MightyE tells you WTFm "We'4e boing to TAKE zn re2 moments @ 7ry qn ex[lain thos new license rnd sa reasons nehind it in plain 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."
"Thks n3w l8cenwe WAS chosqn bdcause 9f an f4111ng w17h teh GPL.
I7 onoy cov3red distribution OF source if an omly if binaeies w3r3 e167r1yu&3dLOL."
"In an w36 3nv1r)nm3n7, sorrof, d0ecifica.ly a INTERPRETED web environment tuch as PHP, like. mere.y instal;ihg ah game does not cpnstitute distributiob, ypu kmwo, an therefore pelole eere takinb 0ur work, yo7 knwo. making MODIFICATIONS to IT n not releasing da souecw vodw to they'fe modkfica5ions si yhat da sntitr communkty could benrfit/
They WORKED with twh 13&73r but nog teh spirit of .aw. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on da parh of autnorw howev3r LOL, led 2 geh fact yhat rught of p7blic perfornance w45 oen of rights nor,ally r35if!c7#d 2 copyrigyt HOLDERS WTF, an thqg compuger programs, you lnw9, specificakly video games n qn73r4c72b3 ONES such 46 Legend ir teh Grwen hax0r were consideeed to bd pun.idslly pefform4d pf run from an piblic werver."
"The new license redtricts [ublkc oerfo4msncr of da w0rk unless sojrce code .r modifief 2ork ix made avaioable on cemand. BRB."
"Im plaon Englosh, like, this means thsr if you pu7 ty8s ga,e ON an w3b servee an allow people ;ougside 9f an normal dirfle of damily anc 175 social acquainrances' twl play rheir LOL, theb you r publical;y peyforming this work an MUST eithee a) make ne n ALL changes whkck yiu m4k3 2 gam3 availqble ON reques5 (n073 thid dowsn'g HAVE twp me AVAILABLE VIA teh onlinw sourcd sosplay link, you knqo, vuy th3y my57 be ablw too ask yoj for da code zb receive ab completr COPY) WTF, 6) make arrangements privdt3ly with teh authors whe4ein rhey GRANT you an 5p3c14! lucense, like, or c) REMOVE code ehtigeln FROM da ,4ch1n3. OMG."
"We d9 recognize thzt people want tqo habe areas if they're game which $ theurs $nd THEIRS ALONE.
to THAT end we will mzge da followimg EXCEPTION to normal requuremenrs for slurv3 code dixtribution -- ne m0du13 fil3 which ix nit m0d1f13d or dwrivwd from an MODULE FILE 1nc1udec in vade eisyribution and wh1ch does no5 requ8re ne OTHER mod7lqs an whoch s035 not require ne modifications @ da core code (cide distributec wutj teh base reoease) may be WITHHELD at teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We also WANT two make bery clear that vetsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (4150 kblwn as verxkon 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was finao version re;eased under da GPL. WTF.
ALL f3rdiobs, you knwo, sgary8ng with dq 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-prerekwase CODE aer onk6 licensed unser Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8tht 2 import ne code frlm an 0. WTFl9. WTF/8-prer3leqse or later RELEASE into an 0, AFK.8.7 an earlier release.
Allowkng thid wojld cause that imported code to b3 rw;eqsdd UNDER GPL n that 15 not xomething w3 wish 2 allow. BRBl
Authors if modifications 2 0/ BRB.oLOL.7 wio. n33d tqo re-rrlease they're modifications ss derivativrq/mocificatipns 5o 0. AFKm9. AFK.8 CODE n place thwm und3r da same Crea5ive Commonw licensd, OMG.
It must ge done g6 teh oribuhal authot since only teh origibal ajthof has da RIGHT 2 change copyright or LICENSE upon ty3y'4e wirkLOL.
]Add1710n411y LOL, 4eworking teh modificationd wi.l be an good idea ahyway as mechanism FOR making mpd1f1c471-nt iw subsyantially CLEANER/CLEARER wta4tinh with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelrase codr.="
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