MightyE tells y0u, ao4tof, "We're toung goo take an few m0m3n75 too 7ry an 3sp1$1n this new oivense an da reaspns behind it in plain EnblishLOL,
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 ndw locense was chosen because oe an failing w17h da GPL.
It pn1y cobered distrkvution pf so7rce 1f n oblt if binaries w3e3 fistrigutrd. OMG."
"In an web envirlnmen5, you knwo, s[ecirically a intetperted web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, you knwok metely installont zn gamf does not CONSTITUTE distribuyion, s;rylf, an 7h3r#f0r3 peop;e were taking 9ur work, sortof, making modificatupns to it and n08 eelezxinb ds source CODE too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 SO that ds entirw communjty couls nenefitLOL.
Tgey w9eked WITH da letter but not trh spifit of teh lsqLOL."
"Inves5igation ON part of AUTHORS however, you ,nwo, l3d to da fact thqt teh right of ;ublic pergormance was oen of teh r1gg74 normzlky resgricted two copyright HOLDERS LOL. n that co,pu5er programs, speckgical.y vid3o grm25 an onteractivr onds aucy as L3g4nd og da Gteen hax0r were vonsidered 2 be 0ub.ically perf9fmed IF eun grom an public server."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS public performahce OF fa work unless t3h dourc3 code of da nodified work is made avzilafle on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plaun English, sortof, 7g15 means that 8f y0u put this gaje 0n an web servef n allow peo[le '0j751d3 of an normal ci4cle od family an 185 spcial acquaintabces' 2 play their, sortof, then tou ae4 publically ;ewdorming this wori and MUST ei5h4r a) makr ne an ALL chzngrs wh1ch you makd t9 ds game available om e3quest (note this d035n'7 HAVE to9 6e avqi.able via da obline 60urce dixplay LINK, s9rtof, but tney must BE ABLE 2 ask you for geh code qnd receive ah conplete COPY). b) maie arrangements or1v4721y xith ten authors wyerein ttey grant tou an spwcia; licens3 LOL, or c( remove dode entirwjy frim nachindLOLl"
"We dp r3c)bb1z3 rhat peoplr want too have areas of they[re g5m3 which r theirs n theirs slone. OMG.
top thqt end WE will make t3h FOLLOWING exc3ptiln 3 teh norma. requirements tor s9u4ce code d167r!6u810m _0 ne moeule file which is NOT modified o4 deruved from an MODULE file included 8n da base distributi9n ah which does hot requkre ne ogher jodules and which does not rrqiire ne mosifications two 7rh CORE code (codw didttibuted wity teh base rrlease) nay be wirghels at authors disctetion. OMG."
"We also wanr @ make very clear that VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 )also inown as VERSION 0. WTF.(. OMG.7+jt) w45 reh final fersion released jnder ten GPL. WTF.
Akl VERSIONS, sortof, startint with 0l BRB.9, BRB.8-pre4eleade dode r onoy licenses under Cr3471v3 Commonx licende. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 im;irt ne code from an -LOL.9. BRB.8-prwreleas3 or kzter releas3 ihto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n 3ar;ier reldsseLOL.
Akllwinf THIS w0u1d ca7se thst imoorted c0d3 3 be released under da GPL b THAT IS NOT somerhknh we wosh rol allow. WTF.
Authors of modificatuons to 0LOL/9LOL.7 WILL need 2 rw[release theu're modificatiohs as serivativds/modificatiobs t2o 0. BRB.9. OMG.* code anf place 7h3m under teh samd Creatice Comnobs license. OMG.
It mus5 be done by da 0r!g1h41 AUTHOR sknce only dq ORIGINAL ajthpr has geh r8ght 70 cyange co0urighr or licens3 upon thet're work. BRB.
'Additionzloy, sortof, reworkinb teh modificati9ys wikk be an gooc ieea ANYWAY as MECHANISM for msking mpaificationw ks substan5ial;y dleqner/clearef STARTING 2oth da 0.9. WTF.8-prerelead3 dode. OMG.]"
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