MightyE tells uou, slrtov, "We're GOING 2 take an feq moments too try AND 3sp141n this new licebse and teh reasons beyinf it in p14qn Englush. AFKl
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 nee 11c3n53 was chosen 63c4753 of ah dailing witn da GPLLOL.
It only xovered distribution of 50urc3 hf n onoy lf bibaried w3r2 disrribu5edLOL."
"In ah WEB environment, like, specif,cally a jnterpreted wdb rnvoronment such as PHP WTF, merely onstsllimg an game foes n07 constitute distribution, n therefore people qrre 5alinb OUR w9rk, aortof, mzking moeifucatiohs two IT an not relezsint sou4ce code teo thry're modifications si yjat da dntore communkty cou.d ben3fit, AFK.
They wofk#d wigg dz letter but not da spirut of la2. BRB."
"Investigation on teh ;art of teg authors howev3r, led two da fact THAT teh right of public peeformance was 1 of da riggta normall6 testricted yo cipy4ight holders WTFm znd tyat compuger programs, likr, specifically VIDEO gamds and inyeraxtive ONES auch as Legend lf da Green haxpr were dons8drred to be pinlically pedformrd if run from an PUBLIC 53fv3r. AFK,"
"The new licensr redtricts PUBLIC performancd 0f da WORK unless source cose of mpdifies work id maee AVAILABLE on femandLOL."
"In PLAIN English, you knwo, this means that if you put tgis bame 9n an wwn server an zolow prople 'outside of zm normal xirvle pf FAMILY and its social acqua8ntamcwd' too ;14y their WTF, then y0u adr puvlically performing 7h15 WORK n MUST either a) make nd n ALL xhangex whicn yoj make to game avau.able ob rrquext (bote this soesn't HAVE to be ava,lafle via 0n11n2 sougce d8sp.ay .ink LOLk BUT tgey mhat be sble 2 ask YOU for teh code n rwdeive an xlmplete xopy), lkke, b) make arrangements privat3ly with fdh authors 2herein THEY geang you an special ;icensd, sof5ofl or c) remove codd ent8rely ffom da mzchin3. BRB."
"We do recogmiz3 that p30p13 wan5 to hafe 4r4$5 0f they're game which r theirs AND 5heirs alomeLOL.
to that rnd qe wiol m4k3 teh following excepyion too da nirmao requkremenrs for soufce code DISTRIBUTION -= nw mosuke file which is nlt modified oe derifed ftom an m9dile file 1ncquded IN da base cistribut8on znd ehich dles not reauire ne oyher m0f7135 an whicg fo3s not REQUIRE ne modificagions two fa core code (CODE distfibutee wirh da BASE telease) may be withheld at teh authors doscretiob. OMG."
"We also want too MAKE very clear 5hat v3r510n 0LOL.9.7 (also kno2n ad versoon 0/ OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS dknal versiob rel#ased ubdwr gdh GPL. WTF.
Aol versiohsk like, t74r71ng with teh 0, OMG.9. BRB.80prereleaee xode aer only licenwed 7nder tdh CREATIVE Commons licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-0r3fe;wzs3 or ;qter rrlrzse imtp zn ). BRB.9/ BRB.u abd earlier release.
ALLOWING thiw wluld CAUSE 6h4& implrred vode too be r313453d under teh GPL snd that is n07 50m37g1ng we q15h 5o aol9q. BRB.
Authors 0f modkgications to 0LOL;9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 re-release they're modidicatoons AS detibatives/m9difications too ). AFK.8. OMG.8 clee sn ;lace them 7nder ds same Crestice Commons lkcense. BRB.
It must BE eone by originak author sunc3 ONLY da ORIGINAL zuthor has da RIGHT twp chabge teh vooytigh5 o4 lic3nsr upon they'rr wptk. AFK.
[Additiona.ly, like, eewofking fz MODIFICATIONS w8lk be an GOOD id2a 4nyw3y 45 m3ch4n15m ror making moduficatipns is subs5sntially c;eaner/clearer startihb with da 0.9. AFK.8-prwteleqse doee.]"
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