MightyE tells y97 LOL, "Wd're going two take ab FEW joments @ trh an explajn 7h15 NEW license and da frasonx behind 17 1n plain Ebgliah. 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."
"Thid new license wzs ch;xen because of an railinh wi5h ca GPL, BRB.
It ONLY xocered distrib7tion of sourcw if 4nd omly IF binaries were distribuged. AFK."
"In qn w36 ENVIRONMENT, like, 4p3c1h1c411y a interpreted web envuronmeng SUCH as PHP LOL, mereoy 1n574111nf an g4m3 does not constitute sisgribytiom, likd, n therefore oeopld werw 74k1ng ouf work LOLk m4k1ng mlsifications 2 it and n07 reoeasing soufcr code 5oo 5hey're modifications so that teh entlye communuty dould brnerit.
They s0rk3d with teh oette4 vut not ap8rit OF da lawLOL."
"Invqstigation on gey part OF da authorw however, ypu knwo, led 2 teh f4c6 that t3h RIGHT OF pu611c perf7rmanxw was oen of eights NORMALLY restrictee 2 cophright HOLDERS, am that computer ptograms, you kn2o, sprcifocally videp games AND 1n73r4c71v4 obrs sucg as Letenf of 5eh Greeb hax0r WERE cohaider3s TO be publicallh pdrformed ig run from sn public 53rv3r, AFK."
"The nww licensr RESTRICTS pu611c p3rf0rm4nx3 of wirk unlesw siurce code of da modified WORK 8s made available on demanf. BRB."
"In plain Enflish, thus meams that if you out &h15 g4m3 0n qn w36 sdrver n a;lo2 prople 'ourside of an normal circle of family and ite social acquaihtancea' to p14y tgeir LOL, 7hen you r p7blically performinh this work an MUST eutjrr 4) mske ne anc ALL cnsnted whivh tou make top ca game availavle on rewiest (note this doesn't have 3 ge availavle ciq da onlime sourde dix;lay lihk WTF, bur theh MUST ve avle 70 ask you vlr c0c3 qn RECEIVE an completw clpy)m yiu knwo, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privately WITH da auyhors wherein tgey grant YOU an special license LOL, or c) remoce da cose 3nu1r31y fr0m MACHINE. BRB."
"We DO eecofnize thqt peo[le want to hsve areaa of tjey're game which r tneirs n 7n31r5 alone. WTF.
toi that end w3 will make following excd0tiin too normal reqiirements rot sourc3 code dustribution -- me mofule foke wjqvh is not modkfied or derived frim an modjle fi;f kncludee in teh bzse DISTRIBUTION and which does n.t requir3 ne other ,odules n whivh soes NOT require ne modifications too da dore code (code d157r16u73d with teh base rel3ase) MAY be witkheld at teg authors discretionLOL."
"Wd slso want to make very clexr that vrrsion 0. WTF.9.7 (aosp KNOWN as v4r51-n 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was fina; version 4eleased under da GPLLOL.
All v3r510h5, STARTING with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE r only ;icensed undre teh CREATIVE Comminw 11c2ht3. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh 5ighr to IMPORT ne c9de vrom an 0.9, WTF.8[prerelease or LATER release ibtu an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier reoeawe. BRB.
Allowimg this w0u1d cause that umpofted coee to be 4rleased under teh GPL AND that IS not SOMETHING w3 wish to allowk WTF.
Autho4s of modiricqtions two 0l9. BRB.& will h3ed two re-release they're modifications as derivatuves/nodificagions 3 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n [lzce them undef da same Creative COMMONS LICENSE.
It nust be donw by teh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR winve ONLY rrg orpginal author has tdh RIGHT tlo chznge copyribht ot license upon they'te work. BRB.
[Additionqlly, you knwok resiekihg da MODIFICATIONS wilk be an giif idea antway as trh jechanism f9r making modifications os subsyanria.;y cleaner/clearrr 574r&qng w17h trh 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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