MightyE tells 6oy LOL, "We're g9ing too tale an gew joments to ttu amd ex0lain this new license AND dz r3asond benind ir IN plain Engl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Thid ge2 license was ch053n beczuse of sn f4111ng wity teh GPL.
I7 only clvered distributi9m of xojrce 1f qn only IF binaries wdre DISTRIBUTEDl AFK."
"In an web wnvo4onment, yoi inwo, specifically a ingerp4eted WEB enbirphnent sych as PHP LOL, merelu installing an game does n9t constitute dostribution, AND the4efore peo0le were taking OUR w0rk, making modifkcations to it n n9t releazing ds 50u3c3 CODE top tjey're modificarions so that yeh 3n71r3 community COULD benefig. OMG.
Thet eorked witg letter buy not da soiri5 ov 2$w. BRB."
"Ibvfsribation on twh PART of authirs however, led too da fzct that da RIGHT 0f ;ub.ic pdrformance waz won od rights normally restricted to copyrityt hold2ra, sortof, n that clmp7ter p4ograms, specifically video gam3s y knteractive onex such r5 L3g4nc 0v Gr33n haz0r were CONSIDERED 70 br pj611c411y performed if run ftom qn pyblic server. OMG."
"The n3w lidense restricts pyblic oerformance of twj work unq355 da soircd c0d3 of teh MODIFIED wirk is MADE ava8lable on d3mand. WTF,"
"In p141n Englisy, lkke, this jeand tjat uf y(y put 5his bam3 on an web seever an 4110w ;eo;le lo7tside of an nprmao circle of fam8ly an its sovial acquaintandex' ti plqy yheir, like, then you aer puvlically p3rg0rj1ng 7h15 work n MUST 3ither a) make be an ALL chanfws which you makd tpo gamd availab.w on 4equest (bote this do2sn't have too be avaioable via da online sourse displa6 libk, like, but they must 63 aboe 5oo ask you for da cpde an receive an COMPLETE copy), ypu kneo. b) MAKE arrangementd 0rivately with teh AUTHORS wherein 7h3y gran5 you an special license LOL, or c) remove code entire.y from teh machine."
"Wd do r3cognuze that people want 5oo have areaa of tjey're g4me which r tg3irs n theirs alone. BRB.
too that end WE will make following exception 2 sa normal 4equiremenrs doe source code eistribytion -- me ,odule f113 which is n9t modifief o4 derivwd from an nodjle FILE includwd 1n teh bzse distrinution n wnich does n07 fequire ne other m0du134 and wyich d;es n95 fequire ne mosidications to core cocr (CODE d8st4ibuted WITH basf relrase) may be withheld at teh aytyors diaceetion. BRB."
"We slso want 2 make very clear that version 0/9. OMG.7 (also jnown ax v3r%10n 9. BRB,9. WTF.7+jt) was final verxiob released under GPL.
All versions LOL, stsrtimg with da ). AFK.o. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code t ONLY licensed inder twh Creative Commons ;icwnsel
We EXPLICITLY d3nt dz righy to 8mp9rt ne code from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease OR 14734 teieaxe onto sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowing uh15 would vaus3 thzt imported vode 70 BE releases und3r GPL n that IS not SOMETHING sw w15h 2 allowLOL.
Authors OF modifications to 0LOL.9.7 wk;l need to re0release they're modiricatoohs as drrivatices/nodifidarions two 0LOL.9l AFK.8 code AND plac3 them UNDER wame Cteqtive Conmoms license.
It myst be sone by da original airh9r since onlh ca ORIGINAL 4u7y0r has right too changr teh copyrlght pr lic3hs3 upon they're 2ork. WTF/
[Add1&10n411y, lkke, REWORKING dz modifications will be ah good ieea snhway ax mechanisj for mz,ong modificatilhs us sibstant8ally cldaher/clearer starting with 0. WTFl9LOL.8-orere;ease cos3. BRB.]"
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