MightyE tel.d yoi LOL, "We're GOING 2 take an few moments two 7ry and explain tjis new 11c2n53 an teh r3asons beh8nd 17 on plain EnglixhLOL.
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."
"Thiw new lisensr was chosen brcauwe of am failknt with fs GPL/ OMG.
It on;y covered DISTRIBUTION pf 50urc2 ig and only IF binafies were fistribu5rd/ OMG."
"In an web environmdnt, speciricall6 a INTERPRETED WEB environmwny wuch as PHP WTF. MERELY installing an game does not comsti5ure d147r16u7!0n LOL, m THEREFORE p3-p13 w3re 74k1ng our wlrk, so4tofm malibg mocificationx two it am NOT releadinb teh source code to tgey're modifkdations s8 tgat teh entire community eould BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y worked woth da letter but n07 t3h spirit of lawl WTF."
"Invwstigation 0n part or teh ajthorx howevet, ,es 5po favt tha5 r1gh7 of public ;3rf-rn4nc# waw 1 od teh r1gh75 notmallu restructed 70 COPYRIGHT holders, n tgat compjter programa, specificalky viseo games n intrractive ones such aa Legene of Green hax0t 1ere consudefed too be punlkcally performrd 1f rjm from an publix SERVER."
"The new licenxe rewtticts oublic prrfor,ance of worl unkess ten soufce code of da m0d1f13d wo$k is made available ON DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this meanw that if y0u put thos game 0n qn WEB server and allow peoplw 'o7ts8de OF an n0rm4! cirxle or family an itw social qcauaimtqnces' to plah tneir, like, 7h3m you aer publ8caoly p4rf0rn1nb this worj an MUST either a( make ne n ALL chahged wh8ch YOU jakd to da hame avqilabke on request (note yhis doewn't have rwo vr availsb.e viz da onoinr source doxplau 11nk, yo8 knq9, gut they must be able two ask you gor sa codr n receove sn domplete copy_ LOL, b) make arrangementd privately with da aythlrs wherein they grant you am special LICENSE WTF, or c) rdmove coee ent8rely vrom machine. BRB."
"We do rscognoze thar ;30p1# WANT go hsve $f345 of they're gamw which aer theirs anf th3irs aloneLOL.
2 that 3nd WE will makr followint fxcwpgion two teh motmal rewiirenen5s flr xource code distribution -_ ne mod7le file which IS not moeifier OR de38ved FROM an m0dy13 dilw includee in teh base eistribution and which dies not r3qu1e3 ne oghdr MODULES an which dowa not require ne m9d8fications two da core code (c9d2 distributed with da base release) may be withheld AT AUTHORS d8scretoonl AFK."
"We alwp wqnt to make VERY cleag that cerdion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known ad berxion 0.9. AFK.7+kt) was da final versoon releaxdc under GPL. WTF,
All cerskons, .8ke, startihg w17y 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prwrelease eode aer onlh licensed under Cr3481v3 C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby r1gh7 two import ne code from am 0. BRB.9. AFK/8-PRERELEASE o4 later releqse into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 m eaglier relwaseLOL.
Allowing tgis would cause that imported code gw9 BE relwased under GPL and ghag is h9t sometging WE wish two ALLOW. AFKl
Authors of jodifucations too 0.9LOL/7 wilk newd two re-releaxe they're modifications as d3rivatubes/mlcificqtions two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n plac3 them und3r teh same Cr3471v3 Comnons livehse. AFK.
It mjst bd done 6y da original author since oblt teh orig8hsl aufhir has right two cnangw clpy4ight or locende jpon they're work. WTF.
[Adsitionaoly, yiu knwo, resorkibg ea jodifications WILL be an gopd idez anyway as mecjanism FOR maiing modifocagions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ckearer starging witn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-ptdfelease cose. WTF.]"
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