MightyE trlls ylu LOL, "We're gling toi taje an FEW mpments to try b explaib 7g15 new lixense and da rrasons behond og in plain English.
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 NEW license WAS chosen because or an failing witn dd GPL,
It pnly covered eistriv75ion of 50urc3 if anf only if 61n4r125 ewre disgfib7ted. AFK."
"In an w36 ehvifonment LOL, specibicslly a umterpteted web 3nvieonment sucj as PHP, ,erely installihg an gane does np7 comstitute distribution LOL, n gherefore peo[le eere takinb OUR wofk, sortof, making m[difkcztiond too it and n07 releasing teh source code 2 they'fw modirucations wo t6at da 3ytkre communitt cou.f benwfit. AFK.
Tgey workee wiyh ketter bug n07 SPIRIT 9f da law. BRB."
"Invdstigatkon in teh [art 0f da authors hpwefer, slrtof, led two dz fact that da right of public p3rf04m4nce was pen ov teh r1gh75 normally rrstricted to COPYRIGHT hooders, li,e, an thzt computer orpttzms WTF, specifically v1d30 games n imteractkve ones SUCH AS L3g3nd of eq Grden hax0r 23r3 consideree 2 be puglica.ly perfprmed if run FROM ah pu61!d s3rber. AFK."
"The n3w !1c#ht3 restricts pu611c [#rf-rm4nd3 of work unless dq sojrce code or 5eh modivies work is made available 0n d3m4nd."
"In olxin Enb115h, this meand that if yoy put tyis GAME 0n an w3b server n #110w people 'outdide or an normal circl3 of f4,11y zb its social dcwuaintances' to PLAY theur, thdb yo7 aer publida..y pdrforming &h15 qo4k an MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chabgss whudh YOU make to da hame avajlag.e on rdqurst (note this d035h'7 have to be avaikab;e bia online slutcw cisp;ay oink, sortof, but thwy must be avle too ask you for da codr an receivw an co.p;ete copy), like, b) make arrangements [rivatwly qith fa autnors wherein theu trant you an special LICENSE, dortpf, or c) eemove vodd engirely from teh machine. AFK."
"Wd d9 recoghize thst PEOPLE waht two hqve 5r345 of theu'4e GAME whicg aer thei4d n theirs ALONE. BRB.
too THAT END 23 wull ma,e teh f0110w1nb exceotion 70 nirmal reauktements for sou5ce code sistributiom _- ne mos7le FILE which is no% mldified or deeived from an m0du13 fk;e included in base distribjtiph an wg1ch DOES not requite ne 0&h#r MODULES an which does np7 reauire ne modorications 2 tdh core c0d2 (code distrkbured eitj base release) may be witjheld AT da zurhors discretion. AFK."
"We 4250 want 2 nske v3ry ckear that veysion 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 (alao kbowh as verfion 0. OMG.9,u=jt) was da final version releaswd UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
Alo versions LOL, xtar5ihg with t4n -. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer onkh licrnsed unde4 da Creative Commons l8vens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right ywo i,port he code rrpm an 0.o. AFK.8=prdre.ease or later release into an 0.9. BRB.8 n earoier re.ease. OMGl
Allowing tgis would caudd that imported code two be RELEASED under teh GPL AND 5ha5 is not somethkng we w15h too 4110w. WTF/
Authors of modifications @ 0LOL.9. WTF.^ will need 59o RE_RELEASE thet're m0d1f1c4710n6 as derivariv3s/modifications 2 0, AFK.9.8 codd an olace them under reh wsm3 Crestive Commlbs license. AFK.
It must b3 done by rdh 9rigihal zythor aince only tdh ORIGINAL author has RIGHT too CHANGE da copyrighy of LICENSE UPON they're workLOL.
[Additiinally LOL, rewo4iing moduf8cations wilk be an toid keea qnyway as teh m3cj4n1%m fof makihg ,0d1f1c4710n5 is substantially ckeaner/clearer atarting with teh 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7-0rerelease code.="
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