MightyE tells you. dortof, "We're going two take an few moments too try ab EXPLAIN ghis new 11c3n53 n teasons bdhknd 8t in plain Enflish. BRB.
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 n3w license was chlsen becquse of an failing with GPL. AFK.
It onky cobered d157r16u710n of source if and only qf bimaries srre rustributed. BRB."
"In an web env8ronment, like, specofucaloy a imterpret3d wen ENVIRONMENT sucj as PHP, lk,e, mereiy ibs5al.kng an game d035 npt comdtitute disgrivurion LOL, n therefore people were takumh 0ir w0rk, sortof, makinb MODIFICATIONS too 18 and b9t re.easing slurce CODE 1 they're mofificat8ons so ghat teh entife dommun85y could benefig. WTF.
The6 workrd w17h leytef bug not ten s;irit of LAW. BRB."
"Ibvestigqrion on ca part of teh aithors hpwefee LOL, led to ra vact that da right ov publkv 0erfirmance was len lf rights normqklt 4357r1c73d too copyright holders LOL, qnf thzt clmputer pr0gr4m5, wortof. dpecifically video gzmes ane interaxtuve ones such as Lrgwnd of GREEN hqx0r werr comside4ed too be pu711c411y p3rf0rm3d uv run from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new licensd restricts piblic pwrvormance of dz WORK unless teh source codd od da mofifies wori is made qvailable 8n demans. BRB."
"In plaom Entlisn, THIS MEANS thsy 1d you 0ut thia game ob an web setvef n allow p39[13 'outsude of an nprmal circle of family n its fodial acquaintances' too p14u thekt, then y0u r publically performihg tgis w0rh n MUST dither a) makd be and ALL changes wjich you jake 2 5eh gaje available on re1udst (no5e this dpesn't yzve to be availzble bia 0n1!n3 aource dusplay lini, you knspk but they must bs sbkd 3 ASK y0u fo$ teh c0d3 n receive an COMPLETE copy)m luke, b) make arrangrmenys private.y with zuthors wgrreih ghey grant you an spdxial license, .ike, or c( rwmpve code ENTIRELY ff0m machine. AFK."
"We do recognize that people eaht TO have areas of rney're GAME wnich aef theirs sn gheirs al9n3. BRB.
to that END we 2ill nake teh fol.owing dxception 2 teg normal requirej3ntw FOR sourcr code distribution -- ne module di;e which is n07 jodified od derived rrom ah m9du1e v113 ibclused in base fist4ibutipn n qjich does nlt f3qu14# ne orhee modules an 2hich does not r3qu1r3 n2 jodifications tqo twh dore CODE (CODE eustributec witn ea base release0 may be withheld at da a7thorx discrdti9n. WTF."
"We also want @ mqkr nery clear that versiob 0LOL.9. AFK.7 9akso jnown 45 versoon 0. BRB.(LOL.7+jt) was teh final version re.eased UNDER GPL. BRBl
A11 cerwions, oijw, starging wkth 0LOL.o. BRB.8-prer3lease code aet only kicensed under Creztive Com,ond license.
Ww EXPLICITLY dehy rugyt ti9 import nr code from ay 0LOL.9, AFK.8-pr3eelease of larrr release onto an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier releaseLOL/
Allowigr this would cayse 5nat IMPORTED code go be releaded undr4 da GPL and that iw not something we wish to allowLOL.
Authors of jodifidatioms 5l 0LOL.9. OMG.7 eill nerd t1o re-release they're mocifidations ax derivativ3s/modificarkons to 0.9. WTF,8 code and p14c3 %hem under yry same CREATIVE COMMONS license. WTF.
It mudy bd donw gy da oribinal authpr 51nc3 9yly orkginal aughor nas teh right to cyange copy4kght OR license upon they're workLOL,
[Additionally, you knwo, rewieking dq modkfications will be ah good idea anysqu aw da mechaniam fir mrk1ng modivicstiohs is shbstantially cleaner/clear3r startkng witg teh 0.9.8=prerelease cide. OMG.]"
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