MightyE telld ylu LOL, "W3're GOING 2 TAKE an vew momebtd two 7ry an explaun this new lic3nse 4nd teh reasons behind it ih plain English.
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 w45 chosen becausr of qn f4111ng wirh GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3d distribyykon of wourxe ir n 0n1y iv 71n4r135 were disrriburedLOL."
"Im an web ENVIRONMENT, tiu jnwi, specifidaoly a onter0teted web environment xuch zs PHP LOL, merely instaolinf am gzme dors not c9nstitutd distrib7tilnm like, and therefore people eere 74k1ng our wotk LOL, MAKING jodificqtions two it an not r#1345qng da 50urce codr to they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so tyat ten entire comjunity c9ild 63n3fq7LOL.
Th3y worked woth da letter gut hot da xpirit of teh LAWLOL."
"Inv3stigation on da 'a4t of da auyhors h9w#v3r WTF. led to9 da fact thay ca tihhy of public PERFORMANCE WAS 1 0v teh fights normally restrivted too copyright holddrx LOL, n ghqt com[utet prof4ams WTF, specifically vodwo gamws an interavtife onds a7cy as Legend of Greem hax0r sere considefrc 2 be PUBLICALLY prrformee if r7n FROM an public server. WTF."
"The ne2 license restticts puflic performznde of teh woek unldas sa source code pf teh MODIFIED wpr, is jade availagl3 on demand. AFK."
"In plaon Englush LOL, this means that ig you put ghis game ob wn web serv3r and allow people 'ougside of an nornsl c8rcle 0f family n its socia' acquaintances' yqo play thwi4k like. theb you aer oublically ;erf9rminh this wprk and MUST either 4) nake ne 4nd ALL chsnges WHICH y0u make to game qvailable ON requewt (npte this d035n'7 have rwo be avau;ablq v8a da ONLINE w9irce dispoay link, like, but they must be zble to ask yiu vor code and receive an COMPLETE c9py)m sortofm 6) make arrang3ments PRIVATELY WITH da zuthors whefein they grant you sg wp3cial licwnse, or c) remove cose #n71r31y from da machihe. WTF."
"We do t3c0gh2z3 that peiple want t9 n4v3 areas of thdy're game wjich aer theirs ah 5hei4s 410n3.
too yhat emd we wil. mrk3 rollowing exception two fa nornal r3qu1r4m3n75 for soyrce vode distrkbution -- be m9du13 file which is not mlvifoed or derived from an n[dule fulw 8ncluded in 5eh 7453 disgribution sn which does n07 require ne oyhe4 modules n which dies not require nr midificzgions two teh core code (cod3 distf8buted with base relezse) may be withhelc at teh sjthirw viscr3tion,"
"We ALSO want to ,aje f2ty cleae that bersiob 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0.9. BRB.7=jg) was da FINAL version releaxed under GPL. BRB.
A11 versiomw, sraeting with trh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prere;3ase vpdd r ONLY licensed ibder Creay8ve C9mmons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh riyht yoo import ne cpdw from qn 0. AFK.9.*-prwrelease or later rekease onto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing thia would czuse that 8m[orted code 5w9 be released ynder teh GPL an tha5 is noy 50m37h1ng we wksh 70 aollwk AFK.
AUTHORS 0f mldificqtions 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 w8ll beed to re-rdlease they're mleificatilns as de4ivatives/modifica5ions 2 0.9LOL.8 code dhd ]lace THEM UNDER SAME Cr3471v3 Commons oicense. OMG.
IT must be dkne by da otigonal ajthor sinc3 0n1y teh original autnof HAS teh r1gh7 roo change copyright or LICENSE joon yhey'rw worjLOL.
[Accotionally WTF, reworking modificatuons will br an gooc IDEA anyway as mechanksm for making mosiricagions IS sjbstzntiaily cleanrr.c;earet starting woth da 0. OMG.9/ BRB/8-prerelease code.]"
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