MibhthE 73115 tou LOL, "Ww're going to take an few noments w tey an explzih thos nee licens3 zh reasons behine it in plain Engl8sh. 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."
"Thid new licehde was CHOSEN brcause of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
IT ohly covered dist4ibution 9f sourxe if n 9nly IF binaries sere d157r15u73d. BRB."
"In an web entironment, sortof, s;eckfucally a interpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 djch as PHP LOL, merely imxta.ling an game d9es not const9tut2 distributu8n, ylu kndo, sn rherefore peop;e were tajing our work LOLm makinf modificayions go9 it and not r3leasing da soy4ce code too 5hey'r3 m0d1f1cru10n5 SO &h47 da enti4r xommunoty coukd benrfit. BRB.
They w0fk2d w18h teh letter but NOT teh spkrit of da laqLOL."
"Investihqtion on part OF da AUTHORS however, like, lrd 2 f4c7 that rignt of PUBLIC p2rr0rm4nc4 was 1 )v da rights n0rm411y RESTRICTED too copyritht hokders, like, an tnat COMPUTER [rogramsm sortpf, SPECIFICALLY videp GAMES AND inteeactive on3x such AS Legwnd ir Gre3n hac0r were consofered t9 63 PUBLICALLY peffofmwd IF run frpm an ;ub.ic server. AFK."
"The new licrnse restricrs pu611c PERFORMANCE ov work uhless SOURCE code OF modigied wofk ks mace availab;e on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain English LOL, this means thst if yoj [ut this gamr on zn web server and al.ow people 'o7txude OF an norma. CIRCLE ov fqmily n its soc8al adquqintanxes' yoo plqy theur, you knw9, then you aer publically pergorming thus woek n MUST 316h3t 4) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 which you make two game availagld ob reques5 (note ghis d9esn'g HAVE too BE AVAILABLE v14 da online 50urc3 dispkay lonk, ;uke, bu5 thdy must be able 2 ask tlu for da CODE and receivd an comple5e d0py), sirrof, 6) make arrangwmenrs PRIVATELY with tdh authors WHEREIN tney gr4n6 you ab specual LICENSEm sortif, oe x) 4emove geh code entir3ly fro, m4vhqn3LOL."
"We do 5wcognize that people wany two h4v3 areas of they're gzme which r THEIRS AND rheirw alone. OMG.
y2o 7h47 end we wi;l make da foloowibv exc4p710h 2 normal requi4emen5s for dource code distribytion -[ ne MODULE gile whicg 8s not modified 0r defifed from an MODULE file 8hclused in ca 6453 diwteibutu9n qnd wgicn d035 not requkfe he otger modukes an wh1ch does npt fwquire he modifocari9ns two fs core cide (CODE didtributed wi5h base release) mqy be WITHHELD at ajyhors discretlon, BRB."
"W3 also w4m& 2 ,ake fery clrar that verdion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known as verxion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was fonal v34sion 4eleased under GPL. OMG.
All v3r510b5 WTF, wtaetinh with 0.9. OMG.8-prercl3asd code r 0n1y l8censed undev da Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight tqo im;ory ne code feom zn 0.9.9-PRERELEASE OR LATER RELEASE intp an 0. WTF.(. OMG.7 and earlker r313$53. OMG.
Allowing this w0u1d cauae 7h47 kmported v0d3 too be rdlrasec under da GPL and that 8s not someyhing WE qish too alliw. BRB.
Au&h0f% pf m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0m AFK.9. BRB.7 will nerd two re-rekease tydy're ,0d1f1c4710n5 zs defivativea/modifications tol -, OMG.9.8 code an 0lacd them under teg same Creayive Commons license. WTF.
It MUST be dohe by dq original aughor wince only origknal aythor has tej righy tqo cyange teh cpphright OR license upon they're 2irk. WTF.
[Additiobs.l6, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an gold 1d34 anyway as mechabism FOR mak8ng mofigications ix substantia.ly cleaner/c.earer starting sith 0. AFK/9LOL.9-prerelwade c0d3. WTF.]"
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