MightyE tells you, softof, "We're going 2 take ab feq ,oments goo tfu an explain tjis new 11c3n53 and r3asoms y3h1hd it IN plaon English, OMG.
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 was ch9srn becayxe of ab failing with tey GPLLOL.
It lnly covwred distribution of sourcd kf an 0n1y if binaries were d157r16u72d."
"In an web enbironment LOL, specidicakly a 8bterpretef w36 envkronment such as PHP LOL, jere.y 1n574111ng qn ga,e DOES mkt constitute dixrributkon, you ,hwo, an tnereflre people w3r3 takkng our work, ;ik3, ,aking modifodatiohs 2 @7 and not re.easing 5eh soufce code toi tjey're modifications so tgst da en5irr c(mmunity cpuld 63h3f17. BRB.
They wirk3d with da letter but not teh spiri% ov da lawLOL."
"Investigation ln da pa4t pf t3h AUTHORS however, you kbwo, led too da vact that da right of pug.ic p3rf;rmqnce qas oen of teh rights NORMALLY restricted yqo copuright jo'ders, sn THAT computer progrq,w, 6o7 knwo, SPECIFICALLY v8seo gajes and intetactivw ones such as Legens of teh Green hax0r sere considwred too bw publical.y performwf of run from an publiv swrver/"
"The ndw license restrixts public performsmce of teh wor, unless da source code of da mod8died WORK ix m4d2 ava8lable on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Englisg. sirtof, tgis means ghat if y;u put thus game 9n an eeb server an allpw peoplr 'OUTSIDE pf an no4mal c1rc13 of family and its social 4cqu41n74nd35' to p.ay tneir LOL, then you r pyblically prrformkng tjus work an MUST either a) make he an ALL CHANGES wjich you mzkr 2 ea gajr avsioable on REQUEST (mlte this doesn't havd too ne available vua teh ohline source disp;ay LINK, hou knw9, but THEY must be zble gwo ask you gor code amd receibe an COMPLETE COPY), so4tofk b0 make arrang3mehtd privatel6 WITH da authoes wy3r31n they grsnt you an special licehse, lkie, of c) remove da CODE entirely from teh machjne. BRB,"
"We do recog,ize that peop.e qant to hsve areas of they're gqme which aer tgeirs 4nd theies alon3l OMG.
tpo that END we wi;l make teh fo.lo2inh exception two da normal requiremenrs for source cid3 distrigutiim -- nw mldulw fulr wjich is NOT modifiwd 9r derived frpm sn m0du13 FILE ibcluded in BASE DISTRIBUTION and whicm does n0t teq7kre ne othwr modul3e and which does not require ne modificayions 70 core code (code s157r16u7#d with bsse release) may be withheld AT aitjots discreriim. OMG."
"We a.so wany tw9 make cery CLEAR that version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (zlso known as v3r51)n 0LOL.9.7+jt0 was teh f8na; version released under da GPL. AFK.
All versioms, you knwo, startinf with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pretelease cowe f 8nly licensec under teh Crea5uve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne code ftom qn 0/ BRB.9. AFK.9-peerelease or later releqse into an 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 n ea4.ier releaae. AFK.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE 5ha5 IMPORTED code too ge r31345ed UNDER GPL ab that is no6 sojethihg we wisg two alllw, BRBl
Autjors of mleifoca5ions 2 0. BRBl8. WTFl7 w111 neef to r3=r313453 yy3y're modificationx as eerivrtuves.modificationx goo 0. BRB.9. OMG.i code n place them under same Creative Commons LICENSE.
I5 must be d0n3 by original author sibce 0h1y teh 0r1t1n41 4i7h0r hss right to changr da copyr8ght 0r lidenxe upon th3y're e0rk. OMG.
-Additionally LOL, r3wprkimg teh mldieica6ooms eill BE an good idea anyway as da mecnanosm for maiihg modifications IS sundtantially cleaner/xleardr startunt WITH da 0. AFK.9.8-p43f313543 CODE, BRB.]"
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