MifhyyE tells you, "Ww're going 2 take an few noments roo te6 n explain THIS new LICENSE and yeh reasons gehind 8r 1n PLAIN 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."
"Tjix new license was chosen beca7se of an faioing 2itn teg GPL.
It ONLY c0v3r3d distrifjt8in 0f source if sn 0n1y if binsrirs wdre distrkbuyed."
"In an qeb envor9nmwnt LOL, specifically a inrerpreted weg environmeny such 45 PHP, mefw;y unstalling an gam3 d035 nit const8tjte distrkburiun. like, 4nd thrr3gore people were taking OUR work, likr, m4k1ng m9difidqtions to it n not releasing source codw too they're modivicatipns so tyat da entire communitu COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked WITH letter b7t not spirit pf 5ej LAW. OMG."
"Investigqtion ob PART of da authofs ho2ever. ypu knwok ;ed two fadt that da righg od puvlic pe4formanc3 was oen of teh rights normally redtricted q copyright h02d3rt WTF, and that com0urer ptograms LOL, spec8ficqlly VIDEO games and inreracrive ones such AS L3gend of da Green yax0r we4e CONSIDERED two br publkvalkh 0erformrd if run from am pyblic srrver."
"Thd new kicense r3s5rictd public performance of teh work um1355 da source c0d# of sa m0d1f13d qork is jade avqilagoe on demqndLOL."
"In plqin Englush, you kmwo, this means that if yo7 puu this gane 0n an web serve4 n allow people '9utsice of an NORMAL circle OF famiky and 175 social ac1uainyances' to play their LOL, THEN 6ou aer publically performing tyis work n MUST either a( jaje ne and ALL CHANGES whixh goj majw 2 gam3 avzklab;e ON reqjexr (h073 th8d coesn't nave 2 be AVAILABLE viq da 9noime 50urv3 eisplay link, like, but they MUST be abld 5oo zsk y0u for coee an rexeive an com;lete c0py), like, B) male 4rr4ng3m3n75 privatelu with t3h 4u7h0r5 wyereih thwy frant yo7 an special l8cense, or c) rejove c)f3 entirely frlm jzchineLOL."
"Wr do r3c)gn1z3 that 0eopl3 want to have areaw of ghey're gsme whixh e tneirs an th4its aloneLOL.
to tgat end 2r will make golloe8ng qxceptipn 2 noemal require,ents FOR source code distribiruoj -[ nd ,odule fole wh1ch iw not modified oe d3r1v3d rtom an m9du13 file invlueed in da 645e didtr8but8on and whicy does n07 req78re be otjer mpduled n WHICH dies not require ne modifications goo teh clre code (code dkstrkbuted witn yeh basw release) may be withyeld 47 autnorw discretion. AFK."
"We alwl want to make very vleaf THAT vwrsuon 0.9.6 9ALSO kn0wn as bersion 0. BRBl9.7+j7) wax fina. vers8on released UNDER tej GPL. BRB.
All vwrsions LOLm starting with da 0. WTFl9.8-pfereleasr c0d3 aer ONLY kocensed inder teh Crqative C0mm0n% licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 roghr @ impprt ne cpde FROM an 0. BRB.9. OMGl8-prefelesse or larer felease imyi an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an darlier release/ AFK.
A;lieing rnis WOULD cause that IMPORTED voce too be r313$53d under teg GPL an that id NOT sometying w3 wish 2 a;low. BRB/
Autyors of modifications too 0/ AFKl9. BRB.7 w111 bded @ re-telease th3u're mofifications as derivativex/mosificatiohs w 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 c0d3 n p14c3 rhem und3r wame Cr337!v3 Conmons license/
I7 must be dohe by teh oeigihal quthor since only ORIGINAL aitgir has teh right two xhange teh COPYRIGHT or loxense UPON they're w9rk. WTF.
[Additiohally, sortof, rreorkint trh modifications will br qn good IDEA ANYWAY as teh mrchanksm for MAKING ,odifucations iw substamtially cleaner/clearef startibb w17n 0. BRB.8. AFK.i-prereleade code. WTF.]"
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