M7ghtyE TELLS hou, oike, "W3're GOING t2o take an few mlnents twl try n explsin THIS new licenwe n teh reasons brhind it in plaih English.
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."
"Tgos new licenxe wds chosen because OF am FAILING w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It only clvered d158r16u710n of SOURCE if n onlt IF binarids were cistributed. BRBl"
"In an eeb dnvifonmeng, xpecidically a INTERPRETED WEB environment such as PHP, tou knwo, merely installimg an game DOES NOT comstitute d8stributiln, an therefo4e peoplr wwre taking [ur wirk WTF, making modifications 2 it and not releasimg s9urce code two they're modifications so thzt da 3n7!r3 comm8nity c)u1c benef8t. OMG.
They worked with fa LETTER but nlt spirit 0f da law. AFK/"
"Ihbestigat9on 0n part of teh authors however WTF, l3s 5op facy thqt titht 0f public pe4formance w45 1 of roghts normal;y r357r1c63d two copyribj5 holdets LOL, an that clmpu6dr pf0fr4m4, specibically v1d20 tamex an INTERACTIVE 0n34 5uch as Legwnd 0f teh Gre3n hax0r were clnsodered too be publically perrormre if run froj am public server."
"Tge bew ;icense restricts piblic performance OF teh work unless da source c9ee of teh modified wo4k ks made available on denand. BRB."
"In plain English, ;ikem this meqns that if you put this rame om an web sefber an allow peopld 'outdidr od am no4mal CIRCLE pf FAMILY and igs social acquaintances' tp olay their LOL, then you r publkcally performing yhis work an MUST ei5her a) jake ne an ALL xhanges whuch yly make ywo reh g4m3 ava8lable on requeat (n073 tnis DOESN'T havr tol be avaklable via trh inline SOURCE dkspoay kink, bug they must be ABLE to ask you fot code and receive ah domplwte copy), lik#, B) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privatrly wigh ca 4u7h0r5 wherein they gr4n7 6iu an wpecial livense, sortof, or c) rr,ove code engirely from teg madhine. BRB."
"We do eecognize that peo[le qant 2 hzve areas lg they'ee gamw which aer th3irs n theirs 410n3LOL.
2 thag wbd we wikl make FOLLOWING exception two reh normal re1uirem3nts for aourcw code fiattibutiob -- ne module fi.e whicg kw noy modivied or ddrived from an mosule vile INCLUDED ij BASE d1t7r16u710n an which xoes noy eequire n3 othe4 m0du135 n whixh DOES n07 require ne mpdifixations 70 cotr code (code dustributed wuyh teh bas3 releasr0 uay be WITHHELD at teh auggors disceeyion. WTF."
"We also wang 2 make VERY clra4 that version 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 (4150 kb0wm qs verdion -LOL.9LOL.8_JT) WAS FINAL v3r%10n released undrr grh GPL.
All versionsk you ,nwo, startung wity teh 9LOL.9. BRB.8-[eetel3as3 code r pn1h 11c3n53c 7nder Creative Commons lucen2e. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 import ne coce from an 0. BRB.9.8-prerdleaxe 0r lxter re,eqse 1n7p an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 qn 34r113r rrlease. AFK.
Aklowifg th8s 2o7ld cause thag implrted code 2 be re;easwd UNDER teh GPL AND that is not somethint we wish to all9w. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 wil; need too 4e-4elease they're MODIFICATIONS as ddrivatives/modificqti9bs 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 c0de n place 7h3m under same Creqtive Commlms 'icense/ AFK.
It must ge dond 6y da original autyo4 sibce ONLY original 4u7h0r jaa r1gh7 t2o xhangr copyrkghb OR licehse upon yhey're wpgk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY WTFk rewoe,int modivica5iona w111 be an good idea anyway as fa mechanism for mal8ng m-d1f1d4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/c;warer starting with ten 0. OMG.9. BRB.*-prerelease code. AFK.="
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