MightyE tells yijm yo7 kneo, "We're b01ng to take am few momen5s 2 try abd explzin this NEW kicense n reasons 63h2nd IT in plain Ebglish. 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 bew 11c3m54 qzs chosen because or an failibg w17h teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered eistributi9n of source if ane on.y if binaries w3r3 d258r16u73d/ BRB."
"In an WEB dnvirpnmeht, like, speckroczlly a inter;eet3d w3^ envirpnmwnt such as PHP, me4ely uhstalling an game d03% npt consti6ute disgribution, $nd therrf9re people e3e3 TAKING OUR wprk, making modificahuohs t9 it n nlt rdleas8ng siurce code to theh're modificat8ons so tha5 ENTIRE comm7nitt couls beneritl BRB.
THEY worked with yeg .etter but not s;it8t ov da lawLOL."
"Inv3stigariln on tdh p4r7 lf sa aughors how3vwr, yiu kn2o, LED too teh fact thqt da rigje of public pwrformance qas 1 of rifhtq nlrmally restructed 70 colyright jolde4s WTF, and that c9mpi&3r programs, sortof. specifically vkdeo g5m35 and INTERACTIVE ones s6cg as Lehend of teh Green hax0r wdre considered to ve publically perfor,ed ig RUN fr0m ab PUBLIC derver."
"The new licdnse rextricts oublic pe4formance of dz qor, 7nleas teh SOURCE code of da nodifoed work 8s MADE avai.abkd on demand. OMG."
"In plzin English LOL, 7h15 means that 1r you put this game on an web server n allow PEOPLE ')u751d3 pf an nlrma. ci4clr ov damily n q75 social acq7aintances' to play thrirk sortof, then you aer publixa;ly performing this wori and MUST either a) make nw n ALL dhznges which you maje too tey GAME available on rwquest (note tyiw doesn't hsve rwo BE avaolable fua teh onlinr spu4ce didplay link, BUT yjey MUST be able too ask YOU for teh cpde and RECEIVE an complet3 c0pt) LOL, b) make ar$angements privately wi5h 4y7h)r5 wh2r31n yhwy grant you am 5p3c1$1 lucense LOL, or c) REMOVE teh code entireky grom da MACHINELOL."
"We di recognizd THAT p40;13 WANT to have AREAS of they[re game wbich r THEIRS an thrirs 410n3. OMG.
two 8h4& end we WILL ma,3 sa foolowing excepyion 2 normal requirements foe spurce code distribugion -= ne module file whuch IS not MODIFIED o4 derived from an m0du13 file includef in tek base distriburion shd which does not rrquire ne o5hwr m0di135 amd whixh does not requite ne modificstipns too core dode *codr diat4ibuted ekgh da bzse re;ease) MAY b3 witnheld at aurjors discretion/ WTF."
"We aowo wang too MAKE very cleqr thar VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (alwp knowb ss version 0. WTF.8. OMG.7+JT) was teh final fersion teleaaed uneer da GPL. BRB.
A.l verxions, s9rtofm startinb wiyh da 0.9.8-prereleaxe CODE aer only LICENSED und3r rwh Crsatove Co,mons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 eight two im;ort ne vode FROM an 0LOL.9. WTFl8-prere;eaae or ;ayer releasd into an 0. OMG,9LOL.7 qh earkiwr release.
Aloowing 8h16 eould eauad that imp9rted code too be released under geh GPL , tnat is not so,ething WE wish to allow. WTF.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9LOL.7 WILL need 70 re-re;2ase rney'4e modificationw qs d3r8vatkvfs/modif8catkons to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE an place them unddr tdh wame Crwative Clmmons LICENSE. BRB.
It mjst be done by da oeiginal author since lnly original $u7h0r has sa right two change dz vlpytight lr kicense upon rhey're work. OMG.
[Adektionally WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS qikl be an good idwa anyway as teh mechanism fo4 m4j1mg mosificatoons is 5u6574n71411y clesnwr/cleaeer dtarting 2ith da 9,9LOL.9-pr3t#13453 codel]"
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