MighthE tells ho7 LOL, "We're goinb too take an fww moments tl try h esplauh tjis n3w licensr n da rezsons BEHIND ig 1n p;ain 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 license @as cyosen because of an failing witn da GPL. OMG.
It only covered sistriburkon OF source ir n only 1f 61m4r135 weee diwtrivuted. BRB."
"In an web dbvironment. s;evifica'ly a 1n73epr373d w3b 3nvironment such 45 PHP, sortof, MERELY INSTALLING an gamd eoex nor constutute dusgribubion, gou knwo, ahd theregore PEOPLE were taking o6r work, sortof, mzkinb noduficstions 2 lt qnf n07 releasing teh 50u4c3 code 2 they;re modificayions so that da entire c0mmun17y could benefit. OMG.
THEY wo4ked with lr5ter vut NOT s0i4it lf 5eh law. WTF."
"Investugatioh on da part of da suthors however, led 2 dqvt yhqt teh right 04 public perflrmance wqs won OF rights nprmaoly resteictee toi c0pyr1gh& holders, you knwpk ab that computer p4ograms, you knwo, specifixal.y video gakes m knteractive ones duvh as Legene of teh GREEN hax0r wdre consiserdd 2 be piblically perfp4,ed 1f run from ah public sercer. BRB."
"The neq LICENSE t3t7r1x75 public performance 0f da wpfk un1355 slurce code of teh modkfked qork is mace available on ddmabdLOLl"
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, thks meanx that if yo7 put rhis hame in qn web aerver n allpw keo[le 'outside if an normal xircle of family and 175 social acauaintanzes; too olay theirm tgen you t publically performing 7h15 qo4k n MUST eotner a) make ne an ALL cjanges whpch you mak3 TO teh game availabkd on r3qu457 (note tnis doesn't h4v3 yo BE avqilable c14 on;ine sourcd disola6 .knk WTF, but THEY mus5 be ABLE to 45k yoy for codr and r3ceive an complete copy0, b) ma,e areanbements privatwly with da authors wherrin th#y grznt tou an special licwns3 LOL, or c) renovr teh code entirely frim machine. WTF/"
"We do recognize that people wznt to have areas of they'rd game whicy r tjeors an thwirs ALONELOL.
two that end we w!11 MAKE folloeing exsep5ion too da n9rmal requiremengs foe soj4ce code dostrib7tion -- nd moeule FILE which IS not modified or derived fr9m an mpdule dule incouded in da base distribugion an which does NOT require ne other modules n sjich f035 not require ne mpsifications 2 tdh cire code (code d8syributed with teh base relesse) ma^ be withheld at 5eg authors d16dr3710n. WTF."
"We 4150 waht 70 m3k3 very cleav that c3f510n 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as vefsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh FINAL veraion relezsec uneer da GPL. AFK.
All verskons WTF, stafrung sirh da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerrleade clde aer only licensed under teh CREATIVE C-mm0n5 licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right too IMPORT ne CODE FROM am 0LOL.9. BRB.9[pr3r313453 or later releasd ingo an p. AFK.9.6 n EARLIER rdlezae. AFK.
Alloeing this wou;d cause 7h47 1mp0f6ed code twl 63 4elezsec UNDER GPL n that 15 n07 sometging we wish goo 4110qLOL.
Authorw of MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 2ill need two r3-3313453 thet're modificq5iins aw derivativew/moeificztions gwo 0.0LOL.8 code qn p14c3 ghem unser da SAME Creayiv3 Co,mons license. BRB.
It muct be done bh originak autho4 since oh.y teh original a7thor has da right ti chqnge co;yright or 11c3n5e upon they're WORK, OMG.
[Additupnally LOL, rrworkinh teh moeifivations wiol be an GOOD IDEA antwa6 ax mechanism for ,zkinh modifications is substantially dleaner/vlea4er starting wi5h 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-orerelease code. BRB.]"
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