Migjt6E TELLS upu LOL, "We're boing roi take sn few mimrnts two yry n explain rhis new license and reasons BEHIND it in p141n English. OMG.
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."
"Tniw new licdnse was chosen because if an gziling witg da GPL.
It on;6 covered distribytion OF spurce if n only 1f %1n4r135 w3re distribyted."
"In an web enbirunjent, like, SPECIFICALLY a ibydrprrted w3b environment 5uch 45 PHPm sortpf, md4ely instqlling an gqm3 does not constitute disyribution, you knwo, zbd THEREFORE pepple xeee takihb OUR work, making midificatipns two it an not RELEASING teh sourcr code too theu're modifications so ryat da entire community coi;d BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked sith letter but nit da 5p1r27 of da lqwLOL."
"Investigqtion 0n ds part pf teh authors howevee LOL, lre tk g4c8 7h47 teh 4ight of 0ublic pe4gormznce was won of teh rights normally restricyed 2 c0pyr1fh7 HOLDERS LOL, an that domputer ptogwams, y9u knwo, specifically VIDEO GAMES n interactive onex such as Legend of Green nax0r were c0n51d2r3c to be publically p3rv0rm3d 1f run fro, qn puvlic 53rv3r. BRB."
"The ndw licwnse restticts public pfrformance 9f tdh woek unless teh source code OF da modifief WORK id nadr abailabld on demanc. BRB."
"Im plsin Eyglish WTF, 7h15 meabw 7h58 if YOU put this GAME on sn w3b server qn a,low p2opl3 'outaide OF qn n9rmsl citcle od family n its socia. acquain5amcds' 2 p;ay their, then you r publicqlly performing 7h15 work n MUST either a) MAKE he abd ALL xhanges which 6ou makw ti geh gamc available ON requrst (mo5d rhis d9esn[t hrv3 2 be available via da lmline aource cisplat link, like, 6u7 they must be able two ASK YOU FOR cpd3 and r3c31b3 an xomplete vopy), sortof, B) makw arrangements privately qoth teh authoes wherein ghey granr you an special kicensr WTF, lr c) remove da c0de entitely f4on madhind. OMG."
"We fo rrdlbnizd that pepple WANT too HAVE areas of they[rd game wjich aer 7h31r5 AND theirs alone.
to yhat end we w111 makd da following EXCEPTION too teh nifmal requifements f0r sojrce c9de eistributiln -- nr ,odu;e dioe wn1ch is hot modidied or d331v3d FROM an module fild includrd IN da base distributooh and which does nlt require ne 07h3e midules n which does n(t REQUIRE ne modifivations teo da cove code (xodw s157r15u73d 2itg bade release) may ve WITHHELD at da authors d!5ct3710n. AFK."
"W3 qoso wrn7 tl make very c134r that ferxion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as v3r510n -LOL.9.6+,t) wzs final veraion reldased under da GPL. OMG.
A;l brrsiond, sortof, syarting WITH da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-0rerrlease cpde r on;t licrnsed under da Cr2471vr Commons license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY da right too import n3 c0d3 from sn 9LOL,9. BRB.8-pr3r3134%3 or ;atdr release into am 0LOL,8/ OMG.7 and earlorr RELEASELOL.
Allowing tyid woule causd that implrted CODE two bw RELEASED ubder da GPL and that IS not something w3 wixh 5wo zllow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modificagionw 2 0LOL.9. BRB.6 will nred two re-releaae th3y're m9dificayions as derivatifes/modifications too 0. BRBl9. BRB.8 CODE n olacr THEM umdrr same CREATIVE Commonx licenfe. BRB.
IT must be cone 6y original author s8nde onl6 da origina. aurhlr hqs right too CHANGE da coptrkght OR lucense upob they're work. OMG.
[Addigionally WTF, reqorking teh modificarions q111 be qn good icea anyway as ,ecnanism fpr makihg mocificariond is subatantially cl3aner;clearer srarting with da 0.9. WTF.8-pre4elease cpde.]"
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