MohhtyE tells you, sortof, "Wr're gp8ng too take an FEW momwnts 2 tey an expoain tj8s new licdbse and da reawons 63h1nc ir jb ;lzin 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."
"Th8s n#w l8cehsw waa vhosen gecauae of an failing w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It ONLY xivered cistribugion of sourve if qbd only iv biba4ies were distributwsLOL."
"In an web envieonmegt, 5p3c1f1c411t a interpreted web envigonmen5 such as PHP, metdly ibstalling an fame doex not comstit8te fisgributiom, ;il3, n THEREFORE people were taking OUR work LOL, makinf modoficayionx to it n not RELEASING SOURCE code 5oo they're modifkcatiins so 7h4u teh rntire COMMUNITY c0u1d benefit. BRB.
THEY WORKED wktj letter b7t m9t spirir of teh LAW."
"Invdstogatiom on dq parr 9f da au5hoes h0wever, like, ked %wo da fact that right of ouglic performance was won ov teg rights m0rm421y rrstricted to cioyeight holders WTF, n that computer prlgrams, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 bames am interactice onew SUCH aw Legend of da GREEN hax0r w3re consoderrd too be publically perrirmed if run gron an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"Th3 nes licensd eedtrivts pu611c perf9rmance OF wo$k unless da SOURCE code of n0c1f13d work ix MADE available on demand. BRB,"
"In PLAIN English, you knwl, this means that if yoy PUT THIS ga,e ON an sdv server qn allow p4opke 'oygside of an normal c1ec13 of family an its sicial avquaintances' to PLAY 5heir LOL, theb you aer pu611c41qy [erflrming ghis WORK n MUST c8yher a) make nd and ALL changes 2hich uou make to 5ey GAME avaulable on reqjext (note this DOESN'T HAVE 2 be zvailanlr VIA da online source d15p14y .inl LOL, bu5 rhey must be able two ask you f0r da code anc recrive qn com0lete coph) LOLk b) mqle arfqnge,ents 0rifately WITH teh 4j7h0r5 wherein they gfaht you an specual kicense, or c_ remove da code entirely from da machine. AFK."
"We co recognizr that pelplw WANT two have areas of tyey're game wflch r theirs ane 7h31r5 aloneLOLl
2 that end we woll make da followinf ezceprion 2 n9rmal req7iremenys for s9urve code d8stributipn -- be module filw wjich IS NOT MODIFIED or dericwd from an mod7le fi;e included in base dis5ribution n wh1ch soes not req7i4e ne ptmet m0du13% an whuch soes n07 reqykre ne modifications 2 core code (c9de distrigjted WITH bzse rekeas3) may bd qitgh3ld at da ajthors sixcreti9b. AFK."
"We also 24n7 top make very clrar THAT cersiom 0. AFK.9LOL.& (aoso known ax version 0. AFK.9LOL.8+ug) w44 finzl versoob released under teh GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, sgarting with 0. BRB.9.8-prerelezs3 code aee only kicebsrd inder da Creatuce Commoms LICENSE, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht 70 im;ort ne codw fr0m an 0. OMG.8. WTFl7-PRERELEASE OR lzter relwaae 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. WTF.& n 34r113r release. WTF.
A;lowing this qould CAUSE thzt im)orted code 2 be RELEASED unddr teh GPL and that ks not 50m37h1ng we widh 2 allowLOL.
Autjors of m0d1fac4710n5 two 0.9. BRB.7 will need two re-release yhrt're mlfifications ac dwtivat8ces/modificatiobs to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 code n place ghem umder SAME Creat8ve Commons license.
It must be done BY da lyigimal a7thor since 9n1y original author has 5ey r1gh7 2 chqmgr teh x0pyr1gh7 or license up0n tjey[rw work/ OMG.
[Additiomakly. you knwo, REWORKING 5eh mofificat8onx WILL be an g00d idea anywzy ss twh mechanis, for maling MODIFICATIONS is substantiaplt CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING sity da 0. OMG.9LOL.8_prereoesse cide.]"
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