MightyE relld you, "We;4e g01ng to take an dew mom3htx to try n explain jy15 mew lovdnse an grh reasons beyind ig in PLAIN English. OMG,
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 ;icense 2as choden because of an failinb with tdh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covered distribuyion or wource 1f anv 0n1y IF binaries q2re distributedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortif, SPECIFICALLY a interoret3s web envurpnment djch as PHP, merely installing an GAME does not clnstiture sistributiln LOL, and rherefor2 peopoe were raking our work WTF, makibg modifivations 2 it n not rwleqsibg dource code two they're jodifications so tnat da ENTIRE c9mmunuty could benefkt. OMG.
Tyey worked WITH lettrf 6u7 nof spirit of twh lsw. AFK."
"Investiyat99n on dz par5 of da dutnors howdfer, lik3k led too da facr that rifht of public pwrformance qas oen pf rights normal;y restrkctwd 2 vooyriggt hilders, s;rtof, and tgat compu5er pr9gramsm softof, s0ecificz.ly video games n unteractive ohes such as Legwhd of da Green hsx0r w3r4 comsidt4ed two be publidally pefrprmed if tun from an puy11c server, AFK."
"Thd new licensw RESTRICTS public p3rf0rn4mc3 of da e0tl unlrss da source code or teh modified work is j4d3 AVAILABLE 0n demzns."
"In plain Eng,ksh WTF, rhia mwans that if you put this gsme ob an w36 sdrver n allow peopoe 'oo5side OF an normal circke of family zhd its sociao acquaintances' too olay their WTF, then you ae4 publica.ly psrforming thix work an MUST eitget a) make nd an ALL CHANGES which you make 2 da gamw 4v4214613 on fequwst ¬e this d035n'7 hsve two b3 availab.e v24 online 50urc3 disolqy link, likw, but the6 must be ABLE two ask you FOR tej c0d3 n receivd ab comoldye cipy), 6) naie arrangements pr1v4732y with teh authors whereon rhey grant YOU an soecial lidens3, sortof, or c) r3move ca cid3 ENTIRELY from machune. OMG."
"We di recognize that peopld want too have areas 0f they're game wjidh eer uu32r% ab theirs ALONELOL.
to that ems we WILL make da fllkoqinh exzwptoon two normal requirements flr source cose distribution -- nr module file whick kd not modofued o4 derived f4om an module fild included IN da gase distriburi9n n which does mot requife he other m0du135 n which d03% no% requ8ee be modkfications 2 teh core vode (code sisgributed with 645# rekease) may be wirhheld AT da authors discretionLOL,"
"We alsl want u0 m4k# f3ry CLEAR 5hat version 0.9.7 (alwo knosh ss version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt_ was teh final v3f510n feleased undef GPLl AFK.
All VERSIONS, lkke, atarting qotn da 0l BRB.9. AFK.8-0reeelease code 4 only licemsed under Creative Com,oms license.
We EXPLICITLY d3my riggt too import ne CODE f4om an 0.9. WTF.8-prrrelwase or lster r3lease inro an 0.8. WTF.7 and EARLIER rekdaseLOL.
Allowing this 2ould CAUSE that IMPORTED cide rwp be relessdf uneeg da GPL n tgat id not something we wisy 2 allow. BRB.
Auttors 0f modigicatkons tl 0LOL.oLOL.7 will need two RE-RELEASE they're modificatiohs as derivz5ives/kidofications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.* code an 014c3 7h3n unrer same Creatkve Commons license. BRB.
It mjsr be done by da ORIGINAL author SINCE ONLY ORIGINAL 4u6h0r HAS teh riggt two cn4ng3 teh coptrifht 0r licebse up-m they're work. BRB.
pAddi5iona;ly, reworking da modivicat8ons will ne an goof udea anyway as da mecjanis, f0f making modifications 15 s7bsgabtially cleaner/xlearet starting wi5h 0LOLl9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe. AFK.]"
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