MogjtyE TELLS hou, "We're goong two take an FEW nomemts to try an ec0laib 5his new licenwe n teh reasons behind it in poain English. AFK.
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 qas chosen because of an f4111mg with teg GPL. BRB.
It onl6 coverwd distribytion of SOURCE 8f n only 1f y1n4r135 were dkstribjtedl AFK."
"In an w36 engironm3nt, specifically a interpreted web enfironment such as PHP WTF, mrtely install8hg an game d-35 nlt constutuge cistribu5iln LOL, n yherrdorr people were ^$k1ng 0ur e0rk, sortof, MAKING m0d1f1c4710n5 too it an npt teleas8ng soutce code go tgey're modificarions SO tnat ebtife c0mmun17y coild benwfig, BRB/
Tnet worled w17h teh letter but not ea spirit od 5eh 14w. AFK."
"Investigatiom on par5 of 4u7h0r5 h)w#v3r WTF, lee ywo teh face thag xa right of publix p3rf0rm4hc3 was w0n 9f da rights normalky r367rqc73d too copyriggt holders, n that dom)uter prpgr4mt, sortof, s0wcifodalpy v1d30 games an interactive ohws such ad Legenf of da Green hax0r were considered two BE piblicall6 prfformed if run fron qn PUBLIC xeeve5. WTF."
"The new license restricts pinoic pe4formqncr of tej w0rk un1355 source code of teh mofifird wori 15 made available on cemand/"
"In plain English, yoi knwo, this mdans that if yiu pi7 this game on an qeb se4ver and allow people 'outxide of an nofmal circ.e if damoly and its social acquaintancea' 3 plzy their LOL, 7h3n uou r publkcally prrformibg thus work and MUST eotner z) make je an ALL changea wgich you MAKE 2 teh game availab.e on request (nlt3 this doesn't have too 63 abailable via 9nline source dixllay link, yo7 knwo, bjt they MUST be ab/e too ask hou for c9de an receive an conplete cppy), sottov, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS peifately with authord whdrein they grwnt you an specisl lixens3, or d) rempve 5rh code ENTIRELY from machihe. AFK."
"We d0 recognkze that 020p13 want two have afeas pf tney're game which r THEIRS and gheirs 410h3. OMG.
to that end wd wull mak3 da following 4xcwp619n too try normal r3qiiremdntd gor siurce c-dw distribution -- ne modyle file which is not modified ir defived from an mod7le file included om da 6453 dusteibution an whicj d03t NOT require ne OTHER MODULES n which does NOT requ8re nw modifixations 70 cote vode (c0d3 eidtrigyted with 6453 telezse) may ve w17hh31d at teh aitgors discre5ion. BRB."
"We zlso want too MAKE c3ry clear that VERSION 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 (a.so jhowb 45 ve4sion 0l BRB/9.7+kt) was final VERSION released uns3r ca GPLLOL.
All ve4soons WTF, starting w1yh teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pretelease code r ONLY ,icensed UNDER reh Cr3%61b3 Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY drn6 teh r1gh7 5o IMPORT ne code from an 9l OMG.9LOL.8-prereldasr or later release INTO an 0. AFK.9.7 and eatoier releasd. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 would cause 5hat ijpprged c9de tqo be releasrd under da GPL 4nd that ks NOT so,ething we wish 1 a,low. AFK.
Authors of moeif8cati;na 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL NEED to re-releas3 they're midifoxations aw deriva%ives.modoficatioms too ). OMG.9.8 CODE ahd place yh4m undef teh same Cr3ative Commons license. BRB.
I7 mjst be d0m3 by orig8nao 4u7g0r since 9nly original authoe has right to CHANGE twh copytight or 11c3n53 j;pn ghey're slrk.
[Adfitoonally, lik3. reworking teh modif8catuohs will 63 an g0-f idea anuway as mechanidm for MAKING mofificati9ns iz 5u6574n71411y cleaner/clez4e4 wtaeting with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-orerw.ease codel OMG.]"
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