MifhtyE 73@15 you. "We're g01ng 2 take an fww moments toi try n explain this new license n teh REASONS bryond kt 1n p1r1n ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"This new LICENSE w4% chosen 6ec4u53 OF an fzil8ng w8tn GPLLOL.
It onlh covered d8atributiob og source ir anc ohly if binaries were distributed."
"In an 2eg ehvironmemt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such ws PHP LOL, mdrely INSTALLING an gsme DOES NOT CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, anf yheregore p30p13 wrre TAKING our WORK, ylu knwo, makihg modof8catkons 2 IT n not releasing da source CODE 2 yney'e3 modifications so tnat entore com,unity COULD BENEFITLOL.
They worked WITH teh letter 6y7 not teg spirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigation in teh PART of 4u7h0t5 howefdr, ;ed t2o dac5 thag eight of PUBLIC peeformance WAS q of da righfw normally restricted to copyright holders WTFk zm 7h47 compurer PROGRAMS, 5p3c1f1c411y viveo g4,35 n intetactuve ones such as L3g3bd lf Green has0r were considered two be piblifsl.6 performrd 1f run gfom an punlic derver, OMG."
"The b3w licenw3 e357r1c75 publkc perforjamce of teh w0rk uhless sou4ce code pf mosigied wotk is MADE available 9u cwmandLOL."
"In plain English, lilem th8s means that if you pi5 this gamw oh an web 53rv3r and alloq o30p13 'outside of an normal cirdle of family an its 50v!4q acquaintances' tw8 play their, lije, rhen you e publically performinh tyis work n MUST eityer a0 make me an ALL changes wh1ch yo7 m4k3 2 game availab.e on eequest (nite this doedn't have ywo b4 availanle via da ohline 5074c3 dksplay l8n,, 6u7 they MUST be able two ASK yo7 for teg code n texekv3 an complete copy), tou knwo, b) maie arfangenents -rivateoy WITH authors wherein THEY grant y9u ah 5[3c142 licrnse WTFk or c) rdmovw fa codw entirdly from teh machinr. BRB."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE qant 2 have sreas OF they're game which aer tgeirs b 7h32r5 al9ne. OMG.
two that dnd ee w111 m4k3 fol.owibf exce[tion too da nor,al requirements gir slurce code distribution -- ne module file WHICH IS not modified or derivsd vron an m9dule fkle included in reb base dis54ibutoon an 2hkch d035 no5 requofe ne other moxulds an which coes bpt rea7ire ne MODIFICATIONS two dq core codw (code cowtribjtdd with base rel3ase) mzy be witjhels at da authors discretuon. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 make very clesr that version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as veeaion 0LOL.oLOL.u+jt) s45 funao version rel3awed UNDER da GPL. BRB.
ALL vefsiins, lije. 574r71nh with ). OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3reldase code r only licensed ynder Ceea5ive Comnons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby 4ight to import ne codd frim an 0. AFK.8.8-prerelease or layer r3q345@ ibto an 0.9LOL.& an earlidr release. WTF.
ALLOWING thua wpuos cause that imported CODE to br feleased umder teh GPL and that is not sometting we wish two allow. OMG.
Authors ov modificagiond too 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 will need two r3-rsoease they're m0d1f1cr71-n5 as dwricatives/modif8catiins 70 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cofe n place them under da same Creative Cpmmonw license. WTF/
It mjt7 ne d;he by tey ofitinal 4u7h0e sknce on.y origibql aytgor has da right TO change copyright or license UPON thwy're eork.
[Adfitionallt, yoj knw9, 4e2ofking teh modificatiins will be an good idwa anyqay zs teh mechanism gor making mpdifica5ions is s7bstangiqlly cl3qner/cldarer starting w17h 0. BRB.9. AFK/8-pterelease c0d3.]"
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