MightyE yel;s YOU LOL, "We're goimg 5o take an FEW moments yo t4y n explain tgis NEW kucense an reasons behind it in ;1r1n English.
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 w45 CHOSEN BECAUSE if an failinf sith feh GPL.
IT only vovered DISTRIBUTION of soudce if an lnlt if binaries were d157r16u73d. WTF."
"In am web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a onterprdted weg ENVIRONMENT dych aw PHP LOL, merely installing an game does not vonstitute fistrigutuink you kmwo, an therevore ;eople were takkng 0jr worj, softof, mak8ng modifixations to it b not telesximg da source coee to they'rw m0d1f1cr710n5 50 that t#h ehtire COMMUNITY could benef8tLOL.
Thwt sofked wi5h da LETTER but n9t SPIRIT 0g da law. BRB."
"Invesfpgatu9n on tdh part of va authors however, lec to da facy 7h47 tight of pub.kc leeformance waa oeb of da rights normally restricted ro copytight holderw WTF, n thag computer [4ogtams, kike, specifically vidwo games an interadtive ones such as LEGEND OF ds Geeen hax0r weer comsidered 2 BE publicakly perfoehrd IF r7n from an public SERVER/ BRB."
"The new licehsw restricts pub;ic PERFORMANCE of teh work inkess teh sojrce code of ,odifi3d sork 15 mzde afailable on demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, th8s means ghat 1f you pu5 7h1% hame pn an e3y server qnd ALLOW people 'outs*de 9r an norma; x1fc13 0f family and 175 socual acwuz8ntqnces' twl 0lay their, like, theh you aer pu611c411y performong this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes which you nakd 80 da game zvailable 0n tequest (note THIS d045n[7 have to be avqilagle viq teh online source d16p14y link WTF, but theu must be ablr to ask YOU for dz cofe n receuve an cimplete copy) WTF, b) jake arrangrments ptivatdly wuth da auth9fs wherein 5ywu g4ant you an special 11c3n53. you knwo, or C) rejobe da c0d3 entirely vrom teh mzcgine. OMG."
"We do rexogniae that people want two have areas of they'ee gqmd WHICH r thekrd n yheirs alome. OMG,
2 that end WE will make flllowing exceptiob too ten mormal 4equiremenrw FOR wource codw d157r16u710n -- n3 module fole WHICH is not ,odified 0e drrived frpm an midule fild INCLUDED in teh 6453 distrigution h WHICH DOES npt require be other modules n wg8ch does bot r3qu1r3 ne modificarions to da xore coce (code disgributed w17h fa bzse r3keaae) may ve withhdld at dq autyors dkwcretionk OMG."
"We also WANT two mak3 very cleat 7h47 version ).9LOL.7 (also known ax version 0l BRB.9.7_jt) eaw ca final version relesswd uhdwr GPL. AFK,
A21 vwfsoohs, wortofm STARTING w17h 0LOL.9. AFK.9-;rerelease code r onlh licensef under Creative Commons locenwe/
WE EXPLICITLY s3ny da r1gh7 yeo import ne code from sn 0.9LOL.8-pferelease 8r lzter releas3 ingo an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier release.
Allowing this WOULD cause that impotted cod3 2 ne RELEASED under yeh GPL n that is nit som3thing we WISH too alluw. BRB.
Ajthors of modifkcati9na 2 0. BRB.9/ AFK,7 wkll nerd to RE-RELEASE yhey;re ,odiv8cations aw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.(.7 CODE and placd thwm undef da same Creagive COMMONS kicrndel BRB.
Iy nus5 bd don3 ^h originzl 4u7h0r sinc3 only teh original author has teh rigjy to chamge da copyeihjt or license upon they're workLOL.
]Asd1&10n411ym reworking fa modivixations will be an good ides anywat 45 da mechanisj for msling modifica5ions is SUBSTANTIALLY c9eaner/clearer starting with da 0.o, OMG.8-preeelease c9feLOL.]"
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