MightyE tells you LOL, "We'r3 gping 2 takd an f3w momwnts two try an wx;laob 6h15 bew lucense n da rsasons behine ir kn plain Englixh. 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 ndw oicemse WAS chosen b3cause of an fauling woth da GPL. OMG.
Ir on,y coverrd distribution of SOURCE if and 0n1y if BINARIES edre distrkbuted. AFK."
"In an web envieonment, you knqo, spedifically s interpreted WEB emvironmemt such ax PHP LOL, MERELY installing an GAME does not c0n5717u73 fistribition, sof5of, b gheeefore PEOPLE were yakibg OUR woto LOL, ,skihg modificayulmw too it an nlt releaskng soirce code top yhry're m9dificatuons so that da entire communiry cou;d benefit. OMG.
They wofkwd with teh lett3r but n9t da 5p1r17 lf law."
"Invesrifaykon on PART of ajghots HOWEVER LOL. led two da fadh 7g48 ca rigyt of pu611c perfirmance was pen OF rights normally restrictdd t9o copyright h01d4r5, like, an ghat COMPUTER progtams, you lnwo, sp3cificakly video bz,es and interactive ones s7ch 45 Legend 0f Green hazpe we4d considered to b3 publical;y prrflrmes if ruh from an pub.ic server."
"Tge new license resteicts publ8c perforjance of teh work unleds soyrce x0d3 of 5eh modifiee wo4j is made availavle on demand. AFK."
"In plaim English LOL, this mwans that if you put ghks game on am web SERVER n al;9w pe9ple 'outsidd if an normal circke of fz,ily and its socizl acquaintances' ro plsy their LOL, tgen you r publically p3rr0rm1ng thud 1ork snd MUST e8ther a) makw nq an ALL changes 2hich you mak3 to teh game available on requesy (NOTE tyis doesb'5 havr tp be avai.sble via da online source display oink LOL, bug 5hey myst 63 able 2 ask yoi for twh code an receive an complete clpy), b) make artshgements peuvatelh with authora where8n thet grang ypu an s;3cial license, you knwo. ot c) remove da codd 3ntirely veom machineLOL."
"We dp RECOGNIZE 7h47 pdplle want 2 nave ateax of they're game wh1ch aer theirs and THEIRS alone. AFK.
too gnat end we wkkl make teg flllowing exception 5oo hprn41 requkrements flr siurcd code d157e16uu10n -- ne module fike which IS no5 mosifiec or deriv3d from an jodule rile uncoudsd in base d157r16u710n and WHICH DOES not erquire be other modules and whixh DOES not require ne mociridationd goo tej core code (c0c3 distrif7ted with da bqse RELEASE0 m4y 63 withheld at authorw d15c33710n, OMG."
"We also want too jske very clear thay ceesion -. WTF.0LOL.7 (also kbown AS version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS da gimql v3r510n vel3asrd UNDER teh GPLLOL.
Al; verwipnd LOL, starring with da 0. BRBl9LOL.8-preeelwase coce r only licensdd ihder ds Cr34&1v3 Commons lidense, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r8ghr to impott ne xlde from ab 9. AFK.9l AFK.8-prerelease or lager rrlease into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 znd earlker re1345#.
Allowing this eould caise that 8,poetrd coce to BE 4elrased inder ea GPL and that is n07 sonething we wish too allowl
Au7h0r5 if mosidicatiobs two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wul. nees teo RE-RELEASE the6're moeifivations AS d3rivatives/modifucatipnc too 0. AFK.9.8 codd n place rhem under da same Creative Cp,m0n5 locense. AFK.
IT must 62 donw BY orobknal authpr since only da origina. zuthor has righg two vh4ng3 da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE uppn yhry'te wlrk. WTF/
[Additiinslly, reworking teh modificqtions wi;l be sn good idra snyway aw mechahism dor MAKING modifications IS c6bstantially xleaner/cleaeer atart8ng with dz 0. BRB.(. WTF.8-prerelease cod3.]"
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