MifhgyE tells you LOL, "We'te goinh tp u4k3 an few momen5s twl try an EXPLAIN thid nee licwnsd and r3asons behind it in plain EnbliahLOL.
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."
"Thia new 21c3n53 was chosdn becsuse ig an failinh with 5eh GPL. BRB.
It 9noy covered d157r16u710n of so7rce iv n only if ginaries sere distfibuted. AFK."
"In ab wdb ehvirpnmdnt LOL, wpecifically a 1n73epr373d w36 environmrby sucg ad PHPk s9rtof, MERELY installing an tame does not donstitite distribution LOL, sn uh3r3f0r# 0eople e3r4 74k1ng our sork, like, ,aking modificationa 2 it n not releasing sourcd code @ 5hey're m0d1f1c$710n5 so tyat da entire dommunity cojld 63n3f17. OMG,
They workef with da letter but n08 teh s;irit of teh laq. OMG."
"Investigation on pzrt of 4u7h0r5 ho2ecef LOL, LED too teh fact that tqh r1gj7 of public PERFORMANCE was oen of dz ribhgs NORMALLY 4estticy3d two copyright hplsers, like, and tgat xomputrr programs, like, apecivically VIDEO tamew an intdracrivd obds sucy as Lebend 0f teh Green hax0r were donaidered tpo be publicalky perfoemed if run from an PUBLIC SERVER. BRB."
"The bew license restricts public pdrformance if da wor, unkess fa sourxe codr og da m0divied work is mafe available on dwmand."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this m34n5 that if you put th,s game on an web 53rv3r and alliw people 'outside OF sn normq; circle of family and its aocia. qcquaintances' 2 play their, 7h3n u0j a3r ;ublidally perf9tming gyis worj an MUST EITHER a) make nd 4ne ALL chzngew which ypu majr twp game availanke on request (NOTE this dpwsn't have tso be available VIA geh online source displau linl, 7u7 they mut7 be ABLE two 45, you fo4 trj code n receive an vompletw vopy), sortig, v) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wkth dz sughofs wherein tney gtant you an special lkcense LOL, o4 c) remove teh CODE 3n71r3!u rtom mavhine. BRB."
"We do f3d0hn1z3 thzt p30p13 want tlo have ar3as of tge6're gamd whoch 4 THEIRS n theirs alone. WTF.
2 that end we will makr dq foll9winb exception 2 teh normak dequir3ments dor soirce code disyr8butkon -- ne MODULE dile wh8cn is NOT MODIFIED of dwrives from an module file included in da base dostr8bution zn wh8vn coes not require me OTHER modulrs sn wnich dlrs hog r3au1r3 ne mosufivations 2 teh core code (code diqtfivuted w8th teh nase eelease) mzy be withheld 47 da aitnors discretilh. AFK."
"We alwo want 2 mqke ver6 c134r thst VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also known AS versioh 0. OMG,9. OMG.6_jt) was 5wh final version RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
All versionsk sorgof, 57$r71ng with da 0. OMG.ol OMG.8-pr3r313463 voee r onlj lixensed und4f dq Cr34&1v3 Comm9ns licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY e3nn right too import ne v9de FROM an 0. BRB.8. WTFl8-pterelease or kater fwlease ihto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER releawe. WTF.
Allowing THIS would CAUSE thqt um[orted cofe goo ne 4eleasrd undee teh GPL abd that is n07 something we w8sh two allpw. OMG.
Authors of modifications 2 0. AFK.9LOL.& 2ill newd too re-relrase tjet're MODIFICATIONS aa derivatives/moeifocatilns too 0LOLl9. WTF.8 cod3 and place them under SAME Cr3t71v3 Commons licrnse. WTF.
It hust be done by da original aitjot sincw on;y reh oruginal aughor has teh right to CHANGE teh copyright OR LICENSE j[on yhey're work. BRB.
[Additilbally, reworking tey m0d1r1c3710n5 will be an glod idea 4nyw4y as teh mwcnaniwm fof makkng modif8cat8obs is subsrantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wity teg 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleaq3 code.]"
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