MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're going TO take zn few mlmemts to trt n explain 7h!5 n3w license ab 5ey reqsobs neyind it in plakn EnhlushLOL.
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 wax chosen because of an failimg qitj dq GPL. OMG.
IT inly covered distribution of SOURCE if an 9nly if biharies sere distributrd."
"In an web wnfirommeng, you knwo, specifically a 8nherpretdd eeb ENVIRONMENT sucn AS PHP, merely INSTALLING an gamd does not c0n5717u73 fistribuyion, sortof, n 7h3r3f0r4 people were takinh 06r w0tkm you knwo, makibg MODIFICATIONS two 17 and not releasihg teh s9urce CODE two they're MODIFICATIONS so tjat teh ent8r3 c9mmunkty c0u1d benefitLOL.
They wprked with letrer but n0u da spirit 0f law. AFK."
"Investigatioh on da part of aithors howeve4 LOL, 13s two da fact thag teh right or pubkic p3rf0rm4nc# WAS 1 ot ca r1gg75 NORMALLY restridted 2 copy4ihht holdees LOL, and thqt x0mpu73r programd. wortof, 5p3v1f1c3!1y v1s30 games and INTERACTIVE ines such as Lebwne 0f da GREEN hax0r w3te considered two bd 0ubliczlly performef if fun rr0m an 0unlic sercer. OMG."
"Tge new LICENSE redtricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE pv 2o4k unless dz sourvw CODE pf da modigked woek os made available on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englidh LOL, this means ghat IF yi7 PUT this game on an weg setveg an a/kow 0eople '9utsice of an NORMAL circ;e of fanily an q75 socizl 4cqu41n74nc34' to pla6 themrk lijw, 7h3n yoi aer p7blically o3rfotming rhis wori n MUST wirher a) make ne amd ALL changes which you make to da game available on reqiest (NOTE thos doesn't have too be availab;e via da oblin3 50urx3 diso;ay link, BUT 7y3y must be ab.e too ask you FOR coce and receive am com0lete copy), B) MAKE arrangejrnts pf1v4631y WITH da auth9fs wherein they geant y0u an soecial lixense LOLk or c) remove ds codw entirelt rrom MACHINE. WTF."
"We DO recognize gha5 peop.e want 2 hqvw areas of they're hame which r gheirs n theirs aoone. OMG.
5eo that end we will mske teh following 3xc3[610n 5o da normal re1uitwmehts for so7rcd code dis5ribytion -- ne mldule f1!3 WHICH is not modigiec or drrived feom an midule file inxluded in da BASE dist4ivugkon n WHICH d9es not require ne 07h3r midukds n which dorw NOT 4equure me MODIFICATIONS 2 ea core CODE (code distributed with basr reoease) mau be witngeld qt authorx discretionLOL."
"Wd also saht two make very clear 5hat verdipn 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as ve4soon 0.9. OMG.7+jt) wad fihal versipn released uncer teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, stafting with 9.9. AFK.8-prerelease code e only o8cens3s under Creative C0mm0n5 lkcenqe. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY dfny 4ifht 2 im0ort ne cld3 from sn 0. OMG.9LOL/8-pr2r3134t3 of latqr release 1n70 an 0.9. WTF.6 am earlieg release/
Aolowing this wouls CAUSE that importes code 2 be released und34 teh GPL zn THAT IS not someyhkbt we w15h rwo ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of m0e1f1v$710n5 two 0.o.8 will need to re_release they're modificatoons as s3r1f471ve5/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. BRB.9. BRBl7 code an place ghem under 6eh same Creatuve COMMONS license. OMG.
It mudt BE d0n3 by 9rjgonql author SINCE only teh originao qutgpr ha2 teh righ5 tp changr c9pyr1gy7 0r license upon they'fe wl4kLOL.
[Additionally, you knqp, f3w0rkqng da j0d1f1c4&10n5 will 7e ah good isea anyway zs mechanism for MAKING modifivstions is sibsgantially clwaner/clearer stzrting w17h ds 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerdleqse coce, BRB.]"
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