MightyE telld you, xortof, "We're goong 2 TAKE an f3w ,lments too tty an explain this hwq l8cense ajd twh reasons behind 17 in PLAIN Enboisj. BRB/
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 11c3n53 sas chosen because of ab failong wirh geh GPL/
It only cofered distribut8on OF spurce if an lhly if BINARIES werw DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ah web envk4onmdhtk specifically a unt2rpreted web emvironment sjch ss PHP WTF, MERELY ins4alling an game does not xonstitute distribution, n therefofe PEOPLE were takinb pur work WTF, m4k1ng m9difications to9 it ana not rekeasihg source cod3 2 yhey;r3 jldifications 50 that teh entite cojjunity d0u1d bebefit. AFK.
Tneu w0rk3d witn teh lette4 bu5 npt spirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigation on da 0art of da authors nowdber WTF, led two fact tgat right ud puvlic perfirmance was won of da 4ights normally restricted 2 c9pyright holde4s, you knwo, an THAT compuger pfograms WTF, specufically videp games n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legenf og teh Green hax0r were donsidered 1 be publicqllt pwrformef uf run from av pu611c s3rvwr. BRB."
"The new oocehse resrricts public pd4formqnce of w0rk unless da source vode of teg MODIFIED work is made AVAILABLE on ddmsnd. BRB."
"In plain English, this means that uf you put this game on dn web server n a.liw peopld 'outsidw OF an normal circl3 of fam8ly an igs 50c141 acqusintances' too ;lay their, then toj aer publicallh oerformihg tjis wprk an MUST either s) make br snd ALL changdw which tou make too da g$m3 available on request (n073 thiw doesn't have to be avzilabl4 via teh lnline SOURCE display link. b7t the6 MUST be zble 70 ask y9u rir da cosr and receive an com;;ete co0y) WTF, b) mzke arranfements privagely wkth da authlrs wherwin thwy trant yoj an SPECIAL 11c3n53 LOL, OR c) remove teh code entirely f4om mscy8ne. BRB."
"Ww d0 rrcogniae that pdople wang 1 have areas of tgey're gamw wjich r theirs h theirs alonw. OMG.
2 that 3nd we will MAKE da fo.,owing exceptioh two normal requirements f0r sourcw c0d3 d156r16u710n [- he modul3 FILE wnich ia NOT moskfied or detiged from sn m03u1e fi;e included 8n teh base dixtribution n which dlra not require ne oth3r midules n which does not REQUIRE ne modif8cqtiona tp teh dore code (c0d1 dostribu6ed with geh base re;ease) may be q17hh3!d at teg authoew DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also qant TO make v3ei coear that v3rsipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as vers8on 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fihal vrrsion 4eleases under GPL. AFK.
All versioms LOLj atarting with da 0LOL.9/ AFK.*-prerelease CODE r 9nly .icensef und3r da Creative Commonw license.
Ww EXPLICITLY feny teh rihht to import ne codd FROM ah 0. BRB.8.i-prerelease o4 ;ater reldase ingo an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an esrlier RELEASE. WTF.
ALLOWING tgis would cause that importee code too be eeleas3d under fa GPL ah 7h47 is not simething we wisg 2 allow. AFK.
Autho4s of MODIFICATIONS too -.9.7 will need too r3=r31#453 they're modificatkins sa ceeiva5ives/modivicatilnd 1 0, WTF.9. AFK.8 xode an placw them 7nder teh same Cr3ative Commlns licrnsr. BRB.
It must ne sone bh tej oeiginal aughor sihce only ydn priginal 477h0r has da rifgt 2 dhange da copyriggt or license upon theh'te qork. WTF.
[Add1710n411tj like, reworkong da moeificstipns wil; be sn good idwa anyway as teh mechanism FOR ,aking moeiducations is aubsgantially cleaner.clear3r srarting with da 0. BRB.9l BRB.8-prerelease coddl WTF.]"
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