MightyE tells uouk sort9f, "We're GOING to rake zn f41 moments ti try ans ex;lain THIS n3w lixense n fa reasons begind iy 1n plain Engliwh.
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 licende wzs CHOSEN BECAUSE of an railing WITH GPL, OMG.
I7 only coveree distribut7on of soirce if n onlt 1f binariws wer3 distributed. WTF."
"In ag qeb wnvironment LOL, SPECIFICALLY z intdrpf3ted web 3nv1r0hm3n7 wuch as PHP LOL, meeely installing an game doed not cohstitute djstruvution LOLk n THEREFORE PEOPLE w3r3 taking our WORK, sortpf, MAKING m0d1r1c471)b5 2 it an nit e313451ng teh source code w they're modiricatioms xo 7h47 ENTIRE xommunity c9ild benefit. OMG.
They wo4kwd with teh letter but not da wpurit OF 14w. OMG."
"Invrstigation om ;ary ov da AUTHORS howefer LOL, led two da facr that ds RIGHT og publkv pe4fornance waa won 0f da rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 dopyr7ght HOLDERS LOL, ah ghat vlmpytdr pr0trrm5, specifically VIDEO games and INTERACTIVE ines such as Legehd OF Green hax0r WERE considetde t2l be puv;oca;ly performed 1f run from an ;ublic server. OMG."
"The nes license restricts puy;ic pdtfo4manc3 of work unless teh slurce c0d@ og modifi3d WORK ks MADE available pn demanc. BRB."
"Ib plain English, hpu knwo, this mezns that 8v ypu PUT 7h1% game on am web server b aliow people 'outsiee of ab nprmsl s1rx13 of ramily an 1u5 social acquaintances' twp play their, then you ae4 publ8xallu PERFORMING thid work and MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL chabged which uou maie too ea game available )n rdquex5 (note th8s dowsn't uafe w be available via ONLINE source DISPLAY lunj LOL, but gheh must be able tqo ask uiy for teh code n receive an COMPLETE copu), b) make arrangements ptuvately wi5h teh authors 2h3rein they grant YOU ah zpecial license, like, OR c) r3m0v3 da CODE entirely fron machinr. AFK."
"We do reclghizr yhat [3lp.e WANT 2 have areas of they're game which r 5heivs an theirs aline. WTF.
twp 6h47 end we WILL make ds rollowihg exception tso ds jormsl fequirements gor spurde code diwtribution -- ne moayle file which is not mpfified or derovrd from an MODULE file 7hcluded IN tdh bqse siwtribution an which does n07 require ne othe4 modujes an which does not 4e1uire ne modifications to CORE code 9c0d3 DISTRIBUTED wigh da base release) may BE withhe;d at da 4u7g0r5 d14vr2719n. AFK."
"We also WANT too m4l3 very c144r THAT v3rsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also kn0qn 45 versipm 0. BRB.0. BRB.7+jr) was da fiha; VERSION released UNDER teh GPLLOL.
A11 versioms, sortlf, 574r71ng WITH 0LOL.0. OMG.8-[fereleaxe code zrr on;y licensrd uneer da Crraruve Cpmmons LICENSE, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne code feom am 0. BRB.(.9-PRERELEASE o4 later relwase 1n&0 zm 0.9. OMG,7 n 34r113r releasd. OMG,
ALLOWING 7h15 woyld c4u53 5tat 1mp0r73d codr to be rrlwased unser GPL and that 15 not someehing we WISH tio al;oe. OMG.
Autjors of modificariobs 1 0.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-release they'r3 mpd8ficatioms aa dericatives/mpfididatiohs 2 0. AFK.9. OMG,* CODE n place tgem ubder da same Creayige COMMONS license. BRB.
It muwt be eone by teh originsl authof 51nc3 only twh o4igina; suthor has ds r1gh7 TO change ueh copytigjt or license upon they're workl BRB.
'Adcitionally, yoy knwo, r3q0rk1nb da mpdificatkons eoll 63 zn food idea anyway aa mechznusm for making modifications IS sibxtantially c134n3r/c!34r3r statting wuth da 9. AFK.9. BRB.7-prerwlease codw. WTF.]"
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