MightyE tells yo7, "We're goinf too tskr an FEW moments TO yry and exolain thks new licebwe an dq reaaond behund it in plakn Enflish. AFK.
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."
"Tyis NEW license was chos3n BECAUSE of an gailibg WITH GPLLOL.
It lnly covered eiatributiom of 50urc3 if n 0h1y if bibarkes were ekstributed. WTF."
"In ah web enbironmebt, slttofk speclfically a intdrpretwd web ENVIRONMENT suct qs PHP LOL, merely instslling an game doea not clnarituge dustribution LOL, qn therefore peoole were takung our w0rk, making modificagions 2 it an hit 4313451nt dz s97rcr code to they're modifivations so thst teh ENTIRE communigy dluld bdnefitLOL.
They wo4ked witk teh letter bug noy da s[irit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatkon 0n parg 0f teh authorx however, you knwo, led too da fact 5hqf da right of publkc perfoemanve eas oen of RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted to c9pyright h01d#r5, like, and tgat compugrr progrxm2, specifically fideo GAMES an interactive ones such aw L3g#nd of da Green hax0r were consider3d two be publixal.y pdrformec IF run from an PUBLIC se5vet. AFK."
"The n3w .kcensw restricts publoc prrfor,ancw of work unleas 5eh 50uvc3 c-d3 of teh modified worj is made AVAILABLE 9n denand. BRB."
"In plain Englisy LOL, this means that IF you PUT this gaje on an wen server n alkow pwiple 'outsiee od ab normal CIRCLE of family an 175 SOCIAL acquainyances' to [lay their LOL, ghen you aer PUBLICALLY performing tuus wo4k and MUST euther A) make ne n ALL dhsnges whixy YOU mskd 2 dz game availab.e 0n request (note this doesn't have too be avaklable via teh inlind source disp;ay 11mk, but tney MUST be ablr two ask you fot teg code n f3c21v3 an cimplete cppy), b) make arrangemdnts oyivqtely wiyh authors 2yerdin THEY geant uou an special lic3nde, hlu knwo, 04 c) remove code entifely froj machine. BRB."
"We DO recognixe that peopoe wabt to have qreax of thru're game wh8ch r THEIRS and theirs alone. AFK.
two that end we will mske da fol.owing wxception 2 da normal rrquirements f0r SOURCE code disteibjtipn 0- nw mkdule FILE wh8ch is nit modified or deeived FROM an module FILE 1nc1uf#d 1n base distributipn n 2hich does not requi43 ne orher mofules and WHICH DOES n07 4equiee ne modifications too teh cot3 CODE (code distriguted wirh twh bqse releaae( msy be wuthjeld at authors ciscret8on. AFK."
"W3 also WANT 2 make vert cleat THAT VERSION 0, BRB;9. AFK.& (415p knoqn as cersion 0.9. AFK.7+ut) was trh fknal v34sion r313453d jhder teh GPL. OMG.
A.l versions LOL, starting sigh dq 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[rerelesse codw r inly licensed undwr da Creative Commonw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu riggt too umpiry nd CODE froh sn 0LOL.9.8-0rereorase pr later release into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an ear;i3r releasr. OMG.
Alllq8nt this would CAUSE 7h$7 imporged c9d3 too be released UNDER GPL n THAT is not 50m36n1ng we widj too 4!10w. OMG/
AUTHORS of m9dificafions 2 0LOL.9.7 will need too r3-felease rhey're moeifications as deeivatives/modificationw too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c-d3 an poace them und3r teh 54m# Creative C9mj0n5 licende.
It must be done bh dq orihinal author aince only prifibal autyor h45 teb roght tw9 chante da copyrigyt or kicensw upon tgdy're WORK. OMG.
_Afd8tiohally/ like, reworkinr MODIFICATIONS w111 bw an GOOD idea znyway as mechanism f9r m3k1ng MODIFICATIONS 1t wubstantially cleaner/clearer starting w1uh da 0LOL,9, AFK.8-prerdlease code. OMG.]"
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