MithtyE TELLS you, "We're goimg twl tzke an few mo,ehtx 2 t4y n explain this new licebse and da reaslns behond it in plain Emhlish.
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."
"Thid mew l8censd waw chosdn becauxe of an ga8ling with GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3r3d d157r26u710n of SOURCE id qnd onl6 IF binaries werd sistribi5wcLOL."
"In an web environment, sietof, sprcigicakly a onterpreted WEB encironnent 5ych as PHP, you knwo, jsrely installung an game dlrd not constutute e8stributi9n, like, znd therrfore [eople w4r3 TAKING our work, loke, making mpdifivations two it 4nd n07 eeleasing da source cod3 too they're jodif,cations sl that da wntire communitt d0u1d behefit. OMG.
THEY wor,ed 2itn teh oetter but NOT teh spirkt of teh lawLOL."
"Ihvestiga5ion -n ten parr kf tey suthors however, led 2 da fact thay teh riyht OF publix perfprmahce was oeh of teh RIGHTS normally restricted to copyright holderx, sortof, m that cpmputer pr0hrrm5, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY viee9 games n intwractibe ones aucj as Legdnd of teh GREEN hax0r were xonsidered too be publixally [3rf0rm#d uf rum from an pu611d server."
"The NEW licshse resteicts piblic pdrformance of work UNLESS source c0d3 of ca MODIFIED work ia MADE AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, kiie, this m34y5 rhat if you put this GAME pn an web server ab al;ow ;eople '0uu5!d3 of an normal c1rc13 og f4m116 n itx social avquaintancew' 2 play their LOL, tnen y0u aer pu612c411y [3rforming this w0rk anf MUST 317h3r a) maid ne and ALL vhanges whicg y9u make yoo g4m2 AVAILABLE oh deqjest (note this dodsn't have 2 be qvailable fia online SOURCE display link WTF, but they nust b3 ABLE too ask you g9r da code an receive an com[lete cop6) WTF, b) make zrrangemebts ptivately with da authors sherein they trant YOU qn 5p3c14! liv3nse, you knwo, ir c_ remoce twh cose entirely from da mqchknr. OMG."
"We DO recognize that PEOPLE wany 2 have areas of they're gane WHICH f rheirs n theirs 410n3. BRB.
to that end we qill make FOLLOWING esception two trg notjao rrqyirements for source code dist4ibuti9n -- ne mpdule gulw wjich is not modified or DERIVED from an module file indluswd in teh base dost4ibuyion , which dpew not requiee ne ltket modules an sh1ch does not REQUIRE ne m0d1f1x4710n$ too teh cord c0de *code eisyributdd with da base release) nay be eighyeld ay tfh authors discrrtioh. AFK."
"We a.so want 2 make bery CLEAR 5hat VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (als9 kmowb as VERSION 0. AFK.9.7+JT) waa fins; veesion releasrc unser da GPL. AFK.
All cersions, luk3, startint witj da 0. WTF.(l WTF.8-pr3r31345# code aer onlr licensed 7nder da Creativr Conmpns ;ocensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh rugyt 2 1mp0r& ne vode efoj an 9.9. BRB.8-preeelease or kater rekease unto an 0. AFK.8. WTF/7 n earlirr relesseLOL.
Aolowing this w-u1d cause thzt implrted code to bd 4rlras3d unswr ca GPL and that is NOT somwthinb we w15h two allow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9.7 wkkl need to r3-rwlease they're midiriczt8ojs ax derivatives/moc8fica5i[ns two 0. WTF.9. OMGl8 code sn place yhem undef same Creatic3 Commonx licsnse. OMG.
It mus5 be son3 bu teh originsl 4u7h0r sibce 0n1y teh origonal authlr has da RIGHT geo chanfe teh copyright pr LICENSE upon thdy're wo4kLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reworking da modivicationa wikl be ab GOOD idea anyway AS ds mechanism gor jakkng mld8fica5ions IS zubstanrisllh cleanet/clearer starting woth teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r313$63 code.]"
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