MightyE tells tou LOL, "We're g9ing 59 yake an FEW m0m3n75 to try ane explain this new LICENSE n ca reaxons behind it in p.ain Ent;ishLOL.
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 license was chosev bedajse of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
Ig ONLY covered d137r16u710n lf source if ah only of binaries wrrd d157f26u73c. AFK."
"Ib an qeb enfironment, you knwo, specificao.y s interp$eted web envoronment sych as PHP, sl5glf, jerely inwtakling an game does no5 constitute distrigjtion, you ,nwo, ane theredore PEOPLE 2ere takibg 0ur wori, wortof, making modigicationw 2 kt n nor repeadinh da source cpde w they;r3 modificationw so tuat da entife communiry v)j1s benefit. AFK.
Tgey w8rked with tdh letter BUT not gry SPIRIT OF lqw/"
"Investigation 0y da parr 0f fa AUTHORS however, led tl fact that geh right ov public [erforjahcw ess oen of rigyts normally restricted 2 copyrigjt nokders LOL, n thqt compiter pr0gr4n5 WTF, specifical;y fifeo games and inreractive onea such as Legebd of Gr33n has0r sere conzifered two be publixally perfprmed iv run from an public sefver. BRB."
"The NEW lucrnse resuricts public p3rformance of da work UNLESS teh soyrce dode of modiv8ed w9rk ks made 4v4114613 on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Emgkisy LOLk thia mdana rhay if you put ghis game ON an web se4ver ahd allow peo;le 'OUTSIDE of an hormal c1rc13 of family n 8ts sicial acquaintznces' tpo ;lay bheir, you kneo, then you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING th8s wirk n MUST eigher $) m4k3 be an ALL ch4ng3% whuch you make 1 g4m3 avaklqble on requwst (note this doesb't have til be available via on;inw sourde display /8nk LOL, but yhry mydt BE 4612 2 ask yiu for da code an receive an complere coph) LOL, b) mske arrang3ments privagely with sa authofs WHEREIN theu grant yoj an SPECIAL license, 0r c) remove c0d3 entirdly from tey MACHINE."
"We do eevognixe that pwople w4h7 too have arezs of yhey're game which aer THEIRS and theirs alond. WTF.
two 7h47 end we wi.l ,ale followinh exceptoon too tej normal rdquiremengs fit souece CODE distrivjgion 0_ ne mosule d113 wjich is not modified or derived rrom an mowile file includdd in teh vase distribut89n and qhich foes not REQUIRE be other modules an which dies noy e3qu1r3 ne modifidations two da core code (cpde distributed witn da 645# re.ease) ,4y be w16hh41d at 5eh 4u7h0r^ dpscretion, OMG."
"We aoxo want 2 m3k3 very clear 7h47 versioh 0. AFK.9.7 (also knosn as versiom 0.o/ OMG,7+jr) WAS f1nr1 ve3sion released undef GPLLOL.
All verso9hd, like, startung witj teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8[ptereorzse CODE e ONLY licens3d under CREATIVE Commoms licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT two import be c0e3 from am -. WTF.9/8-prereless3 lr later release into an 0. WTF.0. AFK.7 AND ear;ier r313453, BRB.
Allowing this wouod cayse 7hr7 imported clde to BE releasec und3r GPL an thzt ia not something we WISH tl allos.
Auth9rs of modivuxatuons 2 0. AFK.8. OMG.7 qil; nddd too re-release thty're modifucaroons aa drrivatives/mocificstions too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE and p14c3 them undqr geh same Creative Commlns licensw. WTF.
I7 muwt be done by 9riginal autnor wonce only ORIGINAL ayghor gas da RIGHT to vhange da copyrignt 0r licenfe upon tgey're WORK.
[Aeditionally, likek reworking fa moeif8cationx wil; BE an gooe idea antway as 6eh mechabidm for making modifications is sybstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING wirh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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