MightyE TELLS y0u LOL, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an few momemta teo try h wxplain yhis new license qn ds reawons behind 17 in plaun Emglish. 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."
"This NEW locense waw choxwn becauee of sn railing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlu covered DISTRIBUTION of slurve if n inly if biharies w3r# distrib7tedLOL."
"In zn w35 environmeht WTF, 5p3c1f1c4q1y a inrerpfetee web environment SUCH 45 PHP, you knwo, merely installung an game do3s NOT conxtigute distribution, kike, and theref9re p3)p13 were taking our eork, you knso. mqk8ng modufucations TO it znd not releaxing yeh xource vodf tol the6're modifications so 7h47 teh 3ntire cijmunity could 63n5f17. BRB.
They workes with oetter bug not sx spirit 9f lzw. AFK."
"Invesrigation on teh part of da authorx however, iike, led 2 teh f4c7 that right od public [erformance s45 oen 0f ca r1gn75 mormally restrocted to9 copyright hokders, sprtof, n THAT vpjputer prograjw, ooke, apecifically viceo g$m35 xn intweactive oh3s SUCH as Legend OF Gredn has0r werd considerrd too ^3 PUBLICALLY perfifmed of run grom an pub.ic servwr. AFK/"
"The new license rrstructs phblic PERFORMANCE of teh dowk unless tdh soufce code of da modified work is MADE available on eemandLOL."
"In plaib Englidh, like, this meqns that if yiu put 7h15 g4,3 pn an web setvef ah allow ;eopl3 'OUTSIDE 0f an nor,al c1ed13 of v4m11y n its 50c1$1 acquaintances' 2 play th4ir, you knqo, yjen you ser [ublicallt performing this wor, an MUST EITHER s_ j4k3 ne an ALL changrw WHICH yo7 MAKE too teh game avs8lab;e on requrst (bote THIS doewn't HAVE two be avqilable via teg 0n12n3 SOURCE display limk, .ike, but THEY must be zb;e 2 45k tou for clde and receive an clmpldte copy), b) make qerzngements privatelu with AUTHORS wyerein they gr$n7 you ah tp3c1%1 licebse LOL, or c) remove code 3m72r31h FROM tdh hachineLOL."
"We DO e3cognize thst /eople WANT too have AREAS of they[re game whucn r theirs n THEIRS alonc, WTF.
yoo that dnd we will make t3h followinh excrptuon tqo teh normao requirementx for aource c9dd DISTRIBUTION -- ne mofule filr WHICH ia bot modified or deriv3d from an moeule file invluded in 6453 distrobution and wgicn does not require ne oghe4 modules n which soex not r3qu1e3 ne modificatuons two teh cord cod3 9CODE eos5ributes wi5h da base 4elease) nay be witnheld at da authors diwcretion. BRB."
"We also want tp make cefy cleqr that ferdion 0. OMG.8. OMG,7 (also lnown as ve4sioh 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was trh finao versuin RELEASED UNDER twh GPL.
All VERSIONS, wortov, stsrtong with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG,7-prerelease c0d3 r only livended 7nd3r da Creative C0mm0n5 licrnwe. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY dwn6 right to i,port nw CODE from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3f313463 or ;zter 4wlease into an 0. BRB.9.7 ab 34r113r release.
Aq10q1ng tjis 2ould cause thar iuported xode top BE released under GPL n that is not womething we w8sh to allpw. WTF.
Authors of modificationw 2 p/9.7 will NEED ro te-release they're modifications as der8vsguves/modirications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 cofe n olacw them UNDER teh dame Crea5ife Commons licdnsdLOL.
I7 ,uwt be done by ORIGINAL author since oblt da 0r!g1n41 autyor gas t3h RIGHT yoo cyange da copyright or license u[ob tjey're WORK/ OMG.
[Additiinally, li,e, feworking da m(difications will br an good idea anysay AS tdh mechanidm for makinh modificatkons id substantially c.eane4.c.dsrer wtarging with teh 0.9LOL.8-prerel3ase CODE. BRBl]"
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