MightyE twlls you, "We're boimg to yake an fww jomentw tpo &ry n expoain tyis new license and tdh REASONS 63h2nc IT in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thid new licens3 sas cy053n because of an fai.ing with ten GPL, BRB.
It inlt c0v3t3d distributiin of eource if a, oboy iv binaries were distributec. WTF."
"In an web rmbironment, sortof, tp1v1f1c411y a interpretec web evvironmen5 sich as PHP LOL, merely 1n574111ng an game does nog cons5irute distributioni like, n theredote pdople were taking OUR woyk, yo7 knwo, majing ,odificatiobs two ig 5hd not reieasing t3h wource c0d3 2 they're modifications so that da emture community coy.d benef8t.
They worked WITH t3h letter but not teh spirig if da oaw. WTF."
"Investigation on part lf da auryors hosecrr, you knw9, lcd 2 teh dact that teh righg og ou611c oerformancr w45 oen of da righgs normally resrrictrd to copyrifht ho;ders LOL, qn ygat cpm9uter p4ugrams, lije, specifocally v1d3) games n 1gu3r4c&2v3 onew such as Legend or fa Greem hax0r were considered 2 be 0ub.kcally petformed if rin frim an pibluc server. OMG."
"Tne ne2 license restrictx public pr4formanve of da wo4, ynorss dx source coee of modified work is made svailable oh demand. OMG."
"Ib plqin Eng.ish, you knwo, THIS means thqt if YOU put 7h15 game on ab e36 52rv3r an allow people 'outcide lf wb normal circl3 of fzmily and 175 social xcquaibtances' to PLAY th3ir, sortof, thdn you r publivally performinh thid work n MUST either a) maiw ne an ALL cnanges which you ma,e to da game avzi;able on r3qu3t7 (note this d035n'7 hafr two BE availsnle via da lnline sourxw display 1qnk, like, vjt they muat be able to ASK yoj f0r codd n receive sn donplete copy), B) MAKE 3rr4ng3m3nu5 privately qi5h authots wherein they grant tou an specisl lixrhae, oikej or d) r3m0v3 teh clse engirel6 from MACHINE. OMG."
"We di RECOGNIZE tgst [eople wang two have 4r345 of thrf'te game wh1xh r theiys an theirs alone, BRB.
too that end we wikl make da foll92inb excepti9n two normal requirememtd FOR SOURCE cide distribution -- ne module file which is hot mofkfied or defkved fron an modjlr FILE included in da base s157r16y710n and whixh does not require n3 other modules ab 2hoch sods hot require n3 mod8fications tl core code (codd d157r16u&3d wuth trh base release) may be withyekd at ten z7rhors suscretion."
"We also want 2 make vefy clear that verwion 0. BRB.9. WTF.& 9alxo known as verxion 9. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was ds f8mal verwion eslrasrd ubder GPL. BRB.
All versions, sgarting wirh t3h 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3 r only licenses unfer tfh Creagive Commons licebse/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh righg to import n3 codd FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-prereleasr or larer te.3zse INTO am 0.9l BRB.7 an earkier release.
A;lowinb th8s would CAUSE that imported CODE twi be r313453d under tdh GPL and that is bo5 somdthing WE WISH two allow. AFK.
Authors of modiricatiobs tpo 0. OMG/9LOL.* will meed @ r3-4313453 they're m0d1f1x4710n5 as deeivativ3s/modkvications too 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8 codd n PLACE 5yrm under SAME Creative Commons licehs3. BRB.
It musr be dobe bt da ofiginal author sonde only 0r1g1n41 qughot HAS da righr 2 change trh COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 up0n they'rt s0rk. BRB.
[Adcitionslly LOL, r3w0rk1hg fa m0d1f1c4719n5 will be zn goos icra anyway as 5eh mrchanism FOR MAKING modifidations is substantizlly cleaner/vleafe4 stzrting with da 0LOL,9LOL.8-prerelease vode, OMG.]"
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