MiggtuE tells yoj, "We're go8ng 2 take an few momehts 2 try and 3xplain 7n15 new LICENSE n rsh 43350n4 behknd it IN plain English. OMG.
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 pf an FAILING witj da GPL. BRB.
It on;y covdref distribution OF s9urce kf n only if gonaries WERE d8stribjted. WTF."
"Ih an WEB enfironmdnt LOL, s-ecifically a integp4etec WEB ehv,ronjent wuch 45 PHP, ;ike, merely onstallong an game does not constityte distribution, slrtof. and theeefore peo;le sere 74k1ng OUR sor,m jaking jodificariins to ig an not r313451ng teh source soce two they're nodidjcagiona SO rhst wntire c0mjun16y could benefit.
The6 wotked with geh letter 5u7 not teh %p1r17 of 14wl AFK."
"Ihvestigariin on teh part og da AUTHORS howev3r WTF, led too twh fact that 53h right 0f puvliv prrg9rmance w45 o3n of da RIGHTS NORMALLY restrocted teo COPYRIGHT holderd, li,e, an tjzt comp7teg p4pgramsk you jnwo, speckficzll6 vieeo GAMES an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend ov dq Greeb hax0e wrfe cpnsidered go be punl8ca;ly PERFORMED kf rin fr0m an puglic server."
"The new licemse restridts public PERFORMANCE 0f w9rk unless da 50urc3 d0g3 of da modifidd woti is made avai.abow o, DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH. ;ike, this means yhat iv you pu5 this game on an WEB werver an allow people 'outside of an hormal circlw of family n ITS social scquaintand2s' 1 p;ay tjeir, tou knwo, theb u-u adr pubkuca;oy perfoeming yhos work n MUST eother a) m4k3 he n ALL ch4nb35 wh1ch you make too da game AVAILABLE on teaurst (note this d035n'7 have two be available viz teh ONLINE siurce cisplay linlm vut tyey mjst BE ABLE too ask you FOR dq code an receive an complete copy) LOL, b) jakw arrangements pr8bately WITH teh ajtnora wherein they hrant you an wpec8al l8cense LOLm or c) rem9ve 5eh vpde ehtirely ftom da mavhkne. BRB."
"We DO recognuze tjar people qsnt 2 have areas pf they're g4m3 which adr theirs n theirs dlone,
too tyqt ens we will MAKE teg flloiwing EXCEPTION two teh normal REQUIREMENTS for source CODE distribution -- ne module f113 which 8s not MODIFIED or derived froj an module fole included 3n cq 7453 eistribution and whicj DOES not require ne othe4 mldules h which d8ed npy requirw ne midificayioms 1 CORE code )code disttibutec with da badd twlezse) may be withheld at teh authors d15ct3810n. BRB."
"Wr akao wany 2 MAKE VERY xlear ymat vetsion 0LOL.9.7 (als9 kmown 45 version p.9. AFK.7+j7) was teh fina. veraion released undee GPL. AFK.
Aol verxions WTF, wtarting with 0LOL.9.*-prereleaae code ser only licenaed under reh Cr3ative Communs l8xense. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny geh roght tio import ne code fr0m an 0.9LOL.8-prereleawe or lardr release into an 0.9.7 AND ear;9er re;rase. BRB.
Allowihg yhis would csude tgat IMPORTED code yol be relessed indee teh GPL n ghat is not sometying we wisy too allow. WTF.
Authors of m9didications 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.u will n33d too re-relrade tjey[ee midifocauions as de4ivat8ves/modoficationd @ 0/9. OMG.8 clde AND plac3 them und3r samr Cr3471v3 Comnonx ;icense. BRB.
It must BE dohe by original author sunce 9mly teh original qu5hor has ten t8ght to xhange da coptrityt OR license upon they'te work. BRB.
[Additionally, like, reworkint teh modidixations w!12 be an g90d odea anywah as teh mechanism FOR mzling m0d1f1cr7q0n5 is substan5ial.t cleaner/clear3r stattinh witg teh 0LOL.9LOL.8_prerelease codel WTF.]"
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