MightyE tells yiu, yo7 khwom "We're goinb 2 take an few m9ments to try n explakn bnis bew license n da reasobs BEHIND it in [lain English. AFK.
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 w4t cgosen because of an FAILING wuty yeh GPL. OMG,
It only covefdd distribu5ion of soufce if and )n1y uf binaried w3e3 d157r16u73eLOL."
"In an seb ehvifomment, like, SPECIFICALLY z interpteted wwb 3nvifob,ent 5uch as PHP, like, j3431y 1n%74111hb an game does not c)n5717u73 sisyribution, luke, AND 5hqrefore p40p13 w3r3 takint our sork WTF, MAKING modifications to 8t an not relesxing da souede cose 2 they're modifivations so tgat teh enture conmunity coild bdnefit. AFK.
Theu wotked w17h da 1378#r bug not 5p2r17 of LAW. BRBl"
"Investigatoon on tej part of authors howev3rk you knso, led 2 teh fadt that teh right if p8bokc pwrformanc3 was wpn OF RIGHTS normzllu r3atricted @ copueight hilders, sortlf, and that compyter proframx LOL, spevificaoly video g4m35 an inreractive ones sych as Lebejd od teh Green hsx0r were donsuvered two be punlica;ly perfprmwd of rjn fr0m an public server."
"Tye nww license 4estricrs public [erdormance OF dq worl unoesd SOURCE code of fa modifiee work is made AVAILABLE pn eemand. OMG."
"In plzin Engkksh, sortof, this means that if y0u PUT this game oh qn WEB xerfer AND all9w peoole 'outside of an normal circle ov family zn itw docial acausintancss' 2 plzy their LOL, then y0u r publicallt performing THIS work b MUST dither a) m4k3 n3 AND ALL vhangex which you m4k3 two da game avaulab.e 9n requwst (NOTE th8s doexm't jave too be available viz teh lgline 5-urc3 eisplay LINK LOL, but tndy must be able two r5k yiu for 5eh code ans RECEIVE an complete co;y) LOL, b) MAKE arrang3ments p4ivqtely w9th dq autjors wherein they trant YOU an 6pec141 .icdnse, like, or x) REMOVE da coce entirely fro, teh m4ch1n3. WTFl"
"We do rec9gnize that people WANT ro nab3 areas OF they're game qhicb aer THEIRS an THEIRS alone. OMG.
too 5hag END we will mqoe tej foolowing excepti9n to va n9rma. requirejents for source CODE d8sttibjtiom -- n3 moduld file which IS not mofifi3d ir derived from an module FILE 1nc1ud3v im da basw DISTRIBUTION an wh1xh does not reqiirw ne other modules an wtich d035 not require ne ,odificatioms too teh c0r3 code (code distrib7twd with base release) may be wotjheld at da autjors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We ALSO want yo m4k3 very clear that version 0. BRB.9.7 (also kno2n as cera8on 0. BRB/9. OMG.7+jt) was final VERSION rekeasdd undrr da GPL/ BRB.
All versions, sortof. s5srtinb with 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3t3134t3 coee r only licwnsed unser Crestkve Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny righr two import be code fro, an 0LOL.9, AFK.8=prdr3lease or later release 1n70 an 0. AFKl9. OMG.7 h ear.ier telrase. OMG.
Allowing THIS would c4u53 thag 8mport3e code 5i be releas3d ubdet GPL n that is NOT something e3 wisg 2 allow.
Authors of modkficatuoms two 0. BRB/9LOL.& will bees to re[releade they're m0c1f1c4710n5 as de4kvstives/modivications 3 0.9.8 codd n ;14d3 them una#r teh sa,r Creativ2 Commons license. BRB.
IT mudt be sone by ca orkfinal quthoe SINCE only da original sutjot has da rkfht 5wo change cop6right or license u;0n they'fe WORK. OMG.
[Acdituonal;yk yo7 knw8m rewprkkng modificayions will be an good IDEA 4myw4y as da mechanism for making modirications 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/xlwaeer starting 1oth 0.9. AFK.80prerelease co3eLOL.]"
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