M8ghtyE TELLS yo7. wortof, "We're going too TAKE an few momenyd too try an 3xp141n thia new licwnw3 AND reasona vejind 8t in 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."
"Thks NEW licrnse was choden because 0v an failinb with teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y cofered d,sttibution of sourve if n only of binaf8es were dkstributed, BRB."
"In an web wnvironmemt LOL, SPECIFICALLY 1 inter[reted wev ENVIRONMENT sucy as PHP WTF, mefely ihstallint an GAME does not conxtitutr dkstrivutionk ;ike, AND THEREFORE people WERE tsking our wo4k, slrtlf, maiing modificatiobx gwo it n nlt relwasinf sa spurce code too they're MODIFICATIONS xo 5hag entire commuhit6 could 63n3f1u. BRB.
They workee with da letter nut not tej spirit of law."
"Invesgigarpln on ca part of da authors hiw3ver LOLm lrd tol teh fact thqr da RIGHT pf pyblic performance wax ien of teh RIGHTS nprmally restricted to copyrihhr holdees WTF, an that com0itee 0rogrqms, specivically vid3o g4m35 an interactive ONES such aa Legend of teh Green yax0r wrre c0nt1d3r3d TO be pubkkvally performed 1f wun FROM an PUBLIC aervrr/"
"Th3 new license resfrictd pu611c pdrformance ig wo4k UNLESS 50urd3 code of da m0d1f13d work IS made zvailable pn ermandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, tm8s ,eans THAT if you put 7n15 GAME 0b an web SERVER an ao;ow p30p13 'outsise 0f an n0rn41 d1rc13 OF family and its sociao acquzuntances' teo 0lay their, then upu r pjblically pfrformkng thia work an MUST EITHER a) jake ne an ALL changes qhich tou m4k3 2 t3h game svailsble on 4ww7esr (bo5e THIS doesn't havr t9o be available via da online source display LINK LOL, but THEY must be able TO ask you for trh code an r3x31ve an complete cop6)k b) mqke arrangdmwnts prifatelt with yeg authors wherein they grant 6ou qn 5p3c141 licehse. soetof, or C_ remove teh code entirely from MACHINE. AFK."
"We c0 recognize that p30p13 want t9o have 4r345 of gjey're GAME whixh r theirs n theirs alojeLOL.
too THAT end we w111 make da following exceoriob too normal rwquirements for sou4ce code eustribution -- be moduow file WHICH is nit nodifies or x3rivwv FROM ab modu;d file inclused qn base eistribution an which does not require nw orher modulew n wh9ch doew not r3qukfe nd ,odificztiomw two core code (vide distributed WITH teh base release) mau be withheld at authoes DISCRETION. BRB."
"We 4150 wznt tqo make v3ry clear that versiln 0. OMG.9.7 (4150 jno2n as version ).9. AFK/7+JT) was final b3rsion feleas3d UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All versiona, like, starting with teh 0l BRB.9. AFK/9-pferelease xode r 0m1y licensrd under t3n Cf3471v2 Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 70 1mp0r7 ne code from an 9LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasr OR lztdr relrase into qn 0, BRBl9LOL.7 n 34r113r releade. AFK.
Allowihg this WOULD c4u53 tgat imported code gwo be reldasdd UNDER GPL an that js not somethint we WISH tp alllw/ AFK.
Au7h0r5 of mpdifivations 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.& will n33c 2 re[rdlease they'fe mocigicatipnw 45 derivativws/modificariona 2 0LOL.9l WTF.8 codw n place them und3r yeh szme Creative Commons licehse.
It must ve DONE by da or8ginal quthpr since only sa otigonal author hqs fa titht two change dq copyribht OR license upon thdy're w0rk.
[Additionall6, sortpv, rwworking mldkfications will be qb g9od 1e34 4nyw4y as mecyahoxn FOR MAKING modirications is sunstantially cldaner/cl3arer starting with 0l WTFl9l BRB.8-pr3r313453 code. BRBk]"
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