MightyE tells yoy, yiu knel, "We're GOING 2 taje zn few mom3nys yo 6fy ans explain tg8s new licende and reasins behind kt un PLAIN Enblish. WTF.
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."
"Tyis new .icenaw WAS chosen becquse of an gailing with teh GPL. OMG.
I& pbly covered fkstributkon of source if an pnly if BINARIES 2e4e distribitedLOL."
"In an web envidlnment, specoficalky a INTERPRETED w36 3nv1r0nm3n7 sjch as PHP, l8le, mrrely installung zn game does not constitute distribution, you knwo, an THEREFORE PEOPLE qere TAKING o6r qork. 5ou knso, makkng MODIFICATIONS to it and not fe.easing source code 2 they'rd modificationq so that da entire x0,mun17y c0u1d benefiy. WTF.
Thdy worked with lettrr but not SPIRIT pf yeh lqw/"
"Ibvestigztion on p4r8 of teh qjth9rx hiwrver, lijd, led too teh vacr thar yej rigyt lf public performance wqs oen of teh ribhts n0rm411y restricted two copuright holdrrs, zn that COMPUTER pfogtams, sort9f, sp3cufically videp games n interactivr ones such as L3g3nd 0f teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED tpo be publicakly petformed if rub from an pumlic servef. BRB,"
"The NEW licebse resteicts public p3rforkance of sa work unlr2s 50urf3 code of ten moeifj3d wprk IS madr available ln demand. BRB."
"In plain Englosh, sortif, this m34n5 7h47 if YOU put 7y!5 game 0n an 2eb server qn al;ow peoplw 'outsude of an normal c1rc12 of fajilh and kts socka; axauaontandes' ywo play tneir, sortofm then yoy r [ublically PERFORMING this w9rk an MUST either a( make nw an ALL chznges which you makw 2 g4m3 avqilable on eequwst (nlye tfis doesn[t have 2 ge arailablr via on.7me sou4ce display 11nk, loke, but tyey must ge able too ask you f0r twh cpde n 4wceive qn complete vopy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately wity ca authors whwreun they grsnt uou an special LICENSE WTF, lr c) femove code ENTIRELY from da nachineLOL."
"We do recognize tjar pwl0le wang 2 HAVE AREAS of tney'rr game which qer gheirs n 5heirs a/onrLOL.
twl that end we will make f9119w1nt exception to noemal r#quirements for source code distrinution -- ne ,odule FILE WHICH IS not jodofied or DERIVED fr9m an moeule fule includes in base d8srribution an ej2ch does NOT REQUIRE ne OTHER modules an which does NOT tdquire ne modificabiomx 2 5eh vore cose (code distributed w8tg base release) may be wi5hheld at ea auyhirs discretion. BRB."
"We alao 2ant 2 make bert clezr 7h47 v3f410n 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 (4150 inown aw versuon 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was ginal versiln t313453d under da GPLLOL.
All ve4si[bs LOL, xgarting with 0.9LOL.8-prerelease cide r inly livenaed undrr twh Creativc Commons l8cense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rifht rlo ijp94t ne cose FROM an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or .ater RELEASE into an 0LOL.9, BRB.& an earlie4 release. AFK.
Allowihg this wo6ld causr that imporged code 2 bd eeleasdf und4r da GPL an that is n0& someyhimg we wish to ALLOW.
Authors of modofucations two 0LOL.0. BRB.u w211 n33d to re-relwase they're MODIFICATIONS AS derivatives.modificaykobs 1 0.9LOL.8 c)c3 ab placd them under teh szme Creagive COMMONS licwmse/ BRB.
It must bw cone by 5eh 0f1g1n41 sjth94 since pn1y teh original auth9r h45 tey r8ght 2 xhzngw sa v0pyr1gj7 or locense u0on thdy're work. BRB.
[Additional;t, hou knw9, rewlrjing ydh modificarions w111 be an glod idea anyway as 5dh mecjabusm vor MAKING modificat8ons os substantiaoly cleaner/clearer 5u4r71bg wiyh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-;rereleas3 dode. OMG.]"
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