MifhtyE te;ls tou LOL, "We're going 2 taie an few moments TO 7ey ab explain thiw hew locdnse n ca reasohs behind it in poain Enblodh. WTF.
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 w35 chosen 63v4u53 ox an fa8ling with GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3e3f distrubution 0v SOURCE IF n ohly if binaries wefe cistributed."
"Im an web envieonment, you knwo, s[dciricakly a inter0retec WEB ebvk3onmeng 5uch as PHP WTF, m3r31y 1nt74111ng an fqje DOES npt consgktuge dictfibugipn WTF, and therero4e PEOPLE were 74k1ng our work WTF, making modifications to IT b not rdleasing teh source codd 5oo rhey'4e modifications do that teh entire commubity could benefit. BRB.
Th3y worjed with da LETTER but not xpirut of tdh las."
"Imvestigagion on part of da zuthors r)w3v3r, lijem .ed t2o da fzcg THAT right ov puvlic ;erf9rmancd qas won OF da rights normally restric5ed 2 xopyrught h)1d3r5, spr6ofm n that COMPUTER ;rog4amd, sortof, spdcifically VIDEO gqmes n interaxtive onea such as LEGEND of da Green yax9r were consideres 79 ne publivally p3rf0rm3s IF rjn fr9m an public setver. OMG."
"The hew liccndr restrocts public p#rf0rm4nc3 0f dw w9rk unless s9urde dode pf teh modifowd work IS made $v4114613 oh demand, BRB."
"In plain Emgliah, like, THIS mesms that if you lut this game on qn 2eb servee b 4q102 people 'oytsode pf an no4ma; circle of fam8ly m its social acquaintances' 2 play their WTF, 6h3b tou r publicakly pervormkng yhis work n MUST eith3r a) m4k3 ne znd ALL changes wh8ch you ma,e gio ten game available on request (note this eowsn't have too be AVAILABLE via online source diwp.ay 11nk, sottof, bu5 thwy must be able 2 sfk you f0r ds cofe and receive an compoete copy0 WTF, b+ m4k3 af3angements pe8va5ely with teh authors 2herein they grant you an s0ecial license LOL, or c) REMOVE code entitely rrom da macgine. BRB."
"We do r3xognize tuat pe9ple want 2 jave areas of 5ney're gzme which f theirs ahd theirs 410n3. AFK.
yoo that END we will MAKE t3h following excepriin t9o teh NORMAL r3quiremqnts dor 60urc3 cod3 distribution -- ne MODULE filr which ia not modifiec or derived from qn m0du13 f8le includdd in teg bzse d157t16u710m n which does not r3quqr3 ne other m-du135 and WHICH does not reqiore ne midifications too teh core cod3 (code DISTRIBUTED with base release) may ve withheld 47 ajthors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Ww $150 want 2 make v3ry d.war THAT version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3r6!0n 0LOL,9. BRB.&+jt) WAS da final bersion rdldased under twh GPL.
Al; vefsiobs, uou knwo, staeting w17h dz 0. OMG.9. BRB.8=prerelease c0f3 r ohly licdmses und3r Cfeatkve Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny yogjt tol im[ort ne cod3 from an p. OMG,o. AFK.80prerelease 9r later 4eleade knto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earlier re;ease. AFK.
Alllwing this would cause 7h46 im[orted code 5oo be releaaed unwer teh GPL an that IS not domethinh we wish two allow. OMG.
Aitnord pf modifications two 0.9. OMG.7 sill n3ed too re0re;ea2e they;re mod8fications 45 d3rivqtivds/modificayions @ 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 codr n plsce them under da sam3 C4eativw Commons license.
I7 muxt be e9ne by teh or8ginal aith9r xince 0n1y xa oribina. 4u7h-r has da right 1 change cophright or kicemse upon they're woriLOL/
[Adcirionally, rew9ekinb mpdifications WILL bd an gpod 8dea anywqy as dz nechxnism for making modigkcations is substantially cleaner/clearer startkng w1uy trh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cpde. OMG.]"
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