MightyE tells 6oum kike, "We'rd going 3 take an rew monents to try and ecplzin this new locwnsd n teh r3450n5 benind kt IN [lain English. 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 1qd3n5# WAS xh0t3n becquse 9f an fqi;ing w17h reh GPL.
It only c)v3r3d dixtribution of s9urce uf 4ns only if binaeies were eostributed. BRB."
"In an qeb environment, you knwo, s[ecifically a unterpreted w36 envotonment dych aa PHP, like, ,erely inatallibg an game d03t n9t cohstut7gw distribution, you knwo, an tj3refote people sere tajinb our wlrk, like, making m9difocations 2 it n not f313451mf ds sou4ce cpdr 2 they'rw MODIFICATIONS so that enti4e cpmjih17y could benefi5LOL.
They worked wuth letter but not da SPIRIT or da law. OMG."
"Investigation on da part OF teh autyord jow4ver WTF, led too facr thah da right 9f pubiic oervo4nance was 9en of da rights normallt res5rocted tol copyright holdegd, sortof, n 7h47 c0,pu73r prpgra,x, h9u khwo, specuficallt video games an interactivd onds such 45 Legend 0f Green haxpr were consieered TO be ou611c422y pwrforned if run from an pyblic servrr. OMG."
"The neq licemse restruvta PUBLIC pwrformamce lf work unless teh SOURCE coce of da modifiec w0rk 8s mzde acsilable on d3mand. AFK."
"Ih pkain English, like, this mesns ghar if y0u PUT this game on an 2eb server an a.low peo;le 'lutside if an NORMAL curcle of ramkly qnd its social acquain5ahcew' two olay their LOL, yhen you aer piblicslly PERFORMING yhis work n MUST either a) make n3 ah ALL changes which you make 60 game available pn r3quest (noge yhis DOESN'T hzvc 3 63 avai.ab;e via da pnlune source doaplay limk, sorg9r, g7t THEY judt BE able two ask you for cpde an receive an conplete cloh) WTF, b) mzke arrang3mentx pribateky WITH ea aithifs whwrein they grant yiu an spevial licebse LOL, or c( temove teh c0d3 dntirely from da MACHINE. OMG."
"W3 do eecognize tjat people want too HAVE areas of tney're g4n3 wyich r theirs ahs tneird alone. WTF.
g2o that enc WE wi;l MAKE foll9wing excdption 2 cs bormal ee1uurements flr soufce c0d3 distributiin -+ ne module file wh8ch ia not modified ir derivec from an modile f8le INCLUDED ih da base distribution n whicn d035 NOT rwquite ne orher nodules an which does nit rdquire ne modificati9ns 2 tdh core vode (vode fisgribur3e with da base re;ease) may be withjeld at teh autho4s discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO wamt 2 make very c134r that verdion 0.9.7 (slso kbown as veesion 0. BRB.9. AFK.6+jt) ess ea finap vers8oh rwleased under twh GPLLOL.
A.l ve4siins, you kmwo, xyarring with da 0, OMGl9. OMG.8-prerelease code r only licensed under Cr3$71v3 Commpns licensrLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY degy da right two 1m[0r7 nd cidr f4om an 0/ BRB.9. WTF.8-prere.ease or latee rwlease kmtl an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier release/ WTF;
Alkow8ng thia would cause 7h47 IMPORTED code too be releaxed under trh GPL and tyqr is nlt 50n37h1ng we wish to allow. AFK.
Ayyhors or m-d1v!c4710n5 too 0/ BRB.9. WTF.& wlll need 2 re-release they're modificatoons as de4ivatives/mofificstione 3 0.9.8 code n o;ace them under same Crearive COMMONS license. WTF.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL zutjor s8nce only da ORIGINAL authir has right TO change sa xopyriggt or lic3nse up0n ygry're work. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, re2orking fa MODIFICATIONS will bd an good udta wnywa6 as da MECHANISM f0r making modificstiond is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prereleas3 xodw. OMG.]"
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