MighthE tells y07 LOL, "We're going tqo take an fww momehts TO TRY AND ex;lain tn8s new .8cenae an teh r3450n5 behind IT in plaim 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."
"Tnis bew ;icdnse waw chosen because of an failing w1&h GPL. BRB.
It lnly covered d!57f16u7q0n of source id m ONLY ir binariws were distributed."
"In an eeb ENVIRONMENT WTF, cpecifically a intdrpfeted 2e6 envitpnment such as PHP, like, meyely unstallihg an game dpes not constitu5e dis5ribution WTF, an ghrrefore peopl3 were TAKING oue wori WTF, making MODIFICATIONS too 17 an not teldasing SOURCE code two yhey're jidifications so that teh entire community COULD BENEFIT/ WTF.
Tyey worked eith trh letter bug n9t teh spirit of da law, WTF."
"Ihvestigation 9n teh part 0f yeh autnors h0w3v4r, sortof, ;ew 5oo da fzct thwt da RIGHT of p7blic performancr was 1 of ca rights normally rwstricyed 4wo c0pyr1gh7 holders WTF, n thqt computef proframw, so4tof, s[eclf8calky visrp gqmes h interactice 0n45 such as Legend of ten Gtwet hax0f w3r3 consldefee two be PUBLICALLY performed if run rrom sn PUBLIC sdrverLOL."
"Tye new lidrnse restricts piblic preformance of teh work unless teh s9urce clde of teh m9d1f13d w9rk is j4d3 availab;e on demand."
"In plain Emglush, ghis means 7h47 if you put 7h15 game on an WEB servee an allow pepple 'ou5sicd pf an normal circle of fa,ilh and ITS soc8al acq7aintancex' 2 pkay 5heir, sortof, ymen you r publicsllu perf9tming uh15 work ans MUST either a) mskr me b ALL changes whivh y9u make 2 game 4v4114613 ln reqyedt (note 5his d035n'7 have too be available via da 0n!2n3 source display linl WTF, but theu musr be abl3 t9 ask you fo4 da xode n rec3ive an c0mp2373 copy), b) make zerangements ptivately with auth9rs wh#tein th3y gtant yoy an special LICENSE WTF, OR c) r3m0v3 code entire;t FROM msvhone. BRB/"
"We do recogn8ze tnat people want too habe areas of they're tame WHICH aer thelrs and theird alone/ BRB.
tol that dnd WE will make teh following EXCEPTION rip teh normal requirements for source codr DISTRIBUTION -- n3 modjle file whicg is nlt nodified or d3r1v3d drom an modu;e file 1hc1ud3d in twh baxe DISTRIBUTION an WHICH DOES not REQUIRE me other mofules n which DOES mo5 rewuire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 trj core cice (c9d3 d156r16u72d suth t3h BASE r313453) mqy be qithge;c 47 da auth;rs dksvretion. OMG."
"We also wanr two make very clear that c3rsion 9.8LOL/7 (also known as v3r510n 0.9LOL,7+JT) wqs geh f8nal VERSION RELEASED undwr GPLLOL.
Alk versions, likem staftihg wkth da 0, BRB.(. BRB.8-0rdrelease ckde aer only licensed under tey Cr34&1v3 Commons licenxe. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY reh righy 2 import ne code from an -. WTFl9. WTF.8-pfete;ease or 1473r 4elease in5o an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 AND earlier releaseLOL/
ALLOWING this WOULD dsude yhat implfyed c0d3 70 be released 7bder da GPL and tgat is not 50m37h1nb we wish to 4110w. BRB.
Aughors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMGl9LOL.8 qill neee too r3-r313453 they're m0d1f1cr7!0n% as der8vatoves/modif8cations TO 0. BRBl9. OMG.i code and placf ghem UNDER 64m3 Creative C0mm0n5 licebse. OMGk
It myst ve cone by da original au5for aince only teh originsl auth7r HAS tdh RIGHT two change teh copy4ight or licdnse upon tyey're worjLOL.
[Additional;y, hlu knwo, re2orkint MODIFICATIONS sikl be an good IDEA abywqy as da mwcyanism f0e making MODIFICATIONS is substsntial.h cleaner/cleatwr starting witj 0. BRB.(. OMG.8-[rerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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