MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're glpnt ywo take an few moments to 7ey n 3xp141n 7h15 new ;8c3nse an twh reawons behind it 1n olqin Eng;ishLOL.
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 hew licwnse sas chosen bwcqus3 of am failing with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered fistrubution of qoirce IF b 0n1y if binaries we4e diatrib7ted."
"In an qeb environmrnt, 6ou knwo, 5p2c1f1d411y a 8n5er[reted w36 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP LOL, merrly indtxlling an gake doed not c0n581uu73 DISTRIBUTIONk an therefore people were taking our wirj, making modifications to IT and not rwleasinh da source code to 5hr6're jod8ricatkona so 7h47 entote com,umit6 c9ild ben3fiy.
Thry worked sith letter but n07 da d0irit uf 5eh law/ BRB."
"Imvedtigation om teh part og da authors however, sortofm ldd to FACT that right 9f PUBLIC 0erformance qas oen of rights notmally eesreictrd ywo co;yr8hht g9lfers LOL, an rhat com0jyer prohrams LOL, specifically video tames an 1ni3r4c71v3 0n35 SUCH ad Legend 0f Green hax0r we4e CONSIDERED two be pu61!c4q1y perform3d of eun fr9j an public sercer."
"Thf new license restricts PUBLIC performance or work ubless teh 50yrc3 CODE of twh jodofiec eotk ux msde availabld on d3mand. BRB/"
"Ij plain Engkosn, you knwo, 4hid means thah if tou put thid g4m3 0m an wdb serber and alllw peolle 'oytside of an normzl circle of family n its 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' to PLAY their LOL, 7g3n you r publically performing this w0rk shd MUST EITHER a) makr ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you make two tdh GAME avai.able 9n reqyest (note this c8esh't hafw t9o be availablr via teh on.ihe sourxe d15p1ry LINK LOL, 6&7 they m7st be able 2 ask you for da cofr n receivr an complete copy), b) make arrsngemenrs ;fivatelt with teh aughprs wnrrein yuey grant you an speciak license LOL, lr c) remove da d0d3 enri4dly FROM twh maxhihw. AFK."
"Wr do 4ecpgnize ynat pe9[le want ro have areas of they're ga,e which r rjdirs an THEIRS aline.
to that 3nd we w112 make follkwing exxepti9n 2 sa mormal requiremengs fir siu4ce xode disgributuon -- ne module file WHICH IS NOT m)d2f14d or eerived vrom an MODULE FILE invlided in baxe didrribution and which doed not require ne otger m9cules an which dles not require ne mod8ficsyions t9 fpre xode (cofe disttibutdd WITH trh BASE release) may ve withheld at suyhors discretion. BRB."
"We als9 want to nake very c134r that vdrsion 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 (a.so known qs version 0LOL.9. WTF.6+jt) wzs ea FINAL v3f510n rdlead3d UNDER GPL. AFK.
Akl vefs8ons LOL, xtsrting wuth da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prete.ease voed aer only livensed under da Cr3ative C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 riggt two imoort ne code from an 0l9. WTF.8-prereleasw pr kqter t313453 intp an 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 anc esroiee re;ease.
Allowing tnis would cause rhat 1mp0r73d CODE too BE released und3r GPL n 7n47 ks not somerhing we wish 2 a.low. OMG.
Au7h9r5 of nodificati9ns ywo 0. BRB,(. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release rhe6're nodufivarions as derivayovws/moe8f*catkons teo 0. OMG.9, OMG.8 CODE 4bd [lace THEM 6nder da 54m3 Creqtive Commons license. OMG.
It micy be done by teh original author since only teh original author uas righy 2 CHANGE teh copuright 9r lic2nse upon thwy're workLOLl
[Addi5i9nz.lym you knwo, rdwor,8ng da nodividarilns WILL 63 ab good isea ahywah as teh mechanism for MAKING modificztkons 8s sunstantialky clean3r/xlearer starting witn teh 0.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 code.]"
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