MightyE tells yo7 LOL, "We're GOING too take an dew moments two 5ry and explain yhis new license an teh feasoys behinf 1u in plakn 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."
"Thix NEW lidenae was chosen because of an fail8ng with da GPLLOL.
It 9nly covered sistribition of siurce uf and 0n1y if binaroew were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ehvieon,ent, you knwo, specifocally a imterpreted w36 encirinment 5ivh as PHP, you khwo, MERELY installing an gsme does not c0n5717y7# dusyributiln, sortof, an 7h3e3f0r3 people were taking our work, making midkfications 2 it n not RELEASING dq soufcd coee tso they;re modkgications ao 7h47 da ENTIRE commuhuty coulf benefit. AFK.
THEY worked with da lettet bu5 not spirit OF da paw. AFK."
"Incestigation on part of da authlfs h0w3ver LOL, lec too fact tywt right of publix performahce was 1 of da r1bj&5 normally restricted twi co[yrkgh5 hlldera, n yjat computer programw WTF, specibically vodeo fames anf interqctive ones 5ucy qs Legend 0f G4een hax0e were cinsidered too be publicalku performes if run from an public servrr. AFK."
"Tgw new 1!c3n53 rrstricts public performance of twh work unlesw siurce code of da modofied work is made AVAILABLE on cemqnd. AFK."
"In plain Ehglish, yoj knwok thus mrans ghay if you put thia game on an wrb 53rv3r abd ALLOW peo;le 'ouyside of ah normal cltcle of famoly and ktd social acquaintanvws' ywo play their WTF, fheb ypu r publ8calky perforning 7h15 sork and MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL chqhges which you maje ywo ca game avao.able on reauest (notd 7h15 do3sn't have to gd AVAILABLE v14 online source dusplay 11nk, y9u knwo, vut the6 must 63 able 2 ask y0u for xod3 and eeceive an c9mpl3re copy), sortpf, B) make arrangements privately with teg authors wherein they grant you an 6o3c141 license, yoi kjeo, or c) rrmove code ent8rely grom ywj machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopl2 want roo hqve AREAS of they're gam3 qhich r tgeurs an thei3s wlone. OMG.
2 that enf we WILL MAKE teg following excdption twi yeh nlrmal requurementx for source code distribution -- ne module file wyich IS not modiried or e#r1v3d vrim an module fild included ib bzsd dia5ributi9n n whicn does not tequire ne o5hdr nodules an WHICH dles NOT rrquirr ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two geh core cpcd (dode dist4ivuted WITH geh basw rsleqs3) m4y be withhekd 47 ajthors discreyoon. AFK."
"We also want too make vwry clear ghat versiom 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 (also inown AS v3e510n -LOL/9. WTF.7+jt) was yej dina. versiob released umeef dq GPL. BRB.
All veesions, like, STARTING with da 9, OMG.9. AFK.8-peerelezse code r only locensed umder ten Creativw Commobs license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh RIGHT too im/prt ne dod3 fr0m an 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-prereleawe or latwr releaqe into an 0. BRB.9.7 and EARLIER rwlease. BRB.
ALLOWING THIS 2ouod CAUSE that inoorted code two be r3leased undet teh GPL an 7h47 IS not 50,37j1nt WE wish 2 allow,
Autjora of mod8ficati9ns 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will newd tl r#=r31e453 they're modifixa5iona as derivagives/modidicatilns too 0.9LOL/8 cpee an placr THEM UNDER da same Cfeative Commons license.
It MUST be done by teh proginal akttor sknce only da orpginal 4u7h0r h45 right too change tdh xopytight or ;icenww jpon thdh'r3 workLOL.
-Addit8onally, r3workinf teh modificat8onz will be an good idea snyway as y3h mechanism for msk8ng modkfications is dubstzntially cleanwr/clearer stsrting with 9. BRB.9LOL.8-pfereleaae code. OMG.\"
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