MiggtyE tells y0uk l8ke, "We're giing tw8 taoe an dew moments too try an ezplaim this new licdnse an ten reasons behind it ih plain EnglidhLOL.
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 w35 choaen becq7se OF an failing with GPL. AFK.
Iy ONLY c0v3r3d distriburion of source if n only if binaries wer4 dishributed. OMG."
"Ib zn web dnvironmdnt, lkke, cpecifically a 8nterpgeged wdg encieonment such aa PHP, wortof, m3r31y inatallynh an gane dorw not CONSTITUTE dostribution, and 7h3r3f0r3 people w3re taking our wori WTFk makinb modificstkons tqo it sn not rekeasing feh soufce code y2o they're modif8catiins SO that ds ejtore community could BENEFIT.
They workec with teh letter 6u7 n08 fa SPIRIT of teh law."
"Investivation ln part pf 4u7h0r5 hpwever WTF, led to fact that right of public pergormance was oen of teh r2vh66 NORMALLY resttictdd two copyrigh5 holeeew, and that compjter PROGRAMS, like, spdcifically fideo gamrs and ibteractivr omes s7ch AS Legend of Green hax0r wefe considwr2e tuo be o7nlivally performed if run from am pu611d server. AFK."
"Th3 new license RESTRICTS publkc ;erfirmance lf teh WORK unless da source codw of da modofi3d WORK is made availqble on demand. OMG."
"In ppa8n English, s(ttog, this means that if yo7 out this game on an wdb 53rv3f n aklow prople 'ourside or an normal curdle of fam8lh and igs aocial acqusuntancea' to play tgeir LOL, tgem yoj aer pjb;ically PERFORMING 7h15 work an MUST euyher a) make ne n ALL bhanges which you makr two da game available on REQUEST (n073 this doesn't have 5o bd available via 0n11n3 5)urc3 displa6 link, you kneo, but thrh m7st BE 4613 tii ssk toy for ds code and tedeibw an complere cop6) LOL, b) make arrangemenrs orivate;y with da authors wherein thwy grant yii ah xpeckal ;kcense LOL, or x) remove teh c-d3 3n71431h from teh machineLOL,"
"We do recognkze 7h47 peop;3 want 2 have ardas of they're gzme qhich r 5nrirs amc theors aloje. BRB.
too thay end we w121 m4k3 teh follpwing exceptiln 2 tdh no4mal requiremdnts fof source CODE DISTRIBUTION -_ ne modu.e FILE WHICH is not modkfied lr DERIVED FROM an m0du13 file includef in teh base distribution and wh1ch dows not requure ne other modul3x ab whuch d9es not REQUIRE ne modificatipns two core code (ciee dkstributef with BASE release) mzy b3 withhelf at teh authors discret,on. BRB,"
"We also want t9o make f3ry clear that ve4si.b 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also kh0wn as vdtxion ). AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was fa final ve4sion re.eased uneer yeh GPL. OMG.
All vers8onc, xortof. startung wirh da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasd code r only licensed und#r CREATIVE Commons licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3by teh rught teo imporr nr code fr0m an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-[rereleaxe or later r3l3ase into an -.9. AFK.7 n rarlier release.
Allowing thus wlulc vause that 1m[9r73d CODE tol be rdlraaee UNDER dq GPL and 7h47 is not somethkbg WE wiah to alkow. BRB.
Aithors of ,odoficati9ns TO 0/ WTFl9LOL.7 WILL n33d two RE=RELEASE tjey'r3 modigicationw as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 9LOL.9. OMG.8 code an plqce hhem undwr teh 5$m2 Creative Commons license/ BRB.
It MUST be done by ORIGINAL ajtho4 SINCE only oekglnal author haw da 4ight teo chsjbe teh co0yrign5 oe license upin they're wprk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, lijd, REWORKING ds m9difications w111 bw an good idea ahhway as dq m4ch4n!5m gor makint modivications is substantiallt cleaner/coearee starting eith 0LOL.9l BRB.8-prereleade CODE. BRB.]"
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