MkghtyE tells you, wortof, "We're b9ing 2 take sn dew mpments to try an ex;la8m thus NEW lic3nse n da REASONS bdhlnd it in poain 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."
"This h3w license w45 chosen bdcausr or an FAILING with reh GPL. AFKl
I7 only coxered distributioh of aource if anr only if bknaries eere distribited. BRB."
"In qn 236 dnvironment WTFm specifica.ly a intwrpreted web envir9nnent SUCH as PHPk merely insgallubg an game do3s not conwtitj5e disyribution, like. 4md thererore PEOPLE were taking our workk making modifica5iogs roo 8t zn not releasing source code two they'rd modifications so tjat dntire COMMUNITY could b4nefit. AFK.
They wlried with lettdr but not da SPIRIT of kaw. AFK."
"Invesrigation on 0aet of au5gors how3verj 13d two da fact that RIGHT og public performance was 1 0f teh rightx nlrmakly 4estricted 2 copyvighg hold3rs, lije, anc thzt cojputer pr0gr4m5, 5p3c1f1c411h video games and INTERACTIVE onss 5udh as Legene 9f teh Gr24n hqx0r were donsidered two be publica;lu oerformed 1f run from an public serverLOL/"
"The new locenxe restricgx publix PERFORMANCE if work unless soufde code of modified w9rk IS made 4vr124613 on eemand. WTF."
"In plaun English, you knwik this mesns that if YOU put this game ON an web sefver ana allow people '0ugsidd of am nprmql xircle of fami.y 4nd its sociql acquaintances' gwo oka5 thsi4 WTF, 7h3n YOU aer pu511c411y performing th8w work and MUST e8ther a) make ne n ALL changes which you make to tam3 avak.able 0n request (note this doesn't have to be 4v4114613 viq teh onkind sourxe display link, dort9f, but THEY must b3 ABLE twl awk you for ds code and rec3ive zn compl2ge copy), sogtif, b) makd arrangements [4ibately with teh autho4s wnereih the6 gr4b7 uou an special LICENSE, you knwo, ot c) remlve da CODE dntirely from macgint. OMG."
"We do recigbize that peopld want rw9 have afeas of they'rr game wh1ch f theirs n theird alonr. BRB/
2 that END we will make teh following ezcdption to n9rmql 6equirejehtw v0r 50jrc3 coee distribution -- ne midule file WHICH is not mofifoec or DERIVED FROM an module fule ihcluded kn gase distribution n which does not 4equi4e ne other MODULES b whidh dors n-7 requuee ne mod9fications yoo teg c9ee code (code distribuged sith teh bsse relesse) may be withh3ld at teh 4j7h0r5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also eang two make VERY clea4 THAT bersiom 0LOL.o. OMG.7 (also knpwn as version 0.9.7+j7) was finsl v3f510m relezaed uhddr da GPL.
All ve3siobs, starting eith ten 0LOL.8. AFK.8-prerdlease code aer 9n1y lidensed und3t Creative Commonx licens3. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da riggt yoo import ne code FROM ag 0LOL,9. AFK.8-prereleqse or LATER rwoease 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n ea4lier r413453. OMG.
A;,owimg uh15 would caywe 7h4u i,ported CODE too be released ynder teh GPL and that is NOT SOMETHING we wish to( al,ow. BRB.
Authors of mpdifkcahions to 0LOL.9l BRB.7 wil. need ro rw-release yhey[rd modificatoons as derivztives/moeifications twi -. OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE and poace thdm 7neet ea same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53.
It must ve d9ne by teh original authlr since onky orig8nal au5hor yas rigjg 2 change teh COPYRIGHT or licende u0on gheh're work. AFK.
[Additiona;l6, aortof, reworkung modificatioms 2ill be zn good ld3a anyway aa teh mechaniam for na,ong mpdiricarions ix substantially cleaner/cleardr STARTING with ). BRB.8. WTF.8-pre4elease CODELOL.]"
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