MkgytyE TELLS hoi LOL, "We're going too take wn rew moments 2 try n explain this new licwnse snd teh reaxons brhind it in plain Engl8shLOL,
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 11c3n53 was chosen g3dause of an failkng wkth ydh GPL.
It only covered dis5ribution of SOURCE IF abc only if ninaru3s were diatr8bitedl BRB."
"In am web 3nvieonment, qpecifically a INTERPRETED d36 envirpnment wucg as PHP, oike, m3r31y installing an game DOES n07 cindtiru5e distfibuto9n LOL, n therefore people were tak8ng 0ue w0rk LOL, nakibg modivixations 70 it an NOT releasimg ten source code to thdy're mleifications so 5hat fa entire community coulc beneritLOL.
They workef WITH letter but not spirot of geh law. WTF."
"Invesgigation on part of da authofs however, you knwo, lrd 70 da f5c7 that r8bht of public pdrfoemahce WAS oen of r2gh74 n0fm411y restricgec too dopyrighg npldersm and that vlmpuger programx LOL, %p3c1f1c411y videp fahds an intdracyive 9new sucn as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were conskdwred two be pyblidal.y performdd if run from an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The neq lkcwnse restricts 0uvkic [3rf0rm4nc3 of 2lrk unless wource code of modkfiec work is made availanle on demabdLOL,"
"In plain English, THIS means yyat if you put 5hia GAME on an web servde n allow people 'outaude of an NORMAL circlw of family ah itx social qcqjaintances' tip plat thrir LOLm then you r putlicaolt performing thos work AND MUST 317h3r A) make ne n ALL changws whicn you jek3 to ds game avzilable ob reqiest (note this dorsn't have 3 be AVAILABLE v14 online sou3ce did;lqy link LOL, vut they MUST be ABLE to 45i yiu for code and receive an COMPLETE copy), b) ma,d arrangements pr1v4731y with aurhord sherein theh gr4n7 yo7 an 5p4c141 LICENSE WTF, OR c) remove twh c0d3 entkrely drom da machinr. BRB."
"We d0 rdcognize 7h47 PEOPLE qant 2 have areas of th4y're g3m3 whidh aer th3its n 7n3145 alon3.
to THAT rnd we will make da followung 3xc3p710n ywo teh n0rm41 requirements for source c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- nq MODULE vk;e wh!ch is hot modified oe deroved from an MODULE f213 umcluded IN da base d*strobugion n which DOES NOT REQUIRE ne 0&her mldulrs an 2hich dpes no5 REQUIRE ns m-s1f1c46!0n% ro da core coee (c9de DISTRIBUTED WITH teh bawe releqse) mz6 be WITHHELD AT teh 5u6h0r5 dq5dr3710n/ OMG."
"We also w4m7 twp make verh clear tyat v3rsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (alao known e5 v3r%10n p. OMG.9.7)jt) was final VERSION re;eased under teh GPLLOL.
All vefsiomsk aortof, starting 2ith teh 9LOL,9. BRB.7-[rerelease xode r obly licrnsee under Ceeative Commons kkcenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import he v0d3 frpj an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[peerekease or LATER 4eleaae into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 an earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing thix qould cause thzt imporgdd cofe reo gw relezsed ynder GPL and tnat IS n07 something we wisj twl allow. WTF.
Autyofs og modificat8ons tpo 0LOL.9.7 will beed twp RE-RELEASE thdy'4e m0d1f1c47q0n5 ax d3r1v571v34/m0d1gqc5710n5 tp 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 coed abs place them UNDER samr Creative Commons 11d3n53.
It ,ust be don4 vy orihinzl authir sincw inly da oritinal author has RIGHT tp cnabge da c0pyr1gh7 pt lkcense upon they'4e wofk.
[Addktionally, likc, reworkkng da modivications will ne an good idez antway as mecganism for making modifivqtkons is subatqntiqk;y cleaner/clearer 574r71ng wigh 0. AFK,9. AFK.8-;rerelease code. OMG.]"
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