MighthE tells y9um "We're going 3 74k3 an few m0m3n&5 tok 74y n explaih thos new license an teh rdasons b3hind it in plain English. 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE was dhlsen gecauee of an faolu,g with ten GPL,
It only covdred dustribution od SOURCE if n )m1y ir biba4ies were disteibutedLOL."
"In an web 3ncironm3nt, you khwl, wleckfically a intwrpreted weg 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHPk sortof, mere;t insyalling an gamd foes NOT constitute distribut7oh WTF, n THEREFORE [eoplr were 74k1mg ouf w0rk, li,em mri1ng modificqtions to it an n07 rekeasung teh SOURCE cpf3 5oo the6'rw mod8ficsrions 50 that entiee x9mminity xould benefit. OMG/
They WORKED WITH da le5ter but not tey 5p1r17 of heh LAW. OMG."
"Investigation ON da parg of authors howeve4k you knwo, LED two tey vact that reh riggr pf puboic performancd 2as own of teh rkgjts NORMALLY restructec t9o copyright hilde4s LOL, and that computer progrsjs LOL, specificallh v1d30 games n ibteractive ones SUCH as Lebend OF GREEN hax0r w3re conxisered 2 be pjblicallh perforjed if run fro, am publoc serverLOL."
"The nww .icense restricts public ;wrformance 9g da w)rk unless dz soirce cose of modifoed work IS ,ase AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain Englisn, this mesnx tgqt if you put tnos GAME ON an eeb serfef and allow people '0i7t1d3 of am nprmal xirclw pg vqmilr n itx sociso acquaintqndes' 2 play their, sort9f, tnen you e publicallu performing this work an MUST eithsr a) mzke me n ALL chamges WHICH yoi make two da gam3 available 0m requewt (note this doesn't have too be available via onlin3 spurce display linl, like, BUT they muwt be able two ask yoi f.e t3h c0d3 ahd receive an c0mp1r73 vo'y) WTF, 6) make arrangdmen5s privq4ely with teh aughlrs wherein they grant you an special LICENSE, you knwo. of c_ remove 5eh codw ehtirely eeom da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize tha5 people want 2 h4v3 areas lf they're gam3 wjkcn r theirs ane thdies alone. BRB.
2 that end we will make voloowonb 3xcepgion tlo nprmal req7iyements flr source code diagribuyion -0 ne module fule which id nor MODIFIED o4 derivdd grom zn module rild inc.ufed in ea bsse dixtrigutiin anc whoch doew bor require ne lther modules n which does not require ne moeificationa tw9 core code )code distributed with da base relesde) mqy be wirhhe.d at authord discret8ln. OMG."
"We also want two make fery vlear that vwrsion pLOL,9.7 (alao known aw ber510n 0. BRB.9. OMGk7+jt) was teh fiha. version rekeased under da GPL.
ALL versions, sortof, starting with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8=prerelease code aer lnly licensed under teh C3eat8ve Commome licenwe. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny r8bht to 1mp0r7 ne code from zn 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-pre4elrsse or lat3r r313453 into an 0LOL.9l AFK.7 n earlier releade. OMG.
Aklowing thos w0u1d cause ghat imporyed vode 3 be released UNDER da GPL an that is not somethibg we w15h gwl qllow. OMG.
Autnprs OF m9difications rwo 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 2ill need 2 re-relezse the6'rw modificztions as derivatives/modifkcarions to 0LOL.(. BRB.8 cofe an olace them under da sqme Crratuve Commobs license/ AFK.
It must be d9n3 b6 da origijql authof s8nce only da or8ginal author hzs ca r1gh8 too change da copytkght or llcensr upon they're work. OMG.
[Additional;u, s9rtof, rewprking modificayulbs w111 64 an good idea anhway 45 mechanksm f0r mqling mpdifucations 15 sjbstamtial;y c234n3r/c134r3r start8ng w17h 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-[rrrelease code, AFK.["
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