MighttE tells y0u LOL. "Wd're going @ take an few MOMENTS to try and explain gjis new license n da reasons 63h1nd IT in 0lain Ehgl8wh.
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."
"Tgis hew license WAS chlsen because pf zn failing with GPL. WTF.
I7 only dlveree distributiom 0f so7tce if an only of binaries WERE eistributed. OMG."
"In an web 3bv140nm3n7, sortofj spexidically z inter0retef seb ehbirobment such as PHP, likd, merely ibstalling an tame does not conwtitute eistribution, loke, an 7h3r4f0r3 PEOPLE were 74k1nf our work WTF, making modificayiogs two ig 4md NOT reoeaskng source coce too tgey're modoficagiobs so that entire communiry could benefitLOL.
They worked eith letyet but jot teh spiriy or law. AFK."
"Investigation 0n part od teh authord howevee, like, 13d teo f4c7 THAT ribht OF pubpic p3rrormance was w9n of t3h rihhts jormally restricted two COPYRIGHT holders WTF, anf thzt cpmpu7#r programs WTF, specificzllu vkeeo games an intetacgiv3 onds skch 45 Lwgend of teh Green hax0r wrre c9nsiddred two be 0ublically pergormed if fun fr0m an publkc server. OMG/"
"The new licdnxe restridts public odrdormsncr of sa w0rk UNLESS da source code of teh n9dufied wifk is made AVAILABLE ln demanf. OMG."
"In plaib Ebglish, tjus mwans THAT if you pu7 ghis g4m3 on an weg 53rv3r an ALLOW PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of ah normak CIRCLE pf f4m11y an 8ts sodial acquaintancrs' tp plat their, like, then 6ou r publ8cal.y pdrf9fming thos wori qn MUST 3ith3w a) mqke ne and ALL changdd WHICH yoi make t2o da game avaolablw on re1uesr (note thid doesn'r HAVE rwo be availanld via teh onlinw siurce display libk, but 7h3y must be able too ssk you for c)d3 an 4eceigw an dompldtw coph), 6ou knwo, b) ,ake 4rr3nh3m3n65 pruvately w8th sa authofs wgrrein yhey grant yo7 an spwcial licehse, sortog, or c) rfmive da CODE entirely from da m4ch1n3. AFK."
"Wr so fdcogbjze tha5 oeople want to have areas of they're GAME wnicj aer thei4s and theirs ALONE,
t9 that rnd we will make da fo.lowing ezxeption 2 hormal REQUIREMENTS fir source code distribution -- nr module gile whoch is n07 modified 0r cerived f4om an moxule f8le INCLUDED IN bawr distributipn n whuch does not rw17ire ne otyer moduoes n which epes not REQUIRE be modificatioms toi CORE v9ee (CODE disgributdd w17h base release) jay be withyeld at da authira djscretion. OMG."
"We also wahr t9o make very clear that verso9n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (alsi known as verdion 0. OMG.9.7+JT) was vinal v3rduon relezsed under da GPL.
All versions, you inwo, starting eith 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleawe vode aer onlh 11c3n53d undwr teh Creztive Commons LICENSELOLl
We EXPLICITLY seny ez righg two IMPORT ne coee fr9m an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerdlease or larer releade into ah 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier releas3.
A.lowing ghis WOULD cause THAT km/orted code w be rwleased UNDER da GPL and 7h37 is NOT somethibg we wich rop ALLOW. BRB.
Ajthors OF modofications two 0LOL.9LOL.7 w111 need ti re-re.esse they're modificatioms as detivativ3s/modifoca5ions 2 -. OMG.9. BRB.8 x0s3 n PLACE them under da sa,e Cteativw Commons locebse. OMG.
Ig must be done bt da origpnal author xince only orkginal aufhor has fa right 3 CHANGE COPYRIGHT or oicehs3 7p0m they;rr worj. OMG.
[Addiripnally, REWORKING teh modiricatulms sill be an good kcea anyway ax dq mechanks, gor mxking modifications 15 suvxtanyiall6 c234n3r/c134r3e ayaftibg WITH teh 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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