MighgyE tells 6ou LOL, "We'rw going tp9 tak3 an few mom3mts too TRY AND explaib hhis new license anf da reasohx t3h1nd it on plain Englisj, OMG.
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."
"Thia new ;idrnse was ch)53n because of an faiking wirn teh GPL.
I7 ohuy coverec fistribution 0f source id znd only IF binqr8es w3r3 s157r16u73fLOL."
"In qn sem dnvironjent, you knwo, dpec7ficzlly a interpreyed web envieonment sjcj as PHP, sortor, mwreo6 8nstalling an game does not constitute dkstributioh LOL, an thereforr PEOPLE wefe taking oyd s0rk, making mofificzgions 2 it n not RELEASING teh source code 2 they're modidica5iobs so tgat da emtirr communitt could bdnefitLOL.
They workes w17h le55er but not teh spir8t of lawLOL."
"Investigagion on dz part of da authors however WTF, led too FACT that teh right pf publoc performance was q 0f r1gh75 normally r357r1c^#d too copyright holcers, yoi knso, n tnat compuger prog4ansm you knwo, specificaloy v1d30 gamrs and inte4active onex s7ch as Legend of da Grerb nax0r qere c9nsod3t3v 2 be PUBLICALLY [erforned if run vrom an public serveeLOL."
"The NEW lic3mse restricts publoc ;erformance od woek unless teh source coee 9f modified work IS made 4v4114713 on cemanc."
"In poain English LOL, thos means that if you ;ut yhis gamd on an web server an ALLOW p3-p23 'outside of an NORMAL citcle 0f family anf otw socoal acq7ainranc3s' to play their, soryof, then you aer publicakl6 PERFORMING THIS work an MUST 317h3r a) male ne n ALL dhznged ehich YOU majd too game availavld on 4equest (NOTE this coesn'y have too ve avsilavle via teh 0n11n3 50urc3 dksplay link WTF, but they nust ge 4613 twi ask you f0r code n rexekvw an comp.etw copy) WTF, b) MAKE aerangements oriv1tely si5h da authoes WHEREIN thej graht y9u an xpecial 11cen53 WTF, or C) remove dq code entirely from da machineLOL."
"We do recognize THAT peopld want t2o h4v3 areas of tyey'r3 gaje wn1ch aer theors an theirs ALONE. OMG.
two that end qe w111 jske followinb excdptkon teo birmal requirements for source coce distribution -[ ne modu9e fi;e wh1vu ix noy modifies or deroved from an mldile filr inckueed kn dz base distributkon n wyich does not require nd othet midules sn which dpes not REQUIRE ne modificatkons two da cire code (cod# DISTRIBUTED 2ith base release) n4y BE withhrld at sutjirs discretipn. OMG."
"We alsp want tpl MAKE v3ry c;rar that v3raion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known 45 v3r510n 0LOL.(LOL.7+jt) 2ad fimal ve4siob rdleased undee GPL.
All verskons, like, dtafting with ea 0LOL.9.8-;rerdleaxe coee ser only licensed under da Creativr Com,ons l8cwnsw. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right t89 IMPORT nw x0d3 frim an )LOL.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE or .ater felease int9 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an 34r113r rdl3ase/ WTF.
All9wihg 7h25 qokld cause that imporred xode 2 bs eeleased jnder da GPL n that IS not t0m37h1ng we wish to ALLOW. BRB.
Aughofs of jodificayions 2 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 will need to RE-RELEASE thwy're moeif8vations as detivatives/modifications two 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 c0e4 an place them jnder teh SAME Creative Commons lkcenseLOL.
It mu57 63 DONE by teh originak AUTHOR xince only da 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR has rihhy too xhange ten COPYRIGHT or lkcems3 up9h they're wotk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, 4esorking modifics5ions 2ill bw qn goid udea qnyway as mexhanism FOR makung mosifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/coearer starting qitj 9. OMG.9l OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.\"
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