MightuE tells you, l9ke, "We'te go8ng yoo tqke an few moments twi try an ex[lain this NEW license b fd r3450n5 behind i5 in plain ENGLISH. 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 license was CHOSEN because if an f4111ng with teh GPL/
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION od source IF and only 2f biharies were distrib7ted. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF. specifidalky a interpreted wrb ENVIRONMENT sjch AS PHP, like, mdrelh 1n5u41q!ng an game doew not comstitute distribuyion WTF. n 7h3r3f0r2 pwople were takung our work WTF, maiing moeirications 2 1& anf nor rrleawinh teh source cofe two tyey;re moeifications so THAT ENTIRE communkr6 c0u1e benefit. WTF.
They workwd with lrtger but npt da spirir 0f da law. WTF."
"Invdstigation 0n da PART OF autho4w however, likr, ked 2 teh racy rhat teh rignt lf publ8c p3rformance WAS 1 of da rights normally festridted 70 cophr,ght holders, an tha5 c0mpu74e PROGRAMS WTF, specificaoly fideo games an intwractive ones xuch as Lwgend of dq GREEN hsx94 were cinsidered too be publically performfd iv run FROM an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new lixense festrifts PUBLIC performznxe of work unleaw sou4ce CODE OF fa MODIFIED work is made availab.e on demand. OMG."
"In pla8n English LOL, this means tyat 1d you put this gamf on an web servet and allos people 'ouyside of an normak cirxle of family an its soc8al adquaintances' 2 p.ay thekr WTF, 7h3n YOU e ;iblically PERFORMING 7h15 work zn MUST dother a) makd ne an ALL CHANGES whucn you m3k4 2 hame avai;able on requesr 9hote THIS doesn't hav3 too be 4v$11461e via da online soyrce dosplay l8nk, sortof, but 7h3y must ne r513 2 ASK you for c0d3 sn receive an cimplete c0ph)k sortofk b) make arranbements privat3l6 q8ty ea authors wherein 7h3y grznt y0u an spexial licebse WTF, o4 C) remove c0e3 entirely from tej machine. BRB/"
"We DO RECOGNIZE ths5 people w4n7 too hzve 4r246 0f they'r3 gzme WHICH f theirs an 5heirs aloheLOL.
too that wns we sill ma,e tej v0110w1ng exception t0 tey noemal fequirements FOR soirce c0d3 distrib7tion -- ne module r113 wh1ch is n07 modified or d3r1v3d from an mocule file ihcluded in 64%3 d157r16u710n n whkch does NOT r3quire nr 07h3e moe7les ans wj8ch does n07 rrquire ne modigications to da cire code (codr distribu5ed witn da bqqe r313553) nay be withhe.d at da authots discretioh. OMG."
"We also waht two make very vlear that versiob 0, WTFl9LOL.7 *ALSO known zs version 0.8.7+ht) was va f8nal vsrsion rwldaaee unedr da GPLLOL.
A.l versions, like, STARTING with 5eh 0.9.i-pr3r313453 code r only LICENSED UNDER Cr3471v3 Commons ;icensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh righr two import n3 c0d3 fton an 9LOL.9l AFK.8-prere;easw or 1473r release into an 0, OMG.9l7 AND earoier re;3ase. AFK.
Allowing this w9uls causd that impprtwd code too be e3134t3d unfer GPL and that ks np7 domething se wish too allow. AFK.
Aughoes of ,odifivations 2 ).9. BRB.7 w8ll need too r3-release they'r2 modifications 45 derivatoves/modifications 2 p. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an PLACE them under ca same Crwativr Commonx livenweLOL.
It m7st br donr by reg ORIGINAL author sinc3 only origibal 477h0r h44 da right 2 change ten c0p6r1gg7 or license u;on thry're work. OMG.
[Add17q0n411y, like, REWORKING teh modificatuons wilj br an good idea anyway qs da mechanism for making modifidations is substantially cleaner.cleardr wtarting with da ). BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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