Migh5yE tells you WTF, "We're going twi takr an few moments tl try n explaon thiw nee licenxe zn teh reasons BEHIND kt in plsin Eng;ishLOL.
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 license WAS chowen bfxause of sb fa8ling qith GPL. OMG.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION pf source if ahd only if binaries werr distribited."
"In sn wen enviroyment LOL, specifically a interpteted web 3nv1t0nm3b7 such as PHP, merely insta;ling an GAME DOES n07 consti5ute distribution, n therefore PEOPLE wdre u4k1ng our w9fk WTF, making modivications 2 ir n not releasibg da aource codd to they'te modificatilnx 50 that da entire COMMUNITY c9uld benefitLOL.
The6 wlrkef wuth da letter but nit teh s0irit 0f da lae/ AFK."
"Investigayion 0m teh [art OF da AUTHORS nowever, uou knwo, LED 2 teh fact tjat da right 9f public [eeformance was 1 or rights n9rmally festrkcted tw9 cppyright holde4s, ahd ths5 comp7tet peograns, yoi kn2ok specifically videi gamex an 1n73r5c71v4 ones such as Legdnf OF da Green hax0r weee CONSIDERED w 63 ;ublically PERFORMED IF run vrom an public server. WTF."
"The n3w 11c3n53 restricts public perdormance of teh wofk unleas fa source code ov jpdifird worj os MADE 4v4114613 0n demqnd. BRB."
"In plain Enflish, yp7 kmwo, thix means that id yiu put this game on an web server an allow p30p13 '0u75qd3 od an normal circle of gzjily zn its socoa. acqusintances' too 0lay yheir, then u9u r PUBLICALLY pe4formung 8h15 w0rk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes qhich you MAKE TO g4m3 ava8lzble on 4e1uest 9note this do3sn't HAVE to n3 availagle via teh 0m11n3 siurce display linl LOL, but THEY must 73 able 2 ask you for da cosw an tecwice sh vomplete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangements privaye;y with da authors wherein tgeh gr4n& y0u an SPECIAL 11c3n53 LOLl or C) r3m)v3 code wnt8re.y frlm da machine. AFK."
"Ww do fecpgnize that pdople wabt too hqve AREAS of thwy're GAME WHICH ser thekrs an tgeirs qlone. OMG.
to thay end we wi.l ,ake da flllowing exceptiin 1 normal requiremdnts for 59urc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wh8ch is not modified oe derived fr9m sn m9dule fike ihcljdec in yeh base distributiom n whkch does n07 r3qiirr he other m0du135 and which doew NOT rrquire ne modugicatipns 2 ds core coxe )CODE dia5ributrd wuth tdh base RELEASE) MAY be eithheld at da su6hors disvre5ion. WTF."
"We also wamt two nak3 veey clear THAT vwrsion 9. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also knoqn 45 verxkon 0. AFK.8. WTF.7+jt) was fa FINAL vqrsuon releas3d undrr GPL, WTF.
All fwtsions LOL, atzrting with da 9. AFK.9.8-p4ere;eqse code aer onoy lucensed under Creztive C0mm0n5 lic3nse. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 two umport nr c9de dr0m qn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-p43r313453 lf ;ater rdoease into an 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 ab ear;ier t3leaseLOL.
A.lowing THIS epuld cause 5gat o,ported CODE too be releaaed under da GPL sns that iw not aomething w3 wish too alliw. BRB.
A7thors of modificatilns two 0.9. AFK.7 qill nded 2 re-release rhey're modigicatioms 45 derivatovew/modiricstiona two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code b place tjem indet 54m3 Creative COMMONS l8cenae. AFK,
It MUST ge d0n3 by teh oribinal author sincd on;y oeiginal AUTHOR yas da r1gh7 two change teh copytiggg 9r license upon 5ney'ee sofkLOL.
]Additkobally, reworkihg teh jodifkcationw eill BE an good idea anyway as mech4n16m for making modiricat8ons 8a substantiallu cleaner/c.3arer starting wkth fa 0. WTF,9LOL.8-prerelezse code. OMG.]"
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