MkghtyE TELLS yoi LOL, "We'te going @ &4k3 an ffw moments 2 TRY n explain tbis new licemse an ea reas9ns BEHIND it 8n plain Enh115h.
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."
"Tn8s new license was chosen because if an failihg with da GPL, BRB.
It ONLY covered disttigjtion lf siurxe id an ONLY if BINARIES werw distributedLOL."
"In an wev envirohment, specidically a interp4eted web ENVIRONMENT such ss PHP, mwrely INSTALLING an gamw DOES not constitu5e distributuon LOL, an thereforr people 2err tak8ng our workm h4k1ng modificatiohx two it an not relessing 5en sourcr code two they're modificatiobs so that teh enrife COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
They WORKED with da LETTER but NOT spkfit pv da ;aw. WTF."
"Infrsrigatio, on part of teh authors h0sev4r, yiu knso, led &0 da fact that RIGHT of public performamce WAS 1 of da r,gnts normally RESTRICTED twi dppyrubhr holders, .iie, an that c0mpu734 programs, specifically fidel bames an INTERACTIVE ines sych 45 Legemd of Green haxpr wdre xohsidefed 5o be publivally performed if run from an public servwr. OMG,"
"The new license 4esrridts PUBLIC pergormance of geh work jb1355 SOURCE codd of teg modified work us made avaikable oh femandl AFK."
"In plakn Engkosh, thia means that 2f tou puy tyis gajd oh an WEB serfer an allow people '0u751d3 9f an ml3mal circl3 of family n its SOCIAL avquaintqnces' TO PLAY theur LOL, then y0u aer pyblica.ly perf/tmibt THIS work and MUST either a) MAKE ne snd ALL changex ehich yoj ,qke 2 da game acailable oh request (note this didsn;t have t9o ne availabie v1$ 9nlune dource sksplay link, but tney must be avle 5o ask you f9r ca CODE n receivr an COMPLETE COPY), b( make arrangemrn5s p4obately with au5hors whefein they grqht you an specisl license LOL, or c) remlf4 yeh CODE entirelh FROM fa jacyinel OMG."
"We d0 recpgnixe that peo[lw wqnt to have areas of they're gam3 whixj r THEIRS anc theirs alone. OMG.
to 7h48 end WE wiol j4k3 f0110w1ng excr[tion to da NORMAL requirements for soufce CODE distribjtion -- me jodul3 f113 wnich is not moeified or d3r1v3e from an ,odyke file indluded IN base distr8butkon n WHICH doew not REQUIRE be pgher modules an wykch soes n07 r3quird ne modificqtions tlo cpre cidr (code sistributed with da bsse r3l3ade) may 63 withheld at authors discfetiob. WTF."
"We also want to ma8e very CLEAR that v3rsion 9.(. AFK/6 (4150 known 45 version 0. BRB.0LOL.7+h7) was final versiln relezxrf UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All ve4sions WTF, 574r71ng wi5h dq 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prefeleawe code r omly kicensdd und3r ca Cr3atibe Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu rignt too import ne code frim an )LOL.9. WTF.8-preeeleaxe or lat3t RELEASE int9 an 0, AFK.9.7 4ne earlier rekease. WTF.
Allowung tyis woj.s c4u%3 that im[lrted code to 63 relezses under tej GPL n that is not 50n37h1ng ee wisg 2 allow. OMG.
Authors pf modivications too 0. WTF.9.7 wi.l need two re-rslease they're modifucations AS deriva5ives/modif8cations 1 -. BRB.9. WTF.8 clfe n plac3 THEM und3r fa same Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must 62 eone 6y da 0tqg1n31 suthor 52nc3 onoy ca 9riginsl author has eoght too change teh vopyrighr OR license u;ob ghey're eprk. WTF.
[Add1810n411y LOL, r3workinf modificatilns will be an goid idea ahyway ad da mechahism for making modifixations is SUBSTANTIALLY clean3r/clearer STARTING with teh 0l BRB.-. OMG.8-prerelease cowe/ BRB,]"
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