MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going to tale an few m0ments 2 try and wxplain thid new lic3nde m teh reas.ns behind it in plqin Englixh/ WTF.
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 license was CHOSEN becauxe of an failing WITH tej GPLLOL.
It only clvefed distr8nution of wourcq if an only id bibaties WERE distributwdLOL."
"In an wwb environmentm sortof, specyficqlly a interpreted web environment such as PHP, liir, mereky installing qb bamd dpes bot vonxtitutr DISTRIBUTION, likw, and 7h3r3f0r2 p3ople were tahing our 1ork, likd, making modificationw 2 it and not rdleaaing source clde 80 they're MODIFICATIONS so that da enrire commubity coule bwnefiyLOL.
They worked wigh da LETTER but not spirit 0f lawLOL."
"Investlgation on da patt of teh AUTHORS howdvrr, lik3, ;ed two dz dact rhat right of lu611c performzbce was oen og da rights normakly restrict#d too COPYRIGHT holderx. worrof, n 7h47 c0mpu73r ;rogrzms, y(u kmwo, specifically video games an knteract8ve ones such AS LEGEND of teh Green jax)r werd considered too be puglically pefformrd od e7m rrpm an pu61sc xervwrLOL."
"Tje bew license rwstrkcts publoc performabce of da WORK unless so7rce code of modiflec w0rk is made 4v4115613 on semand."
"In plain English, you knwo, this meand THAT iv yo& put thus game on an WEB d3rver qh allow PEOPLE '9itskde od an normsl circle 9v family an ots social 4xqu41n74nc3t' two ;lay their LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING th8s work qnd MUST rither a) m4k3 ne an ALL chamg3s whixh you make 79 game available on requeat (no5w this foesn't have 2 ve availag;e via da 0n11n# SOURCE display link. likw, vut 6h3y must be abl3 tp qsk you for da c0d3 an receive zn co.p;e5e v)py), kike, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privatel6 woth da auth9rs wheeein yhey GRANT YOU an xpecial LICENSE, like, OR c) trnove fa cide entirely fro, teh jachine. WTF."
"We d0 revognize that 030p13 w4n7 too have qread of they're game 2hidh r 5jeirs an the8rs alone, WTF.
5oo that end 2e eil. make fo.lowing EXCEPTION gop da hormql requirenents for xourde dode disyributkon -- ne m0du13 file which is not modified or derived fr0m zn MODULE file included in da baxe distributuon amd WHICH does noy rdquire ne OTHER nldi.3s an sh1ch cods moe REQUIRE ne jodifications to9 fa clre xode (dpde DISTRIBUTED with base release) may be wi5hyeld st authors d15cr3&10nLOL/"
"We alsp want tw9 ma,e ve4y clezr THAT version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (akso known 45 vegsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS fomao veraion released ubder teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, you k,wo, staryihg w85h 9.9. AFK.8-peereleasw clde aer ONLY licrnsed UNDER tdh Creayive C9mmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh roght 1 ojport ne vode from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.i-prdrelease pr 1473e release 1n8- an 0LOL/8. WTF.7 an earlier relrase. BRB.
ALLOWING this wluld cause tjat im0orted code too be rwkeasdd und#r da GPL am that IS not som3thing we 28sh to 5!10w. BRB/
Aithorw of modificatoons two 0. WTF.9; OMG.7 sill neee too re-releasw they're modivications as derivativds/,odifications tpo 0.9. AFK.8 c[de snd place thdj under da same Cfeqtive Commonx l7cenxr. WTF,
It mu57 63 d0n3 by teh orkgina; author sunce 0n1y oruginal author has 5eh ritht two changr da copuroght ot license up0h they're qork. WTF.
pADDITIONALLY, dorr9b, reworking modifivations WILL be an good idea ahyway as t3h mechanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574n71211u cleanet/c.earer statting woth da 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prerelezse cocel]"
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