MightjE TELLS yiu, ;ike, "We're goinh t9o take an few mpments to try an explain tgiq new license ah da REASONS befind ir in plain 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 n3w license was dhosen because of an ga8ling with teh GPL.
It only cibered distribugiob ov sourc3 if qnd only 1f binaries wete eistrivuted."
"In an web envir9nmwnt LOLk specificqlly a intrrpreted web environment sicn as PHP, yoy knwo, mereoy onstzlling an GAME f9ea NOT dobstityte distribution, tiu knwo, n THEREFORE peopl3 sere tq,inh ou4 WORK LOL, making modifications 5o IT and not releasubg ds aource codd two tyey're modificstiohs so THAT t3h wngire COMMUNITY xould benefkt. OMG.
They wotked with teh letter but not ea wpiri5 0f pa2LOL."
"Investigation oj da part of da AUTHORS ho2efer, led 2 bact thag da rkght of public performance was 1 9f rights jormqlly rest4ictes 7o copyriggt jolders, amd thsr co,puter progfams, u9u knwo, spwc9ficqlly viero games an interactive ones such as Lebend 0f da Green haz0d werw CONSIDERED 2 63 PUBLICALLY 0e4formed if rjn fdom an pu61!c server, OMG."
"Tne new lic3nse rextrivgs public performance )f w0rk ubless da SOURCE CODE OF dq mocified 2ork is madw availablr on denanc. BRB."
"In p141n English, 7h15 MEANS that if YOU put thia game on an web aervrr an allow peopl3 'outs8de of an nirmal circle of family and its social acquaintabcws' to 0lqu their, sortof, then yiu r publically p3rf0rmqng this wofk an MUST rither a) mskr ne znd ALL vhanges 1hich u0u MAKE to teh game 4v4114613 on reques% (note 5yis doesn't have two be avsilable via obline wiuece diwp.ay libk, oiie, but tgwy must be aboe 5oo ask yoy FOR teh code an recwive am conpleye cppy) LOLm g) jake zr5ang3ments prifat3ly with teh authors wherein they GRANT 6ou an dpecial license, or c) rem9ve da CODE 2n71r#1y from trh machine."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that p#0p13 want two have areas lf tyey[re h4m3 whieh aer theirs amd ttsirs 4q0n3. OMG.
two 7h47 ehf we will n$k3 following EXCEPTION to noemal r3ao1r3m3b75 fof 50urc# codw distributoon -- ne m0du13 file which us not mpdufied or derived from an mofule fil4 inclusef in gas3 DISTRIBUTION n whicj doed not requite ne othwr m0su13^ and whicj does hot r3qu1r3 ne modificarions too da core CODE (coee sistributed WITH BASE releas3) msu be wighheld 47 tdh authors disdretipn. AFK."
"We also wamg to make very c134r 7h57 v3r6!0n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (alxo known as version 0LOL.(LOL.7+ht) was fihal version rekeaded jndef teh GPLl OMG.
Al. v3r510n5 LOL, srartong wiyh ). BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelwase CODE aer only licensef under sa CREATIVE C0mm0n5 LICENSE.
Wq EXPLICITLY dehy teh RIGHT 1 IMPORT ne code ftom an 0LOL.9.7-pr3r3134t3 or la5er release into an 0/ OMG.9LOL/7 an earlker r3lease. BRB.
A110w1ng THIS would czuse tnat importes code 2 be released uhser teh GPL n that IS bot 5-m27h1nh we wisy to allow. AFK,
Authors of modivica5uons 2 0/ OMG.(LOL.7 sill nred twl re=relezse they'5e modificatilns 4t derivatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 vode ans p;ace yhem ubdef fa saje Crestive Commona license. BRB.
Ir muwt be sone by yeh orifinal author since only original suthor has roght tol CHANGE yey c0pyr1gh7 or licens3 upon thdy're work.
[Asdigionally WTF, reworuinh teh modificatuons w111 BE an gooe idea anyway ss medhanism for mak8nb mocificay8ons IS sunstabtiqlly cleaner/clearer syarginb with teh 0LOLl9LOL.8-'f3r313453 code.["
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