MightyE tells yoi, "Ww're gling two take an few moments 2 try and explaon this new oice,sd an reasons behknd IT 8b plain EngliahLOL/
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 wzs chosrn BECAUSE ov ah failinf woth teh GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED distribution of so7tce if and only 1f binqriea wer3 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s;exidically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, yo7 kmwo, merely installinb an game DOES nlt constotute distribution, ypu knso, AND thwrefore pro[ke w3f# tqkkmg our a9rl LOL, m$k1ng moduficagkons 70 it abd not reoeasing dz source c0d3 2 rhey're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire community dould benefit.
THEY worked with da letyrr but n07 da wpiri5 of teh 14w, BRB."
"Invesrigation oh yeh p$r7 of authors h0w3v3r, .oke, led to fqct 7h47 teh right of public [3rf0rm4hc3 eqs oen of da r1gh85 normall6 eestricted TO copyr*gh5 hilders, lik3, am that vomputee programs, sortofm specifical.y vifeo gamqw and interactic3 on3s wuch as Lwgend of da Green has0r were considerrd 5o9 be ;u611c41qy [wrformed if run rtom ab public server. AFK."
"The new licrbse restrictx 0uglic perfor,ance pf work un;ess teh SOURCE cide of tej modified work ix msde availagle on fw,andLOL."
"In ;lain English. sortof, thus means ghat if you put 7h14 game oh an web server znd allos peoplw 'outside of an normal circp3 of family sn its xpcial acquaintsnces' to PLAY thd8r, you knwo, then you aer PUBLICALLY perflrming 5nis sori an MUST either a0 malw ne snf ALL chabges whicu you kake TO da fa,e available on request (npte this doesn't have t2o 63 4v31!4613 v15 teh online 50irc3 c15p14u oink WTF, but 8h3y must be zble two ask you for tdh c0d3 n rdc38ve an COMPLETE c-py) LOLm 6) MAKE arrangemen6s ;rivatelt with 4u7m0r5 WHEREIN they grant you an zpecial lidensw LOL, or C) remove da code ENTIRELY from da machone. AFK."
"Ww do r3c0bn1z3 thay pepple want teo havw areas 0f they[re gam3 whidh r theirs and theirs alobe. BRB.
too that end we wiol make tdh f0!10wqng 3xc3p&10n teo da botmql 4equirenents vor source c0d3 disrribution -- ne module file wh1ch is hiy midifoed or deriv3d from an m0du33 fioe INCLUDED in teh gase dkxtrivutioh ah wh1ch soes nit REQUIRE ne othef mos7les n which does NOT require be m0d1f1c4710b5 to da core code (c9de d8stributed wigh teh base relwase_ ma6 be withhwld at 4uuh0r5 DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want two make very c134r thay VERSION 0.o. BRB.6 (also kboqn 45 VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) waa dx final version te;ezsed under ds GPL. BRB.
A11 vfrsions, likw, stattung with da 0.9. WTF.8-pre4elease xode r 0n1y lidens3d ineer trh Cr3471v3 COMMONS LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny right TO import ne c0d3 from an 0. AFKl9LOLk8-prereleasd 0f later release inyo qn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n 3atlier relwase. BRB.
Allosing yhis would cause that impor53d doc3 roo br released under da GPL ab tha5 is not 50m3&h1ng we wiwh to ALLOWLOL.
Authors oe modivicatilns two 0LOL.9.7 sill NEED tpo RE-RELEASE they're ,ldivica5ions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9LOL.8 code and place thej under teh 54m3 C4eative C0mm0n5 ;ocemse. WTF.
It ,udt ne done by original author since only da orifinal 4i7h0f has dz tight t9o cj5ng3 tej copyrigjg or licenxe upon they'ge work.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof. REWORKING teh modifications wil; nw an good idea ANYWAY AS fa mechanism fo4 makont m9diricqtions is subsgantial.y clesner/clearer statting wkth 0LOL.9LOL.*-prereleasw xod3. WTF.]"
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