MightyE tells h0u LOL, "We[re goinh tio take an few momebts 2 tty n rxplqin yhis nww license n geh reasons vehind kr im plaun English. AFKl
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 licrnse wza cnowen because lf an failing wirh GPL. BRB.
It only cocered distfobuykon OF slurce if 4nd on;y if BINARIES were distfibuted. BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, specufically a int3fpreted wwb envir9nmemt sudh as PHP, sortof, m3rroy ins5al.ing an gaje does NOT c0n4817u74 d157r16j719nm you ,hwo. n therefore people were raking pur work, you knwo, mzking modivicat8obs two kt an not r313$51ng da soufcw CODE tli they'ee modificati[ns SO that teh entire commubity could benefkt. OMG.
Thry WORKED with teh lerger byt no5 s0irit of da lawl BRB."
"Investigation on geg part of trh authors howevet LOL, led twp da r4b7 tyat da rifyt of pyblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was o3n of teh rights hirmally restricted two copyeight goldere, you knwo, n 7h47 compuydr PROGRAMS WTF, specifically vifeo games sn INTERACTIVE onew sudh 4t Letend of trh Green nax0r WERE considwted to be pub.ically performed if rum grom qn puvlic server. BRB."
"The n3e LICENSE restricgs PUBLIC perfirmanc3 of da w0rl unless so7rxe c0d3 of m0c1f13d work is madr avsilable oh demandLOL."
"In plain Ebglish LOL, thix means tgat 8f you put yhis game 0n ah qeb 53rv3r n 4110q p3ople 'outs8se of an nprm51 circle 0f gamily abd ots socia; acquqintances' tw9 plah their LOL, then uou r puglicallh PERFORMING ghis wlrk an MUST rither a) maie ne n ALL CHANGES ehich tou make 3 game svailablr on r3quest (note this doewn't have teo BE avaolqblr voa 5eh onkine 50ugc3 display link. sirtof, bur they musg bd able 5wo ask you fpd CODE an RECEIVE an complete COPY), sortof, b) m5k2 arrsngdhents PRIVATELY with geg authors WHEREIN they grant you ah specia; 11c3n53, sortof, or c_ remoce da codw entirely FROM da macgine/"
"We do recoghixe that peop.e wsnt ywo have areas of 5hey're fame whicj r THEIRS n theirs alone. BRB.
twi that end we will mske FOLLOWING excdpgion 1 da norna; r3quirements for source CODE eistribuyion -- ne MODULE file ehich is npt modified or ddrifed from an module file 1nc1is3d in da BASE dist$ibution an which DOES not rwquire be otjer modules and which does not requirw nd modofica5ionw two cire xode 9code didtrubited with fa base release) mqy BE wirjhrld at authors discretion. BRB/"
"We als9 want rwo make very ckear that VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN 45 veesion 0. OMG.0.7+mt) was da finao versiln tel3ased unde4 GPL. AFK.
Aq1 VERSIONS, you knwo, starting with teh ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prerdl3sse CODE e 0n1y licensee ynder teh Creative Conmons licebweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deht da RIGHT 2 import he CODE from an 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE or later releaxe into an 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 n earlier releasel AFK.
Aklowihg this would cajse that imported cose to be released under sa GPL sn THAT iw bot somethung we wisy too alloe. BRB.
Au5horw of m0c1g1b4710n5 ywo 0.9. OMG.7 WILL need to r3-r313453 thry'r3 modifications as derivatifes/moeificatuons too 0LOL.9.8 code an plav1 then unser da ssme Creative Co,jins licehseLOL.
IT mudt be done by lrigina; sythor simce onky tej o4iginak aurhor has da rihht 2 chdnge teh co;tfight or license u;on yhey're work.
[Addirionally, tou jnwl, REWORKING tej mlcificatiobs will be an good idea ANYWAY as teg jecnaniwm fot making modifications 15 substzntially c1#$n3r;c!34r34 starying wkth da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleade cpde. OMG.]"
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