MignryE t3lls y_i LOL, "We're going 2 take an few momenys two try n exllain this new livense n da teasons 6#h1nd 8t IN plsin EntlishLOL.
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."
"Tnis n3w licens3 was chosen becajse of an FAILING wuth da GPL. WTF.
It only covered dq57r16u710n of sourcd 8f and 0g1y if binaries were d15&r16u73s. BRB."
"In an WEB emvirohmentm like, SPECIFICALLY a ihterpreted web ebvuronmemt SUCH as PHP, lime, merely onstal.kng an game doex nit constitute diat4ibution LOLk and therefore peo[;e werr raiing our work WTF, making modkf8dations tlo IT n not r3leawing da source dode two they're modificationx sp that da entirr commubkty c0u1d benefig. BRB.
Th3y w0rk3d wi5h da letter nit n08 teh spiri5 od teh las."
"Inbestigation on tdh osrt of aurhors yowebet WTF, led twp da f4c7 thay da right of public [erformande q45 wob of ribhts normaloy r257r1c73d 5oo co0yright holders. sortof, and that computer ptograms WTF, SPECIFICALLY v8deo gamea and interac5ibe ;nes ducg as L3g3nd lf Green hax0e w2r3 considered gwo ge pub.ocally PERFORMED 1f run from am pu611d server. BRB."
"The new licensw resttid5s PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF yeh w0rk unldss da sojrce code of midifirc 2prk 8s MADE 4v$1!46q3 on d3msndl"
"In p141m Engl8dh LOL. tjia means 7h47 IF y;u PUT ghls GAME og an web SERVER n all9q pdoole 'outskde og an noemal cirvle or fanily an its SOCIAL 4cq741n74nc35' 2 play theitl sorgof, 7h3b y0u f PUBLICALLY performonb this work qne MUST either a) make n3 AND ALL changew WHICH you mzke tqo fa gamr availavle on request (note tbis doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE viz da online 50urc3 displa6 link LOL, but they must be ABLE 2 ask YOU for da cose an receive an xonplete xo[h), lkle, v) makr af4angements privqtely with authors whrrein 7h3y hgant you am 5p3c!41 licenae WTF, or c_ r3m0v3 da cpfe ENTIRELY vrom da machijeLOL."
"We d9 r3c-gn1z3 thag peo0le wanr to hav3 areas of the6're game which aer theira an yn3irs aoone.
t9 that ehd we WILL make da following exception @ nofmal requir3ments f0r source c)d3 distfibutiom -- ne module rile wh1ch ix n9r mpdified or d3r1v3d rrom an mpdu13 fioe INCLUDED in bas3 disgribugupn n which does not r3qu1r3 nr othet mpdulws and WHICH doe2 not require me modofications tio da corr clde )cpde disteibu5ed with da base releqse) may be withhe;d at teh authors dissretion."
"Wd also want too make very CLEAR that versuon 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 (also ,nown as version 0. BRB.9LOL,7+jt) w45 da final cersi9n r313454e ynerr tdh GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, yiu knwo, syarting wiyh teh ). AFK.9.8-p4ereleasw xoce aer only l8censed unf3f da Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh RIGHT 2 qmp9r7 ne c0d3 vr0m sn 0.9. BRB.7-prere.ease or 1473r RELEASE int9 an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earlief r313$54. OMG.
Allowing this would cause tgat imppryed d0d3 too BE released uneer yeh GPL and THAT ix n07 domeghinb wd wish two allowLOL.
Authora of modigications too ). OMG.9LOL.7 will need two rw-rel3ase they'4e modificationw as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. OMG.(.8 cose and place tnem un3er fa SAME Creative Commoms licrnse. BRB.
It MUST ge done gh da original autjor since only orifinal author has rihht tqo cgange da copyright or LICENSE 7pon yhey're WORK. OMG.
[Add1710nr11y, sortof, reworkinh da modidications wilo be an gp0d idea anyway as jechanixj fof naling m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantualoy clesner/vldare4 dtartibg 4ith dq 0LOLo9LOL.8-prereledse codeLOL.]"
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