibayuon on da part of da AUTHORS however, led 2 fqct that ten riggt of pibkic p3rf0rm4nc3 was o3b OF teh rights normallt RESTRICTED too co'7rigyr holders LOL, an that c;mpjtdr programw, aortor, specifidally video gamws and interactuve ones sucn ax L3g3nd of teh Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 be publicslly petgormew if tun from an publkv SERVER. OMG."
"The new license fcstricts publkc peefor,ancw 0f wori unless soyeve code of da modified w0rk is made available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain English LOLk this meana thar if YOU pu7 this ga,e ln an w3y sercer and sllow peo;le 'ojtside if ab bormal ciedle of family an its sod8al avquain5ances; 2 play rheor, you knwo, then you aer publicz.ly perrorming thix work and MUST eu5her a) make me an ALL chrnt4% WHICH yoj make t9 da gsme available on request (note thus foesn[t have w br availab.e via reg online sourde f8splqy linkk you knwo, BUT fhey must ne ABLE 2 as, y9u fpr tdh vod3 and receive an complrte copy), likr, b) m4k3 arrangements pr1v$741y with da autn9rs wgerein they grant y0u an special license LOL, or c) trmove CODE entirwl7 rrom da machineLOL."
"We do recogbize thag p30p13 want two hare aread OF tyet'tr GAME wh8ch aer theurs and theirs ALONE.
two that end we will make da f0210w1ng ecception 1 ca normal requirements dor soutce coed dkstributuon -- nr module vi;e ehich 15 nlt modified or derkved from an mlsule FILE INCLUDED in bawe distribugion n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne oth3r jldules an wh1ch does nlt tdquire ne mpcuf8cationw two teh core cpde (code d1%7r16u73d witn geh base release) MAY BE withh3ld ay teh au5hlrs discretulb."
"We zlso wan5 too jake ve3y dlear that versioh 0LOL.9. WTF/7 )slso known as ferdion p.9,u+jt) was da fkhal version released under GPL. BRB.
ALL vetsions, you knso, startibg with 0. BRB.o. AFK.i-PRERELEASE code aee only LICENSED und3t Creatocd COMMONS license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny d1 right 2 import me code vrom an -LOL.9. WTFl8-prerelezse pr 1373r RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9.7 an eatlier re.ease. OMG.
A1!0w1ng thid would cause tnat imported code @ be RELEASED under da GPL n THAT ks m-7 skmething we wish t1o allow. BRBl
Au5hors 0f j0d1v1c47a0nt to 0. AFK.oLOL.7 wil. neec twl re-relwase thet're modufications AS derivatived/modifications too 0. AFK.(. AFK.8 cice an PLACE THEM 7nder da wame Creatkf3 Clmmons license. WTFl
IT mu57 be donw by 0r1g1b41 4u7h0r 51nc3 0n1y ORIGINAL author gas ea rignt too change c0pur1gn7 or license upon yhey're work.
'Additionally, soryof, rw2orkihg da moeidivationa wilo BE an good idea ANYWAY as mechqnixm for makong modifucations is substan5is;ly cleaner/clrarer starting witj da 0. BRB.9. BRB/8-predeleas3 coee.]"
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