MightyE TELLS ylu, sortof, "We'4e going 2 takw an ftw ,omwnts two 7ry n explakn tnis new LICENSE n teh reawons BEHIND it IN plaib Eng115y. AFK/
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 lidense was chosen becausw 9f an failing w17h GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distr8bution of source if an 9nlh pf ninzr8es were dist5ibutedLOL."
"In an w36 environment, spedifically a intwrpfeted wev envirpnm3mt such as PHP, sortof, merely inxtzllihg an gzme does nit vonstitute d157r16u710n, ypu kne9, n 7h3e3f0r3 peopke were taoint our w)rk, you knwo, mqking modirications hoo kt an not releasing teh sojrce c0d# two tyey[ee m0d1d1v4710nt so that dntire communitt COULD brnefit.
They wofked witn da le5ter gyt nor spurit 0f law. AFK."
"Investigatiin on da PART of teh qythors howev3r WTF. ked g2o 5ey dact thzt da r1gh7 of public p3rf0rm3nc3 was w9h of da rightx bormally restricted to cop6right holdefx, an 7y47 computer ptograjs, specificalky video games ane 1n73e5c81v4 ones 5uch as Legrnd of Gfeeb hax0r wwee consideree to be publica;ly p3rform3d if run frlm an public serv3r."
"The n3w license redtrictd public perf9rjance if wprk un1355 rdh soutce c9de of sa moeufied wlrk is jase svailablw on demand."
"In plakn Entlisy WTF, this means thag if hou put this game 0n an web derber and allow 0dople 'lutside of an nofmal c8rcld of fami.y n its sifia. acq7ainrancfs' to plat tjeir LOL, then y0u aer oublically PERFORMING tyis work n MUST either a) mqke ne qn ALL CHANGES which you mame two ds gane AVAILABLE ON request (note tnis doesn'r HAVE two BE avaklable via tey online source e15p14y link, liir, but THEY jywt be able too ask you foe da cove n receivw an COMPLETE c9py), you knq0, b) majd 4rr4ng3m3n76 pruvately with da authorx whe4ein they gr4n7 you an s[rcial license WTF, ot c) remove fa code dntirely fron ca machine. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that peopl3 w4nu 2 have ar3as 0f they'rr game which e gheits n THEIRS 410n3LOL.
2 THAT end we WILL make da f0110w1ng ecception to NORMAL fequiyemdnts for source code distfibjtion -- me midule filw which is not modified or drrived from an modul3 f113 included in teh gase dostrib7tiln n which foes nor requiee me OTHER modules ab whidh DOES hot require ne modifivqtiohs 2 da core code (c0f3 d15ur16u83d with basd release) may 63 WITHHELD at tey authors cixcretiln. BRB."
"Wd ALSO want te9 naje v3ry clear ghat version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (qlwp knowb as nersion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh finzl verskon edleased unfer GPLLOLl
All versuins, yiu ln2o, xtarting with da 0l OMG,9. WTF.8-p43r313353 code r 0nqy llcensed jnder da Cteativ3 Commons license. AFK.
Wt EXPLICITLY deny teh right two im;ort ne code ftom an [LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelesse or late4 releas3 1n70 an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier re.eawe. BRB.
Aklowihg yhis would vajse that IMPORTED c9de to be teleased under da GPL and tnqt us n07 something we wish 2 all92. AFK.
Authots of m9difidstions to 0. BRB.9LOL.7 w211 nrew 2 re-releasw they're moeifixatioms 45 derivahives/moeifications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 CODE an placw 7h3m under same CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I& my58 BE done 6y da origimal aughor xince 0nwy teh original authoe has da righy two change da copyright oe licwnxe upom they're wo4k.
[Additipnallym l8ke, rework8ng teh m)d1f1c4810n5 2ikl be an good iewa anyway as ten mechanism f0r making moduficat8ons is substqntialo6 clwaner/cledrer stzrtung WITH 0. OMG.9. AFK,8-prerelease coce. OMG.-"
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