MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rr going too take an few MOMENTS rip try an explaim this hew licenwe n da reaslnw BEHIND it in 0lain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tgis hew license was chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING w8th da GPL; OMG.
Iy lnly covered distrig7tiom OF sourve 1f and only if ninariex we4e DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an w35 envi4onmeny WTF, specifidally a interpreted w36 encitlnmemt sudh as PHP WTFk nefely inwtaoling an game does not constitute distrib7tion, sot5of, n tgererore pwople were taiing our work, you knwo, maiong midifucations 2 ut n not releasiyg ten source code t@o they'fr mldificatiobs SO that entird commybity coukd bdmefit. AFK.
Tjwy worked 2ith da letter but bot da dpirit if da law. OMGl"
"Investigation on rrh part of ajthors hosrve4m like, led tl da faxt rhat da rigyt og -ybl,c performance was 1 or rights normall6 restrkcted TO clpyrighy hlldeta, n thz5 computer progrqma, like, SPECIFICALLY v8ceo games n interavt8ve ones such as Legend of ds G4een hac0r w343 clnsidwres two 63 publically percormed if run from an PUBLIC setver. BRB."
"The new licrnse restfucts pubkic perflrmance OF teh wirk unless teh sourc3 c9de of moeifies work is mad3 avai.ablr on demand. OMG."
"In poain English, sortof, THIS means THAT if you put this game 0n an WEB server and al.ow peop.e 'o7tside of an noema; circle of f4m11h amd its wocial acquxingances' TO play their LOL, 7h3n you aer publically perflrm8ng this work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chabges which yo7 mzkd to da game qvailable on r3que57 (not3 THIS cpesn'r havr two BE availab;e vis tdt online source diwplay link WTF, but they mu57 be sble tol 45k yo7 for teh code n rdceive qn comp;eg3 cipu( LOL, B) make qrtangements pr1v4731y witj da authors wh3r#1n they grabg yoy an specksl ;icende LOL, of c) remove da coee entirely fri, machinw. OMG."
"We so reclgnize that peoplw want tso have afeas of they're g4m3 wh1ch r THEIRS qnd THEIRS 420n3;
two THAT dnd we will make ca d021-w!ng exception roo teh normal requirwments for 2iurce CODE cisyributiom -- n3 module FILE which is not m0d1f13d or ceribec f4om an moe7le file kbxludee in da bawe d8stribution and wh1ch does not require ne 07h4r midules and which doew not require nd modjricatipns gwo teh dore CODE (code dixtributed WITH base rwl3ase) may bd withheld at zuthors disvretionl BRB."
"We also want 2 MAKE verh vlear 6h56 vdvsion 0l WTF.9. AFKl7 (also kno1n AS version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jy) WAS reh final version released under da GPL.
ALL versions, atsrging with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease code r only licensed inder teh Cr3461f3 Cojmond license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny da r1gh7 t9 import me code from an 0/ OMG.0. BRB.8-prere.eas3 oe ;stet e313453 int9 ah ).9. AFK.7 an 34r1qer RELEASELOL.
Alllwing this WOULD vause that impirted dose too BE releaaes uneer GPL n that is not 50m#7g1nt we wish too ALLOW/
Authors 0f nodificatiobs to p. AFK.9k AFK.7 wull beed two re-releasw thwy're mofifpcations as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS two -l WTF.9. AFK.8 vpde an placw them UNDER SAME Cfeativ3 Co,mons license. WTF.
IT must 63 done by reh oruginal AUTHOR sinve only geh orihinal author has r1gh7 2 CHANGE COPYRIGHT 9r kicense UPON thry're work. BRB.
[Addurionaoly WTF, reworking geh modoficat8ons wiol be an goid idea anywau as mechabksm for makong mpdificationa os sybstqntiak.y cleaner/clearer starting WITH trh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pe2r313453 cide. AFK.]"
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