MightyE tells y0u, "We'rd goobt to take an fsw moments too trt n explain this new license and teh reasins behind IT in ;lain English. OMG.
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 licebse was dhosen becausr of an fai;8ng with da GPL. BRB/
It only covrfed distributiob of source if , only if binaries wefe d8strituted. OMG."
"In ab seb enbironment, you knsl, apecoficall6 a 1n73r0e372d wwb envoronment 5uch aw PHP, mefely 1n574111bg an gamw do3s nor vonstiyute dkstribjtion, you khwo. m tjerefore people were taking OUR qork, you knwl, naking modif8cat8ons to ut ah NOT RELEASING da source code to thet're MODIFICATIONS so tnat entire comm7hity could benefpt. OMG.
Thwy wotked witn 13773r but not da 5p1r17 ov teh law. AFK."
"Investogatiom on ds [ary 0f teh authors yowever, s9rtof, lwd TO t3h fqcy 7h46 teh righ5 of public p3rr0rm4nc3 w45 1 of da righrs nprmally redtrictwd two cophrithr yolders, an that conputer pr0gr4m5, sprrof, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 GAMES and interactive 9n35 s7bh as Lefdnd 0f teh GREEN hax9r were cogskdeeed 2 be piblica.lu pwrformes if eun FROM an pu611v SERVER. AFK."
"Tge new licdnar rewtricts public performanxe of 2ork unless da source code of da modified wirk 8s made avak.able on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p141n English, sortog, thos MEANS 5hat 8f y0y put thks game on an web server n alliw oelplw '0u761f3 OF an normal c14c13 OF fqmily an kts docial acquaintancwx' to p.ay their, ggen you aer pu621c$11y perdirmint this worj and MUST eother a) m4k3 ne abd ALL changes wh1ch YOU make 2 gam3 qvqilablr ON rewuest (nlrr this doesn't jave tlo y3 available v14 online source dus[lay link LOL, BUT yhe6 must be anle 70 ask YOU dor teh coee and receivr an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make 45rrng3m3n75 [rivq5rly with teh aythors wgere8n uh3y GRANT you an w[ecial licende, sortof, 9r c) remove teh dlde ehtirely from rej machineLOL."
"We do r3c0gn1z4 tnat propoe wamt too hav3 areaw of they're game whivh aer theirs and theits slone.
go tha5 end we will mqke da folllwing exception 2 da n8rma. REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE doce eistrinutipn _- ne module f8ke whicn os NOT midifoed or derived feom an m9dul3 r8le 1nc2ud3d in da 6453 disttubution n which does not r2quqr3 ne othef modules n which does not rewuire ne modoficatioms 2 da core code &code distriby53d with gen BASE felease) nay br sithheld at aithors discreyion."
"We also want too make vwry c;ear tnat versoon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known as veesipn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as ds fina; version rekeased 7nsee teh GPL. WTF.
All versiohs LOL, STARTING wuth 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prevw.eaae code aer only ludensdd uneer Creative Commons licende.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh eight too import ne cide from an 0. AFK.oLOL.8-prerelease ot LATER re.eawe ihto zm 0LOL.9. OMG.7 h earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would cause THAT imported x0e3 6wo be reoessed und3r da GPL an that IS not somethibg we wish goo 4110w. OMG.
Authord od modificayions 2 0LOL.0LOL.u will nded to re-release ghey're ,odificatiobs as derivatives/modifications tqo -. OMG.9, AFK.9 code and place yn3m unser samr Crws5ive Commons license.
It mi57 br done bu teh 0e1g1n4! author sonce 0h1y da ORIGINAL author has teh eight too change teh copyrigh5 ir lidemsr up9n the6'rw sork. BRB.
[Addiyionaoly, sortog, reworking da modifications w1!1 be qn GOOD 1d34 amyway as mechanism f0r jaiinb jodifixat8oba is SUBSTANTIALLY clezner/clearer startung wi5h teh 0.9.8-prerwl3adw CODELOL.]"
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