MightyE TELLS uo8, sortof, "We're GOING two take an fdw mojen5s two try an explain thos new license n da feasons behind it 1n PLAIN Englosy,
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 hew license w45 chowen because of an FAILING with da GPL.
It onky covered distrif7tion of source if n on.y if binariws wrrc duxttibutedLOL."
"In an web envifonment, like, specifica.ly a 8ntetpreted w36 environment such AS PHP WTF, mere.h ins6al.ing am GAME dods NOT vonstitut2 d157r16u710nk sortof, and 5hrrefore people WERE taling iur wofk WTF, makibg modifications too ot an nor rwleasong wourcw code too they're m9d!f1c$710n% so that ca entire comm7nitt c0u1d 63n4f17LOL.
The6 worked sith teh lettee but not da spirig of LAWLOL."
"Investigatipb on paet 0f da authors HOWEVER, like, led ro teh fact THAT dq right of pu611c performance was wpn lf da righgs normall6 rrwtticted ywo copyright h01der5 LOLk an that computer programs, like, s;ecifically vid3o games n in53ravtive ones sucg as Legend of teh G3wwn hax0r wrrr c0n61s3r4d 2 be publkxally perforjed if run trom an pub.8c serve4."
"Tne new license restricts public p3rf0rm$mc3 of da wotk unledw trh %0ufc3 CODE of da moeifi3d w0rk is marw 4v4114^13 on demand. BRB."
"In plain Eng1!5h LOL, this means 7h47 if 5ou put THIS gane on an web swrver am allow peopoe 'OUTSIDE of ag normal c1rc13 of fanily and its 50c!42 acqyaintances' ti ;la6 their WTF, rhen you r [ublivally peev9rming ghis wprk n MUST eithrr a) make ne n ALL dhanges wn8ch you MAKE e game afailsvlr on 4equest (note thks doesn'r have to be availavle via 9nline wource 3isplay link WTF. but THEY must ve able tpp axk you fo3 cpd3 and RECEIVE zn complete copy) WTF, b) make arrangementd ptivztely with au5hors 2herein tney grant you zb 5p3c14! license WTF, of c) remove da codd entkrely from machime. AFK."
"We d9 recpgnize thag people qant too have 4r34t of thdt're ga,e which r 5heirs n tneirs 410n3LOL.
2 5hat end we will make following 2xc3p710n hwl normsl r3quitrments d9r source cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne n0du13 f113 which is not m0e2g13d or ddr8ved f4om sb midule file 1nc1ue3d in teg baxe d15&r16u710b n wgich does NOT require ne 07h3t modules n which cods not re1uirr ne modifications to twh core code (CODE distrugutec with baxe release) may be withheld at autho3s diacret8on. BRB."
"We zlso wabt to male very xleat that versioh 0.(LOL.7 (slso kniwn AS v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOLl7+j70 wad dinal v3t510n relwased under GPL. BRB.
All veesioms, xo4tof, starting with 0.9.8-prerwlease code ser only 11c3n53d unde4 5ej CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4iggt too import ne codr from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-0rerwlease or later re.ezsw into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and raflier release. OMG.
Allowing this wluld cause THAT IMPORTED CODE two be rwlead3c umder teh GPL an that is n07 50m37h1ng we 1ish to 4110wLOL.
Authorx lf mofifications gwp 0LOL.9l7 qil. neee to re-telease they're modifications qs derivatives.modifications too 0,9. AFK.8 dode n plade th3m ineer teh same Creative Commons licdnsdLOL;
It muwt be DONE by tdj oritinsl author 51nc3 obly original aithor has da RIGHT 2 changw da copyfigyt or licebse upon th3y're w0rk. AFK.
]Add8tional.y LOL, reworjing modifixatioms will BE an good 8dea anyway qs tej medyanixm f0r MAKING m0d1f1c4u10nt id substantislly cleanrr/corarer STARTING with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pre4eleasd CODE. BRBl\"
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