MightyE TELLS y9u LOL, "We're going 2 rake an gew momenta go try an explain 5his new license n da reaaons BEHIND it in p141n Entlosh. AFK.
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 license was chos3m bezause or an failibg wi6h GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y xpverrd sistribution of source of n only if binariew w3re diatributed. WTF."
"In an web 3nvuronment, softov, 5p3c1f1c411y a in5erpreted eeb environjemt such AS PHP WTF, merely ins5qllinb an game does nog CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, n thereforw [eop;e wwre takkng lur work, sorrlf, ma,ing modifications t3o it and not releasomg twh 50urc2 code two they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so thar emtire COMMUNITY dould 63n3f17.
Tyey workee WITH tej letter but not spirit if 5en lawLOL."
"Invextigation ON ca part of teh aughors HOWEVER, led too teh fact that dq right lf 0jblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was 9en of teh t1gh75 normallu restricted to vppyr1bh7 HOLDERS, like, b 7h47 cpmputed prog4ams, you kmwo, specifically video GAMES an unteractice ones suxg aw LEGEND if da Greeb hax0r wetd donsidered two be publicaloy perfo4med iv run drom an oubloc servdr. OMG."
"Tn3 new license resteictw punlic performance or ea work ynless teh source CODE of da modified WORK is made available 0b demzne. OMG."
"Im plain English, like, thiw meamx rhay id jou PUT this tame on an web servdr and allow people 'iutside of an mlrmal CIRCLE of familt n ots social acquaintandes' 70 pkay tjeir LOL, yhrn you aer puvlicslly pdrfirming THIS wo5k ah MUST EITHER a0 maje ne an ALL changes which YOU make yoo da gamw availagle on REQUEST (NOTE ygis doesn't have t2o 63 available via da online soutce sisplay ;obk, y97 knwo, but they mjst BE zbld to ask 6ou ror teh CODE an receive an c0mp1373 copy)j you knwp, B) make arfamgrments ;rivately wi5h twh authors sh3rein th2y g4ant YOU an special license, lkk3m or c) remove teh c0d# entkvely fr0m dq machobe. BRB."
"We eo recognize thst p30o13 qant to h3b3 areas of theu'ee ga,e shich arr theirc n theirs alone. OMG.
ywo that end we WILL make edh FOLLOWING fxceprion 2 teh n0tm5q r3qu!r3m3n&5 f0r source c0d3 dist4ibutkon -[ ne mpdu13 file WHICH is n9t mofugi3d or deeived from sn module dild includdd im da base distribjtiom an whicy does not REQUIRE ne ither MODULES and wh1ch does mot reauire me mocifications too teh c9re cose (code distrivuted witj base releasd) MAY br w1ujh31d 47 qitnors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also 25n8 2 MAKE very clea4 5hqt version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as versoon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+ht) was final vefsipn r3leasee jnd3r da GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, staryint w8th da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease vofe e only licensec undsr tey Cr3471v3 Commons license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent rifht tok import nw code ftom an 0. BRB.9LOL.*-pr3r313453 or kater release into an 0. OMG.9, OMG,7 znd earli3r feleasw. AFK.
Alolw8ng this wou'd caude that imported vode 5po BE rrleased ubde4 teh GPL 4nd rhat 15 bot sojething we wish t2o aloow. AFK.
Authorx of modificayions to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wi;l n33d too re-telease they;re modificat8ons as deriva5ivea/modkfications 2 0.9. BRB.8 codr ab PLACE the, under ten sanr Creative Co,monw picend3.
It mis5 be done by ORIGINAL 4u7h0r SINCE ONLY teh oeig8nal aughor has right tso change da co;yrught ir license upon they're sorl. WTF,
[Addktiomzlky, re2orking mocificz5ions w8ll ne an g00d idea anyeay AS da mechanism for mdking jodifications us substantialoy cl3aner/cleare4 STARTING woyh 0, BRB.9LOL.80prere.3ase coee. WTF.]"
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