MigntyE tells y07 LOL, "We're going 2 takw an few moments top tr6 qnd ex0lzin tgos new license and da reasohs b2hine it in poqin Emglish. OMG.
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."
"Tyis new licejse was choseh necause 0f an fai.ing w17h tej GPL. BRB.
I7 only coveree fistrobution 0f sourve if and 0n1y IF vibaries were dixtributed."
"In an web encironment. like, specigocally a interpreged w3b envktonment such 45 PHP, liie, merely INSTALLING an gam3 coes not consti5ut3 eistribution, sprtof, sn THEREFORE people eere taking our woro, slrt9f, making ,odifications to it zn hot rekwasing da xource code twp they'rr MODIFICATIONS sp thar yeh enbier community could bemefit. AFK.
They 2orkee 2ith da letrer BUT noh da spir8r og lawl AFK."
"Inv3srifation 9n ten PART OF teh a7thors however, sortof, LED too teh fsct 5hat r1gh7 of [uboiv oerformanve w45 s[n of da rignts normally rest58cted 2 copygight bolders, ;ike, and thzt c0mpu73t ofograms, .ike, specifically vidro g4m35 an intwrac5kve ones sych as Legend of Green has0e were cljsodered to be pub;ixally perforned it run from an PUBLIC server. OMGl"
"The new license e357r1c75 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of teh w9r, in1355 teh s9urce code of da modified work is mace available ON drmand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, thua MEANS THAT 2g YOU put tnis game on an web s3rver n allow people 'outside pf an mormal ciecle of fami;y n its s9cisl acquauntancex' to play their, you knwo, then you r p7blically performing this wlrl an MUST either r( maie ne an ALL CHANGES whodh you make to teh game available on req7est (niye gyis doesn't have to be avaiosble via online sourve dispozy libk, but they must vr able two ASK y9u fir teh code an recdive an complet3 c9py), sorrofm b) mqke arrsngdmenta pf8vatwlu with da authors wn3rein THEY grant you an SPECIAL lkcensr LOL, or c) rwmove da code entire.6 from m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recognkze thzt people want to have areaa of they're game WHICH 4 theirs m theira alone.
to that 2md we will make try folloqung EXCEPTION 2 normal r3wu1r3m3n7t gof 50urc3 c)d3 distribuyion =- ne mldu;e file 2h!ch is not MODIFIED o4 derived from an module f1!3 includes in ca base dos5ribu5i9n an whixh does hot require ne 07h3r m[dules and WHICH DOES not require ne m0d1f1c471pn5 ti core code (cod3 d157d16u7#d w8th da base RELEASE) mau be withheld at t3h auuhors diadretion. OMG."
"We als; want too m4k3 vrry vlezr THAT ve4siin 0.9LOL.7 (alco known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+ht) wqs tej final vetsion RELEASED und2r GPL. WTF.
A;l vefsions, sta4ting WITH 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease codr 4 only licensed under CREATIVE Co,mons ljcens3LOLl
We EXPLICITLY DENY rigut too impo4t ne c0d2 grom an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prwfelease OR .ater releasd into an 0.9LOL.7 and ra4l8er reless3LOL.
Allowing this woukd cause tnat import3d code 2 be releaxed undwr teh GPL am that is not wonething we wksh TO aolowLOL.
AUTHORS OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 w111 heed 2 RE-RELEASE they're mldifications sa derifatived/modifixatoins TO 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code AND place them UNDER teh szme Cr3atife Commons license. OMG.
It mu67 b3 done 6y lfiginal authpr sinve 0nqy teh oribunal aithor HAS yeh eight to changr copyright or .icdnse up0n tney're wpri.
[Additionally WTF, r3working teh modifications woll ge an g9od 8dea anywqy AS teh mechanism FOR mqkinb modifkcqtions is sjbstantiall7 cleaner/clear3r STARTING eith 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease cpfeLOL.\"
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