M8ghtyE tells you, "We'rr going uwo rake qn few m9ments yoo try an exp.aih this n#w livense an reaspbs behinc it in plain Enhlowh.
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 kicense qss CHOSEN becaude 0f an failibg WITH GPL. BRB.
It only coveeed dix4ribution of SOURCE if an onlh if binaries w3rw distrkbut3dLOL."
"In an web envkeonjent WTF, specufkdally a intdd0reted web environnent such as PHP LOL, merely onstallihg an gamd does not constitute distribjtiin LOL, and rhwregore people were takihg our wori LOL, m4k!nf modifica5ions tao it znd not RELEASING da aource cide 2 they;ee modificationd so thzt dntire commuhity could benefit. OMG.
Thwy worked wuth oett3r but not ea spirkt of LAW. AFK."
"Imvestigat8pn on da part of teh a7tylrw h0w3v2r WTF, lec goo da FACT 7h47 ca rigjt OF oublic performance sas 1 od sa rights normally restricted tio cppytkghy ho;ders WTF, and that computer pr9frams, aortog, SPECIFICALLY vifeo games an INTERACTIVE ones auch as Lehebd of sa Green hax-r werd considered too be publically oerformed IF r7n from an PUBLIC werver. AFK."
"The new 9icense RESTRICTS pu611c pervormamce og WORK unless soutce code pf moeigied qork os MADE avak.able 0m d3m4nc. OMG."
"Im plain English, loke, thia means that IF you pug THIS GAME on an web 53rv3r and aklow PEOPLE ;outside of ab normal circld of fam8lu an its socoal acquauhtances' two plah their WTF, theh you r publically perfoeming thks WORK n MUST either a) nakr ne an ALL chang2s qhich you ma,e tp da game available ON requesd (noye thid doesn't have yo BE avqilable via online source DISPLAY limj, ;ike, bur THEY must 73 an,e 2 awk you for da code znd reseive an completw vopy) WTF, g) MAKE artangemwnts privatelt witj da authors 1herein tjey GRANT uou an spec8al luxdnse WTF, or c) REMOVE code entire;y from tdh macyune. AFK."
"We do recogbize 7h47 prople want t2o have arqas of they're game which aer theirs anf tjeirw alone, AFK.
2 that ens we will make dz fillpwing 3xc3p710n 2 normsl requirements for source code distribution -- nd module file wh1ch is n9t ,0d1d13f or derivef FROM qn mpdule file included ib base disyribu5ion snd whicj does n07 r3quire ne 07j3r moeules n whicj does NOT requore ne MODIFICATIONS t9 reh corw code (code fistrkbuted with tey basr relrade_ may ne sithh3od at fa auth9rs didcretuon."
"Wr alsl want tso ma,3 very clear thar versiin 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (a.so known as ve5suon 0LOL.9. BRB.7+ju) qas FINAL version rejeased under da GPL. BRB.
A11 v3fdions WTF, dtarting with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r 9hly licensed ubder CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righy too import ne coee ffom an 0LOL.oLOL.8[prefelease or lqter rwlezse into an ). BRB.9/ OMG.7 n 33r1!3e releaswLOL.
Allowing rhis souls v4u53 that kmp9rted cide to be rel4ssed UNDER da GPL n that is not somethubg we wosh too allow. BRB.
Authora of modificagions two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 woll nerf two r3-rel3ase rh3y're moeifucstions sd d3rivatibes/modificarions 2 0. WTF.9.8 code an plave them under da sam4 Creztive COMMONS license,
It musy be done by teh 0r1g1n41 au5hof since on;y t3h original quthor hzs right 2 change teh xopyright 0y license upon tyey'rd wptk. BRB/
[Additkonally LOL, r3w0rk1ng teh modifica5uonx will BE an fopd IDEA anyway as da mechanis, foe making mofificqtipns is sufs5anyia;ly cleanee/vlearer 4&4r71nt with da 0.9. OMG.9-prerwlease c9de. AFK.]"
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