MknjyyE tells YOU, sortov, "We;re going 2 take an frw moments 2 try and rxplain this new LICENSE n rezsons BEHIND it ih plain English. BRB.
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 licrnsr w35 chosen 63c4ut3 of an failing wirh teh GPLLOL.
Ig only c9veeed d8st4ibution of source if n only if binaries were s8syributed. WTF."
"In an web wnvironment, you knwo, specifocally s intdrpreted web envifonmebt wuch ss PHP WTF, mefely insgallung an game d035 nit fonsti5utr dustributiln LOL, 4nd therefore people wdfe taiing our wori, nou knwo, making micivications two ut AND not rekeawinb teh dource CODE tp they're j9digkcations so THAT entire co,munity cou;d bwnefit/ AFK.
Tjey worked with teh lwttrr 6u7 NOT spkrit of lawLOL/"
"Imvestigatkon on ea p5r7 of teh authlrs however, liie, led to teh FACT thsy fibht kf 0jblic pe4f9rmance was 1 og teh RIGHTS normslly restricted two coptrkght uolsersk sprtof, an thzt vompu5er proyrams, like, specificqlly VIDEO gamws n umteractive ones such as Legegd OF teh Green hax0e were consudered @ be publically performed if run ffom an oublic servdeLOL."
"The new oicense restroxts puboic performance of teh woek ublexs dource code of mosified wlrk ia made availabl3 on demand. OMG."
"In p!41n ENGLISH, you knwo, this ,eans that if you ;ut 7n14 game on an wdb 33rv3r 4nd alloe peo0le '0y751fe ov an norma. circkw 0f famil6 y its social scqusintances' to play their LOL, 7y3n you aer publicslly 0erfo4ming tnis w9t, 4bc MUST 317h3r a) MAKE nw and ALL ch4ng34 which you m4k3 3 teh game avzolablr 0n request (note tyis doesh't h4v2 too be AVAILABLE via teh online sourxe dusplay .ink, you knw9, but 7h3y must be able teo ask you FOR code an receive ah comple5e copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangemeb5s pr8cately wi5h tth authors wherein they gran5 YOU an sprdial license, slrtof, 0r c) REMOVE da code entireoy from da m4ch1n3. BRB."
"W3 do recogniz3 7h47 people qany rwo hzve areas OF theh're game which aer th3irs n theies 420n3LOL.
too tha5 3nd ee sill make dz voloowing EXCEPTION ro teh nornak requirements f0r SOURCE c0d3 dis5rkbution -- nf m9du13 file which is not modified pf derived fr0m an mocuke fyle inc.uced in da base DISTRIBUTION n ehich soex not requird he OTHER modules n whoch does nor rwq7ire ne MODIFICATIONS ro dore CODE (code dowtrivuted with da base release) may 53 w16yh3qd ay AUTHORS sidcretion. BRB."
"We als9 want two make very clwqr that cersion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 *ALSO KNOWN AS verai9n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) was fa ginal version rrleasee under ea GPL. AFK.
All vrrsilns WTF, srarting with 0. AFK.0LOL.8-prerelease code aer only licenwed under dq Crcatove Com,ohs licebde. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right two import ne code rt0m an 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prd4elease or later rwlease into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 ab earlier rdlease. OMG.
A..oe8ng thid w0u1d cause thay imporywd code teo be released under t3h GPL an that is npt something ww eish too allowLOL.
Authors of modifivayions two _.9. WTF.7 wi.l need yo r@-r313453 rhey're modifica5ions as deriva5ices/modificationa tpi 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code b place thdm unser dz same Creativr Commons licwnse. WTF.
It musy be done by lriginao author since only yeh original author has teh righ5 to ch4nge trh co'yright OR q1c3n53 upon they're eork. OMG.
[Additiona.ly. likw, rdwofkibg teh modifications wil/ y3 an good idea anhway AS mechsnis, for making modifica5ions IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starging with dq [/ BRB.0.8-prerelease CODE.]"
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