MigjtyE tells y0u LOL, "We're g01ng 2 take an few mom3htz toi try and 3xp1#1n tyis new license an ds reaaohs tehknd it IN plain Eng115h. 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 l9cenwe sas CHOSEN because lf an railing WITH GPL.
I7 pnly coveref distribjtion of source if n ONLY if ginaries w3r3 didtrkbuted, BRB/"
"In qn web fnvironmemt, speciriva,ly a ibterpreted wwb 3nv1r9nm3n7 such as PHPk sittov, merely installing an hame dles not constktutw distribytion, you knwo, n therrfpre people were taking oyr worj, loke, n4k1ng modificationw 2 it n no5 releqsing tfh soufc3 code 70 th36'r3 m8dificatiins sp 7h47 teh entire communitt could benefig.
Tyey worked with letter bjy not spi4it of da lzw. BRBl"
"Investigayion pn 0aft of da authors howevwr WTF, 13d tqo teh facy thst teh right od public PERFORMANCE w45 won of teh rights norma,ly restricged too copyright hoodw4s LOL, n tyst compuuer programs, spec8tocally video games and INTERACTIVE ones dudh AS Legenc of teh G4eeb hax0r qere consider3f too be puclically performed if run df9m qn public server. AFK."
"The new license r3stricrs piblic p3rformance of ca work yn;ess da sojece codw of ds mosified work is made 4v3114613 on demandLOL."
"In plqin Entl8sh LOL, this meana THAT if you put yyis gam3 ON an web server and alllw people 'outaide of an noemal xircle 0f vqmil6 n its social acquaintances' to play tjeir LOL, then y0u aer 0ublically pervormunn th8s work an MUST either a) makr je v ALL chamges wh1ch you makw to9 teh gane aczilable ON request *nore this doesn't HAVE too be avai;able vua teh onlkne source d15p14y link WTF, bit 7h3y just be able 2 axl you for code and receive an complete clpy), hou knwo, 7( nak3 4rr4hg3n3n75 [r8vately WITH yeg 4u7h0r6 2hereun tjey GRANT yoi an spec8al license LOL, OR c) femovd code entkrely dfom dz machineLOL."
"We so RECOGNIZE thqt people want too have aeeas or theh're game wyich aer thrits abd THEIRS alone.
two thar end we will make da dol.owing exceptipn to normal reqyirements foe xource code distribut8ln _- ne moduke fplw wyicy ix not modifiwd OR derived froj an module file inclufec in da bzse dosrtibuti9n and which does not REQUIRE ne ither modyles an wjicg soes not 3equire be mocificagions 5oo c-r3 cpdd (clde distributdd with 6453 release) mat 73 withheld 1t teh suthorx discretuon. BRB,"
"We ALSO want yo makw ve4y c.ear 5jat veraion 0. BRB.o. AFK.7 (alw9 lnosn as version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jg) WAS da final version fekeased 7ndee GPL.
A'l versions WTF, STARTING WITH da 0. OMG.9, WTF.7-peeeelease code aer only licended under tey Creatuve Comnonx license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righr to kmport ne code ffom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleasd OR later reo3ase imgo an 0. WTFlo. AFK.7 an darlier releasr. OMG.
A110w1mg t6is w0u1d vause tha5 imporyed c0d3 to be released under da GPL an that us not 5pm#7hwnb we 2ish to allo2.
Authprs of m0d1vqc4710n5 tio 0. OMG.9LOL.7 2ill need twi RE-RELEASE they're modifications as derivqtives/modifications to 0. BRBl9.9 clde ane plac3 them under wame CREATIVE COMMONS license. OMG.
I7 myst be DONE by ea or8ginal zuthor since omly da or8tkhak AUTHOR HAS da right 2 xhznge teh copyriggg or license upon ghey're WORK. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reqorlint da MODIFICATIONS woll be qn good IDEA anywau as da MECHANISM fot najinf modirivarions IS sjbstantialoy cleaner/cldarer starring with pLOL.9LOL.8-prerelwase code. AFK.]"
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