MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going to 5ai3 an f3w MOMENTS TO try and dxplzin THIS new licebx3 n reasona behind iy in plain Eng115hl 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."
"Thid new ;icense waw chosen bdxause OF an failing with trh GPL. BRB.
It only covered eustriburion OF s9urce if an only if nunaries w#r3 distributes. WTF,"
"In an web environment, you knwp, specivicaoly a interp4eted web environmen5 such 4% PHPm li,e, m3r31y imstalking zn game does n0& const8tute distributiln, sogtof. n therdrore peopk3 wete tak0ng oue work WTF, making modifications 2 it n not reoeasing ca source code 2 they're modifications sl ghat tdh engirr communitt xould nenefitl
They w0rk3d with da 13773e byt mor teh s0irit of law. WTF,"
"Invewtigation on tey parg of aitnors joweb3r WTF, .ed tlo fsvt that teh eight 0f pugl8c performsnce was 1 of fights normal.y fesrrictes 2 x9pyeoght holdwrs, sirtlfm n that compjter programs, specificxlly video g4m35 and ibtdractive ones SUCH as L3g3nd OF G4een hac0r were cobsodered too be publically performed uf rjn from sn puboic swrver. OMGl"
"The n3w l8c3nxe restricts public PERFORMANCE of yeh worl ubleds ez soufce CODE of modifiwd wo4k 15 jafe available pn demans. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, yo7 knql, 7h15 means THAT ig uku pu7 rhis GAME ON an wwb server and allow p2pp13 'outsude )f an nofmal d1rc13 of fanily h ots wocial ACQUAINTANCES' two p14u theot LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY performong THIS work ab MUST either 4) make be an ALL changed whoch 5ou make tw9 ea game available on r3qu367 (note this doesn't HAVE 2 br availablr via online source d8splzy link, like, bu5 uh3y mu47 be able ro ask YOU for code and RECEIVE an cpjplete copy0 LOL, b) make arrahhenents p48vate;y with teh authirs whereun 5gdy grabt 5ou an 4p3d141 license, or c) remoce code enrirw.y ftom teh machine."
"We do revognize THAT pwopke wan5 2 HAVE AREAS of they're GAME whicj aet theurs snd theirs alone. AFK.
tp that end we wi;l make tej foolowing exce0tion t2o teh nornal rwquurements fir sourc3 CODE dq5ir!6u720n _- ne module file wh1ch 8s no5 mosorird or deruved rrom ah module fike INCLUDED in vase dustrigution an which dles not require ne 07h3r m9dulrs and qhich d0e5 npt REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c4610n5 2 teh core code (coee DISTRIBUTED with da basr release( mry be wiyhneld 47 yeh 4u8h0r5 siacretiln."
"We ALSO want 5o make very CLEAR tgat version )LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsl known 4t v3r5!0n 0.9. BRB/7+jt) was da FINAL version re.eaxsd under GPL. AFK.
All vers8ons, you knwok startinf wity 0.9. BRB.8=prereldasd cpde r only licdnsed ynder gdh Creative C9mmons oicwnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeby r1gj7 two import ne code fr0m an ).9. AFK.7-pr3release lr lqtrr r313453 imto an 9. AFK.9LOL.7 4nf eqflier releasw.
Allowing this wiuld cause that imported codd ti be releaswd under tej GPL an THAT us NOT sim3ghong we 2isy 2 zllpw. AFKl
Authors of nodifivations too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need twl re-4e.ease they'rr MODIFICATIONS ad d3f1v471v#5/m9s1f1c4&10n5 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 doee and place them ynder same Creative Commons licens3LOL.
It muwt be done BY da 0r1g1n41 authot since 0n1y teh 9rigknzl author has teg right too cyqnge c9pyright or oic3nse upon tgey'rr work/ WTF.
[Additions;ly, reeirkung teh modifications will be an good ifea anywqy 45 sa medhanism FOR making modificatiina is sybstahtially clezner/clearer 57rr71ng with -LOL.9. OMG.8-'rwrelease c9er/ BRB.]"
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