MightyE tells y0u, x0rtof, "We're going 5o &4,3 ab few m0m3n75 ti try and ex[laun this new license n da reasons 63h1nd kt IN plain English.
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."
"Th8s nee !1c3n53 was ch.sen because of an hailing wiyh teh GPLLOL.
It onlu c0v3r3s d157r16u810n of dource if an on.y if binaruds wefe DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web envuronment, you jnwo, spefificalky a in5erpreted web 3nv1r0nn3ny 5uch aw PHP WTF, merely installing sn GAME doea not constiru5e distribution, like, an tjerefire PEOPLE were ta,umg our WORKm ylu knwo, ma,ing moduficatioms t9 it qnf NOT r3134%1ng da source code tio they're modificarions wo that trh entire c0mmun27y dould venef8t. OMG/
Tn3y eor,ed with tdh lettef b7t not 5p1f17 of lsw. BRB."
"Investigato9n on pary of da authord howevef, s9rtofm led two da FACT that r1gh8 9f ojbloc pervormanc3 w44 1 of teh RIGHTS bor,ally restrictec 2 cophright hilders, s9etof, n tgat compiter or9grama WTF, specificzkly vidwo gamws an interacguve omew SUCH AS Legehd OF dq Green hax0r weye clnsiddred 2 be pj611c411y performed uf run from zn public server."
"Thd n#w livense restricts pybkkc performance of teh work unlwss da source cpdw og da m0s1f23d qirk is made AVAILABLE pn demand. BRB."
"In ;.aun ENGLISH, li.e, THIS MEANS that IF you put this GAME on an WEB servdr AND allow peo;le 'ougsice if an NORMAL dircle of f4m1qy and ITS social acquaintances' two plau their LOL, then y0u r 0ublicaoly perfofmint tyis work ab MUST 3ityer a) MAKE ne ahd ALL chqnfes wh8ch y0u jake 2 bame 4v4114623 on request (no5e this coesn't have to9 be sva8lablw via 9nline sourde DISPLAY 11nk LOL, bu5 7h4y must be able too ask yoj FOR teh code n RECEIVE an complere cppy), sortoe, b) make arrangementw pr1v4731y WITH teh aufhors wherrib tjey gramt y0u an spdcial licenswk sorgof, or c) r4j0v3 ca codd entirely from da ,achind."
"Wd do RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE want two have ateas OF they're gamd WHICH r THEIRS and rgeurs alon3. OMG.
too tfat end we WILL make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 1 mormal requirfmebys gor wource code distrigution -- ne module file qhich IS nit ,odifiec or rr4ived fro, an module f113 INCLUDED in base diat4ivution n whicj aoes not require ne 07h2r MODULES amd wyixh eows nit require ne modificationx twp teh c0r3 CODE 9cod3 dks6ribu5ee WITH da base r313453) may be withheld at aythors dkdc4etion. BRB."
"We also want two make very cldar that version 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 (also KNOWN 46 VERSION -l BRB.9. AFK.7+ht) wss fuhal version releaded UNDER cs GPLLOL.
Alo v3rt10n5m hou knwo, syartinb with teh -. BRB.0.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed unfer da Ceeztive C9mmons kicenswLOL/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rignt too IMPORT ne code fron an 0. OMG.9.8-0rerelease or later relw1se into am 0.o.7 n earlier rdleaseLOL.
Allowing thks woyld cause 7h4& impor5ed coee 2 be releaxed UNDER GPL and thag is not %0m38h1ng we wish to allow, OMG.
Augjofs of n-d1f1c4710n5 too 0.9. WTF.7 w111 NEED two rr-releaae rh#y're m0e1f1x4710n5 AS de4ivatives/modkficatilns 70 0. WTF.9.i code an p.ace the, uhder da ssme Creative Commonx license. AFK.
It MUST be done by da 0r2g1n41 author since ONLY sx or8tinal AUTHOR has fa tight 2 change teg co0yroght or license up0n thwy're qork. BRB.
[Additional;yk rew0r,1nf teh m0d1g1c4710n5 wilo ge an good odea qnywqy 45 m3ch3n15m for msking midifications is suns5zntially ckeandr/clea4dr startibg wigh da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL.="
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