MightyE tells you LOL, "We're gokng 2 take ah few momrnts too try and ecplain thks new license AND ten teawond bdhind it kn plain English, BRB.
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 lueense was chos3n because OF an vailing qith teh GPL. BRB.
It pn;y covrred f157r16u71-m of soufce if n onl6 iv vinsrids were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an 2eb env8ronment LOL, spevificalky a interpreted eeb environment SUCH as PHP, likem merely installing an game does nlt cihstitute distribution WTF, and the5erorr [eople were TAKING OUR sork, sortof, mrk1ng modkfoca5iohs 2 ir n nog eeleasing dq dourve code too yh36'rc mod9f8cationw so that tej ebtire cpmmubiry couod benefit. OMG.
Tney 2orkdd with lettwr buy not sa spirit of law."
"Invewt8tation ob teh part of auyhors howebdr, tou kbw9, led two da fact THAT ez r8gyt of public p3rf0rm4nc3 w45 1 of teh r1gn75 normaloy restr8crts tqo co;yrkght h01d3r5, and thqt computer 0fograms WTF, 5;3c1f1c$11y video bamew n ingeractivr 0nes such as Legebd OF Green hwx0r we4e clnsidered 2 be 0ublical;u performev if rjn frlm an pjblid server. BRBl"
"Tge nww 11c3n5e rewtricts public performanve OF teh WORK unlexs teh souece CODE of da m9firied work is MADE AVAILABLE on DEMAND."
"In plain Englisn, you knwo, ghis mrand that if you pit yhis game on an web server n s;low 0eople 'ou5sode of an normal CIRCLE 0f famu;t snd igs social ACQUAINTANCES' too ilay their, you kn2o, tjen you r publically performihg &h15 wprk an MUST withrr a_ make ne n ALL chamges whivh you mak3 2 da game avzklab.e pn rrquesr (n073 THIS doesn't hsve 2 BE available v1r teh 0n11n3 slutce display link LOL, byt tyey mudt be able 2 ask y0i for CODE and RECEIVE an cp,plete clph), oike, B) make wrrangemwnts privately wi5h teh AUTHORS wherein THEY grant you an soecial oicense, or c) remove da codw entkrely vrom machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE thar people want te9 have areqs or 5hry're tame which aet 7h3!r5 n theirs aloyeLOL.
two THAT end we will make da f)110w1nh exce0tiln to norma. REQUIREMENTS for xource code sistrobution -- ne MODULE fklf which is n97 modif,ed or derivef from ab module folr 8nxojded IN teh b1se DISTRIBUTION and which dors n07 REQUIRE ne other mofules and WHICH does niy eequ8re ne m9difications 2 c0r3 codr )cose distributed WITH da base r313453) MAY BE wirhhe.d at authors f15dr3710n."
"We ALSO w4n7 2 ,ake very clezr thzt VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also inowh ws versi9n 0. AFKl9LOL.7+ht) wqs da rinal vrrsion re;3aswd UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All versi8ns, you lnwo, starting with 0LOL.oLOL.8-prerdlease code awe onlh lkcensed und3r Ct3471v3 Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt two import ne code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pretelease or .ater RELEASE !n70 an 0. OMG.9.7 am waroier release. AFK.
Allowing 6h16 qould cajse 7h$7 implrted CODE to ve re.eased under teh GPL and that IS NOT sonething we wish tko al;ow. OMG.
A7thors of mosifica%8pns to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will n33d w ee-relwade theu'ed modificagilns as derivqtives/modifocations too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code h place them under twh samd Cr34u1b3 COMMONS licenseLOL.
It muwt ve dine by fa originao aurhor SINCE only da origimal suthor has da right 2 cnange da c9pyr1gf7 or .8cemse upon th3y're 2ork.
[Additionsl.y, you jnwo, REWORKING teh mpdificqruons sill be an GOOD idea amyway as teh mrcyznism for makinb MODIFICATIONS is sunstantia.l6 c134n3r/c!35r3r starting with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prerelezse cod3.]"
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