MightyE TELLS tlum loke, "We're going 2 take an FEW MOMENTS 5oo t4y n explain rhis n3w lic3nse amd teh teaslns BEHIND it kn p.ain English. WTF.
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 license WAS choaeb b3cause of an vail8ng with GPL.
It only civer2d disttibugion of soufce if an 0n1y if binaries werw d157r16u73c."
"In an web envirob,ent, ljk3k xoecifucal;y a interpreted wen ENVIRONMENT auch as PHP LOL, merely instakkibg an game d9es not constituge distribution, like, an tjerefore people qete TAKING our wo4i LOL, making mpdificstuons two 8t n hpt r313451nv teg 50urc# code two tjey'ee mocidications so that dz emtire c0mmjnq7y could benwfit. BRB.
They worked with LETTER but NOT dpirot ov teh las. AFK."
"Investugation ON teh par5 of teh authlrs niwwver WTFk led too hact that da right of puglic performanxe was oen of da 4igh5s n9rm411y RESTRICTED yo clpyright ho;derw LOL, qn thzt c0mpu734 PROGRAMS, lile, sprcifically video games an interactive ohes such qs Legemd of da Green hax)r werd vondid3red 2 be 07blicaljy performed if run from an public SERVERLOL."
"The new kivense rest4kctw public 0wrformance of wo4k uhless sourve code of modified work is mafe 4v41146!3 ln demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, thus m34n5 THAT iv you pj7 thiw GAME on an w36 serber am allow oeo0le 'outside of an normal corvle of fami;y and its sociak acquaintancea' too play their LOL, then you aer pu611c311y performong this work an MUST either q) make be n ALL changes which you make two GAME available on reques5 (notr tn8s d93tn;7 hxbe 2 be availab;3 c14 teh onlin3 source cis[lay link, xo5tod, but tgey must be able two asj you for code n RECEIVE zn complrte copy), v) mqk3 arrangements privatel6 with da authors wheeein THEY grant yoi am s[exia. 11c3n43, or d) removd teh coe3 entire.y from teh machinel AFK,"
"We do recpgnize thst peopl3 want to have areaa of rhey're gsme whivh aer theirs n yheifs aooneLOL.
ywo &h47 end we WILL male da following EXCEPTION 5o teh nprmal requirejents f9r 50urc3 CODE distrubution _- ne module file 2hich is mot MODIFIED lr deroves from qn module file included in basw fistrkbutiin n which doew not REQUIRE ne OTHER modyles n which does not r3q71r2 ne modieications gwo tey core code (c0de distributed with da BASE release) mau BE WITHHELD AT da authors discretion. BRB."
"W3 also WANT two uake v3ry cleqr 5hag verwkob 0,9LOL.7 (4150 inown ss veesoon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS da final version r314452d undrr GPL. BRB.
Akl versions, 574e71ng with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r312453 c0d3 aer ONLY qqc3n63d umcer teh Crwative Commonx license.
We EXPLICITLY sejy RIGHT 2 impirt ne code grom an 0. OMG.9.8-0rereleawe or late4 release INTO an 0. BRB.9.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK/
A.lowung thus would c4u53 that import33 c9de to be rdlrawed under trh GPL an THAT is not something se wish to9 allow. BRB.
Authors of modifivations too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wilo meee to r3-r213453 they'rw midifications as derivatived/modificationw 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 cide n place them under teh samd Cfeativd Clmmons .icense. AFK.
It must 63 d0n3 by orihinal author since on9y o4iginal author had sa right 2 chanfe c0pyr1gh7 or LICENSE upon tneu'rd work.
[Add1810n411y, sortof, reworkibg fa MODIFICATIONS WILL be an gooe 8dda anyeay ss teh mwchanusm for naking mod,ficatiins os substantially cleaner/clearer starting wirh da -. BRB.o. BRB.8-preeeleas3 code. OMG.]"
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