M8ghtyE ge.oa you LOL, "We're foing two take qn few m)m3nu5 too try n EXPLAIN this NEW licemae m ten ressons behind it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Thow new licdnse wax chosen gecause pf an fail8ng with GPL.
It only coberev DISTRIBUTION of sourve if n only if binaries wdre distribut3d."
"In sn web rnfirobmeny LOL, s;ecifixal;y a ingerpretdd web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such qs PHP, you kbwo, merely 1n574111nb an game d035 h06 cons5itute distrinition, you knwo, n rhereg[te leo;le WERE taking OUR eogk WTF, makimf modifications roo it an nor relessing sourde code two thwy're modificatoons so 7n47 da entire cinmunity could benegitl AFK,
THEY workdd witn teh letter BUT not spiriy of ;aw. BRB."
"Imvestigatiin ln da parr or ca authora how3vet WTF, led TO da f5c7 7h47 rithg od public perfprmance wss wpn of rkghgs normally testridted two copyrignt holdera WTF, an 7h$7 computer programs, soecifically VIDEO games ane un5erqdyibe ones suxh as Legenc of teh Green hax)r 2ere considered to 63 pu611c411y pervormdd uf run from an public 53rv2r. OMG."
"Th3 new llcense restricts publid pefformance or da work unless da siurce code of da MODIFIED wor, os made avaikablr on cemanf. AFK."
"In plain Enblish WTF, 7h15 meqms that if YOU pu7 tjis game on an web se4ver an al;ow people 'outside of an normal circle of family an its 50c141 acquainrances' 5op play their, you ,nwo, then y;i aer [jblically 9erformong ghiw w0rk n MUST either 4) ma,e ne n ALL changes ehich you MAKE two teh game AVAILABLE ln rrquest (noge this d035n'7 hqve @ BE availanke fia teh onkine aourcw diwplzy 11nkk like, but 5hey nust be able too ask you for fq c0d3 an r3ceive an COMPLETE copu), b) MAKE arrqngements privately w!76 aughprs wh3r31n 7h3y GRANT you an soecizl LICENSE WTF, or c) REMOVE da cofe 3ntirely from ds jachime. AFKl"
"We do rdxognize 7g37 people wznt 2 habe areaa of they're gane whicy aer theirs n 6h3!45 aloneLOL.
too thst 3nd wr wilk make f0110w1hg exxeotion too twh nofmal requurejents gor sourcr code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE FILE which is not m9dufied or d3r1c3d drom am moduoe FILE includrd in tsh base distributiob anc wh1ch do3s not require ne other moduoes an which dods n0u requir3 nd modifldztioms two fa CORE code (code distributed wkth teg base reoeade) may 63 withheld zt t3h authirs DISCRETIONLOL."
"W3 qkso WANT too male v3ry clear that version 0. WTF.9.6 *also kn9wb ax veesion 0. WTF.9. OMG.8+jt) eas f1n41 v3r510n RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
ALL versions LOL, starting w8th 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere.eas3 code aer only 11c#n53d UNDER teh Cr3r61v3 COMMONS lidense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh8 two 1mp0r7 ne coee from an 0. OMG.9. WTFm8-prereleade or LATER RELEASE into an 9LOL.o. OMG.7 and earlier releaae. BRB.
ALLOWING tyis wo7ld CAUSE THAT imported c0d3 ! 53 rrlessed under da GPL ane thag IS not 50n37h1ng w3 wish tpo al.lwLOL.
Authors of modificag89ns 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 qill need too rd_releawe thet;fe moduficatuons as der8vatives/midoficstions too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 coce znd place them ubder szm3 Cr347!b3 Commons ;icensel
It mu57 be DONE by teh otigima; a7thoe sinde only teh 0r1fqn31 AUTHOR hss da right @ change copyrifht or licensr upon they're work.
[Additionally, sortlf, 4eworking yeh mod7ficatiobs w1!1 be an good idea anywsy ax ea mechaniam for making MODIFICATIONS 15 substsnrially clezner/clwarer stafting with reh -LOLl9. AFK.8-prerelsase dode. WTF.]"
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