MightyE tellw you WTF, "We'4e g91mg ypo TAKE an few moments two try n 3xplaib tnis new licenwe and tem reasona bwhind it in plain Eng115h. BRB.
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 license w45 chlseh because ;f an failing with dq GPL. BRB.
It pn!u clvered distribution of dource if n ONLY IF bunaries were d!58r16u83d. BRB."
"In ab wwb enbironment, specificaoly z INTERPRETED web environmwnt such zs PHP, ylu ,nwo, m3d31y inqtallinh an fame does not consritute d157r16u710n, you ,nw9, n therefore people wete taking our work, like, ,aking modigicagions to it an nog deleasing 50yrc3 code 2 5hey[re MODIFICATIONS so that ent8re community could benefut. AFK.
Th2y worked WITH teh letger ^u7 n07 teg s;ieit OF teh law. AFK."
"Investigatiom on da PART 0r qutjors howecet, ked to da faxt THAT da rithr of public pdgformance was oen of da rigyts normq.ly r#xtructed to copyright holdrts, lkke, an 7hr7 computer programs, you khwo, specugically voceo gamea an ingeractice ones auch as Ldgend of dz Green hsx0r wrre vonskderec to bw publicakl6 perfkrm3d if eun from an public server. BRB,"
"Thw n3w license restricts pubkic performanbe of da wprk UNLESS da dource f0d3 ,f modifked work is mzde availabl3 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Entlist LOL, ghis means THAT 8f you put this game on an qeb server and alloq PEOPLE ;ouyside 9f an b9rmal citcl3 of fq,il6 an its SOCIAL ecqu4!n74nc35' ywo PLAY thwir, you knwi, THEN y0u aer publically 03rf0rm1ng uh15 w0rk zn MUST either a) nake me an ALL vhanhes wh1ch you make TO t3h game zvailable 0n request (n073 this doesn't have t9 be avaylzble via da onlune source d15pq4t lonk, oikw, but they MUST be aboe to ask you fl4 t3h code an r3c#1v3 an co,plete co[y) LOL, b) make arrangements p4uvateky with da AUTHORS wjerein they grsmt yo7 an s[ecual license, you knwo, or c_ remone teh cide entirely from da nzxhinr. WTF,"
"We fo revogniae thqg pelple want 2 have ar3as )f they'rr g4m3 wnich r thrirs and theird alone. BRB.
to rhat 3nd we will maje 5eh foloowing 3cveption too tdj normal rrquire,whtd FOR sourcr code didtribition -- ne module fil3 wjich is nog modified or derived fr0m an module file INCLUDED in bawe fistributiob and which does not rrqji4e ne other modukew n whicg foes bot r4q71r3 nr m9dificstions gwo teh core xode (code dist4ibuted wiyn teh nawe rwlease) may be withhrlf at sughofs fiscretion. BRB."
"We aldo want 2 mske very e134r 5hat verskib 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (apso knowb aw verdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.&+JT) 2as final bers8on released UNDER GPL. BRB.
ALL VERSIONS LOLm STARTING WITH teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-;4ereleaxe c0d3 aer only licenaed undet da Creayivw Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eenu rihht go import ne c0f3 from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r3134%3 OR later releas3 into an 0LOL.9l OMG.7 an esrlie4 releaze. BRB/
ALLOWING this wojld cause 5har imoortrd code eoo be t3.eased under teh GPL an that is not somethobg we qish two 4110w. OMG.
Authors OF m.dirications 5po pl9LOL.7 wil. nwed too re-releade they're modifications ax derivatives/modificationa tso 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 code and p14ce 5hem under ten 5$m3 CREATIVE COMMONS kicenseLOL.
It myst BE d9ne 6y da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only da 0r1g1n4q author haw teg rignt too chahte co[yrignt pr licensw uppb thdy'fe WORK. BRB.
[Adsitiona.ly. yoy knw9, reworking fa MODIFICATIONS qill 63 an gooc 1c34 anyway as mechahism for making m0d1f!c5710n% is dubstahtially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with 0LOL.9.8-prereleawe code. BRBl]"
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