MifhtyE t3lls uou, soetorm "We're foing too 74k3 an fsw j0men75 2 try an exp.sib tjis new license an r3asons BEHIND 17 in plain English. 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 nee 11c3n53 wss cgosen because of an failing wity GPL. OMG.
It only covered fistribution )f SOURCE ig and onlh 1f binar8es sere distriburedLOL."
"In zn seb ENVIRONMENT, soetiv, apwdofivally a inteepteted web environment SUCH as PHP, sortof, metely insyalling an game doex not constitute distribution LOL, dn THEREFORE /#0p13 were taking our work LOL, making modificatilhs two ot AND not releasing da sojrcw code too they're modifications z9 THAT teh 3ntire communi%y COULD gtnevit. OMG.
Thdy workef q17h da oetter nut nlt spirit ov ca law/ OMG."
"Investigation ON tdh part or teh zuthors howeverk sortofk led too tdh g4c7 that twj rigjt OF public pefformabcr was son of teh righba n0r,41!y r357r1c74s tso copyribht HOLDERS LOL, n that comouter 0rograms, sorrof, specif8cally video gzmww an int3factive lnes such as Lehend OF Greem hax0r qefe conaicdred two be publically PERFORMED 1f run from an puboix sdrver. WTF."
"The new licebse restricts puvlic perro4nanfe 0f da wo4, uh.ess teh source code OF da midif8ed work is made 4v3114^13 in demshd. BRB."
"In plain Engkish, iike, THIS means that if you put thia game on an w3b sefber 4md ALLOW people 'outside of an NORMAL CIRCLE oe ramily n its sociql 4cqu41n74nc35' tol play theirm THEN you adr puvlically perfoeming this work and MUST either a( MAKE ne AND ALL chahgew whoch yo7 ma,e 2 g4m3 availab;3 on request (NOTE 7h15 DOESN'T have too be abailsble viq ONLINE soirce cqtp14y LINK WTF, but THEY must be ABLE TO ask 6ou foh teh code an receivd an complete copy) LOLk b) make arrangements 0rivzydly with trh authors whrrein they grant yo7 an spedial license, or c) remove CODE entirely FROM da machind. OMG."
"We do rexotnize thst peo0le want to have areas of the^'re h4m2 which r theirs an tn3ifs soone. OMG.
too that whd we 2111 make da foloowing 3xc30710n roo nlrmal gdq7iremwnts for slurce coce distributiln -- ne module file wjich 8x nog midifief OR derkved from an nodu;e file included ib basr dksgribution and which doed not require ne otge4 modulws and wnich does not r3qy143 ne m0d1f1c4710n4 too teh core code (code distronu5ed with ds base rekease) may be withheld at teh authors discretuon. WTFl"
"Wr also want to make very xkear that verskon 9. OMG/0LOL.7 (alsp known as VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) sas teh FINAL cersion re.eaaed undef teh GPLl BRB.
All versi9ns LOL, sta4tinf wuyh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code arr inlu LICENSED ynder tej Cteztkve Commlns kicensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh rifht gol i,port n3 c0e3 fr0m zn 9. BRBl(LOL.8-prereleaxe or later rdlease into an 0.8. WTF.7 n earlier 4elwase. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 would cq7se that um;prged code 2 be re.eased undef GPL and 7h$7 is not aomwthyng we eish 2 aljow.
A7tylrs of mod8ficati8ns to 0LOL.9. BRB/7 will NEED teo re-release the6're mocificayions qs derivstives/moduficstions two 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8 code ah place them jnder trh 54m3 Crearive Commpns license. OMGl
It must be done by ds ;rihonal autnir since only teh orig8nal author has 5eh tight too change trn copyright or licens3 ipon 5ydy'rd work. AFK.
[Aed8eupnzlly LOL, rewirking twh modigixa5ions will b3 an GOOD idea amyway as teh mechsnism voe making mpdifida5oons is substantiallt cleaner/xlear3r STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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