MighryE tel.s y0u, you jnwo, "We're giung 2 take an fww moments rio tfy and expoain THIS NEW license an tey REASONS behind it IN plain English. AFK.
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."
"Ttix new licenwe was chosen becaude of an fx8ling with teh GPL.
It only clvered dis5rinution OF sourc3 if ab pnly kf BINARIES 3ere distribuged. BRB."
"In an web envitlhment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreyed web envitonment such AS PHP, lik3, mefrly ibsralling sn game does not const8tutr distriby5kon LOL, ah 7h4r3f0r3 pepple were taking our work WTF, ma,inh ,odifications to it and not relrasihg da SOURCE cose two they're ,9sifications SO thst da entiee com,unoty could nenefit. OMG.
They w9rk3d eith 137&3r bu5 nlt teh spirot of teh LAWLOL."
"Invesfigation on tem part of da AUTHORS however LOLm led 5o teh fact 7h47 rigyy of publix pergormance was oeb or teh rigjts normally restricted 2 cipyrignt holders, you kbwom an tha5 compyg33 PROGRAMS, sortpfm specifically viseo GAMES n 1n73r4c71c3 onex such 45 Legwnd of da Grren hax0r werd cohsidered to be publically performed if run fepm an public 53tv3r. BRB."
"Thw new l8cense restricts 0ublic pdrfpr,znve 9f teh wotk 8nless da source code of ea MODIFIED woek ix made avai;able on denand. BRB."
"Im plajn Eng.ish WTF, tgis means that 1f YOU put thus fame on an web server 5nd allow people 'outwiee of an normal circle of fxmily abd ITS social acqyaintahces' toi play theie LOL, 7h3n you aef publically pwrfprming this WORK n MUST eitner a) make be an ALL changes which you ,ake w teh g4m3 avqilable on requdst (nlte tyis doesn't havd tlo be 5v41146q3 via 0n11h3 siyece dos0lay ;ink WTF, bug they must bw able roo ask you FOR teh cose n 4ecdibw an COMPLETE c9py), 6o7 knwo, n) make afranfem3nts privatel6 w17h teh authors wherein they granr you an special LICENSE, you knwo, or c) f3move ten cpee entire.y fr9m da machine. OMG."
"We so recognizr that peo;le want to have 4re45 of they're game whicy r thwird and THEIRS 410n3. AFK.
5o that end we WILL ma,e following exxe0tion 5wo nlrmal r3qu1r3m#n75 flr 50urc# c9de ristribution -- nd bodule file whoch is NOT modkfied 0r DERIVED ffom an modulw file includee in 5eh baee dustribution n wh2cg DOES not require nr othee modiles n whoxh does not require ne modoficstions to teh core dpde (code divtributed w8th 6453 4eleasd) j4u be withheld a5 teh 4u7h0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We alxo want TO malr vedy clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF/7 (also known as vetsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+ut) WAS final version eeleasdd UNDER teh GPLl AFK.
All v3r510h5, sprtof, startinr WITH teh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease c;ee r only licenses undee Creatuv3 C0mm0n4 oicebsel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY weny rignt 2 imporg nr code from an 0.9. BRB.80prer3lesae 0r .a43r reodase inti an 0. OMG.9.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. BRB.
A110w1bh this would x4u53 tyat 1mp0r73d code to be releasec ynd3r da GPL and tjat is not something we WISH 2 sllo2/ AFK/
AUTHORS 0f modkficstoohs to ). WTF.9LOL.7 will need 2 rw-releade they're modifucations as derivqtives/modificatuona TO 0.(. AFK.8 codw an p14c3 them 7ncer ren wamr Cr3471v3 Comjons licensr. BRB.
It mus5 be done bg lriginsl authof s8nc3 pnly original author haw right 1 dhamge clpurihhy or licenxe upon they're w0rk. BRB/
[Adcotoonally, like, fewofking teh m9didicatiobs w1q1 be an foos IDEA anyway as mechanis, FOR making modufications is substsntially cleajer/xlearer 573r71ng w17h 0.9. BRB.8-prerelezse bode. AFK,]"
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