MigjgyE tells you, x9ftof, "We'ee going to take an few monents 5oo try n explain 7h15 nww l8cense an teh reasons behind kt ih ;laih Enbljsj/ 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 n3w license waa chosen beca7se of an v4111ny with ss GPL.
It ONLY COVERED distriburipn of soutce if an only if binaries WERE d16&$26u73d. BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, 5p#c1d1cr11h a intwrpreted web environment sucn AS PHP, soetof, merely instaoling an game doed nog constitite d257r16u710n LOL, sn thereflre people w3ee taking o7r work, ypu knwo, m4k1ng modifications too it n not feleasinh cs source c0d3 tso tget're modivicagiobs so THAT dntirr communit6 cou.d bemefit. BRB.
THEY workrd WITH yej LETTER BUT n07 5p1r!7 of da laeLOL."
"Invdsyigarioh )n da patt pf teh authors however, .ike, led too da dadt thay da right of oublic perflrmavce szs o3n of teh rights normal;y restricted ro copyr8ght holders, soft9g, an thag com[i5er pr9frams, you kneo, specifucalky vudel games n interactive on3s suvh as Legend of da Green hax0r were c9n51e3r3d ywo bw publically performef if run from an public servet. BRB."
"The nww license rextrivts oubliv pdrformance od wo4k unlesw s8urce CODE 0f modifoee work is made adailable on demand/ WTF."
"In plain English, ypu knwo, this means that of ylu put tyia game on an w36 server n allow p30p1e 'outside of an normal c8rcle of famioy and ots docial scquaintznces' too okay yhrir LOL, theb yoi r publically prrformkng this w0rk n MUST eitjdr a) make ne an ALL CHANGES wh8ch ylu maje toi da GAME available ln r3qu357 (nore 7j15 dowsn[t have twp BE avq8labl3 via da omline SOURCE display 1!nkm BUT theh muwt 63 zble two axk you vor geh code n rexekce an com'l3te copy), sortof, B) make arrangemdbts private;y with authors wherein they trant y0u ah specisl .icwnse, you knwo, or c) remove teh codr entirely fron da macjine. WTF."
"We DO r3c0gn1z4 7h57 people want 2 hsve 4r445 of they're game which aer tgeira n theifs alone.
tio thqt END ee woll make f011pw1ng exce/tion too da norjal r3qu1r3m3n75 fir source code d157416ju10n -- he module file which is not jodified 0r deeived from sn module file includdd in da gase dkstribution an qhkch dows not e3quire ne lther modules an whoch does hot reqi8re ne modifications two corw cide (cpd3 dkxtributed with teh bas3 r313453) mqy BE withgeld at tqn authors discrdtionLOL."
"We a.so WANT 2 jake v3ry clear tjat version 0LOL.9.7 (also known as version 0. OMG/9LOLl7+kt) waw funal version rrleawec under dz GPL.
All versions WTF, starting with teg 0.9.8-;eerelesse cose a2e only ;kcenwed under teh Creayove Conmpns ;kcenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu dq righg to impirt ne code from an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.80prerelea2e OR later releaae into an 0.9LOL.7 and eqflier rrleasw. BRBl
Alloskng this would cause that imported code ri bw felead3d unx3r da GPL n that px noy SOMETHING we wish to allow. AFK.
Au5yors OF m0e1f1c4u19n5 two 0. BRB.oLOLo7 wkl; need r29 re-release they're modidicationd ax dwrivatives/modifisatiobs too 0.9.8 code and place them unde4 da same Creatife Commons lidense. OMG.
Ir MUST be done BY ca orkginal author since only da original author gsa right 2 change geh copyfight 94 LICENSE upon they're workLOL.
[Add8rionally, reworking modifivations will be an good idea amyway as teh MECHANISM f0r making MODIFICATIONS is 6u657rmu1411y clezner/c.earer dgzrtinf with heh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE vodeLOL.\"
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