MihntyE tells tou LOL, "We'4e going 2 take an few moments yo TRY an ex0lain THIS new licende and y3g r3450n5 behind ir in plqin Ebglixh. BRB.
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 licdnse was vhpseh because of an failung with GPL.
IT ONLY covwred distributiob OF sourde if zn ohly iv 61h4r135 WERE disrributed. OMG."
"In an we6 environment, like. specifica;lu a !n73rpr374d eeb envirlnment such AS PHP, m3r31y 1n574111nh an game d035 not constitutd distribu5i9n, y9u knwo, am 5herwfire peo0le wer# taking oje w;rk, sortof, MAKING movifica5ions w it an not RELEASING sa 50urc3 cid3 2 they'4e modifkcatiohs so 7h47 entire cimmunity coild benefut,
THEY wprked WITH da lettdr buy not 5p1t17 of 6eh 14w. BRB."
"Investigation oh geh part OF authprs however, lkke, lef tio da fact tnat teh right od public oerformznxe was won 0f reh rights norma./y RESTRICTED 5eo xopyright holde4w LOL, an that computer proframs, soetof, spexidically video games and interzctice ones sucn ad L4g4bd og da Green hax0r werr CONSIDERED tll be publ8cally p3rformed if run fr9m an pu611c SERVER. WTF."
"The new license resyricts puboic perfoe,ance of da wotk unkews teh source c0d3 0f teh mlxjfied wor, 15 made available on DEMAND,"
"In plain Ebglish, this means THAT id YOU put tgis game on an WEB sefver n allow 9woplw 'outside of zn n0rm41 circle ov fam8lt zn its soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' top plsy their LOL, thdn yiu aer publicalkh perfo4ming this w0rk ab MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU make 2 ds game availsble on request (n95e this doesnpt hafr to be qvailable v14 teh online SOURCE DISPLAY linkm you lnw9, but THEY mu57 ve able two ASK you for da CODE n receive an complete COPY), sprtof, n) make arrahgrments privatelh x17h da $u7h0f5 wnereon they br4nu you am specisl lic4nse WTF, or c) remove code 3m71r31y feom teh nacnine. AFK."
"We d0 recofnize that 0eople wanr 2 have 4f345 of they're GAME which aer theirs and theira allne. OMG,
2 that 3bd WE WILL make da f9llowing EXCEPTION too noema. REQUIREMENTS f-r soy4ce cofe distribution -- ne moeuld vile which iw yo5 MODIFIED or d3r1v3d from an modu;e FILE inc;udes oh teh BASE eisyribu5ion an which f035 hot fequire ne OTHER mod7les and wgich d035 not require ne midifications to core c0d3 (code eidtributed wity gdh nqse rwlease) ,ay be WITHHELD AT dq authors d16c43710b. BRB."
"We also wsnt to make very clear that vetsion 0.9. WTF.7 (zlxo ,bown as vresion 0. WTF.0. BRB.7_j7) was da fina. vrrsion reldased under dq GPL.
All versoons, starting 217h da -. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE clde aer omly oucensrd uhder Creative Conmobs license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dent right too impo4t ne cosr ftom an p. AFK.9.8[prerelease or later release into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n 3arluer RELEASE. OMG.
Alllwing tjis would cause 7h48 imported CODE top bd re.eased UNDER reh GPL an tnat is not xometn8mg wd wish @ ALLOW. WTF.
Autho4s of mpdifications to 0LOL.9.7 wikl beed 2 re-releade they're mofifications as eerivativew/mofifications 5oo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code h p;ace fhw, jnder ca saje Creative Commohs licensr.
It must be d0n3 vy tdh priginal sutgor sknce omly 0r1g1n41 author HAS righr goo change teh COPYRIGHT 9r oicense UPON tyey'r3 wlrl. BRB.
[Afditionqlly LOL, reworkunh teh modifications will bd am GOOD idea anyway r5 teh mechanism FOR making modifixations is 5j6574n71411y clesnee/clesrdr startimg with teh 0, OMG.9. BRB.8-prrrelezsd CODE. WTF.]"
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