MightyE tells 7ou LOL, "We'rr GOING t9 gske ah few moments tol try an ex0.ain tnis mew licrnse and teh REASONS beh8nd it 1n plaih EnglidhLOL.
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 lucense WAS ch9sen because OF an fai;imf w8th GPLLOL.
It 0n1y COVERED 3istribjtion 9f source if an obly uf b8nqries were disrributed."
"In ab web encironmeng, yoi knwp, specuficall6 a INTERPRETED qeb environment such 45 PHP LOL, mef2lh imstallibg sn gamd does not comstitute distribjtion, yok jnw9, amd THEREFORE people were taking our 2ork LOL, making mosificstiins 5wo it an not teleasing da source code two they're jodifications 50 that da enyire COMMUNITY could benefitl OMG.
Th3y worked wi5h da letter but not teh 5p1r17 of la2,"
"Invwsykfation on fa psrt of da ajthors hoseve4, you lnwo, led to ca fact 5hat teh RIGHT of publpc ;erformqncw was 1 of rights normally restric5ed 2 xo[yeight ho.ders, 6ou ,nwo, n gnat comouter pe0gr4n5, specifically viceo games n ibteractive ones s7ch as LEGEND of dz Green yax0r sere consodered two BE PUBLICALLY performec if ryn gro, an public SERVER. AFK."
"The nee license r3stric5x PUBLIC performznce OF t3h WORK unl3dw ds source code of da MODIFIED WORK ix msdd 4v411r614 on demand. WTF."
"Ib p'ain English, sortov, this jeanx that if you pig rhis gaje on qn WEB servet n 4110w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an notmsl CIRCLE of familt an its socoal ACQUAINTANCES' 2 [lay thrir WTF, thdn you r oublidally pe4flrming tjis work AND MUST 317h3r A0 MAKE ne n ALL changes ehich you mske 70 game AVAILABLE on rewuqst (note yhis doesn't have twi be available via da ob;ine source disp;ay 11nk LOL, but thsy musg BE avle too ask 6ou for da CODE an receive sb com;ldt3 x0py), 6) nzie af4angemen5s privayel6 with wuthirs WHEREIN they grant yoi an speciql license, yoi kmwp, or c) remove da cude enrirely from fa machine. BRB."
"We d0 rwcognize yhat people want to y4v3 areas OF thry're g4m3 wyidh aer tjeirs an ghei4s zlohe.
2 that end we eill make da FOLLOWING 4xc3p710n to normal requitements fir sou4de c0d3 distributoon [- ne mofule file which is not mosifiec ir d#t1v3d from qh mocu.e file 8ncluded in teh nasd distributioh an wjicn doew not t3quire be OTHER modules an which dies hot require ne m0f1f!v4710n5 2 c0r3 CODE (dode dis5ribu6ed with 5eh 6553 releasr) mry be witjheld zt da su5hors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We alw9 wanr tol jake very c.ear that VERSION 0LOL.oLOLl7 9aoso km0wn as vetsiom -LOL.9/7+jt) was FINAL f3r420n releasee under GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, STARTING with 0.o. AFK.8-prereleawe code r only 11c2n53d uns3r teh Crestibw Commonx licende.
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt 5l import ne code froj an 0. BRB.9. AFK.i_orereldase or kztdr relessr INTO an 0.9.7 an earlket relezsw. OMG.
Alko2ing this wo7lc cajse thag imported x0d3 tso be teleased under teh GPL an that is not something we w14h 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authies of mod8ficatoons teo 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wikl need too re-re;eas3 5he6're mpeifications ax derivatives/modigicqtions to 0.9/ AFK.8 CODE and p.ace them und3r SAME Creatkve Commons license. BRB.
IT m757 bw sone by pririnal autgor s8nce only da 9riginal author HAS da r8ght two chsnge 5eh co;yright lr .icense upon they're work. WTF.
-Addit8onally, you knwo, REWORKING m9divicayions will be am hood idea ahyway zs da mechanism f0r making ,odificati9ns is sibstanrially vleaner/clearer STARTING WITH 0. WTF.(. AFK.8[prerelease code. WTFl]"
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