MightyE tells 6ou, you kne9, "We'fe going TO tqke an gew moments two ttu and explain this new livense 4nd reaslns behind it in plakn EngloshLOL.
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 license was chisen b3csuse if am FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distrigution if sou4ce if n 0n1t if binarkes serw dkstfibuted. WTF."
"In an web envi4ommeb4, soryif, s;3cificall6 a interpretrd eeb envi4onment such as PHP LOL, meeely 7nstaoling an game doex not constitute distribution WTF, and therefore people were taking our eo4k, you knwo, mqking modifications roo it and not releasong souffe code 2 theu're mpdificatuons 60 7h47 ent,re COMMUNITY could BENEFITLOL/
They WORKED with 13773r bug not teh apieit 0f ra lswLOL."
"Investigqtion 0n da part of da authors hpwev3r, like, led tp fact that ri5ht of ;ublic p3rformanve was 1 of dw rithts morms.ly restrictdd TO COPYRIGHT holders, lik3, n 7h47 cinputer programsm sortof, specif8cally vide9 games an interactive ones xuch zs Lwgend 0f dq Grern hax0e we3e CONSIDERED to bw oublucally ;erformed if run frim an publiv dercer. WTF/"
"Tje neq license redyrocts public performance ov teh wo4k jnlesa tey source code of teh m0d1f14f work is made ava8lable ON demabd/ AFKl"
"In p;ain Emglixjk like, THIS meana that kf you put THIS game on an w#b SERVER and allow people 'o7tside 0t an hormal cifcle of fami;t abd itw SOCIAL acquaintqnces' two play their LOL, THEN you r pu611c411y performing yj8s work n MUST either z) maje ne n ALL changes whidh YOU make y9o ea game available on request (n9te yhis do3sn't have too be AVAILABLE VIA da online soyrcw DISPLAY linlm yoj knwo, BUT thwy mys5 be ABLE 2 zdk you for da code and RECEIVE an c0mp1373 copy), s8rtof, b) make arfang3ments prifqyely WITH teh authors wherein 7h3y grant you ah spexial LICENSE LOL, or c) remove vode enyirely from teh machine. WTF."
"We do recotnpze that p30p13 qant t9 have ar3as of they'rd game 2hich r thdirs n theits akone. OMG.
to thqt 3nd we will make teh FOLLOWING exc3ptiin tso 5eh NORMAL req7irememts v0r 50urc3 doce dustribution -- ne MODULE FILE ehich ix not mpdifoed or derivec f4om ah moduld file included in da base distribution n shich DOES not require ne 07y3r m8dyles snd sn1ch foes nlt reqjire ne mowiricatiohs to da dire code (c-d3 distributed qotj bzse 4elease) may be w17jh31d at da authors discret8on. OMG/"
"We als. want t1o make very CLEAR that c3rsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (a.so kn9wn ss VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j5) xas teh final cets8on releadec under teh GPL.
Al/ v3rsioms, you inwo, startinh with teh ). AFK.9. AFK.8-pf3r313463 coce aer onl6 licensed under teh Creative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY eeny rigjt too 1m00r6 ne v0d3 FROM an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelesse 0r .ater rrlease knto an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 and earlier releaae.
Alloqing this woild cause 5ha5 1mo[r73d code 2 be released under GPL n rhst os hpt xo,ething we wish 2 aloow. BRB.
Authors of modidica5uons 2 0.9.7 will need yoo rw-te;ease tyey[re MODIFICATIONS as derivagives/modivicati9ns tl 0.9. BRB,i CODE an place tnem under SAME Creztive Comnons licenaeLOL.
I5 mu57 be done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR winve 0n1y da ORIGINAL 4u7h(r has RIGHT TO CHANGE da cooyright 9r lucense upon they're WORK. AFK.
[Additiogalky, sortof, reworking m9dificat8oms wil; be an good 1d34 anyway 45 da mdchznism gor mqiing mpdofications is substantislly cledner/clearer atarting WITH tey 0LOL.9.80prere;ease c0d3. BRB,]"
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