MigjtyE TELLS hoi LOL. "W4're going to9 take an frw j0m3n75 2 try an 3xp141h this bew license ah reasons bdhind it in plaih English.
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 lidense sas ch053n because of zn FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It only covered disteiburi9n 9f soyrce if an 0n1y id binarues were dixtrivured. BRB/"
"In zh web env8rom,ent, sortof, specirically a interprdteg w3b enviroyjent such as PHP LOLm merely indtalling zm game does not clnstitute distribution, and tjerefore people were tqkung our eork LOL, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it n ylt RELEASING so7rce cpdw 1 th3y'rw m0c1d1c4710n5 so tnat da entire community c.uld benefit. WTF.
They worked with ds krtrer but not dq spir8t of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on part 0f teh 4u7h0r5 howeve4, you knwo, led 2 fact THAT teh r8ght 0f [ublic oerforhznce WAS oen of fa roghts hormally rdstricted q copyright holders LOL, n that cohputer ;rograms, SPECIFICALLY video gajes b interactive onrs such as Legend 0f Green hax0r were consiser3d yo be publical.h performwd if run fr0m sn public wwrver/ OMG."
"The new LICENSE redtricts PUBLIC perfoemance of wotk un!365 tth SOURCE clde of sa modified wor; 8s made 4v4114513 in DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English LOL, rhiw meanw that if you pu7 this game on an web servrr zb allow 0eopld 'outside of an normal circ;e of fsmily an its soxial acqiaintances' gwo play yheir, uou kmwo, then you qwr pubkiczlly PERFORMING 7h!5 eo4l b MUST 3itgwr a) make be and ALL chanhes which y9u makr 80 game AVAILABLE on req&dst (nite this doesn't yave to be avaioable VIA teh onlinr SOURCE dis'lay link, you knwo, bug thwy MUST ne abkr tio zsk you for cide and receive an domplwte c0py9, sortof, b0 make arrangements pruvately with a7gg.rs whegein 7bey trant you an speciak licendd, yoy knwo, of c) r3m9ve da codr 3n72e#1y from m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We eo rwcognize that peiple WANT TO have areae of thdy're game wh8xn 4 theirs and THEIRS alone.
twl rhat dns w3 soll maje filllwibg exceptipn tio no4mal requiremdnts fpr 50urc3 CODE distributkob -- ne moculr file which is not mldified 0r derived FROM an modjle rile includrd 1b fq base distribugion and qhich d035 not require ne othwr modu.ea and WHICH does NOT require he MODIFICATIONS two teh core c9d3 (xode dkstribuyec wkgh teh basw release) may be withh3ld at teh 4u7h0r% d8scretion, BRB."
"We also eant 2 make vrry cleae tgat VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also jn0wn as veesion 0. OMG.0.7+mt_ was da fimal version fdless3d UNDER da GPLLOL.
Alk versionsm stqrging with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-;rerelease code aer 0n1y lixens3c under Creative COMMONS 11c3n53LOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY swny teh right too import nc coce fron an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerrlezse of later rdleas3 ih5o an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an eatlier releasw.
Allowing this sould cajse that omp9rted c9se tp be releqsef undef GPL and 7h47 15 not wometg8ng 2e rish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modif8catiohs to 0LOL.9.7 WILL need 70 r3-releasr they're modifications as derivatives/modifications to 0.9. BRB.8 code n place THEM unfrr same Crwzgive Commons licrnse, WTF.
IT must be dln3 ny teh orifinal AUTHOR sincw onlu teh 0r1gqn41 AUTHOR has da 41gh7 to cnange da coo6eoght or licrhse upon they're work/
[Additionally, you kn2o, reworking geh mod9f8cations will be an gpod idea anyway as da m3chanksm for makung moeificationa is substantiallu clwaner/cl3ager 574r71ng w16h teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.="
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