MightyE twlls ylu LOL, "We're going to take an few momemys ti trh an EXPLAIN 7h1r new license an da rrasons behund 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."
"Thus new locense was vhosen BECAUSE of an railing witk geh GPLLOL.
It only covered cis5ribjtion pf source if 4nd oniy if binariws e3f3 d167r16u&3dLOL."
"In an qeb environmentm specifica;l6 a interpreted qdb envk5onmrnt 5uch qs PHPk merely installing an game does not comstitute d156r16u810n, n tgerefpre ;eopld were tzking our aprk, sortof, makint m9difidatkons too 17 abd not releasunh da xource dode two they'r3 modifications SO that da 3h7!r3 com,unity cpuld nwnefit/ AFK;
They worked WITH reh ketter but not 5p1r1u 0f lawl AFK."
"Investibztion ON da part 9f sa auyhors jowevr4, you lnq9, 12d two da fqdt thst teh right of public perfprmabce was woy 0f da righ5s nprmally restricted two copyright h01d3rt, ylu knwo, snf that computer PROGRAMS, woecificaoly v1ce0 games an interqctive ones such ws LEGEND 0g reg Greem hax0r were conaidered to be publically pwrformed if 4un from an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"Thr nrq lucense rest4icts public p3rformance od da work unless teh siuece cpde pf modidied work is msde zcdulable on ddmand. AFK/"
"In plain Ehflisj, this means that if yiu PUT this gamr ON an web servtr an 4110w people 'o7tskde OF an nprmal corcl3 ov famiot n its xociql acquaintqnces' TO play their LOL, THEN you aer piblically pe4forming thks sork h MUST either a) m4k3 ne and ALL cnanges wjich ypu make too r3h gsmd availab;e on t3quest (note this doean'r tave TO be availavle via teh online sourcd display lihk, like, but they must BE able to asi you g9f teh CODE sn receiv3 1n compldte copy), like, b) m4k3 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY wi4j autho3s WHEREIN rhey GRANT you an s[ecoal license, sortof, o4 v) eem0ve da x9de entire.t fr0m da mach9ne. BRB."
"We d0 rwcobnizw yhat 0eopoe want two jave areas OF rhet;re game which r THEIRS an 7h31r5 alone, BRB/
2 THAT end we will malr fllkowimg exceptoom 2 ca normal requirenehta dor source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fole which IS not mosified ot derived from an module file ihciuded in base distrigut8in qnd which dows not require ne other ,odilea n which dles nog require ne modufications 2 dord CODE (code distrinuted with da bade release) ,au bd sityhdld at authors dkscretlon. OMG."
"We also w4m7 too make verh clfar that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 *also khown 45 version 0. OMG.0. AFK.7+JT) eas twh final versiln feleased und3r da GPL. AFK.
A11 versions, softof, STARTING 2ith teh 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r ONLY licebseg uvder da Crea6ivd C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny r8ght too 8mport me c0d3 from zn 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE 9r later r#1e453 infl an 0LOLl9. BRB.7 and esrlier RELEASE.
ALLOWING thiz WOULD cause 5hat im0orted c0d3 to9 be RELEASED uncer GPL an THAT is nlt womethint qe w15h 2 allow.
Autyora 0f modificatoons two 0/ WTF.9. AFK.u 2i.l nees tsi re-release they're ,oxificstions as serivatives/modificatipns to 0. OMG.9. OMG.* c0d3 and place THEM jndrr da same C4e471v3 C0mm0n5 LICENSE. OMG.
Ir must 62 dlne bu original authpr 51nx3 9nly origkna; author has da roght 2 vhange fa copytight or LICENSE upon ghey're work. BRB/
[Additiona/ly, like, reworking mlcificatioms w121 be an good isea anyway ss mdchanism vor m4k2ng mldif8cations is substantially cleaher/clearer wta4ting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-ore4elease code. AFK/]"
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