MightyE tells tou, uou inwo, "We're going too take an few MOMENTS too try n explain thiw new livens3 qn y3axons 63h1nd it in [oain Emglidh. BRB.
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."
"Thix n4w 11c3n43 was choaen BECAUSE 0f an fa8ling wugh da GPL. BRB.
Ir only cov3red dostribution of source if n ONLY id binaries wefe distrubuged. WTFl"
"In an web envurinmeny, specuficaoly a imterpreted weg ebvkrohmenf suxh as PHP, sortof, me4ely inetallkng an gam3 d035 nit const8ture dis5rigutionm like, n thrrefore people were TAKING our wprj, tou lnwo, malint mldoficatilns too IT n not releasing SOURCE code tl theh're modificatilns so 7h47 teh 3n71r3 community ciulc 63n3gq7. OMG.
Thry worked wirn letter but hot twh SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Investitation 0n da part of da aughors howev2r LOL, led TO f4c7 7h47 r1gh7 od publ8c perfornqnde 3as 1 of reh rights normally restrkcted 2 COPYRIGHT h01c3r5m like, n THAT COMPUTER ;rograms, ;ikem sprcifically viceo g4m35 an interactive ones such as Legend of t3h Gf33n nax0r were conskdet3d to be pyglical;y perdormed if run from zn pyb;oc SERVER. BRB."
"The new oicenxe restricts public perfoenande 9d da WORK jnl3ss tey sourc3 code of tdh moeified w0rl is made 4vr124613 ON ddmand."
"Ib plaim English, this m3zns that if tou [it this game om an w3b server and 411pw people '07751d3 0f an no4mal c1rv13 of dqmi'y an its xocial acquzintances' 2 0lay tneir, you knwo, tnen ylu aer publically peeforming thia WORK n MUST either a) MAKE ne qnd ALL dhanges which 6uu make to ten game availab;e on reqoesb (note tyix d035n'8 hzve 3 be availablr vka da online sourcs diwp;ay 11nk LOL, BUT yhey must be ABLE tol ask y0u FOR code an 4eveove an xomplete c0py), b) make arrangementw privately with sa authors wheeein ug3y grant yoj an spesial license, uou kn2o, ot c) remobe code enyirely from da mavhine. OMG."
"We fo recognize tjat [3ople qany 2 have aread pf they're GAME 2h8ch r th3irs n theits aloneLOL.
to THAT end we will male following exdeption two teh no4mal requiremdhts dor 2ource code distribut8.n -- ne module file which is bog modified or defived from an moduld fuoe inxlyded in da base dis5ribuhion an whicy does not require ne orher moculew n wgich does not require nr MODIFICATIONS too da core code (c0d3 distributed wuth base rrlease) may be w17hg31d at teh authors diacretion. AFK."
"We alqo want too make ver6 clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known as versuon 0LOL.9.7=ht) was teh rinal versiln eel3ased umdef GPL,
ALL vrrsiond LOL, sgarting xith da 0. BRB.9. AFK,8-0rerekease cpde a3e ONLY licensef uncer Creative Commpns licensr. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh righr two IMPORT ne coce from an -. BRB.9. BRB.8-preyelfase OR later r3least into an 9. OMG.0, AFK.7 and earliet 4elrase. WTF.
Allowing yhos qould caus3 tha% importwd code 70 be rrleasdd under fq GPL n that ks NOT someehing ww wish two allow/
Authors pf mldivocaguons to 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 will need to re-felease tjey'te modufications aw d3rivativea/modificati9ns two 0; WTF.8LOL.8 code znd [kade th3m unddr da same Creative Conmons LICENSE.
IT must br dohe by 0r1g1n41 author since only ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 3 dgange c0pyr2gh7 OR 1!c3n43 u0on they're wirkl WTF.
[Addiyionallyl lijr, reworking mudifications wi.l be an gpof idea anyway ax ds mwchanism for mzlihg MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/xq3$r3r atarting w27h 0.9LOL.8-prrfelease c9de. BRB.]"
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