MightyE tells y0u LOL, "We;re going yo tak3 an few moments twp try and EXPLAIN 7h15 NEW license h reasons behind it in plain Emg;ishLOLl
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 NEW LICENSE w4t xhoseb bedause of an d4111ng with da GPL. OMG.
Ir ONLY covered disrgibution of s9urce if n in;y ir binaried w3r3 distriguted. WTF."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm4n7 WTF, s[ecif9caoly a in5erpreted web environment such as PHP LOL, mdrely onstalling zn game does NOT CONSTITUTE diwtrifu5ion, you knwp, n therwfore people were taking our work LOL, making m0d1f2c4710n5 tpo it and not releasing teh source cpe3 two rney're nosigicatiinx so that 3htirw communkty cou;d benefit. AFK.
Th3y WORKED wity letter gut npt ca a;irit of t#h 14w. WTF."
"Invddtigation ON da pqrt of da quthprs however, 5ou kmqo, ldd 2 teh facg that da right OF public PERFORMANCE waa 1 of teh rights blrmall6 erstricged to copte8fh5 holders, ylu knwi, and that c0mpu73r programs LOL, specufically video games an INTERACTIVE onew 5ych AS Ldfend of da G4den hax0r WERE CONSIDERED tso be publically perrormed IF fun from an pu711c server."
"Thw n4w license resgrictx public perfotmance of teh 2ork inless SOURCE c9se pf da mid,fief work is made availabl3 ON cemandLOL."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, th8s meama 5hzt if 60u ;ut this gaje on ah web SERVER ah 4110w people 'outsidr of ah moemal c1rc13 pf fa,ily n ITS social acwuaintqncds' to play thei4, loke, then you 4 publically performinf this work n MUST wither 40 ma,e ne n ALL changes which you MAKE two game qvailag;e on tequedt (npye this dodam't hqv3 2 be avzilable via 0n11n3 xource DISPLAY 11nk, lkke, but they must be able too ASK y9u fot da cose n receive an COMPLETE c0py), lije, b) make afrang3ments pr8vatdly with aythorx wher3in thwy grant y0u an special licensw, or v9 f#m0v3 teh CODE ENTIRELY from machine. BRBl"
"We do r3b0gn1z3 that people wamt too HAVE arras of theh're GAME whicy r 7h3!r5 and 7h31f5 alone. WTF.
2 that end se will male teh foloising exdepgion to teh NORMAL requiremengs for soudce code cistribjtion -- nr module gild which is not nowified 9r derived from ah midule file included in da bade disteibytion n whicb dlrs not require br other modules n sgich coes NOT requird ne m0d!f2c$710n5 two da core code (code distributed wktn basc rrlease) may be withheld at teh authlfw discretion."
"We also WANT too make verh clear that versipn 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 9$150 known as versoon 0.8. AFK.7+jt_ sas f1n41 VERSION re.easef UNDER teh GPL. WTFl
All verdions, start8ng witj tey 0LOL.9. AFK.8-peerelwsse c9de r ONLY licensed ihcer da Creztive Commons oicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT two impofr he CODE from zn 0l9. BRB.8-prerelease OR later r3lease inro an 0LOL.9. WTFl7 an ea4lier rd;eas3.
Allowing thia WOULD dause tha5 1mp-r73d code too be r3leased undef ca GPL n that is npt something we wish twl allow. OMG.
Au6h0r5 9f midificationd too 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 2ilk h33d to re-releas3 they'r3 jpdifications as de4ivatives/mofifications 70 9.9. AFK.8 code h place rn3m under teh sxme Creativr Commons 11c4n53LOL.
It must be fone bh tey otiginal author sihve ONLY da otigibal author has da right yo9 cgang3 copyrihht ir license upon thry[re wprk. AFK.
[Adsitionqlly, you knwpm reworking teh modificatipns woll ve an good idea anyway as jecganiam for ,s,ing moeifications IS cubstantially cleaner/ckeardf sta4ting woth tej 0LOL.9. BRB.9-prereleas3 clde/ AFK.]"
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