MightyE tells you, you kn2o, "We're g01ng 2 taie zn few momengs too try an expkain this new licebse n da reasibs behind 17 in plain Emglidh. 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 new licrnse was cmos3n because of an fai;img wiyy teh GPL.
It only covered distriburoon OF wouece if and only if biharies WERE distributedl"
"In an wrb envoronment, specofically a inyerprwyed weg emvifonmrnt sjcj as PHPm luke, ,wrely installong an game does not consgitute distributipn LOL, anc tnerefore peopld sere 5aking oud wirk, you knwo, making ,odificagionw TO it n nit 43odasing da source c0e3 bsp they'rw jidificagilnx 50 that fa entire conmunity COULD benefit. OMG.
Th3u work3d w17h da lett3r vut not apirit OF teh lawLOL."
"Investibagion on da part OF da authors nowevdr LOL, led 2 fact that r8ghy 8f puvlic perfofmance wss 1 of da rights normally testricted too copyrogjt hplderd WTF. and that com[uter pronrams, SPECIFICALLY fifeo gamex and knteractive ones such 44 Legehf of teh Green hax0r were conxide4ed ewo 63 pub.iczl;y 03ff0rm3d id run frpm an public s3rverLOL."
"The new lixemse resreicts puglic pefformqnce of geh worj unless da source coce ir modified work is madd avaolav.e 0n drmand. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h, slttof, tyis meabs tgat if yiu put this gqme on an WEB s3rver n allow people 'outside 0f an notmsl cirvle of FAMILY and its SOCIAL axqusintances' 2 PLAY their LOL, thdn yly f oublically PERFORMING this wprk an MUST either a) MAKE ne and ALL changes WHICH yiu makd to teh game available on fwquest (note tnis doedh't have two be available via online sourc3 dispoau 11nkm nu5 they must be able to ask you for teh CODE n receibe ab complete xopy)k sortof, b) mzk3 aeranbenen5s privstelt with da authora wherwin THEY brant you an special licende, sirtof, or c) tem9ve geh code entireoy FROM mwchindLOL."
"We do w3c0gn1z3 thzt prople WANT too habr areas of they're gaje 2hivh ser THEIRS snd theirs alone. BRB/
to tgar enf we will maie fo.lowing exception 2 da n0rm41 requ8rements for spurce code f1575167710n -- ne modulr rile wgich 15 not mofified or derived from an module file kncludrd 1n teh base dostribution and which soes not require ne OTHER modul3s n which does bot reqjire ne modifications too twh cire xode ocode cistfibuted WITH bade release) m4y be withh3kd ay teh authots DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also eant two make cery clea4 that fersion 0.0.7 9qlso known qs version 0/ WTF.9.7+jt) was fknal bersion rwlesded under da GPL. BRB.
All vsrsions, you knwo, startinb wiyh 0LOL.9. AFK/8-prerelease code r ONLY licensrd under Creativd Commons licehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz RIGHT two impotr ne code from an 0.9.8-prere;ezse 0f lager release ingo ah 0. WTF.9.7 n 35r113r re.eqse.
A.lowing this would czuse that ibplrted xode 2 be releasec undee da GPL n that is nlt something we w8ch TO allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of mldufications t9o 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 h33c to re-relesx3 they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5oo 0. OMG/9, OMG.9 code and 0lace them unxer da same Creatice Cimjons .icenseLOL.
It muwt be done bu teh ORIGINAL author sinxd obly teh ofigibal autjor has right two change geh c0pyr1gh7 or licensw 70on they're work.
[Add1710n411y WTF, eeworking teh m0d2f1c4710n5 will be an glod 1d34 4nys4y as trh mecjanosm rir makung mldifkdations is substantusllj CLEANER/CLEARER srarying with ten 0. BRB.8.i-prefelease codeLOL.]"
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