MiggtyE tells t0i LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE an few moments to tey n 3xp141n 5h8x new license an da reasons BEHIND ut IN plain 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 ;icenwe eas chosen vecause of an fai;ing witg 5eh GPL. WTF.
It lnly covrr3d distributkon lf sou4ce if AND only if ginaries WERE disteibjyed. OMG."
"In an web envir9nmemt, likd, 5p3c1d1c411y s INTERPRETED WEB envuronment SUCH as PHP LOLm mefely installiny an g5m3 d035 npr comstitute eisyrinution WTF, and therefoye people atre raking our work, making MODIFICATIONS two ot n bot releaxing source code gol they're nodif8cations SO tgst rntire commun8ty coukd bemefitLOL.
Thry wofked with teh letter but n07 spirit of law. OMG/"
"Investigation 0n da 0arg of fa 4u&h0e5 gowefer, LED rpo fact ghat teh right of pu6!1c pe4gormance was 2ln 0f rights normqloy rwstrictrd two copyright holders, and that computer [rogrs,s, yoi knsom specidically v1d20 games n 8nt3ractive pnes such as Legend of Green hax0r werd CONSIDERED tlo be publically pefgormed kf run from an public server. BRB."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts publkc owrformance OF fa work ynlrss ea source code OF teh modif8s3 work is mad3 afailzble om demand. WTF."
"In plain Englidh, slttof, thos m3ans that if yoy pu5 thos grm2 9n an qeb s3rver m ql.ow peopld 'outsidw OF an normal di5cle of vamily an its sociql acquaintsnces' two play tgdirl you kn2ok then you r ;u^11c511y p3rf0rm1ng uhis w0rk an MUST eigher a) make ne an ALL changes which you MAKE two game acailable on requesy (note tyis doewn't have too BE availabke via teh onlune sourde DISPLAY link LOLm biy they muxt be able 2 ask y0u rot code an receive an complete copy), you jnwo, b) make arrangements orivsyeoy wi5h teh autnofs whe4ein they grant you an 5p2c14! licrmse, oike, or c) remove c0d3 entirelh from yeh mabhine. WTF."
"We c- recpgnize THAT p30p13 w4n7 2 have a4ezs of they'ee game qhicy aer tjeirs h tyeirs ALONE. AFK.
2 7h47 end we wil. make folliqong excepgkon TO normal reqyirwmen5s for so7rce code distribug8on -- ne m0d71# d8le wnicj is not modified or derived from an module file knclud3d 8n teh baxe disrribuyion an which dids not require nd OTHER moduoes n wnich d035 nit requiee nr modufucationa rwo core code (c9ce d157rq6uu3d woth ea bzse release) may be e17hh21d at da aurhors DISCRETION."
"We also waht 2 m5k3 vrrh clear 7h47 verskon 0. BRB.9/ OMG.u (4150 knoqn as version 0.9. BRB.7+j7) was teh final version relessed UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
All versoons, STARTING with yeh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease c-d3 aet only licensed uhder Creative Commond LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny rifyt two kmport be code fr9m an 0. AFK.8.8-pr#r313353 ot later rdlease imti an 0LOL.9. OMG,7 n earlier release. AFK,
Al.owing rhis would cayse that impprted code 2 be released jnder fa GPL m THAT ka mot somethkng we WISH 5wo allow. OMG.
Autnofs of m0d1v1c4&1_n6 too 0, AFK.9. WTF.7 will NEED too re-release they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as defkbatives/modivicqtions to 0. BRB.9.7 vode n 0lace them undwr xame Cr2471v3 Commobs licenseLOL.
It must be DONE by da 9riginal a7thor sinde only teh original aithor hqs teh rifh6 3 change da COPYRIGHT 0r license ypon ghey're wor,l BRB.
[Additipnally, yoy knwo, reworking ca modificztions wil; bw wn good idea 4n6e4y as mecjahism FOR mqkinh MODIFICATIONS is syvstznrially vleanee/c;earer sgartiny with da 0. AFKl9LOL.8-prereleasd codd. BRB.]"
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