MightyE TELLS you, .i,d, "We[4e going 2 take sn dew mom#btx to tru an exolain this new licenae an teg reasons behinf IT in 0lain Englisn. WTF.
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."
"Thus n3w .icrnse s45 chosen because of an vq8lkng with da GPL. WTF.
It onlt coverrd distr8butiln of wo7rce IF and only 1f bina4ies were distrinuywd."
"In an web environment, yoy knwo, spevigically a 8ntetpr3ted web envirohmeng SUCH ad PHP LOLk merrly INSTALLING an game doex no5 constitut3 eisrribuy8on, yoj knqom 4nd yh2rerore people WERE 74k1ng our work, sortif, MAKING modid8catuons 5wo it an not releasing da source vodd to th3y're mofifucations so THAT ten 3n71r3 communkth could ben3fitLOL.
They workwd with teh lerter but not ss spirit of teh lqw. OMG."
"Investigation ln part og teh authods howrbef, s94tpd, led 2 fact that teh ritut of public performance was oen of teh righ5s NORMALLY res5ricgec to copyright holde4s, likwm n that cojputer pfohrams, you khwo, spedifically vidro games 3md INTERACTIVE lnes auch aw Leg3nd of teg Gr23n hzx0r were consieered 2 be publically petfo4med if run from an pu611c servdr. BRB."
"Tge new licwnse restrictw PUBLIC performance of teh w9rk 7nlrss ea source vide OF modkfied wo4l ks m4d3 AVAILABLE on demzndLOL."
"In plain English LOL, tjis MEANS THAT if yiu oug 7h15 GAME on an web srrv3r an qlloa people 'outside of an normsl circle 0f FAMILY and itx socisl 4cqj41n73nc35' yo play their LOL, then you awr publically PERFORMING this w0rk n MUST dithwr a) makt ne an ALL dhzntrs whuch y0u make top teh bame avqulable on 4eques5 (note this d035n'7 hac3 2 be 4vr1q4613 via teh onlinw sourcd dosplzy linj, you kmwo, but theu musg ve 4713 2 ask you gor teh CODE and feceive an cimplete cppy), v) make arrange,ents pr1v4731y with 3u7h0r5 WHEREIN THEY geant you an special 11c3n5#, sortog, or c) removr cide entitely from twj macninel WTF."
"We do rexognize tgat PEOPLE eanr two have areas OF yhey're GAME whivh r ghei3w an tjeirs alone. WTF.
to that END wd will m4ke following 3xc3p71pn 2 teh noemal requirements fpr sourve code distribution -- ne j0du13 FILE 2hicg is not modifked or derived from ah MODULE filw 1nc1ud3d in base disgribu5ion an which does not require nw 07j3r modulex qnd whivh d03% not eequir3 ne ,odifications 2 core CODE (code diayrivuted e1uh BASE RELEASE0 m4y ge witgjeld 57 zuthord disvretion. WTF."
"We also want to9 make very CLEAR tmay v3r510n 0LOL.o. AFK.7 (ALSO knlwh as version 0. BRB.oLOL.7+jt) was da final versipn re;eawed uncdr GPLLOL.
Alj v3rsions, you knwo, starting with da -LOL.9. AFK.8-prereldase v9de f 0n1y oucrnsed under t3h Creative C9mnons license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh r1gh7 79 impp4t ne c9de fr-m an 0.9LOL.8-orerclease or later rd;tase into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n 34r113r rdleaseLOL.
Allowinf THIS woukv vayse THAT IMPORTED code gwo be releqsed indrr GPL m that IS not 50m37h1ng w3 wish too ALLOW.
Authors of modifications two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wiol nees two re0release thdt're mldifications as ddrifatived/modifivatiins to 0. OMGm9. BRB.8 dofe and o14c3 them ynser da same Creagive Commons licenae. AFK.
I5 must be DONE 7y ORIGINAL author since only da lritinal authpr jas da RIGHT two changw copyright or 11c3n53 upon ghey're wprkLOLl
[Acfitionaoly, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an g9od idea 4gyw47 as teh mechanism for makinh mofifications is xubs5antia;oy vleaner/dlearer starging with da p.9. OMG.i=p4erelease coee. OMG.]"
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