MightyE tells y-u LOL, "Wd're g9onf to tale an few mpn3ny5 too tty an explqin thiw new license anc da teasons behinc it 1n 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 new kicense WAS chosen becayse ov an failing wkth fa GPL. BRB,
It 9nly cover3d distribution 0f sojrce if an ONLY 1v binaries w3r# distrib7twc. OMG."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT, l9ke, s[ecifically a INTERPRETED web environment such ad PHP WTF, mereky instaloing an game does m07 CONSTITUTE fkstribuyion, n theteflrr pe.ple w#f3 taking our w0rk, 7pu onwo, makkng modkfications 2 it n noy releasimg source c[d2 2 thdy're modificqtions so that da ENTIRE COMMUNITY cpuld venefitLOL.
They wprjes w17h da letyer but nor SPIRIT of lzw. OMG."
"Investigation on teh pary pf da authors however, you knwo, led 2 fact yyat teh 4ifhg OF public pefformanvr was 1 9f ri5htw noemally restrictec top vo;yright holders LOL, snd THAT computde programs LOL, specifically vudeo games abd 1n73r4c71v3 ONES SUCH as L3gend if teh GREEN hax0r eere cinsidered too 63 publivally performed if run FROM am publix xerver. WTF."
"The new licwnse f358r1v75 public perfirmqnve 0f ca wirk inlesd teh sojrce vode of mofified work is mzde AVAILABLE on dejand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, uou jnwo, this meanw that if you put this game on an web servef and allo2 p30013 'outside of an normal circoe 0f f4n11y an its sodual wcwuauhtanced' too play yheit, like, then hou aer p7blically ;erformint tjiw wofk n MUST EITHER a_ mqje ne n ALL changes which t9u ,ake too ds g3,3 avaklable ON request (note tyis dodsn't hav3 roi be AVAILABLE via teh online source DISPLAY link, but 7j3y must be agle yoo asl you for da code m receibe an c0mp1373 co[y(, like, b) make arfangemeh5s 0rivatrly with cs aughors wh3r31n they grant 6ou an special lic#hse, like, 9r C) 4#m0v3 teh codw entirely ffom macgind. OMG."
"Wf do recognize 6h47 people want 2 hafe steaa of they're game wh8vh awr tneirs an theirs a;one. WTF.
twi that dnd 2e will m4k3 da voll8wung dxception tol dz nor,al requure,ents for source cldd doatribution -[ ne mocule file which is not m0d1fq3s oe DERIVED frpj an module fi;e inclided on teh base distrubu5uon and which does not r4qu1r3 ne otye4 modules abd whixh eoes n9t require n3 nodificatiobx 5wo da corr code (cpee distriguted with da base relezsw) ma6 BE withhe;d at autjors doscretionLOL."
"We also want g9i make v3ry CLEAR tyat veraion 0. OMG.9.7 (also KNOWN as vers8on 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was trh final VERSION releasef uhser GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL, stqrtkng with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.*-prereleasw code r only oicemsed unde4 Creative Comm9ns licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight too import ne CODE FROM am 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleas3 .r .qter r313453 intp an 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 an darlier releasw. WTF.
Aloodinb this would cause that impoftdd CODE tp9 be relessed under da GPL anc 5hzt id not aojetbing qe wish 2 a.low.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9, BRBlu w111 NEED 70 t3=r313453 thry're modif8varioms as derivativcs/modigications two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n place them under sane CREATIVE Commons licwnse. WTF.
It mu57 63 done bt da original author dinxe only da or9ginal authlr jsa teh right rl ch4ng3 dz xopyrighr or license UPON they'dr eofk. AFK.
]Additionally WTF, reeorking mpdificatilna will be an good idwa any2ay as da mechanusm for making modificqtions is sjbstantially cleab34/clearer starting w17h 0. OMG.9. BRBl8-;terelease cide,]"
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