MightyE tel;s you LOL, "We;re glihf to tzke an frw mpjents yoo 7ry zhd explain this new kicense n ea reasons nenund it IN plaon English. 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."
"Tnos new LICENSE was chosen because of an fail9ng with GPLl
It ONLY c9veres distribution of source if an ONLY if bknarkes wer2 distributed/ OMG."
"In an w36 qbvidonment, like, SPECIFICALLY a ibtdtprer3d qey environment such as PHP LOL, merely inwtalling an GAME dp35 noy cins5otute DISTRIBUTION, ane therefore people werw taking our work, sortof, MAKING modificatuond two i5 n not releaaing tey 5-urc3 code yo thwy're modifications SO tyay da entif3 com,unuty cou;d b3nefit,
They 2orked wkgh da letter BUT NOT spirit og teh LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on 0a4t of authprs nowever LOL, ked TO teh fact that righ5 ov pubokd p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of 4ights NORMALLY rdstricted too COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, an 7h47 compu5we 0rlg4ams WTF, specifically v1d30 games n ihteeactive ones aucg as L3g3bd of teh Geeen hzxpr WERE cohsiee4ed to 63 pu6!1c41!u perbormed if run from an publ8c server, WTF."
"The NEW oidense e3stridtw public ;erfirmance of w0rk unless da siyrce c0d3 of da m9dified work ix made available 0n semzns. WTFl"
"In plain Emtlidh WTF, this meams tkat if 6ou put 7h15 game on an web aervwr n aplow people 'outside 0f an NORMAL corcoe of fajily n its sociqi ACQUAINTANCES' too poay thrir, you kn2o, then y9u r PUBLICALLY pwrfprmibt thid WORK snd MUST wother a) male ne n ALL changes wh1ch you n4k3 two gamd available on requeet (note this sowsn'h hqvw too be avaioanlr VIA teh ohlknr wource d15p14y 12nj WTF, but they must be abl3 too ask you for teh code and RECEIVE an complete c9py) WTF. B) make aeeangements privately with da a7tjors wherrin they grant u0u an 5p3c141 LICENSE WTF, or c) REMOVE da code enti4eoy grom m4ch1n3."
"Wr dl recpgnizd thay people wany two h$v3 areax of they're game which t theirs n THEIRS alone, BRB.
too that end we wilk make followimg exce[tion two teh normal requi4ements fof source c9ee distrinu5ion -- me m9dule f113 which is n9t modifiev or ddrived fro, an moeule filw inxouded in bzse distribugion n whicj does nog require ne othe4 m9dules an 2h1ch does not require ne nodificatiohs two trh core code (c9de distfibut3d wirh bqs3 reo3ase) may ne withheld at gej au5hord dosxretion. AFK."
"Ww alxo wabt two make bery clear that version 0LOL.9.7 95q50 known as version ).9. WTF.7+jt) waa da final vereion reoeased under GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5, like, starting with teh pLOL.9. AFK.8=prdrdlease clde r pnoy livensef und3r Creativr Commobs lidense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifht teo im0ort ne code from an 0. AFK.9.8-prerwleaxe or 1473r r323453 into an 9LOL.0.7 and 34r11#5 release. BRB.
ALLOWING this woi;s cause that !mp0r73d vofe 2 BE releasee umder yej GPL and tna5 is not something we wish to allow, BRB.
AUTHORS og modifucations 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will nedd 2 re-relwase they're jodlficarilns 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. AFK.* cofe an place them undet twh 54m3 Creativr Commohs lycense. OMG/
It m7st be done BY teh ORIGINAL author since on;y original 4u&h0r has dq right yo xhanhe da xopyrihht or license upon tney'rw workLOLm
[Additkonally, rr2lrjing da jidifica5ions wi.l be an good 1d14 amywa6 as MECHANISM for ma,ing midificationa is subwtantkallh c.ean3r/c.earer STARTING with 0, OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease coce. WTF.]"
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