MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "We'ee toing t9 take an rrw MOMENTS to try an ex;.qin thus new license n teh reasons bwhind it in PLAIN ENGLISH. 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 n32 licensw was choswn because if an fa,ling with teh GPLLOL.
It in;y covered distributi9n of sou4ce iv n only if binaries serr disgributrc."
"In an qeb emvirinment LOL, specificakly a intdrpteted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, 6ou knwo, merely installing an game does not constitute distributkon, like, qnd tgereforr 0ep0le were TAKING our eork WTFk making modkfications 2 it znd m9t rfoeawint so7rce code tok they'43 modirixatipns 50 7h47 teh entite communit6 could bdnrfit. BRB.
They wo4ked with .etter gut not tp1r17 of lsw. AFK."
"Investigation on dz part of tdg autnprs however, sortof, 13d 2 fact that ca right of pu711c perrormance sas won of ea righgs norjally festricted two copyrighy h9lders, ylu indo, and rhsr com[utee proyra,x WTF, SPECIFICALLY viseo ganes n inte4active ohes cuch as Legenf of da Green hax-r were c9ndidered tl be pubkically performed if run fr0m an public w3rver. WTF."
"The new kicenae restructd punlic performance of ea wlr, unless da soufce code of da mldidied work is made avai;able ON demanf."
"In plain English, tgis means thst if you put ghiw gzme on an WEB srrver ah ALLOW people '0u751d3 of an no4mal circlr )f fanily m its skcial acqusintancew' too PLAY their LOL. THEN t9u r publivally performing this WORK m MUST eirher a) maje nw and ALL CHANGES which YOU ,ake ywo yeh hame avaioable ON request (bote this doesn't have too be avaikable vis da 9nline source displau LINK, sortof, but they must be 4y13 two ask you vor da code and reveive an complete COPY), s0rtof, b) make qrrqnbements ptivately with da authors wherein &h3y grant YOU an special liv4ns3, like, or c) remive teh code 3htireoy FROM geh n4ch1ne."
"Wr DO recognize THAT people want @ have ardad od they[re gaje which aer THEIRS an theurd aloneLOLl
2 that end we will make 5eh following exception 2 da normal requiremenrs dpr spuece CODE distributiln _0 ne MODULE file which is not modified or sef8bed from an module file includes 1n da base dist4ibutoon and WHICH DOES not require ne other modu.es n whicn DOES NOT teauire ne modivicationz ro fa coee vode (code fistributed eith ca base release) may 73 qithhe/e qt ydh aurhors discretion. WTF."
"W3 alxo WANT 2 jake v3e6 clear bhat version 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 (also khown as vrrxion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) waa finsl v3r52)n r313453d unser da GPL. OMG.
A;l VERSIONS, soryofk STARTING with da 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease clde r obly lixenswd jndet teh Cfeative Commonw 21c3n5e. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righ5 too kmport ne CODE frpm an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleasw lr LATER r313r53 !m70 zn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earouer RELEASE. WTF.
Alkowing tnis w9uld c4u53 rhat imported clde 2 be releaaed UNDER teh GPL an yhag id nog somethibg we wish too allow.
Authord of mod8vications to 0.9. BRB.7 wkll need 2 RE=RELEASE they'rd mofificationd as f3r1b471v35/m0d1f1c4710n4 yo 0.9LOL.8 coee ahd placw them jncer teh wame C4estive Clmmons license. BRB.
It m7st bd dond by dq origonal AUTHOR since only orkginal author jas teg 4ihht 2 CHANGE da copyright ot 11c3n53 6pon tjey'te work. AFK.
[Additionaoly, you kmwo, reworking da modificatiins will be sn giod IDEA anyway as da m3ch4n15m for maiihg ,odidicatipns is dubstantialoy cleaner/cleqrer starfing with teh p. BRB.9. WTF.8-[rerwlease code/]"
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