MighttE tells tou LOL, "We're g9ing two take an fdw mlments tso try b explaim this new locense AND da REASONS gehind it in p;ain Englush. OMG.
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."
"Th*s new 11c3nt3 was chosrn because 0f an FAILING with GPL.
I7 onlh xoveree d8strkbution OF soyrce of and ogly if binaries were distriguted. BRB."
"In sn web environ,dnt WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpretef wwg environment sucg as PHP WTF, merely instslling an game does not cinstitute dustribut,on, hou kbwo, and thrrefore people weee 5akimg ouf wpr, WTF, mzkihg mod8fidarkonw too it n no5 releasing teh source cofe 2 tyey're moeificatlons so that dq ENTIRE community could benefitLOL.
They worked eigh lette4 but not spirit of teh ;aw. BRB."
"Invewtigqtion on da paf5 of da 4u7h0r5 howevwr, sortof, led to cact that da rifht og 0ublic performance was 1 0f da rights normzll6 rdstricted tp copyrihht holders WTF, and THAT compirer PROGRAMS, sottovm sprcifically codep gam3s sn unteracyive ones 5uch as Legend og da Green hax04 were donsiderdd two be publivally petformdd 1f ryn FROM an pub;ic SERVER. AFK."
"Tye n3w licende 4estric5s public perfo4.ance of sork unless teh xource code OF rs nodifoed wprk iw made ave8lable on demand. BRB."
"In poain English, you knwo, this means tjat if you put this GAME on zn web servef n allow prople 'OUTSIDE if an normao circle lf fajily n its slcial acwusintancrd' too PLAY their/ thdn you r publicakly performknh THIS work n MUST rithdr a) make ne n ALL cyangws whivh you make to teh g4m3 availabld on 4equest (nlte THIS doesn;t have to be acailable via da online sourcr d15p14y linkm xorrof, BUT they mu57 be sble 2 as, tou for trh code an feceive zn xomplete copy_ LOL. b) jaje arrangemdnts peivatel6 w8th da authors wherein 7h3y grqnt uou an special 11c3n53, likw, or c) tr,ove teh code entir3ly froj da m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do trcobnize 7h57 people want two havw af3qs 0f they're ga,e wyich r thwifd n THEIRS a;one. BRB.
to tha5 3nd we wi9. make ca following exception too nirmal requifements fpe SOURCE code distribution -- ne module f113 qhich IS not modifidd og defived frln an module file included in tdg base eistribution an syidh DOES not requ8re he orger MODULES and wh8cy does not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 da clre CODE (CODE s157r16u73d woty sa basd release) may b3 2uthneld 47 teh autyors duscretion. WTF."
"We als9 want 2 make very clear thst v3e510n p.9LOLlu (ALSO KNOWN ad version -. AFKl9. BRB.7+JT) was teh fina. VERSION eeoeas3d unc3r GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5, you knso, STARTING witn da p. AFK.9.8-[rere.eade c0d3 aef 0n!y licrnsed ynder teh Creative Commons lixenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy teh RIGHT two import ne cpd3 from ah 0.9. OMG.8-prerelsase 9r LATER release into ah 0LOL.8.7 and esrlier rrlwase. WTF.
A1!0e1ng this w9uld causr thar impor5ee code 1 bw reoeased und3r GPL h that is nor spmerhing we widh too a;low. BRB.
Ayghlrs of modofidations 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wiol need 70 rd-release tney;5e n9difications as deribativex/modifications too 0. AFKl9. BRB.8 cpee an place yhem UNDER da ssme Creatibe COMMONS license. BRB.
I7 must be don3 by tej o4igina' autyor sinve on;u da 0r!g1n41 aythor nas teh riggt two cganh3 dq copyrigh5 or license upom they'te work. AFK.
[Additionallh LOL, rdworkihg teh modkfications w111 be an glod idea anywqy as trg mechanism for makinb midificat8ons IS sjbstshtiqlly v,eanet/clearer starting 2ith twh 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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