MightyE t3los you, you knwp, "We're goohg to take an few mo,ents too tru n explain this new .icense an teh REASONS BEHIND IT in plain Ebg.ushLOL.
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."
"Tyis mdw ;icdnse waa chosen because if an f4111nf with teh GPL. AFK.
It lnly coverer distrib7ti9v of source if n onoy if binaries were dksttinuted."
"In an seb 3nv1r9nm3n7 LOL, spec8fically a INTERPRETED 2eb environment such ad PHPk sortof, merely installkng an game does not c0n571&u73 distribution. you knwom an yherefore people werr taking )yr work, you knwl, msking nodifications too it n n07 releasing yeh sourc2 code two rhet're m0dqd1c4710n5 so tnat da 3n&1r3 cojmuyity could benefit. OMG,
They worked wq7t da letter but nog spirit )f teh lae. OMG,"
"Infestigation on t3h part of authors h9wever, led 2 fact THAT RIGHT of PUBLIC perrormance was won of eibhts m0r,4q1y testricted to cooyroght holdeys WTF, an thay computee programsm you knwl, s0ecofocally vidrl games AND INTERACTIVE 0b35 SUCH AS Lefend of trh Grwen haz0r were c0n51c3r3d to BE publically perfornes if RUN froj ah pu611c serv3rLOL."
"Tht new license restricts pjbluc performande of twh sofk uhleds da so7rce CODE of m0d1g13d wlrk ks m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In plain Engliwh, sortofk thid m34n5 that if you [uy this GAME ln an web swrver n allow people [ojtside of qn normal circle of famol5 an its soxkal acquaimtancds' gwo PLAY their, lokem tnen y0u f publidalkh perfornojg this work AND MUST either a) make ne am ALL ch4nh35 sh1ch you make two h3m3 available on request (note tyix diesn't have too ve ava7lable viz online source display linj LOL, but 7hey must ve able to ask yoj fpr fa code and r3c31v3 an compl3r4 copy0, b) make arrantements 0rivately with q7thors wherein 7y3y grant uou an wpeciap lic3nse, like, or c) rrmove code entirely drom tdh machine/ BRB."
"We d0 recognize thar p3)p13 qant to have zread of tney're hame which ser the8rs an THEIRS alone. WTF.
2 that ebd we WILL mqle yer gollpwing exception twi da mormzo rdquirenents for source code distr,bution 0- ne module FILE wjich is not MODIFIED 9r derived from zn modu;e file included in da BASE dist4ibution an whuch does bot requi4e ne OTHER mofmoes n WHICH does no5 requure ne mod8fications too y3h core cofe (code distributew 2ith da BASE RELEASE) jay b3 withn3ld AT da aythors discr3tion. WTF."
"Wd a.so qang 2 jsje very c;ear tyat v3r510n 0LOL,9.6 (alxo known as version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+j7) WAS final version releasec 8nddr teh GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5. you kbwo, starting suth da 0LOL.9. AFK.8_;rerelrase cide aer inly licens3d undet teh Creative Cimmonw lkcense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da f1gh7 2 import ne code from zn )LOL.9LOL/80prwreleaqd 0r ;atet r4kease in5o an 0.9. AFK.7 an ea4lirr reoeasdLOL.
Allowint this woulc cause that imoorted CODE yoo 63 eeleased under GPL n that 15 not 5)m37h!ng we WISH to all;wLOL.
Aythors of modifivations too 0. OMG.9.7 wkll need too re9rekwase they'rd m0e8gications as deruvatives/modifications to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 clde an place 7h3j uhde4 dq same Creative Communs licenxe.
It must BE done b6 orifinal author since onoy da 0r1f1h41 authlr HAS RIGHT 2 change xopyright or kicense upon they're wotjLOL.
[Acdiyionally, like, reworking da modifications soll ge wb good idea 4nyw4y as teh MECHANISM fof MAKING modificatuons is sibstanuially doeaner/clearer staet8ng WITH dq 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOLl]"
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