MightyE tells uou LOLm "We're going TO 74k3 an few moments two gry an explain this n3w LICENSE anc reasons behknd it un plaon Engkiah. 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 w45 choxen necause of an fai.ong wiry GPL.
It pnly coveres disttobution of source kf anf only 8f binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an w36 envir9nment, specifixaloy s INTERPRETED web wnv1r0nm3n7 sych as PHP, soryof, m#r31y qn57r111ng an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE diatr8butiin LOL, anc thwveeore peopkd werw takibg our wprk, sortof, MAKING modifocations twi it n not RELEASING xource c0d3 2 tyey're modificatuons s9 that fz entire commumity c0u1d benefig. AFK.
Tg3y worked wiyh da letter but not dz spirir of da lae. WTF."
"Investigation on teh parr or teh authofs howefer LOL, LED TO geh vact ghat viggt OF public performanve was ! of rithts n0rm411y rextficted 2 copyright holde4s WTF, n tjat COMPUTER programs, sprtof, specifica.ly video gqmes n interactive ohes xuch as Leb3nd of da Grern hax0f were consideres 2 be puglicallh PERFORMED 1f run feim an public serv3r. BRB."
"The mew license restricys public p3rf0rm4nd3 of da WORK UNLESS soytve code OF modiried wofk id made 4v4114613 ON demsnd. AFK."
"In pla8n Ehglish, lkke. this means that if uou PUT &h25 gamd on ab we6 swefee n 411-w prople 'outsude of an normal corcle 0f family an itw aocial acquauntances' too 0lay rneie, sortof, then uou r [ublically p2rform1ng THIS qork n MUST either a) make ne qnd ALL ch4ng#5 which yo7 make 2 teh fame avaikanle on requewt (note THIS doesn;t have 2 gd avzioqble via t3g online sourcw duspksu link. but ghey mu57 bd anle too ask y0u for CODE an receove an cojpl4te copy) WTF, B) make arrang3ments pfivately witn auth9rs WHEREIN yhey grant you an specual 11c4n53, like, o4 c) rempve teh coee enti4dly fr0m da machine."
"We d0 r3c0gn1z3 5jat peoplx 2ant too have ateas 0v tkey;re gaje whidh aer rhwirs and theirs alone. OMG.
gw; that ene we will jake following exceptuon 2 teh no4,al reqii4emenrs fof source code distribugion -- hr MODULE fild which IS nit modified 0r DERIVED fe0m zn module f8le incouddd 1n tdh baae distrib6t8on n whucj foes np8 rdquire he ptjer m0du135 n which dies not rwquire ne modifodatoons to teh ciee code (CODE distributed with da BASE releawe) msu 63 withheld at dq authora duscrwgion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make dery xlrar thzt version 9LOL.9LOL.7 (ALSO inoen aa verwion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was final verwion reldaeed under da GPL. WTF.
All cersionsk you inwo, STARTING with dq 0LOLl0. OMG.*-PRERELEASE code r only 11c3n63d under ds Creat8ve C-mm0n5 ;icenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent right too import nd c0de FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaqe or later release 8nto an 9. BRB.9. BRB.7 an 34r113r t313453/
Allowing tyis would vause that imported CODE 5op be relessee ynder GPL n tjat IS not somrghong w3 qish two al.oe.
Authprs 0f modifications to 9LOL.9LOL.7 2ill need t9o 4e-4elrasw they're modifidations as deriva5ives/,odifications 5wo 0.9LOL.8 vode ans place 7h3n under same Crear8v3 Commons license. BRB.
It mjst be d0n3 by iriginal aythor 51nc3 only original 4u7h0r has rugnt tw9 CHANGE teh copyright or LICENSE upon they'rd work.
[Additionally, 43working teh mofifications w8lo be ab glod 8dea ahywzt as da mechanism f[r makihg MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/clearer STARTING with da 0. AFK.9.8-prereoease z0d3. OMG.]"
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