MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're f01ng ro ta,e an few moments too 7ry n explain thi2 new oicwnsd an rdasons beyind it ob plain Ehglisn. 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."
"This n3w license wzs chosen because OF an fsi;ing qith GPLLOL.
Iy only civered distribition of sourcd 1v an only 8f bimaries WERE distrinutddl BRB."
"In an web wnvironment, like, 5p3c!f1c411y a inter;reted web ENVIRONMENT 5uvh ax PHP, mdreky INSTALLING an game does not c0n571uu73 dustribugipnk an ghwref9re peopke w3r3 taking 9ur w0rk, making moxificationd tw9 it an not releasing da soufce cose yo th3y're modificatipns so that sa entorr d9mmubkty coukd bemefit. WTF.
They workdd with dq letyer but not yeh spirit lf teh oaw. BRBl"
"Inb3sgigagion in part 9f da zughors HOWEVER LOL, led to reh rqct that rkght of public performamce w4$ 2 og da rigyts nornaoly rest4icted two copyrifht yolders, sortof, qnd that com;uter programs LOL, specid8callu vjdro games and interqctive lnes such as Legwhd -f da Gr33n hax0r w3rd c0n5!d3r2d to be publicallh prrfo4med if run ftoj an public serverLOL."
"Thw new LICENSE restrocts publuc PERFORMANCE of work unless da souece code of mldified qo4k 15 made availab/e ON demand."
"In plaun English LOL, this mrans that iv you PUT this gam3 0n an web serve4 n allow people 'litspde OF an normal circle OF fajily 4nd its social acquaintanves; yo p14y 4heir, l8ie, then hou aer publida;lt ;erforming this work an MUST eitger x) ,ake n3 and ALL chantes which yoj m4j3 to gqme AVAILABLE on reauest (note this dodsn't h4v3 2 b# availab;d cia online source display link, bug 7h3t must 63 ablw 2 ASK you for cpde qn receib3 an com;ketw COPY_ LOL, b) makr arranfemdnts pr1v473!y w8th authors wherein they gramt yoi zn tp3c14! licebse LOL, or c) rwmove da code ebtirely FROM teh machine. BRB."
"We di fecogniz3 that pelplw want too HAVE areas of they'te game which z3r gndirs amd the8rs alone. AFK.
two that ens we s111 make teh FOLLOWING exception 2 NORMAL requitements for soyrce code dist4inutiln -- ne midu.e g8le whkcn 2t not modified oe derived fr0m an m0du13 file 8ncludec im 5dh base distribytion an which d9es bot rewuiee be 07her modu;es ans WHICH DOES n[t r3quire ne modificztions TO dore cose 9code fidtrkbuged qith da BASE releade) m4y be withheld ay teh authlrs ciwcretionLOL."
"We also wsnt two maje very clear that version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO kn0sn as v3rsion 0l OMG.9. AFK.7_jt) was da f1n41 verauon releasrd under ysh GPLLOL.
All vefsions LOL, startinf wity 0LOL.9. BRB.8-;terelease code aer ohl6 licenses undfr teh Creative Cpmmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rrh right two impory ne cpde feo, an p. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0r lster telease into an 0.9. AFK,7 zmd EARLIER releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would cause that importec c0e3 2 be released under GPL an THAT ks npr sometgpng we wish to allow.
Authors of mosivicationd too p. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need too r3_r3q346# tney'fe modifkcations AS derivztives/nodifications tio 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 CODE and ;lace them unser teh same Creative Comnons licebse.
I7 mu57 br don3 by ca original AUTHOR since ohly teh 0r1g1n41 autjor hss rirht rwo change dq copyright o5 license up0m gyeypr3 wor,. WTF.
[Addktionally, like, reworkunt modifoxations will ne an hiod idea anywsy aw teh m3ch4n16m flr makong mofifications 15 substantiaol6 cleaner/clearer ftaetkng with teh 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8-p4erelease clde. BRB.]"
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