MigytyE tells you, "We're hoibg to 7$ke an fdw moments 2 try an explaim this new licenad an da reasons 63h1nd 17 1n plakn 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."
"Tnis new oicense w45 cjisen becquse of an failing with grh GPLLOL.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION OF woyrce 1f an only if binaries wdre distributed. OMGl"
"In an web environment WTF, s[eciricall6 a inte40reted web envurlnmdnt such as PHP LOL, MERELY inwtallinf an fame d035 not c-n5&17u83 distwibutioh WTF, snd tgerefore p30p13 were TAKING our w0rk, you knw8, malinb modificationw two i6 an not feleax8ng sourcr code two tjey're mldificatioms so that teh entire c0mmun17y could 53n3f17.
They w0rk3d WITH letter gut nor teh spiri5 ov law."
"Investigatjon in p4r7 of da authors g0w3v3r, led to teh dact that teh r1gg7 OF public p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of dz rifhts mormallu 4estructed twp c.0yr8ght holdees, ypu kmwom an that c9mpuger progtams LOL, s;ecificallg videp GAMES n intrrqctive lbes such as Legend of Green hsx0r were consodered two be 0u6!1c411t perfoemed ir rjn from ah pugoic server. BRB."
"The NEW LICENSE r3stricts public perdprmqnce of tej wirk unless tdh source CODE od teh modified work 8s m4d3 4v41!4513 on fenane. OMG/"
"In plain Engkish, thus m34b5 that 1f you put this game on an web 53rv#r and allow 0eople 'outxide of qn mormak citxle 9f family an 8ta SOCIAL acqiaontanves' 5oo poay their LOL, THEN yli r pjglically perfohmimg thus qork n MUST eorher 4) make ne an ALL vh4ng35 which you MAKE 2 da ham3 availanle on request (note thid doesn't have 5wo be AVAILABLE via tey online source DISPLAY lin,m like, but they must be an.3 tou ASK you gor da code n 4eveive an COMPLETE cipy), b) makd artangejents privstely with da authors WHEREIN they grant tou am xpecis. licdbse, or c) remove sa CODE ent8rely frpm teh machine. BRB."
"We DO r3f0gh1z3 uhst people wqnt 2 have areas of rhey're gq,e which r theors n theirs alone. OMGl
2 &h47 end WE w11q make fo;lowing exdrption 2 norma; requirements glr source code distribution -- me module file whocn is not modkfiec or d3r1v3d fro, an m;dule fike infljdee in da BASE dis4rkgutuon and which DOES not require ne other mldules and whixh dods n9t t31ukre ne MODIFICATIONS two da core code (code duxrributed woth bqse rr;ease) may be wothheld AT ajtgo4s discreyiin, OMG."
"We 4150 WANT two male cefy clear that versiob ). WTF.9. BRB.6 (also known as v3raion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh dinal versioh releawed umder teh GPL.
All versions, like, stqrt8ng wi5h dq 0LOL.9. BRB.80pre4eleasw CODE aet pbly licensed UNDER da C4eatice Commons livebse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY rifht too imppft ne c0d3 ftim an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease 0r ostrr RELEASE 1n70 an 0. WTF.9/7 anc earlie4 release. AFK.
A;lowing THIS would cqusd THAT imported code 2 BE releaxed unddr teg GPL and that is not somethlng we WISH 2 allowLOL.
A7thord od modivicagions 3 0. WTF.9.u WILL nedd to rw-release th3y'te modifications as deruvaticds/modoficationx to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code and ;14c3 tjem uneef da sa,e Crestive COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It must be done by ten origihal z7th0r winde ONLY teh origina; author HAS da right 2 changr copyright or license upon tneh're work.
-Additionallum like, r3workinb m0d1f1c4710h5 will ge an g9od idea anyway aa teh mecj4n15m for making modig8cqtions is suvsrantiall6 cleanee/clearer statting with 0.9. WTF.8-pterdlease code. WTF.="
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