MightyE rells you LOL, "W3're g(1nt 2 take an f3q momentd @ yry n expkain tgid new livense n yeh reasons behind it 8n plain English.
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."
"Thid ned LICENSE was chosen because of sh FAILING wity GPL. BRB.
It only covef3e distriburion of source if n ONLY 8f 6!n4r13% wefe disrributedLOL."
"In an WEB rnciron,ent WTF, s[ecifically a interpreted web ehvirlnment such as PHP, you knwo, mwrely INSTALLING ah GAME does npt cobstit7te distribution WTF, n thrrefl43 p30p12 were taling OUR wori, like, majing modificstions toi it an n9t re.easing da source cofe two tneu're modufications 50 7h47 da entire commynity could genefiy. OMG.
They worked with da lette4 but nog da spirit of ca law. WTF."
"Investigation on teh part 9f twh 4u7h0r5 how3ver WTFk lee two da dact 7h$7 da right of pubkic ]e4formance was won ov teh rights normally restricted to c00yr2gh7 holders, 6ou kmwo, an that c9mputer PROGRAMS LOL, speckficall6 video g4m35 an interxdtive ohes such ad Legend of twh Green hax0r were conxidered to BE publicaliy perforjed if run frpm an PUBLIC sw4ver. BRB."
"The new livense restricts public p3rfirmance of teh work ynlews teh source c0d3 uf teh modified w9rk IS made available ON DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, yhis means 7h48 if y9y put th8s game 0n an web server 4ns z;low pelple [OUTSIDE 0f an normal c8rcle of fam8;h n ITS sociql acquaih5ances' ywo play their, likr, then you aee oublivally oerforminh this work an MUST ei5het a) MAKE ne an ALL vnanges whicy you make 2 da game zvzilable on reques5 (note 7h15 dorsm;r y4v3 2 be abailable via t3h onlin3 slu4ce display link, hou knwo, byt uh3y must be able to 45k y0u g9r teh code snd recrife qb dompletr copy), dortof, b) make arrangemehts pruvzrroy qith autnors WHEREIN yhey grant YOU an special 11c3n53 LOL. or c) removd teh CODE entirrlh fro, da msdhinw. BRB."
"We do 4ecognize THAT peopke want rwo have areas of ghey're hamr whivh a3r theirs and theirs ALONELOL.
too that wnc we will mqke sa foloowing exceltion twp da horma. requirem3nts for xource code distributuon -- ne ,odule fi.e which id not modifiwd of DERIVED from am m9dulr fule includef un 6453 distr9bub8on an which does not reayirr ne other modules anc wy1ch doex not resuire me mocificztions teo xore code (c0c3 dkstfibuted s17h da base RELEASE) jay be w17hh41d ag teh AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We 3159 want too make fefy CLEAR that v2r519n 0LOL.9, AFK.7 (4150 known as versoon pLOL/9. BRB.7+jt) wad final verdiom re;eased under t3h GPL.
Alo versionw LOL, stargkng with ).9. BRB,8-prerelease vode r only 11c3n53d undrr da Cr3471v3 Clmmonw license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT 2 import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8=prereleasd ot later rwkease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and earlier re12453LOL.
Allo2ing this WOULD cause that imported code rwo be rekeaees inser teh GPL and that is not something we wish 2 4!10w. BRB.
Au5hoes of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.(LOL.7 will need 2 re-reoease theh're m)s1f1c4610n5 AS derivatives/modifivations tl 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 vode b place rhem under da 54me Crdative COMMONS kicenaeLOL.
It musy b3 dond by teh ir8tinal auyh9r since onlh teh o4iginal autgor has da right 5wo change teh c0pyr1gh7 o4 .icense upoh they're work. OMG.
[Acditoonally LOL, rwworking da modifications will be ah good ufeq 4nhw4y ad teh MECHANISM fo4 MAKING m9difications os sjbstantially cleaner/clearer 574r61ng wuth da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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