MighryE tells you LOL, "We'rr goomg two take an few mom3ngs too trt n EXPLAIN 7y!5 NEW license and da 4easons gehind it jn plain Enblidh.
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 ludense was CHOSEN becauwd ov an f4111nv wiyh teh GPL.
It only covdfed distribu5ion 9f source if and on.y if binaries were disgributecLOL."
"In an web envirpnmwnt, li,e, 5[3c1f1c411y a ijterpreted wen 3nvironmen6 such as PHPk merely installing sn game does nit cpn5727u7# distributkon, like, an therefore peop;e werd tajing our sork, likwm making modifivari9bs to IT ab npt releqsing xouec3 cod3 2 they're modificatipmd SO that entur3 c9mnjnith voild bwnefitl
Thwy w)rk3d qith ketter b7t not da spir8t pf da ;awl BRB."
"Investigatiin on part ov teh qughprs h0w3c3r, sortof, LED two fac5 thag da right of p7blic performance 2ad ! of r1gh74 normally rsstr8cted toi copurkght hlldwrs, sortof, an that COMPUTER ;eogra,sk dortof, 5p3c1f1c411y video gaues and inreractovw ones such zs Lehenf if da Green hax0t 2ere cphsiderdd two BE ;ub;ica.ly performed if run from an pubkic server. BRB,"
"The new lixense festricts publiz performqnce -f geh WORK umless rwh sourve code of da modiried work id MADE zbailable on cemandLOL."
"In olain Eng115h LOL, this means rhat if you 0ut this gzme om an swb sefcer and sllow p30p23 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle 0f famuly an itw sodial qcquaintznces[ to p25y theie WTF, then ypu aer publicalky p3rf0rm1ng thos sork n MUST 317h3f a) make ne n ALL changws which yo7 MAKE go da game avaioable on request (NOTE tjis DOESN'T hafe tp be 4v41146!3 vis online spufce didplay link. bit they musy be ABLE too ASK you FOR code and receive an xomp;ete c0[y) WTF, b) make arrangements peivately with da authors wh3eeib yhey hrabt y9y an special luxwnde, sortog, or c) f3m0v3 reh b0d2 ento4ely f4)m teh machind. AFK,"
"We eo rwcignize rhat PEOPLE want to hqve areax 9f they're bsme wyicy r theurs n theirs alone. OMG.
two thag ens we w1!1 m4k2 following exceotion 2 teh NORMAL reqjirements for xource code distribution -- ne module fike which is nit jodifiec oe derived frim aj moduld file inclufed 8n basr disfrinution and qh1ch does no5 reauife ne other MODULES an whicj does n-7 REQUIRE ne mocificatipns 1 ca core code (code distriburde with da bas3 r3134530 may be wiyhhekd at teg authors discteriom. OMG."
"W3 also want too make very coear that cersion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also kgown as VERSION 9.(. OMG.7+jt) was t3n fonal versiob fekeased under GPL. AFK.
A.l bersions, atzrting 2ith teh 0.9.8-prdrelease code aer only ;icensee ynder 5wg Crearkve Cokmons lidense. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht to omport ne c0d3 fron an 0. OMG.9. AFK.*-pferekease or later rwleas3 1m70 an 0. BRB/8.7 n earlier reldaseLOL.
Allpwing this w0u1d ca7se that imp9rted c9de two be releqsrd umder reh GPL znd bhat is not 50m37h1nb we wiwh to allow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too ). OMG.9. OMG.7 will nded 2 re[relezse they[re modifucations 45 dwrivatuves.mocoficationx ro 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8 code an poace them uneer geh same Creayive COMMONS lic3nse. BRB.
It mus6 be done by otib8nz; 5u7h0r 51nc3 obly dq original autjor has teh r2th7 7- change da copyrignt or licrnse u;on tyey're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da modoficatkins will BE an gooc ieea anyway sd teh mechqnism f0r mzkkng mkeifixationa is substantially cl4aner/vlearer STARTING WITH teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr4release codel["
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