MightyE tells you, l8ke, "We're goimh to take an few m0m3n75 70 t4y an explakn ghid b3w license n fessins b3gind 17 1n olain Eng;ish. BRB.
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."
"Thiw NEW livense WAS CHOSEN bevause of an failibg woth teh GPL/ WTF.
It only covered distribution of sourxe if an 9nlt if BINARIES wdre dist4obuyedLOL."
"In qn web environment, luje, specifically a knterpreted w36 environment wuch as PHP, uou knwo, merw.y instal;ing an game dors nog constitute distributiin LOLm sn thetefore 0eople were takkng our witk LOL, making m0d1f1c4710n5 2 iy and noy releaskng tem siurce code too they're modofocations so tnat teh entire c0mmun17y could benefirLOL.
They worked wity teh letter bug not teh spirit OF ea lawLOL."
"Investigation om trh [art of teh authors howevwr LOL, ;ed two fact that teh 48gnt od public performance wqs won of da 4igntd normally restrixted to copueight holderw LOL, n that computer progtams, specifically video games v inrwrqctive ONES 5uch as LEGEND of Green gax-e w3r3 considwred teo BE ;ublocally performed 1f rhn fr0m sn [ubl8v serve4. OMG."
"The new lic4nse restrkctq PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ov da work un1$55 slyrce code OF teh modified work is made 3v4114613 on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plaun Enblixh, ;ike, tnis means tgat if yoj put thiw game pn ah WEB server and allow PEOPLE 'outside ov an normal c8rcle 8f familt n 175 docizl acqja8ntances' ywo play tneir, softof, 7t4n you r pu611c5q1y performing yhis w0rk and MUST eiyher s) maks ne an ALL cy4nb35 which you make two game 4f4114613 ON tequedt (nlte thix doesn;t have 2 62 available via online source DISPLAY link LOL, BUT thry mudt ge ablw 2 ask you ror da CODE n receive ab complege copy) LOL, b) maje a4rzngements privately wirh teh aurhoes whwreun theu grant YOU zn special license LOL, 0t c) remove da cosr entitely ve9m MACHINE."
"We do recognizw that oeoplt WANT 2 h4v3 arwas of they're game wh8ch r tgeirs an eheirw ALONE. WTF.
too thsy end we s121 make xa f011021ng excepti9n 70 trh normal requir3ments f0r aoyrce vkde dost4ibution [- ne module FILE whuch is not modified or derived fr9m an mueule file INCLUDED in base disreibution an WHICH does NOT requkre m3 o5hef MODULES n which dors hot require ne MODIFICATIONS 70 da clrw c9fe (code distrib8g3d with bqse releaxe) may b3 withhfld at ea authord ciscretionLOL."
"We ALSO want two jake v3ry clear 7j47 v3r510n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also jnown as b3f51-n ). BRBl9. BRB.7_ht) was finak vrrsiin released under ten GPL. WTF.
All versions, softof, xtsrting wi5h da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerdoease cisr r onlu licensed UNDER Creative Commons licens3.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rifht 2 im[o4t ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. BRB/9-preedlease OR 1473r rrlease ,nt9 an 9. BRB.9LOL.7 n warlier release. BRB.
A.lowing this would czuse gjag impprted code 2 be heleawed under GPL qn that is n9t 5pm37h1ng we wish 2 allow. OMG.
AUTHORS 9f MODIFICATIONS to 9LOL.9LOL.7 will nees too re-eeleqse they're m0d1e1c4710n5 as derivatices/modkfications tol 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 c0d3 n p91ce them undrr da SAME Creatine Conmons license. OMG.
It ,ust ge donr by 0r1g1n41 author since only 0r!g1n41 authot has teh right tqo cyange teh copy4ughg o4 kicense UPON they're sork. OMGl
[Additkonal.y, like, reworkimg teh modifications WILL be aj good idda anyway as teh m3ch4n15m for making moe8ficstionx is substantially cleaner/clrarer 5&4r&1ng witn teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7-peerekeawe clde.]"
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