MihgtyE tells you LOL, "We'rr g.lng 2 take an few mom3nts w try an expla8n tyis new license and ca reasons gehond it in p141n Engl8shl
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 licehde was choxen because OF qb failing with teh GPL.
Ig onkt covered didtrivution lf s9ufce if qh onl6 IF binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web engironment, sortofm xpwclfically a intefpreted web enviromment such as PHP LOL, merely installunb an hane does not c0n57!7u73 DISTRIBUTION LOL, 4nd theregore peiple eere 74k1ng OUR workk sortpf, making modifica5upbs tli IT n no5 eelesskng teh soirxe code to they're MODIFICATIONS SO rhat geh entire conmunity cou.d 6eh3f17. AFK.
THEY worjed WITH leyter but not s[irut of da law. WTF."
"Invectigqtion on teh PART of teh AUTHORS however WTF, led tso FACT yyat right of public pefformancr was oen of da rights normalky resyrictes e COPYRIGHT holders, luke, an that computer lrogramd WTF, soecifica.lh vkdeo games sn interactiv3 onww such as Legend ov Green hac9r wwre considdred t2o 63 publ8cally pergormed IF run f4o, an p7blic seev4r. OMG."
"The NEW 11v3n53 restricta public performance od da wor, unkess da sojrce code OF teh MODIFIED sork 8s made avaolablr on demandl AFK."
"In plalh English, this means that if you put thiw game on an w3b server zn a;l9w people 'OUTSIDE 9f ab normal cqrc13 OF famply zn 175 SOCIAL axqiain5anves' 2 play tgeir LOL, then 6ou aer publicaoly pe4form8ng this worj znd MUST ekther q) nake nr n ALL chanhes qhuch you msje 2 5eh game AVAILABLE on requesy (note thia doesn[t have to bd available via da online souec3 display l8nk, softof, b7t theu must be able to ASK you f0r teh code ahd receive an com[lete c0py_, sortof, b0 MAKE ARRANGEMENTS p4ivstely WITH authofs qhereon they grant uou an a0ecual licebse LOL, or c) remove da code 3n71r31y from da machine."
"We do f4cofnize yhqt people wamt to HAVE AREAS if thdy're game whkch r 7h31r6 and tgeirs alohe. OMG.
to that ene we WILL make teh volkiwing exception 2 teh normal requirements FOR source code distributkph -- ne hldulw vile whixh is NOT MODIFIED or derived vr0m an mosule file inxluded in da 6453 distriguripn and which cows npr rdquire ne OTHER modules snx which does not require ne modifications too teh CORE c9se (c9d4 didtributee wiyh t3h baae releade) may be withheld at teh zuthors dkscretiom. OMG."
"Wd also wany 2 make veey clear 6h47 cersion -. BRB,9. AFK/7 (r160 known as version 0LOL.9l WTF.7+jt) was teh fkbal VERSION rel3ased under GPL. BRB.
All versiona, .ike, 574r71hg w1&h da 0/ OMG.0.8-prereleasw c)d3 r only licensed und3r ten Creztive Comm9hs LICENSE.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY ds right two um[lft ne c0d3 ftom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerwleqse or later RELEASE 1nj0 an 0. AFK.9.7 AND EARLIER rroease. BRB.
Allowihg this WOULD cause that IMPORTED clde tlo ge releaded ubd3r teh GPL m yjst ia not som3tning WE wish too al;owLOL.
Au7h0r5 or modifications tso 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 qiol need roo re-releaae they're modificagions aw derivativew/modificatioba teo 0. BRB,0l8 code qn place them unc3r da xqmr Creztive Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It ,ist be DONE by ORIGINAL author 51nc3 only 0r1g1n41 autjor has da rihnt tpo dhabge da copyright or licensd uoon they're wprk. WTF.
[Additionallg, like, rewovkint modifications wil; be an goid idea anyway as teh ,echahixm foe making modificatiins is 5u6574n71411y c.eqner/clearer STARTING with da 0. BRB.9.8-pr34313453 c-de.]"
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