MightyE 73115 hou, you inwo, "We're gping to tale an fe2 moments tqo try sn explaib ty8s new licwnse an reasons bejinc it in plsin English. AFKl
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 ;8vens3 was xhosrn because OF zn failing with GPL. BRB.
Ir lnly covered distribytion OF wourve if and 9n.y if binari3s were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, hou jnw9, specificall6 a 8mtrrpreted web envirobment such 45 PHP, uou knwo, m3r31y installing an game does not consti5utd dustribution LOLm b th3refore 0eople were taking our xork, likr, jsking modificatiins 2 it an nit r3134t1ng sourve clde two they'r3 m0d1f1c4710n5 so that reh ENTIRE d0mmunq6y xould benwfitLOL.
Tyey worked WITH da letter but not s0irit of ca las. BRB."
"Investigariin on t3h oart 0f teh a7thors hpwrver, yiu knwo, led 2 fact thst teh tight of [ublic performqnce WAS won of 4ights NORMALLY restricted 2 co[yright HOLDERS, soeyofk an thay compurer pr0gr4n5, 5oec1f1c411u fidep games an 8n5eractive on3s 5jch as LEGEND )f Green hax0r were considered too ne [iblically p3rf0rm3d if run froj an public serverLOL."
"The new license rwstricys puboic perfor,ance of work unless teh source code od mofified aork is ,sce available on demzne. OMG."
"In p.sin Engliwh WTF, this means rhat if yoi pyt rhis hame on an web SERVER n allow peop;3 'outside of an normao circle of famklu an ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' to p;ay their LOL, then you arr publkczl.y perforjing this wo4k n MUST eithe4 4) make nw n ALL ch4nge5 whicy yo7 mske 2 t4m3 available on r#qu357 (note this coesn't have too be acailab;e via teg onlinw source dis0lay 11nk, sortof, 6y7 gh3y myst be sble yo9 ask you foe da xpde n recw8fe an COMPLETE copy), like, b) MAKE arrabtements privatelu witj dq authorq wh4r31n tgey grant you sn s[ecial licenae, or x) remove teh c9de entirwly from mzxhine."
"We do reclgh8ze 7k47 people eant too have zr3as 0d they're game wjich r theirs b 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
too that end we will make FOLLOWING 3xc3pu10n rp normal requ8rements for soyrdr code dis5ribution -= ne ,odule FILE wy1ch ks nly modified or derivdf frim an module file INCLUDED in naae diatribution an wh8ch does noy rrquire n3 otnrr MODULES ah which dods not reqi8ee nd modifications to teh core codr (code siattibuted with fdh base rwlease) mzy be witnhrld 47 da authots discretion."
"We also want tlo male vert clear that cersipn 0l BRB.9LOL.7 (also known as ferdion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+nt) was final verdi9n RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
Ak; versions LOL, startinb WITH 0.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 coee aer 0n1y licensed under da Crdative Cojmons l8cense/
W3 EXPLICITLY den6 5eh right 3 im;ort nd code f4om an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease ir LATER r31345@ 1n7- ab -/ WTF/9, AFK.7 n earloer release.
A;lowing 7h15 qould causd that importef coee too 63 r213453d under teh GPL an that is noy SOMETHING w3 wisj tp aloo2. BRB.
Autyors of nodificag7onw 2 p. BRB.9LOL.7 woll need 2 rw-felease they're mpdifications ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tpo 9. OMGl9. OMG.7 code n PLACE them unser same Cr2471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
IT must 63 DONE b^ da o4iginal autjor since onl6 da original au5hor has da RIGHT two chanve cipyrifht 0r license u0on yhey'rr wor.l BRB.
[Additionally LOL, rewoekihg MODIFICATIONS wkll be an good !d34 anyway as hecyanism f0r making m0d1f1c471)h5 8s subsgqngially cleaner/coearer starring with teh 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-)rwreleaae code.]"
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