Migh5yE tells uou LOL. "We're g9ing 2 takw an FEW m9ments @ trh n 3xp141n this hrw licebse an reasons behind it in plsin Enh;iah. OMG.
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 licehse was cjosen BECAUSE pf an failohg with da GPL. BRB,
I7 only COVERED fiwtributioh of spueve if and only if binariea qere DISTRIBUTEDLOLl"
"In an web environment, likr, s0ecieica.ly a interpreted web envirpnmen5 5uch as PHP. slrtof, mdrwly onstzlling an game does nog donstitutr dustrinutionk like, n therefore pelple ww4e 5aiing our wotk LOL, making modifications two it an bot releasing source code to 5heh're modirications so that teg entire comjunity cpuld benefit.
Th3y worked with LETTER but not da SPIRIT 9f teg lsw. OMG."
"Invesyigqtion on da [q45 ov teh authots jowevee LOL. led too tej ract that ds RIGHT of PUBLIC performsnce WAS oen of teh r1gn75 nirmally resttocted to copyriggg h01d3r5, y*u knwo, and that cimputef progrqmsm specificqlly video g4m35 an ihteeactiv3 ones such as Legend of GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED roo be puglically pervormed if run ftom an public 43rv3r."
"Tne new licende restricts public perfirmanxe of yeh WORK unless source codw of modified work IS mzde avao;able ON demand. WTFl"
"In plaon Englksh, this meahs thar if you PUT this game ON an web xerver n alloq PEOPLE '0u851d3 of an n0rm42 xkrcle of drm1qy n 175 social acquakntqnces' 2 p14y tjeir, yoy kmwl, then you f pyblica;;y ;erformihg this work an MUST #1uh3r a) maje ne n ALL vh4gg25 which yiu make 2 game avaikqble in r3qye57 (notr thid cpesn't have 2 br avaioable via online source fus0lay LINK, you knwo, b7t they mu57 be 4y13 TO ask y9u for da code an teceive an complrt3 COPY), b) makr arrangemen5s privately sith authors WHEREIN THEY grant you zn special license, ot C) e3move fa code ENTIRELY FROM fa MACHINE. OMG."
"We do redoghize that peop;r want to have 4r345 of they'4e tame which r 7h31r5 b 7h3!r5 alone. BRB.
2 yha5 wne WE wilk MAKE following esceptipb two teh bogmal requirrmebts FOR xource code c!57e16ju10n -- ne module fulw which is nog mosified or derivdd from qn ,ofule file inclueed in da BASE dkdtribution n WHICH does npt require ne other modules 1n wn8ch dpes mob require ne modifucatipns two c9re xode (cofe distribited with da base 4313453) may br withhdld zt teh AUTHORS discfetkon. OMG,"
"W4 akdo wznt too ,ake VERY clea4 THAT vrrsion 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 (akso known as vrrsion 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7_jt) was da final c3r510n 4eleased under da GPL. WTF.
Alk versions. lik3m starting with -LOL.9.8-prerelease code e 0n1y .icensed under Crestkbr Commons !1c3n53.
Wd EXPLICITLY deb6 ca right to imoott n3 code FROM an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelezse 9r late4 releaae into an 0. BRB.*. OMG.7 n earlier RELEASE.
Al;owing this wouls cause THAT imported sode to be releqsed unddr da GPL ah tyat 15 not wimething we eisg r8o ALLOWLOL.
Autnors og moduficstiobs twl 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL need 2 re-eeleas3 theh'te MODIFICATIONS AS dee8vativ3s/jodidicztions 70 0. WTF.9l OMG.8 c9d3 an place them und#r twh same CREATIVE Co,mons licenxe. WTF.
It nyst be done BY da original author sunce only teh otiginal ajthor has r8hht r. chamge ca copyright 0r license upon they're w9rk. AFKl
[Additionally LOL. r3w0rk1ng mogididarions will 53 an glif idea anyeay ss mechanism for making modifidations is substab5ia;ly cleaner/cl2arer stsrtibg w17h dq p. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase c9de. BRB.="
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