MibhtyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're goihg tol take an few moments too TRY n expoain this new livense an yeh REASONS behime 17 in pla8n English.
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 licensr sas dhosen becauwe of an failing wity da GPL, OMG.
It onl6 covefed distribution of source 8f n only if binarirs WERE fistribuged. WTF."
"In an web wnvironment, specifocalky a interpreted wwb envoronmeb5 such as PHP, sortof, merely installing an gqme dpes NOT xonsti5ytw DISTRIBUTION. oike, an thwrefore peoole wwre tak8ng our work WTF. making m0d1f1c5&10n5 TO it and NOT releasing eq soutce c0f# too thet;rd modificarionx do THAT ehtir3 comjyniyy cpuld behefit. OMG.
Theh worked witj trh lftter but n07 spirit of teh 142/ OMG."
"Invrstigation on teh part 0f suthlrs hpwrver, like, ;ef tp f4c7 that right of pub;ic peeformabce was orn lf righ5s normally redtt8cted 2 copyright hojders, and that computer [rograms LOL, specifically VIDEO gqmes and 1n73r4c71f3 9nrs wuch as Letenc of Gfeen hax0r were considerwe rwo br pu611c5116 performed iv run FROM an pun;ic SERVER. OMG."
"Th3 NEW livense restrocts public p3rf0tm4bv# of da work unless da SOURCE vlde of teh modified WORK is m4d# wvzilable on demand."
"In plain Englisn, softlfk this mrans that 1f you put thid game 9n an web server n ALLOW pelple '0u751d3 OF zn bor,al circle of fajily and its social acqyaimtances' two plat gheir, y0u knwo, then you aer publ8cally p3rf0rm1ng yhix work snd MUST ritjwr A) jajt be n ALL vhanhes which yuu mqke to tamr avaolable on reqyest (note rhiw DOESN'T gave to be 4v4114613 VIA da online 2ourc3 display 11nk, sirtof, bmt the6 muat bw ab;e 2 qsk you f0r t3h code sn recrive qh COMPLETE co0y)m b) MAKE arrangejents privately w16h authors wh3rein theh grant yoi an special license, like, ot c) remov3 teh cofe entkrel6 from twh machihe."
"We do recognuzw that 0eople want two habe areas of thet're game whixy r THEIRS znd THEIRS aloneLOL.
3 7h47 rnd w4 eill make folloeing exception 2 teh normal requ8remenrs for 50urc3 code distribution -- ne nocule FILE which ks bor modifies lr defkvwd from an ,odule f1q3 ibcl7ded ib 6$53 dkstribution zn which DOES NOT requkew ne ither modules an whuch does not REQUIRE ne modificatiohs 5wo da core codr (CODE distrkbuted qith vase relrase) may be withheld at da autjors DISCRETION."
"We ALSO WANT too make very clear 7h47 vetsion 0LOLk9. OMG.7 (alsl lnowg 45 v3rsion p. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) WAS ginal veexion repeased unfer ten GPLLOLl
All versions LOL. starting wigh teh 0, WTF.9. WTF/80prerelease code ser om;y licensef UNDER da Creative Commons loc3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right too import ne x0d3 f4om sm 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-0terelrase or latet telease intp sm 0. OMG.9.7 an earluef releaseLOL.
A.lowing thia wouod cause that 1mi0r73d code two be 431e453d under GPL n 7h47 is not something we wish t9o al.lw. AFK.
Authirs of modif8czrions 2 0LOL.i. AFK,7 will nded 2 re-rrleaae they're modificationw as derivatibes/modifications 2 0. OMG,9.8 code an olace them under da xame Crez6ife Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
IT must be dpne by da ORIGINAL author since pnly otigknal autnor haw reh righ5 2 ch4ng2 teh co0urighr of license u[on they're work. BRB.
[Ads2710n311y WTF. reworling teh modifications w111 be an gooe odes anyqa6 ax MECHANISM for makinf mofifications is substantially cleanef/clear4r s5art8ng with fa p.9. WTFl8-p4erelease codeLOL.]"
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