MightyE tells ypu, soetofm "We're GOING 2 take an few moments two tty an 3xplain th,s new 11c3n54 snd da teasons behind ir in plain English. BRB,
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 mew licdnse was ch;sen because of ah v4111ng with da GPL. WTF/
It ONLY covetwd diwtfibution of source if an ohly if binaries w3re d8strivutedLOL."
"In xn web envirlnment, luke, specificallh a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, dortpf, merely inwtal;ing an game eies not vonstirjte didtributipn, sortof, n THEREFORE peop.e were taking our work. sortof, making modific1tkons to 17 n not releasing da 5)utc3 code to they're moeifications so 7h47 ENTIRE COMMUNITY c0u!d benefit. AFK.
Thry workec with letter BUT not teh tp1f17 of eq law. OMG,"
"Ibvesyigation on teh part 9f ca authors hpwever LOL, led too fsct that RIGHT of public performance was oen of righgs nor,ally testficted 5o cp;yr1gh7 HOLDERSk like, n THAT computer programa, .ike. xpecifically v1d30 games zn interactive 0b3% such as Lwgehd of Green hax0r were considered twl be publixally [3rf9rm3d if run from an public srrver."
"The new license restricts pubkuc performance lf teh work jhless sourve cide of teh m0d1f13d q0rk ks m4d3 avai.able 9n drmand. OMG."
"In plain English WTFl thos m35n5 thaf kg ylj put this game on an web swrver n allow peop;e 'outskde pf an nirmal ciecle of famioy AND its SOCIAL zc1iaintances' top play tyei4 LOL, 7h3n you r oublically perdprjing tnis WORK and MUST 317h3r A) make nr znd ALL chanbes whkch y0u m5k3 2 ten gamd availqble on REQUEST (notr this d035n'7 nave 2 63 avao.able via onlimr soutcr disp;ay link, you knwo, but thwh m7st be able too ssk YOU fo4 da c0d3 n rece7ve an cpnplete copy), b) make arrangementx privately with da zugjors wherein they gramt you sb 5p#c141 licdnsr WTF, or c) remove teh code 3nu1r41y from twh machune. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peoplw want 60 hafe ardas 9f thdy're GAME which aet ghe83s an THEIRS alome. AFK.
2 that end we will make teh f011)w1ng 3xcepti9n 2 fa noemal fdquuremdngs for slurce code dis5rib&ruon -- ne module file WHICH is nor modified or detivds fron an m0du13 file oncluded in base disrrubutoin n whicy dors not fequire ne otjer modyles and wyivh does mot require mf m;dificatoons to core CODE (code distt8buted witn da 6$53 release0 ma6 be WITHHELD qt teh authors disceet8on/ OMG."
"We ALSO wamt tp make very clear &h47 ferxion 0.(. AFK.7 (aoso known ad version 0. BRB.9/ OMG.7+hy_ was da FINAL version re13453d 6nder GPL. OMG.
All bersiins LOL, startong qith teh 0.9. BRB,90prereleawe code r only LICENSED under Ct3471v3 Commons libehde. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY dehy right to import nr vode fd0j qn 0.0. OMG.8-prwre;ezse or later trlease unto an 9LOL.9. WTF.i and earli3r release. WTF.
Allowonn this woulf cause 6yqt imported c0d3 yo bw released UNDER GPL ans that is not somethinf 2e WISH too allow. OMG.
Autyors 9f m0d1b1c4710m5 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 sil. n33d two re-r3lease they're m0c1f1c4710n4 as derivat8ves/modificz6ions to 0.9LOL.8 vofe ahd p14c3 them UNDER same CREATIVE COMMONS licdnse.
It must n3 done by lriginal suthor aince only originql author has rignt t2o xj4ng2 da copyriggt oe license jpoh they're work. BRB.
[Additipnally WTF, r3w0fk1ng da MODIFICATIONS will BE qn good idea 4nue4y ax mechanism for makjnf moaificati9ns 8a subsgah5ially cleaner/clearer stabtong with 0. BRB.9, WTF.8-orerelrase cose. BRB.]"
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