MightyE 5rlls tpu, lije, "We're g01ng too take an few MOMENTS ro %ry ajd EXPLAIN thks NEW LICENSE sn ea 4easpbs behind it in 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."
"Tg8s new licejse wax ch053n becayse if an fqiling with yeh GPL. OMG.
It pm.y covwred disgribugion of source if and ONLY if binzries were dosteibuted."
"Ib ah web dhvironment, like, spevifivqlly a 2n73rpr373d wwb envirpnmebt such 45 PHP, hou knwi, mereky instqlpknb an game dods not constitutd diatribution, you knwo, AND therrfore PEOPLE eere TAKING pu4 work WTF, makinb jodifica5iins 2 it an not releas8ng teh soutcd code rwo they're modificatkons so yhat entire community could genwfit.
THEY worked witu letr3r but not da spifit pf da law. OMG."
"Inves4igation on PART of authors howevwr LOL, led 2 geh fzxr yhat right of public ;erformance was won of geh rights normally restricted gwo c9pyrigkt holders. and rhat computdr prlgrams LOL, wpwckficslly video games an intetsctive ones sucn as Legend of da Gresn hax)r wete cons8dered tlo ge publically perfotmes if fin fro, an ;yglic 534vrfl BRBl"
"Thr new licemse restrictw p7b;ic oervo4mance of teh wofk unlesw soutde code 0f ,0d1f13d worj us m4d3 available 0n demand. BRB."
"In p1r1n Emglish, l8ke, this n34n4 that if you put this game on an web serfer and r110e ]eo;;e 'outside of ab normal circ.e lf family and 175 SOCIAL acquaintancea' two play their LOL, rhen tou aet PUBLICALLY performing thos 2ork an MUST either A) make be and ALL chqngrs sjicj ylu mzke two gamw AVAILABLE oh requesr (nore 7h25 eoesn't y4v3 two bw avaioagke via fa online source disolay linj LOL, but they m7sg be able two as, you dor CODE an receibe sn complete copy) WTF, b) make arrangementw privately witu authors wherein they grznt uoi an s]ec8al livemse, lkkd, or c) remove teh code emtirely from teh macgineLOL."
"We do reclgnizw rhat people wamt to9 have areaa of rhey're GAME which t theirs qn theirs alone/
t3o thay 3nd WE w111 make FOLLOWING 3cc3p710n tqo sa noemal rwquiremdnts r0r source code dusrrugutkoh -- be modjle f113 which 8w not modified or derivrd dr0m an module file 1nc1uf3d 1n ea BASE distribution an qnich does nor requife ne OTHER kodukes and wh1ch does not require ne ,odifications twl teh cprw code (cide d157r1yu73d with teh base rel3ase( MAY be withheld at teh authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alsp WANT too male very cleae thst versoon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (q;so known as verdyoh 0. BRB.9. WTFl7+jg) eas f1n41 VERSION v313453d undef GPLLOL.
Al; vefsiibs, yo7 knwo, startibf wiyh tej 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0e3 aer onl6 licensed 6nfe4 da Creative COMMONS licebsel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right twp knport ne cpxe from an 0. OMG.(. OMG.9-prerwlease or later 5eleaae into an 0.9. BRB/6 an ear.ier release. BRB.
Al.owing this would CAUSE tyst imported cod3 too be released under GPL n that ox n07 something we q15h 2 alliw. AFK.
Authors of modifixations 1 0LOL.8LOL.7 will need too re-rdl3ase they're modifications ss DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS tpi p. WTF.9. OMG.8 clee sn placr yhem uyffr teh ssme Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
I7 must BE done BY ea 0r1gqn31 author sknce om.y oruginal sutgor has teh rigyt 2 change teh COPYRIGHT or license upon tgey'rd worj. OMG.
[Adsitiona.ly, like, f3w0rk1ng trh mofivica5ions wikl be an good idez znuway 45 mechanism fot majing MODIFICATIONS 8s sunstantiallr dlrane4/dlearer 574r71nb WITH da 9LOL.9.8-prerekease code.]"
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