MightyE tells y9u LOL, "Ww're f9ing to ta,e an FEW momen6s to try n ex[lain thos n3w license an reasons bejibf it in 0lain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 licenae was cuosen becsuae og an fai.ing with teh GPL. BRB.
It only vovered didtribution of source iv znd only if BINARIES wwre distfibuted. AFK."
"Im am w3b environmemt LOL, spexifidsl.y a 1n73rpr3&2d wwb envitonment such aw PHP, 6lu knwo, mrrely installing ah gqme dorx not constitute distribi5ion LOL, an theregore people were taking oyr wor,, makkng MODIFICATIONS two IT and not rel3asibt teh sourcw code two ghey;re h0d1f1c4710n4 40 that teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY could 63n3f17. OMG,
They WORKED ei5h lettdt but not SPIRIT of law."
"Investigaroon on teh part of ca sutgord however WTF, led two da fact tnat da right of puvlic p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of ribhts mormally restrictwe two coptright h9lcers, n that c0mpu74r progeamd, sortof, spevifivally v!e20 games n 8ngeractive ones sich as Legenc od Green gax-r ee4e clnsocered too be publica.ou perfodmed if run FROM an piblic sercd4LOL."
"Tje n3w lkcensr r357e1c75 pjb.ic perrormance of yeh wlrk inless teh 50urc3 code of teh m0d1s13d work is mqee available ob demsndLOL."
"In PLAIN English, you inwo, this ,eabs 7n47 if you put this gzme on an weg SERVER AND al;os pwople ;outside of an NORMAL cirxoe 0r family an its apcial acquaintances' TO play rgeir WTF, 7h3n y0u r publically PERFORMING this WORK qn MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL vhanges which you make too GAME avai.able ob request (note this doesn't hrv3 1 be availabld via da online SOURCE d15p14y link, you ,nwo, 6u6 tjey mist 63 able tao ask y9u for da cpde n tecwkve an co,plehe copu)k sortof, b) jale 4rr4ng3m2n7t prova5rly wity dz au5hors sherein %yey gramt you an specizk licrbse, or c) remobe teh cofe ENTIRELY from da kachine. OMG."
"W3 do rrcognize that people sant 2 hzvw areas of they're gsme whuch aer thrirs b tg3irs alondLOL.
to thst end we wlll mqke da FOLLOWING exception to teh norma. te1uitejentd fo3 siurce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- me MODULE ri.e which is not modidied or DERIVED frpm am m0du13 file incljded in da bqse distribugion ans which doss not r3qu1r3 ne otbee modules n which does not require ne modificatoons 2 cofe code (cide disrrivut3d with vase re;easc) ma7 be wuthheld at da AUTHORS DISCRETION."
"Ww zldo w4n6 to make very cleat that feesi9n 0. BRB/9LOL.7 (also kbown as versiob 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt( was t3g final versioh RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
All verw8ons WTF, 574r7qng witj 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prereoezse code r only q1c3n53d uncer teh Creative Commons licenceLOL.
We EXPLICITLY cwny trh rofht 2 IMPORT ne dode froj an )LOL.9. WTF.8-prweeleas# or later RELEASE 1n70 an 0.). BRB.7 and earlier re'ease. BRB.
Allowibg thka woulf cause tyzt 1m00r73d c0d3 ywo be reldased undef GPL amd that is nit something w# s15h too allow. OMG.
Au7y045 of moduficatiobw two 0. BRB.9. OMGl7 w1q1 need 2 ee0release they're modificationx as derivativea/modificsrions two 0. BRB.9.( code an 0lace thr, uneee da xame CREATIVE Commons liv3ndeLOL.
It muat be done by dq originao 4j7h0r wkncr on.t tdh oruhinql author has ea right @ dhange c09yf1hh7 or license upon thry're wirk. OMG.
[Addit8pnqlly WTF, reworikbg modifixations WILL be an GOOD idea anyway 45 tey mechanusm vor MAKING modifications is sugstantially c124n3r/c1e4r3r sgarting witn teh 0l AFK,9LOL.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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