MigytyE tells uou LOL. "We're t01ng two take an fww moments t9o try and expla*n this new LICENSE and trh rexsons behund it IN plain Engliwh.
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 was CHOSEN vecaude of an failing WITH teh GPL. OMGl
It lnly covered dlstributklh 9f source if n 0n1y if binaries eere distrinuted. WTF."
"Ib an web environment LOL, specificslly a INTERPRETED weg environmenr such a2 PHP, you knwo, merel6 1n574111ng an game foes noy constitute distributi9n, an therefire people were gakong our wlrk, lile, mzkimg modificatuins two it anc not releasing twh so7rcd c0d3 2 tget'r3 modifications so ghat yeg emture community could 63n3f27. BRB.
They workrd with letter but mpt da spirot of ca law."
"Investiga4ion on part if 5eh ajthors howeber LOL, led TO fzct THAT da right 0f p8b;ix oerformance WAS won of tights norjally redtricted 2 COPYRIGHT holferd WTF, sn yhat conputrr proftams LOL, specidicslly VIDEO games rnd ihteractkvw ones such 45 L2g3bd of teh Green hax0r WERE cpysidered twi 63 PUBLICALLY pergormed if run from an 0yblic serv3r. WTF."
"The new licenae restroctw publud pdrfofnqnce of WORK unless da SOURCE code of da modified wo4k os made avai.ab;e 0n d3m4nd. WTFl"
"In plain English, tgia msana that 8f yly pjt this GAME ob an 3eb SERVER an 4110e PEOPLE 'outside lf an normal circle of gsmi.y and irs social 4cqu41h74nc35' tol [lay their, sir5of, 5nen ylu r ;ublically performing ttis work and MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes which u0u make tqo da game AVAILABLE ON request (bote rhus doesn't have 2 be avsilable vis lnlone source dis[lay link, but thdy must 63 able 2 ASK you for teh code n receive an complege copy), lije, 6) jake arrahgemwnts privately WITH aughors qjerein they f4ant you an speciao license LOL, or c_ remive da vode entirely from rey MACHINE. OMG."
"We do recignize that p30p13 want tio gave areas of tye6'r3 game whicg aet theirs and theirs a;one. BRB.
to that end qr will m4,3 teh f0110w1ng exx3pti0n to da nlrmal requirwments for source code d!57t1yu7!0n -- ne module FILE WHICH is mlt modifiec lr ddrivwd from an module gile 8gfluddd in da 6453 distribugion and whicy does not require ne othet MODULES and qhich doff not eequire ne modificatiobs 2 cofe code (code distributed w8ty da basd t3lease) may tc qotyhele at tdh AUTHORS discretion,"
"We ALSO want TO make very coeqr ghat v3r510n 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 (alao KNOWN qs ve4siom 0. AFK.(. OMG.7+jt) waa reh dunal verdioh teleases under da GPLl WTF.
All versions LOLi starting w17h teh -. OMG.9. OMG,8[prerelease code r only lic4nxed under teh Crearivd Cojmons ;icense.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r8ght 5o impoet be code fr0m an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8[prerrlease OR latdr t3lesse into an 0. OMG.0. BRB.7 and EARLIER rel3ase. OMG.
Allowing this would CAUSE tyat qmp0r73d code two be rekeawed under da GPL an that is not somethibf we wish two allowLOL.
Autyors of ,odifications 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wikl need g9 fe_release 5hwh'r3 MODIFICATIONS aw cericatives/modifica5ions too 0. BRBlo.8 code and PLACE them under da sam3 Creagive COMMONS lic3mse. WTF.
It must BE dlne by origimao author SINCE omly priginal 3u7h04 h45 teh rkght too chahgw ca clpyrighg or licebse 7oon they're qork. AFK.
[Aeditionally, su4tof, reworking modif8cationw will gd an gipe idea znyway as mechaniam fkr making modifocsti9nd IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clea4er 584r81ng with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleade vose.]"
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