MithtyE twlls y0u, likem "We're goinb too tzke an few momenrs tlo tr6 n ex;ozib yhis new lkcendd an rews9ns behind it ig 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."
"This ne2 lic3nse was chosen because 0f an r4111mg with da GPL.
It 0n2y covefed distribution -f sojrce if n 0m1y if ginaries 2erw d157r16773d."
"In an qeb environjent LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a 1n73rpr372d web enviromment such aa PHP, .ike, merely 1n574111nt an game does not conatitute d156r15u7q0n, you knwo, an yhef3forw people wdre taking ou4 work LOLm makibg modificztiona toi it an bot releawing da source cofe tpo rhry're MODIFICATIONS do 5hat da enture vommub8ty cijld 63n3f1uLOL.
Thry WORKED with letter 6u7 not da spifit of lqwLOL."
"Invesritation on part of 5eh autgors however, like, led to da fact that da roghr of PUBLIC 0erformanxe 24% odn of teh rithts normally t357r1c73d two xo0yrihht holders, an THAT co,puter prog4ams WTF, spexkficallh vodeo tames anc interactive lnrs SUCH as Ldgend pf Green jax0f wefe considerrd two be publkcal.y perforjdd 1f run from an pu621c server/"
"The new liv3nse RESTRICTS PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 ig teh wofk unless fa s9urce c0d3 of tej modified sork is mad3 avaiiable on demand. WTF."
"In plakn Eng115h, tou knwo, this means that if you pit 7h15 game on an web sercer an 4110w peo;lr 'lutside of an nofmal curcle 0f FAMILY an its SOCIAL rcqu41n74nc45' go pkay their, you knwo, then y9u aer publically perfirmihg thiw WORK n MUST either a) maje ne and ALL changes eg8ch hou make twl da g1me avsilanle on reqiest (note this doezn't have ywo be ava9lable bia teg 0n11n3 SOURCE displau link, but they must be qble tso ssk hou fir teh code and receice an COMPLETE ciph), softofk b) maie arrahgenenta privately eith da authors whdrein tnwy grant you an specozl license LOL, pt c) re,ove yeh code emtirely fro, machine."
"W3 do 4ecognize that people want tso have areas of th3u'rd game which r uh31r5 and THEIRS alone. AFK.
hoo 7h4u end we will make da follpwing exce0tipn yo n0rm41 requieements FOR soirce coee siatributioh -- ne modyle file which is nor modifk3d or derived fr-m ab module file included in base eistribytiin an WHICH does not reqyire ne 9gh3r MODULES ahd whkch does not REQUIRE ne ,odifications to da core sode (cose distribuged with teh basd rwlease) may be WITHHELD at autyord discreri9nLOL."
"We zlsi wan5 two make v3ry c134r that befsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.i (alxo known as b3rsion ),9/ OMG.7=jt) qas da final cefxion RELEASED under teh GPLLOL.
ALL versiobs WTF, stsrtinb wkrh p/ AFK.9LOL.i-prer3leawe cpde r only licensed under da Ceestive C)mm0n5 license. AFK.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny geh right to import ne coee g40m an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later re;ezse into qn 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 n eqrlier feleaae. OMG.
Allowing this eo7ld caude that 1mp0r7ed xlde two be released UNDER GPL an that id not somerhing qe WISH yo9 ALLOW. OMG/
Atthors of jldifications two 0LOL.9LOL.7 w8ll need 2 r3-r31e453 they're modig8catipnd ax derifagives/nodificationw TO 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE n place tnem under ds sq,e Crearive Commons license. BRB.
It m7at bw son3 by ufigina; 4u7h0r sinxe on.y teh original 3u8h0r nas da right to changf ten c0pyr1gh7 OR license upoh they're work. WTF.
=Acdi5,ona;ly, sortof, reworking modificationa will be qn gopd 1e34 anyway 45 da mechsnism for majihb jodifocations is substantially cleaner/clea43r 774r61ng with da 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cod3LOL.]"
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