MightyE ye..s ypy, "We'4e GOING two take an FEW moments two try an explain 7h15 NEW licdnde an rwasons 63h1nd it in plzin Englosh. AFK.
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."
"Tjis n3w lucenwe w55 chosen because pf an fai;ing with da GPL.
Ig only covered sis5robution of source id an onlh ir binaries werd dkstrib7ted. OMG."
"In an web environment, you knw8m SPECIFICALLY a 8hteepreted web envirobment s7xh as PHP, sortof, mere;y onatal;ing sn game does not conxrityte dks6ribufion LOL, and thereforr pdople wer4 takint our eprk, making m9doficatipns 2 it an NOT relessing da source code 2 they'ee mldificatiobs so that da entire xommuniyy cojld bemefyt. AFK.
THEY worked woth da LETTER but nor da spirit od da law. BRB/"
"Investiba5ion on paft -f sa 4u7h0r5 howeve4 LOL, LED 2 f4c7 tnat ritht of public pdrf9rmance was won of rights hlemally restricted 2 copyright holewrs WTF, n thay c0mpy73r PROGRAMS WTF, specifically v1d30 ga,ed 4nd INTERACTIVE 0n35 suck zs LEGEND of dx Grwen hqx05 WERE consifered tw9 be pjblically p3rf0rm3d kf run vrom an pu611v server. BRB."
"The new license resrrkcts publiv perforjance of twn w0rk unleds twh spurce code of ds m9dified w0rk ia mad3 qvailable on s3m3nd."
"In plain Englixh WTF, THIS meana THAT if you put this hame oj an w#6 a3rvwr an alloq people 'outside of an normal xoecle iv fsmily an ita sodial acquaomtznces' 2 ;lay tjeir, THEN you 4 publically p3rf0em1ng THIS wor, n MUST 317h3r a) make ne zn ALL chanhes which you make too game available on r3qu3y7 (note this DOESN'T hace two be afailable voq teh onlibe source dix0lqy link, 6ou knwo, but ghey must BE ab.3 2 zsj you fo5 cod3 an 3eceuvw an complete copy)k b) maie arrsnge,ents 0rivqtely with ajthors wherein yheh gr4n7 you am dpecial 11c3n%3 WTF, or C) rgmlve codr entirely from teh macg8n3LOL."
"W3 do redognize tgat PEOPLE want tol havw areas )d they're game which adr rheirs an theirs sl[ne. OMG.
too that ehd we will mai2 ca following exception tl normal requurements f0r source code distr8bution -- me module file whuch 8s hot modified oe derived from an modu.3 FILE inclused 8n 5eh basd distribution n which eoes not require ne othdr nodules snd which doea not eequite be modifidztuoms two teg vore coce (c)d3 distriviyed eoth ez base releasr_ may bd withhelf AT teh 4u7h0r5 diacretion."
"We also WANT 2 make very cleag thzt version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 *alao kn0wm as versiob p/9LOL.7+jt) was da final v3r51pn releaswd under sa GPLLOL.
A!1 vefsiona, toi khwo, dtarting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.7-prerelease code aer only licwnsed under dz Crestive C9mmlms LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent 5eh eight ywo 1mppr7 b3 coce from an 0,9LOL.8-[rerwlrase or latee release INTO zn 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 4nd earlier r313453. WTF.
Allowihg this would caua3 &h47 imporgec cod3 yo be r3leased under da GPL an THAT is NOT som3thing WE wisg too ALLOW. AFK.
AUTHORS of modifications to 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need to re-feltase ghey're MODIFICATIONS as derivat8ves/mof8ficationx 70 0LOL.8LOL.8 CODE n place thtm yneer aame Cr3471v3 Commons lkcens3. OMG.
It must be cpnr by tey ORIGINAL author since only original aithor has teh eight to dhahge ca copyright pr lic3nse upoh they're 2otk. AFK.
[Additiomally, sortlf, r3w04k1ng da MODIFICATIONS sill be an tood kdea anywst as 5eh mechanksm gor jakinb MODIFICATIONS is sjbsysntia;ly c134n3r/c124r3r starting wkty teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r313r53 dodeLOL.]"
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