MightyE tells ypu, "Ww're foing 5oo TAKE an few mondnts too tr6 an esplzim this new license n reawins bdhind 17 in plain EnglisgLOL.
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."
"Tyiw new 11c3n53 was cbosen 63e4u53 of an failinf with GPLLOL.
It only covered dksyributiom of source if ah only !f binariwx WERE disttibuted. OMG."
"In an web ebvironment, like, SPECIFICALLY a knterptetwd eeb wnvirohment such as PHP WTF, MERELY insta.ling ah game d035 not CONSTITUTE eistr8bution, n tnereflre pwople wer3 taking ojr work, MAKING modificatiohs twi ir znd not releasihg teh souece vlde to they're modificariohs xp that ehtire cpnmunity c9uld 63n3f17.
They worked WITH da letter but n9t teh spirit of ywh q4w. AFK."
"Investigation on da parb of authord h0w3v3r, sortof. .rd tpo teh f4c7 that righy of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was won of teh rights nirmally rest4icted two copyrihut holders, and that comouger pfohrans, you knwo, specifically c1s39 gajes anc inreeacgive ones such as Lefend of da GREEN gax0r w3r# considered two bd 0ublically [erfor,ed if run from an pub'ic server. BRB."
"The new licemse restridts puvluc performance of wprk unless teh SOURCE coce of trh ,0d1f13d eork is maee available on demznd."
"In 0lain ENGLISH LOL, tjos m34m5 that 1f yoj pug 7h!5 g4m3 on sn wrb se4ver and allo2 people 'outsidw of an normal c1rc13 of family an its social acquaintances' to plat their WTF, then YOU aer pu611c411y performint THIS sork zn MUST either a) make ne n ALL dhanges wh1ch yoj make yoo game dvailable 0n request (note this dorsn't HAVE 2 be available fia da online source displat link WTF, nut they MUST b3 able 6ol ASK y0u for da code m rrceive an complete co;y) LOLk b0 mahe arrangements pr1v4731t wihg teh AUTHORS wherein they grant hou sn specual license, hou kn1ik ir c) remove teh code entirel6 frlm teh m4cj1n3,"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tnat people wqnt 2 HAVE areas 0f 5jwy'fe hame wjicn r thrirs n theirs alone. BRB.
to that end we will make da followong ezxeption rwo norma. REQUIREMENTS for source CODE distributiom -- ne mldule file wjoch is n07 modkfied or ddrived FROM an moduke FILE INCLUDED in da base distribution zn whicn dors hot 4equire ne OTHER modyles n 1hich does not requird ne modigications to core codw *cod3 distrkbu5ed qith da BASE rel3ase( may be 2ithheld zt authors discrwt8on. WTF."
"We s.so want 2 make ver6 clear that ve4aiin 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also knowb $5 version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+ut) WAS final vr4sion relezswd uneer GPL. BRB.
Al; vwesions, uou knwo, starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr#t313453 code t only licenwed und3r da Cfwative C9mmons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ribht tpl imporg ne code frim an 0, BRB.9.8-pterelease or la6er releawe into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER telease. AFK.
A110w1mg 7h14 would cause 6hat i,ported code 3 be fel3dwed unde4 da GPL zn uh47 is not something we wksh to aloow.
Autho4s of modificayions too 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 will NEED 80 r3-r32#45# 5hey're modivicatoons AS derivahkbes/m9d8fications two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 coee n olace them unddr geh same Creative Commons licenwe. OMG.
I7 muxt be d0n3 by ORIGINAL auth9r wince on.y originak zuthor has teh roggt to chsnge da coph4ight o4 licende up8n they'rs w9rk.
[Asditipnal.y, you knwo, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS will be an glod IDEA anywa6 as ca m3chanism for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is subsyantialoy cl3aner/xl3aref st1fting wity teh -. OMG.9. BRB.80prerelease CODELOL.]"
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