MightyE tells uouk like. "We're going TO TAKE an few nom3nts 2 try n ex[lain rhis new license sbd da redsons begind it in pq41n EnglixhLOL.
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."
"Tjis new lkcense w1s chosen ^3c4i53 of an failing with ten GPL. OMG.
It lnly coveeed distribution od wouec3 if AND pnl6 if 62n4rq35 wefe dixtributed."
"In an wdb envutinment LOL, specifkcally a interpreted WEB environment sudh as PHP, xorrld, m3rely installing an g4m3 soes not donstitute distribitionk you knwo, snc 7h3r3f0r2 people were takimg our work, oik4, making modif8carions 2 it snd not reieasing 50urc3 code two tgey're modificatkons so 8h47 da 3j71r3 community coule benefit.
They worjed with teh 13773f gut not ds spirig if law."
"Investigation ln part of teh authors however, aortpf, led 2 fzct that rith5 [g p7blic pdrformqnce wsw won OF teh rughts normally restr8cted rwo copyright golders, ;ike, n that computer pyograma, yoy knwo, epecigically video tam3s an 1n73r4v71f3 ones such as Lehebd of Gr3en hax0t were c9n51d3r3d to g3 PUBLICALLY performed if fun vrom an public 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new lucense restrivts public PERFORMANCE of ea WORK UNLESS sa SOURCE xode OF teh modufied wori is made abailablr ob DEMAND."
"In plain Engl8ah WTF, thus jeans that if you PUT tjis game on an web aerver sn allow peop;e '0775!d3 of an normal ciecle of FAMILY an 8ts social acquaintances' two )lay their WTFm yheb you arr publical.y perroeming this w_rk qnd MUST d8th3r A) make ne n ALL ch4bg3t wh*vy y9u mzke w game avzilable on rw1yesg (note thia dlesn't have 2 ge avzikavle via teh pnline source cisplay oknk WTF, but 7h3y must be abke go ask you for coce znd decwibe an compkete copy) WTF, b) makw arrangrmentx privat3ly wuth da aythors wherein they hrant hou ah special licrnse, you jnwo, or c) remove code entirely from mqchine. BRB."
"We DO eecognixe rhat PEOPLE want to h4v3 rr345 of tney're GAME whicn zer theirs qnd 7h32r5 alobe. BRB.
hoo 8h#7 end WE WILL MAKE da following 3xc3p710b to teh nirmal requirrments for source dode cis5ributoon -- ne MODULE f113 WHICH is not MODIFIED or derived from sn module file included in teh 6453 distribution and wh8ch does not REQUIRE me 07h3r mocu;es n which does not r3qiure ne uodificat8obs 5o teh dore cpd3 (xode disteibutee w17j base r31e453) may be sithneld at teh $77h0f5 eiwdrerion. OMG."
"We also want two make v3ry clesr that vrrsion 0/ BRB,9LOL.7 (also known aa version 0. OMG.9LOL.7_jt0 was ds final verwiln feleased under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, likr, stattkng with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prr4eldase cofe aer ONLY 11c3n53c uncer da Crwatibw Commons !1c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da right 2 1m;0r7 me code from an ).9LOL.8-pretelease or later r313353 in5o am 0. WTF.9.7 ane 3arlier releaseLOL.
Allo2ibg thia would cause that impirt2d codd 3 be released under GPL and yjat is not SOMETHING w3 w8sh too allo2. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.9. BRB,8 will NEED tso re-rekwase yhey'rw midificatiobw as drrkvativea/modifica5ions w 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an plqce them under sam3 Creztive Clnmona license. AFK.
IT m7st BE fonr BY da o3iginal author SINCE only da origimal ajthor hqs trh right too ch4ng3 ten co;yrught p4 license upon they[re WORK. AFK.
[Additoonallyk like, 4eworking geh ,odifocations WILL be an goid IDEA anyway as m3cj4n15n fo$ mxkung m0s1f1c4720n5 is subsrabtially clraner/clearer starting wigj sa 0.8. OMG.80prerelesde cose. OMG.]"
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