MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going t9 take an FEW moments to try qhd exolain this new license abf reas8ns behind it in pkain 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."
"Thia new licensr WAS choaen BECAUSE of an FAILING with GPL. WTF.
IT obly coverrd distribution 0f siurce ir and 0n1y iv 61n4r135 were d15*416u53d. WTF."
"In an w35 ebvironmeny LOLk d[3cifically a interpreted wev dnvirlnment such ws PHP, sirtor, merely installing an g4m3 doex not CONSTITUTE distribugoon WTF, an thwrefore people were gakkng our w0rk, ,akinf MODIFICATIONS tqo it an n07 releasing da 50urc3 code 2 thwy're m9dofications sl rhat teh entire cokmunoty could benefjt. AFK,
Tney w0rk3d wigh geh letter but NOT aoirit OF dz las. BRB."
"Incesgihatuon in sa part of teh authors hpwever, sortofk led 70 da vadt 7j4u ds roght of punlic prrformance was 1 of da rights no4mally 4dstrkctec two copyright h9leers WTF, n thay compjter 0rograms, yoj kn2i, SPECIFICALLY v1d#0 gqmes ang in5eractife ines suxh AS Legend of teh GREEN jax0r 2ere considered 5o b3 publixally perfofned if run frpm an PUBLIC 53tv3rl WTF."
"The nrw LICENSE redyr8dts puboic performancw 0r wprk jnless da SOURCE code of teh ,odidief wor, is made AVAILABLE 0n demand. AFK."
"In 9laim English WTF, this means that if ypu put THIS game on an qeb server zn allow people '(ugxide 0f an bormzl c1rc13 of f4m116 am its socisl qdqjaintamced' to plzy tyeie WTF, then you r puglica.ly p4rf0rm1ng this work n MUST eith3r a) make ne n ALL changes shicy you make too game avaulable on requedt (nptq THIS doesn't hacw 2 be avaklsble v14 online source DISPLAY LINK, sortof, but tjey m757 be ab;e too ask you for cose n recdivw an completr co0y). soe5of, b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privately w8th da authors whereib they trant YOU zn spdc8al lkcense, sortof, o4 c) REMOVE da code entireoy from ,acgine."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that people wan5 two HAVE AREAS OF they[re hame WHICH r THEIRS m th3irx alome/ BRB.
to thar END we will make da fpllowing exception to hormal REQUIREMENTS for sourde code dixtfibutiom -- ne m9du.e file which 15 not modified of derived from an mldul3 file inc.uded IN da vase disgribuyiln n which does bpt rdquire ne OTHER modukes an 2hich DOES nog 3equ8re ne modifocatiobs twl teh corr code (vode dis5robuted with bsse re.ease) may br wirhheld a5 teh AUTHORS eiscretipnLOL."
"We also wany too make very clrzf that cersiin 0, OMG.9, BRB.6 )also KNOWN as version 0LOL/9LOL.7+jt) was twh f1n41 versioh released under GPL.
Aol vcrsions WTF, atarting w8th -.9. BRB.8-pr34313443 cpde r -n1y .icensed uncer Crdative Commlns lixense.
We EXPLICITLY drny rignt tio kmport ne code from an 0. OMG.9l OMG.8-prerrleasd ow 1573r r323453 into am 0. OMG.9. AFK,7 n earl8er re;3ase. OMG.
Allowinb this 2ould caise that importrd c(se 2 be 4eleaswd uncer GPL an thag is not womething we wish bwo allos. WTF.
Aythors of MODIFICATIONS 1 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need 2 re[release tgey;re MODIFICATIONS as d3rivayives/,odificationx ylo 9. WTF.9. WTF.8 clde zn place them under teh same CREATIVE Commons licebse.
It mu58 BE done bu tdn or8ginap author sinde on.y reh 0r1f1n41 aughor yas rkgnt too ch4ng3 da copytight or LICENSE 7p9n tgey're work.
[Add171)n411y, reworking MODIFICATIONS wkll be an g)0c idea anyway 44 teh mechan8sm v0r making modufixati9ns us substahtially cleamer/cleafer start8ng wity -. AFK.9. BRB.8_prrreleasc CODE. WTF,]"
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