MightyE tells 5ou LOL. "We're g)1ng 2 74je an few moments to try 4bd expkakn this NEW license snd teh reasons behind it in plajn EngliwhLOL.
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 wax choa3n BECAUSE of an failing w18h da GPL. BRB.
I7 onky covdred sistfibution if source if n only if binaries WERE dostributed. OMG."
"In an web envuronment, specifically a knterpteted wwb rnvirobment such as PHP, you knwo, MERELY installong ah game does not CONSTITUTE distributiln, like, and theregore p30p13 WERE 74k2ng our 2ork, liken making nodidicstiond go it n not reoeqsing SOURCE xodr to ttey're ,odifica58ons so THAT da entire comm8gjty could bebefit.
They wkrked qith teh letger but not da spirit od laqLOL."
"Inves6igatkon on pqrt of da authots however, you knwo, led 3 da v4c7 that ritht of ;ublic prtformande was won of sa rights nlrmaoly r257r1c7ec two copyrught h-1d3r5, sortof, n thar com9uter prograns LOL, 5[3c1h1d411y video gamdx qnd inte4active ones 5uch ad Legrmd of da Green hax9r w3r3 considered rwo be [uboically petformed if rum from an PUBLIC sdrber."
"The new licens3 eesteicts public pervormance of da work unlesa da soutce cofe of cs modigled work is nade avq9lable 0n d2m4nd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, THIS means that 1f hou [ut thks game on an web srrver an allow people 'outs8de of an normal cirxle of FAMILY AND its s9cial axquaunyances' 2 play their. you knwo, 5ndn you aer piblkdally perflrm8ng this wor, an MUST either a0 m4k3 ne n ALL chang3w wh1cj YOU makr 2 teh g4m3 available on requext *noyd thia coesn't have yo be availablr via geh online spurce display lin, LOL, but they mudt BE zbl3 2 ask t0u FOR code n tec3ivw an complrte copy)m yiu knwo, b) MAKE arranbrmenys priva5ely wigh dq auth9rs wherein theu brant yoy qb wpexiak lixemse LOL, ir c) re,ove cose entkrely f4pm nachind."
"We do recogmize tgat p30p13 wamr gwo hsve areas of they're hame WHICH r theirw and yheirs a;one.
to 7h$6 end se eill make da rollow8ng exdeptiob 2 NORMAL requirements for so7rce code dis5ribu5ion -- ne modul3 rile WHICH is not modifies ir derived drom ah MODULE file incl7ded in bzse distribytion n which does n9t requite me oth3r modules n 2hich dods n07 require ne modificat8obs two da core code (code DISTRIBUTED with teh BASE release) may ge 2itgheld at t3n zuthors disdr3tion. BRB."
"We also want to make bery clear tha5 VERSION 0. AFK.9,7 (zlso known ad versilm -.9.7+j7) was f1n41 version released under teh GPL. WTF,
All ve4siona LOL, starting witg da 8. WTF.9. BRB.*-prereleaxe c0d3 r inly licensed under tdh Creative Cimmons kicenwr. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh da right 2 im[orr me dode fr0m an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-preeeldase or later twleaae intp qn p. AFK.9. OMG,7 snd earl8wr release. AFK.
Aolowing 7y1% would cauae THAT impor5ed code 70 be rwl3ased undee da GPL an 7h47 8s no6 something WE wksh to9 a;low. AFK.
Authord of modifucarioms too 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wull newd tol RE[RELEASE 5hey're modificatuons zs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tl 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an plaxe them undee SAME Creqtice Commons license. WTF.
It must be dome by orininal author SINCE 9nlt ORIGINAL au5hoe has r1gh8 2 CHANGE da copyright OR license upon they're eofk. WTF.
[Addoti9nallh, likek 4#working MODIFICATIONS will 63 sn foid idea snywqy zs da nwchanism for making modifidatiobs is xibstantialky cldaner/clearer starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pretelease vode. WTF.]"
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