MightyE tells hou LOL, "We're going 2 take an few momentw tlo try an explaib this NEW licrnxe an da reasons fehind it in plzin EnglidhLOL.
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."
"Tgks new license WAS chosen 53c4u53 9f zn failing witj GPL. WTF,
I7 0h1y covered custribution of source if ab only if BINARIES w3r2 dusyrubuted."
"Ib an web emvironment, yiu knwo, specificakly a interprdted WEB enciromment sucj as PHP WTF, me4e.y ihstallung an gane dles not c9mstitute distributkon WTFk n th3regore PEOPLE eere takint OUR work, majing modificagions 5wo it and not releasknh da soyrce cide 2 yhey're mlsificagions so tha5 teh entire communkty coujd benediy. BRB.
Th3y worked witj teh letter bir not teh s;irit of tdh lzwLOL."
"Infdstigs5ion on PART of 4u7h0r5 yo2ever, lec too t3h fact that da righr 0f public pwrformance wzs won 0f fights hormally festricted 2 copyrigyt n01d3r5 WTFk m that com[jter peograms LOL, spwcifical;y VIDEO bames n interactive onew such as L3g3nd of twg Green hax0f wrre CONSIDERED to 63 publically peffo4med lf rum frln sn public server. OMG."
"Thr new license restricts p7blic pe4formahce OF teh w0r, unless teh so7rxe code of teh m0d1c13d work ux madr AVAILABLE on ddnandLOL."
"In ;lakn Emgkisg, tnos m3ans that if you pu7 this game on an web server n 41102 peo;le ;oyrsife od an n0rm41 circoe OF FAMILY n 174 socoal wcquainyances' 2 0lay th3ir, you knwo, thrm ylu aer publical;h performing THIS wor, ahd MUST eirher a_ mak3 ne anc ALL changes whicy yo7 make 2 tdh tame availac;e on request (hote this doewn't have 2 BE availablr via ds online so7rce dis;lau link, luke, but 7h3y must be able 5oo ask hou gor vide n f3c31v3 an complete copy_, lije, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY sith teh ayghors WHEREIN THEY tt4n7 YOU an specia. license, yo8 knwo, ir c) twmobe code entirdly from da machknw. AFK."
"We do recognixe that peo0le WANT 2 have arraa OF they're tqme whuch r THEIRS AND theirs aloneLOL.
1 ghat end we w8lk bake teh foloowing ezception two da NORMAL feqjirrmenrs for 50urc3 vocd distrinution -- ne moduoe v113 wyich ks n07 modivies 0e feruved fr9m an module file included in da base sistribution n which coes n-7 requirw ne 9ther moduldd n wyich does not r#qu1r3 ne modifocatioms too tey cire code (cod3 distribuged 2ith BASE release) may be withheld at da ajthors doscrdtion. BRB."
"We a;so w4n7 two make csr6 clrar THAT versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also knowb as version 0. BRB.0.7+7t) sas teh finsl vers8on r313453w uhdde teh GPL. AFK.
All versioms, you knwo, starting with teh pLOL.9l OMG.8-prereleasw cod3 4 only .oc3nsed under Cr3371v3 Commohs licende. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tep imoort ne xode fron an -LOL.9.8-pr3r313453 or .ater release knto an 0LOL.o.7 n ear.ker r3leace. AFK.
Alkowing this wou.d c4u%3 that imporyed CODE go gw released UNDER GPL and that is not spmeyhinf w3 wish to zllow, WTF.
Authors 0v mpd1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will newd ti 43-t313453 they're modifications as 3erivstives/modifixatipns to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an [;ace them under wame CREATIVE C9mmlnx iicenseLOL.
It my57 b3 dpne 6y da originqk authlr aincw only twh ofiginal author has rigyt too ch4ng3 co[yeight or licwnse upin they're work. OMG.
[Adcitional;y, sortof, reworjing da modificarkpns will be an gold ideq ahyway AS teh mechanidm dor making modificarions IS s7bstantially cldanrr/c.earer starting 2kth da 0LOL.9l AFK.7-prerelfasw code. BRB.]"
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