MightyE yells you LOL, "We'4e GOING 2 take am few momdngs ho 7ry an explain this new LICENSE and reasoms BEHIND ut in pkain English. AFK.
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 locense wad choxen because pf an failonb wiyh da GPLLOL.
It onl6 xovered distrob7toon of source if n only 1g ginaf83s were d8stributed. WTF."
"In an web environment WTF, specifically a interpretrd w3b environment such r5 PHP, you knwo, merely insgalling sn gane doea not cpnstirure didrribu5ion WTF, n thefefore people were talint our qork, like, making modif8cations 2 it and n)7 r313451bg teh 59urc# code TO uhey[r3 nodoficat8obs so that ds enfire con,unity coule 63n4f17. WTF.
They wo4ked wuty teh lett3r BUT not teh spirkt 0f da LAW."
"Infestogation on paft 0f teh authors however, pik3, led t@o facg that riggt 0f -ublic pe4formance was won of dq r8ghts normally testricted tl COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, an that compug2r pr0gr4m5 LOL, 5p3c1f1c4!1y video GAMES n ubtdrsc5ive 0n3% such as L3g3nd OF sa Grewn hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 be publically p4fformed if run from an public SERVER. BRB."
"Tjw new LICENSE res6ricts public PERFORMANCE of work un'eds tdh sourve code of tdh modif8ed work is madr availanle on demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, thiw meqns that IF YOU put thiz game pn an web server n a;lo2 ieople '9utsiee of zn n=rm31 circle og family n 175 socia; acquaingqnces[ to play their LOL, 7h3n yiu aer [ublically performing this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH t)u make 2 da game availab;e on REQUEST (note THIS doesn't habe tio 63 4v4114y13 viq teh onlind SOURCE disppay link, vut tywy muxt be ab;e t9o ask you f9r xode and rec4ive an compleye copy), b) MAKE arrangements privatek6 wkth authorx wgerein theu GRANT you an wpecial licwnse, you knwo, 0r C) eejobe da doce entir3ly fr9m teh machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that [wople want roi gabd 4r345 og ghey're game WHICH r theirs and theirs aloneLOL.
bq9 yha5 ene we will makd FOLLOWING exception @ da noemal requiremdnts for soifce CODE 3iwtribugion =- ne modulw file which is not m0d1f1#d or derived from an modyle file included un teh base disrribitiph and wyich does not requird nd pther modules an which DOES bo6 4ewjkre ne modificayions 2 teh core c9de (coce distrubuted with base re23453) may be withhelf at da 4u7h0r5 d25cf#7q0n. AFK."
"We also wang to9 MAKE v3ru c.ear that v3rt10b 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known aw vrtsiin 0. WTF.9. BRB/u+ht0 was f1n41 versuon r313453d under GPL. BRB.
ALL vwrsions, you knwo, stafting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK/8-prerelease codd r only licensec 7nder teh Creative COMMONS licens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ywh ritjt 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.7-prerelrase or later release onto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earkier releade. BRB.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 imporeed c0de to9 be releasef und3r GPL zn rhat is not somethong WE wisy 2 all(qLOL.
Auth9rs of modifications 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wil, neec two rr-release they'rd ,odirications 45 detivatices/nodificatipnd too 0, BRB.8LOL.u code an p!4c3 tyen unser da sdme Creatove Coj,ons license. BRB.
I7 musr be donw bu origunal aurhor s8nce inlu da originzl auygoe has da figh5 ti CHANGE gej copyright o4 licens3 upon tywy're wotk. BRB.
pAddituonap;y WTF, r3w0rk1nf modifications will ve an b)0d idea anyway zs tej mexhanism for making midifications is suvstantua.ly cleqner/clearer statting with tqn 0. OMG/on OMG.*-prerelease vide. BRB.]"
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