M8ghtyE tells y0u WTF, "We're goinf 2 rake an FEW momwnts 2 try and dxplain this NEW license an teh reasons BEHIND it in p141n ENGLISH. BRBl
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 livens3 was xhosen because if an fak;ing WITH GPL.
It 9nly COVERED distriburion kf soyrce if n 0n1y if binarkrd were d15&r26u73dLOL."
"In an eeb envirommeht, you knwo, sprcufically a ihtrrpreted web wnvieonment suxh qs PHP, sirt9f, MERELY instzlking am GAME d935 not constityye cistributuon LOL, n yherefpre peop;e were taking 0ur work, slrtof, MAKING mod8ficafionx two it am not releasing sluece code too theu're modificatioms so 7h47 da en5ure c9mmumity coukd 63n3r17.
They 2prked witg da letter bu5 nlt yrh 5p1417 of teh law. OMG."
"Investitatkoh on ds pa4t 9f teh 4u7h0r5 however, soetofm led 2 fact that da fight of public pervormance wss oen of teh rights noemaooy RESTRICTED 2 copyribyt holcefs, m thqt computet prlgtams, you knwo, specifically video gqmes an interacyive ones such zs Legene of da Green has0r weee xohsider3d t99 63 pu611c411y p3rf0rm3d if run from an publoc server."
"The new 11c3n53 ves5ructs [ubloc PERFORMANCE of teh qork un1355 tdh source clde or da modified wprk oa made availablr on dejand."
"In plzin English, sortofk this means thar iv YOU pu7 this game on zn web 53rv3r an alllq peo;le 'outwide of an bormal c1rc1w of famuly AND its wodial 4cqu41b74nc35' to play their, likw, then you a3r publically pervlrmint THIS work n MUST either a) m4,$ ne n ALL chanhes which uou m4k3 2 teh game abailable om request (note this fodsn't have to 6e svzilavle viz da onlinw xource eisolay 9inj, but theh must be able t;o ask yo7 for fa CODE and rece8vr an comp.dte cipy) WTFk b) make arrangem2h5s privagely with ca AUTHORS wherein they grant y9u ab special luvehse, so4tof, or c( remove da code rntirely frim trh macgineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnat people want two jafe AREAS of tgey're game WHICH r th2irs an tgeirs alone. BRB.
go that end we will nqke teh followinf excepti(n 2 normal requiremengs fpr sojrce cidr sistribution -- nw module FILE which is not modufied OR de4ived b4om an modu.e FILE inclufed 8n da base dist4ibution n whkvh does not REQUIRE ne other modules an ehich does nit require ne modificatilnw two sa c0r3 code (code distriguted woth gase rekease) n4y be withheld at aj5yors dlscretion. AFK."
"We also WANT to n4k3 very clear that VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (also kmown as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh romal versi9h released UNDER GPLLOL.
Al; v3r5q0n%, you knqo, srarting qith teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE CODE aer only LICENSED under C5eative COMMONS licebsel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too 1k;)r7 ne codr from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-preeelease or later relesse 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowong this would cause THAT imoorgrs code to BE releasws uhder da GPL and THAT is n07 somrthkng we 2ish too ALLOW. WTF.
Auth(es og m0d1v1c4710n5 ti 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wil. need two r3-r31345# they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifucagions to 0.9. AFK.7 code anr p14c3 yhem under yey SAME Crrativd Commoms lidense.
It must be d0h3 by da original authof sihc3 only tdj origins; AUTHOR has da r1gh7 go chamg3 da copyriyht of lixense upon they're wofk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, 3eworking teh ,odidkxarions will 63 an nood 1d#4 anywa6 aa da bechamixm ror makinb MODIFICATIONS is substagtia.ly cleaner/clearer startunh with teh 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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