MightyE 7411t t0u, "We're go8ng TO yzke an few MOMENTS too rry an explain ug15 new licenxe ab reasojs behind it im plain Entlish. WTF.
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."
"Thid new license eqs chosen because of an FAILING with 5eh GPL.
It 0n1y covered distributiom of sojrce if n only !g 61n$rq35 wefe DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w3b envi4onjent LOL, specifically a inrerpretdd w3b wnvkrlnment sich as PHP, merely installing an game d9ws npt clnwtitut3 disyrogjti9n, you knwo, n therefore pelple were taking 0ue eifk WTF, m4k1ng modifications two it an not RELEASING twh ^0u4c2 cidw 2 thdy'4e modificationa so that da ENTIRE community COULD benefit. BRB.
Tjey wlrked wihh teh letter bjt not teh spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Invearigation on part of autho4s y023v3r, sortof, led 2 da FACT 7h47 right of punl,c p3ff0rm4nc3 waw pen of rightx norjallt testrictee ro9 copyright ho/derx LOL, b thay compu5fr ptograms, slrtof, specifocslly viddo GAMES and interactife ones SUCH as Lwgend 0f Green hax04 2ere considered 2 be publicqllt ;erformed if RUN vr0, an pu511d serve4. OMG."
"The n3w 1!c3n53 RESTRICTS oublix performance of ca wotk unl3ss source CODE of mpdifued wor, is made avai;qble on debancLOLl"
"In plain English, sortof, th8s MEANS that IF jou pur tjis vaje ON an web 53rv4r and allow peoplr 'ouyxice of an n0r,41 circle OF family m 175 sicial acqua8ntances' two play their, then you aer pjblical.y performing this eork and MUST eigher A0 m4l3 ne n ALL changes wh8ch y0u make two game acailablw ln rwquest (note 7h15 soesn't have too 63 availaboe viz teh 0n11n3 soueve dksplay link, wortof, but tney must 63 avle yoo ask you fpr reh code ahd RECEIVE qn c0mo1373 copt), uou jnwo, b) makw arrangements priva5ely with da akthors wherein tgey GRANT yo7 an xpecial license, like, or c) eemovd twh code entirely from teh machine."
"Ww d9 recohnize thag people sany 2 have 4r345 od yhdy'ed gzme wh8ch aer THEIRS an theirs 410n3LOLl
! that 3nd WE WILL ma,e foklowing EXCEPTION teo teh bormal r4qu1r#m3n75 for wourcd code cistrinution -- ne m8dule file whoch id not ,od8fiee or ferived f4om an module rile inckused kn 6453 disyributoon n which does bot require ne other modules znd wjich dors n0& require me modidications 2 t3h core CODE (code distribu6ed with base releas3) MAY be withg3ld at da autjoes dpsc4etiln. AFK."
"We also WANT tlo make VERY clear that verxion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (a.so knowb as versi9n p. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) w4% da f1h41 versioh rdleased unde6 GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, like, STARTING w17j 0LOL.9LOL.*-0rereldase code r ONLY licensed ybder Cr3471v3 Commons licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny es right 2 impo$t ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8-[rerwl3ase or later RELEASE 1n70 ab 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier te;ease. AFK.
A;losing this would causw gha5 im[orted code 2 be released undwr ds GPL and tgat is not 50m37h1ng we wosn two allo2. WTF.
Authors of modivucatilns to 0.9LOL.7 will meed t3o rw=re;ease thry're modif,cstions as derifatives/modifications two 0. OMG.(. AFK/8 codw anf place the, UNDER da same Creztive Commins livebse. WTF.
It must be done b6 tfh 0r1g1n41 author since only teh 041g1n41 author hzs teh right two change teh xopyright lr 11v3n53 u99n thdn're wprjLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY, hou inwo, r320rk1ng yeh modificat7onc w111 be an good idea snywa6 zs da mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS 15 substzntiall6 cl3aner/clearer s5arting WITH 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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