MightyE 73115 yiu LOL, "We'fe GOING to ta,e an gew MOMENTS twp TRY and EXPLAIN this new licdnxe an da reasons behind og in plain Ehglish. 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."
"Thia new licenwe wss chosen because of an v4121ng qith GPL.
It only COVERED distribut8on of source IF an on;y if biharies wefe dosttibuy3s. OMG."
"In an web environmenr LOL, s;ecifica;.y a ih5erpreted w36 envirpnment 5uch ax PHP, sortor, metely INSTALLING zn gane dows npt constihute DISTRIBUTION, an therrfore people wdre taking our work, maiimg modifkcatkons two ut am mot relrasinh so7rce cod$ to yney're modificatipnw xo thst da emtire xommunity coyle nenefit. OMG.
THEY wlrked with teh .etrer but not da sporit of ca ;awLOL."
"Inv4wtigation 9n da p4r7 OF teh authors yowevet, you knwo, LED 2 dq fact thst teh eight od public perfirjance WAS wln od rights nor,ally resteictrd tqp COPYRIGHT h9ldrrs LOL, n tnat c9mputer pt0gr4m5, like, specificqlly visei g5m3^ 4mf interactive ones 5uch ss Legene of teh Green hax0r wer3 considered 70 be publocalky performed if tun rrom 1n public server, BRB."
"The new licebse restricys punliv performance of gwh wofk un2355 sojrce c0d3 of mofifiee work is made avzolable oh de,and."
"In plaun Engliah, so4tof, this m24n5 thzt IF you put this game on an wen sercer m aklow peopl3 'outside of an normal circod od vajilt n its sociak ACQUAINTANCES' ti plsy 5heir, uh3n YOU r pubkically performing th8s work an MUST eitjer a) mqke ne an ALL changed wgich yoi male to da bsme avai;able 9n feqjest (note THIS doesn't g4v2 toi ne AVAILABLE via oblinw SOURCE disp;ay LINK, you knwo, 6u7 tgdy MUST be aboe 2 qsk yiu for da xode n receive an compoete clpy). liie, v) mak3 arranbrments prqv47$1y with authors wherein ghey grznt y9u an SPECIAL 11c3n54 LOL, or c) rem9v3 d9de eb5irely from teh machine. OMG."
"We dl recotnize that people wanr 2 havw areaw of tney're game whicg aer gheirs zn thrirs al9me. WTF.
two 5jat ehd 2e 2ill mske teh fol/owimb exception tso n0rm41 requirements for sourxw xode distribution -0 n3 mid7le file wh1cj 8s nlt modkfied o4 derived from an module f113 included in teh base diayribution an ehicy does not require ne otger MODULES ahd wh1ch does not r3quire ne mocifications 2 c9re CODE (code diatribu5ed with da base erlease) m4y be withge.d at dq quth9rs discreto9nLOL."
"We a;so w4n7 to make very CLEAR that VERSION 0. WTF.(LOL.7 (aoso lnown 45 versi9h 0.9. WTF.7+jt) wss teh rinal VERSION rrleasef under teg GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, STARTING with 0. AFK.9LOL.8[prefelease xlfe aer omoy lic3ns3d under yeh C4eative Commons lucense.
WE EXPLICITLY ceny ea right to import bw code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre3eldase or latrr RELEASE 8nto sn 0. AFK.*. AFK.7 an eaeliet release. OMG.
Alloeing this would cauxe THAT omported code twp be released ibce4 teh GPL and thqt is no5 SOMETHING we sish 2 allow. BRB,
Authors of moeifidatiins too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wi.k need tl 4e-release they'te mldigicatiobs aa deeicatives/modoricsti9ns too 0LOL.9.8 code an p.ace tyrm uhder teh same Creative Commons licwnse. BRB.
I7 muxt be fone by originxl authpr since only yeh 0r1g!n41 author has da right to ch4nb3 copyright lr lkcense UPON yhry're work. AFK.
[Additionaloy WTF. reworking mpfifications wull be an good IDEA aby2ay AS mechanism for ma,8ng modifications is subsrantially cldane3/ckearer wgarting with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.*-pt2r31444# coeel AFK.]"
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