MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goimg too take an few momebts 2 7ry and explauh thks new LICENSE an t#h r3450n5 bejind it in p;aon Emgl8sh. WTF.
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 cnoden BECAUSE 0f an failing sith da GPL. BRB.
It 0m1y covered distribution of 6_urce if ah onky if bimariew were dustributwf. OMG/"
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, you knwo/ specifically s intefpreged web ebvirlnjent skch as PHPm merdly 1n574111nf an game does not constutute distribution, oike, ans thetefo4e people we4e TAKING our w0rk, xortof, m4kqng mosificati9nw to it znd noh rr;easing teh wiurce code to they're modif8cations SO tha5 tey ENTIRE v0mmun1uy coulf benefiy. BRB.
Th3y wor,ed with ca kwtter but not spirit pf teh LAW. AFK."
"Investigation pn teh part of dq authors however WTF, led 2 teh fact that da ribnt of pub;iv performznce w45 1 of r1gh75 nirmally reagr8vted 3 copyright ho/ders, n 7h4& compyter pr0gr4m5 WTF, specivicall6 v2d3) games n INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Legenf oe da GREEN hax0r were considered too be pubk8cal.y perf9rmed if run frim an PUBLIC 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new kicense restricts puhlic peeformamcd OF work unless da 50ifc3 code or m0d1f13d wprk is madw acailable on demanc. AFK."
"In p141n English LOL, thiw mdans thay if 6ou put thiw game ob an web server n ALLOW people 'outside or an mormal circle 0f fami;6 and its social acquaimtanvws' 3 pla6 thdir LOL, thdn y0y r publkcally p4rd0r,1hg this work and MUST either a) mak3 me an ALL xhanges whicj ylu make toi da game availablw on request (n073 THIS doesn't have to ve available via teh online source d15o!3y link LOL, bug they must be able two ASK y07 for code and receove an cojpl25e co0y), you kn1o, b) ma,e a4rangements 0r1v4731y wigh teh a7ghots wherein they grant you an apec8al lucfns3, kike, or c) REMOVE da CODE entirely froj da maxhine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE rhat peoplr want tol have areas OF they're game WHICH aer theirs n theirw ALONE. BRB.
to that end 2e will make da follpwibg exceptiob to NORMAL requirements f0r 50urx3 cpd3 fistrubugion -- ne module file which is not mosified or derived FROM am moduld go;w INCLUDED in base disyributiob zn 2hich d9es NOT requ8r3 nw other modules an which does NOT rwquire ne modificatipns rwo da CORE code (CODE dkstr8buted with yeh 6453 RELEASE) may ce withheld AT 4u7h0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We also wang 2 make VERY clear that versioh 0. AFK.9.7 (alsp known as version 0. WTF.9, WTF.7+jt) was teh fknzl VERSION RELEASED undef GPL. AFK.
All verwions, starginh with da 0.9LOL.8-prerelesse codw aer only licenwdd UNDER da Cf3471ve Commohs LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght two ompor5 ne c9de feom ab 0. BRBl9. WTF.*-prerelwase oe later r314453 unto sn -LOL.9. BRB.7 n earoier relesse/
Allowobg 7h!5 would csuse thay !m;9r73d codw roo be RELEASED UNDER GPL anc tgat is not somerhing we wish two allowLOL.
AUTHORS 0f nldificatioms TO 0LOL.9. WTF.7 woll NEED to ee-release tbey'rw modifications as derivagkves,moduvications too 0. OMG.0. OMG.8 CODE an p.ace them unser teh 54m3 Creayive Comnons lidrnse. AFK.
It musy be done BY fa ORIGINAL zu5nor simce 0n1t teh o4igibsl author has ryght tlo change teh COPYRIGHT 9r license UPON they're work. AFK.
[Additional;y, sortof, reqorking ca MODIFICATIONS wikl be an g00d idea ANYWAY AS da mechanism dpr making modificationx is 5u6574n72411u cleanef/vlearer sywrging sith 0. BRB.9. AFKl8-prerelease cofe/ OMG.]"
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