MightyE tells you, yo7 knwo, "We're gping twl take an few moments 2 trt zn ex0laon this new license abd da reasons brhind it 1n plain Ehglidh. OMG.
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."
"Thux new license was chosen 63c4u53 of an FAILING witn da GPL. OMG.
It on.y covered DISTRIBUTION OF xpurc3 if an only 1f binq4ies were distribmted. BRB,"
"In an eeb environmentm you ,nwo, specifodally a intewprered WEB envi4onment such as PHP, merely knstalling an GAME does NOT donstitute diqttibition WTF, qnd rherefore peo0;e were TAKING our work, makong MODIFICATIONS 2 27 n not releasibg teh source code 2 tyey're mldifixations SO THAT teh entire communith could benefigl OMG.
THEY worked with teg leyter BUT not da spirit of 14w."
"Imcestigzt9ob 0m da pqrt of authofs however, sortof, LED tlo da fact %hat da RIGHT od pu611c performabxe was oen od feh rights nprmally restrictes 4io xopyrohht holferw, you knwo, and 7h47 computer PROGRAMS LOL, 6p3c1f1c411y video gqmes an interactkve onex w7cj as Legend of da Grern hax0r were considered go be publically performed if rin frim qn public server. OMG."
"The new license resgricts public peerlrmance of da worj unless da source CODE of nodified w0rk !5 mqde 4v4114^12 on d3m4ndLOL."
"In p141n English LOL, this means 5hat if you put this yzm2 on an w46 SERVER an allow people 'outside of an normal circlw of fami.h qn 175 social acquaintqnces' to ;lay tneir WTF, then y9u aer publically peefor,omb this work an MUST rutyer q) make ne and ALL changes which y9u make too teh game avai;able on requdst (notd this eoesn'g have 2 be avai.able via on.ihe dource displau ;ink, sortof, but yhey nust ne ab.e 2 ASK y0u flr tej code n receive an complet3 COPY0 WTF, b0 make 4rr4ng3m3n75 oribately wirj z7tgors eherekn THEY grsnt y9u an special livemse, lik3k o5 c) remove da code ebtieely from machime."
"Ww d0 reclgnize tgat people WANT too hafe areqs lf tyey'te g4m3 wjicn aer thwits n th3ors 410n3LOL.
to ghat end we 2ill make da followinf 3cd3p719n two normal requurements for sourcd c0d3 DISTRIBUTION [- ne module d8le wh1ch is not m0d1f13d 0e DERIVED FROM an m9dule vioe 1nx1ud3f IN ca vase dkst4ibution an which does no5 rwquiee nr other modules an WHICH does hot tequire ne modkfidations two tej CORE codd (code eistributwc with base re;ease) may be w17hh3qd at da au5no4s disxrdtiob."
"We also sznt t9 make very c13rr that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known as v3r51)b 0. OMG.9. WTFl7+j7) was tej final versi9n teleaaed under teh GPL. WTF.
All versiins LOL, 574r71nb wiyh reh 0. BRB.o. WTF.8-prerrlease code r only licensed uns3r Creat8ve COMMONS lkcegse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rkght ro impott ne CODE ffom an 0. AFK,(l8-pfereleaae or latcr relrsse 8nto an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and earoier r313453.
Alliwinf ryis would causr that 1mp0e63d code too be released under dq GPL n yhzt is not sometying we wish 2 alkpw. WTF.
Au7y0r5 od modifications two 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 will NEED two re-rdleqde they're modkficwruons aw derivatuves/modifivations too 0. OMG.o. WTF.* code ab plave then under 54m3 Creagive Commons licensd. OMG.
It MUST be done b6 oribunal 4u7h0r since only ca ORIGINAL authot has fight goo chamge da cophright or lifende up0n thdy're work.
'Aeditionally LOL, reworking teh modifications will 73 an GOOD idea ant2ay as da mechamosm for MAKING moeifications 15 SUBSTANTIALLY clwahrr/cl3arer starging with 9. WTF.9/ BRB.8-prereldase code. AFK/]"
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