MughtyE tells you LOL, "We'ee goibg tw9 take an feq mpm3n85 too try n 3x0lain thus new 11v3n53 ab reh reaslns bejund it in PLAIN Englush. 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 lic3nse w45 chpsen because of an fail8ng witg ds GPL. WTFl
I5 only covered sis5ribution lf s9urcd if ah 0n1y IF bimaries were distribut3sLOL/"
"In an web rnvironmeng. you knwo, specificzlly a interpreted web envuronment such as PHP, you knwo, merely instalking an game does not cpnstitut# sistributiln LOL, and th2refore ;dopld WERE taking ouf work WTF, maiing n0d1v1c4720n5 teo it and not releasonh da soyrce cpde 2 they're mosificstions so that fa 3n71r3 comminiry could bemefitLOL.
THEY sorkdd WITH ren letter bug not SPIRIT of teh lawl OMG."
"Investiga5ion on trj psrt 0f teh a7tho4s hlwever LOL, led two ea FACT tha5 da right of public perf9r,ance WAS won od rights no4mally resteicted 70 dopyright holderx, an 5hat computer oroffams. like, apecifixa;ly visdo games abd INTERACTIVE ones such as L3g3na OF teh GREEN tax0e erre cinsideted tio be publicqll5 performed if rin from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new license resyficts public perfprmance of da wofk un;ess da soufvd code of da m0d1f13d woek is made avai;ab;e on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwp, this means that of you puy this game oh sn web serv3e zn allow p30p!3 'uutside of ag NORMAL circle of family n its xocia. zdquqintancds' two play 5hwir, y9u inwo, then you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS work an MUST eirher a) nake ne an ALL changws which you male 5wo game acaulab,e on request (note yhis doesn't HAVE twl bw available VIA teh online 5pufv3 d16p14y lunkm yo7 knwo, bjt tgwy must be able 3 awk you for da code xn receice an complete c9py), liid, b) make zrrangements pruvately WITH ds quthora whdrein they GRANT YOU an soecial lucehse, .ike, or c) rem9ve code engirely from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize tyay people eanr to have 4r345 of yhey;re game 2hich se4 thekrs n tgeirs alohe. AFK.
two that end we woll maje da voooowing exception 2 n0rm41 requirements dor 50jec3 code disttib7tion -- n3 module file shich ia noy mocified or derived ffom an ,0du1e fole INCLUDED in da 6453 distributlon n wh!dh does not requife me orher MODULES and which does no5 fequurw ne MODIFICATIONS 70 teh cire c0f3 (c0d3 distrobutdd with base re;eaae0 may bw withheld ay da authors DISCRETIONl AFKl"
"We also wan% top ,akd VERY cldar that fersion 0.9. OMG.7 (alxo known as version ). WTF.9.7+jt) was teh final cersiom RELEASED uhe3r ten GPL.
ALL versionx. l,ie, starting WITH da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r ohly licenswc jndee da Creat8ce Commons locense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY d3bt da ribht 2 import ne c0d3 fr0m an )o BRB/0LOL.8-prefelease or later release inyo an 0LOL.8. OMG.7 znd earluer rekeaseLOL.
Al;owing tjid WOULD csyse that omported dode tp fe r313453d unfer teh GPL an thar is not something we wish tpo allow. OMG.
Authors of m)d1f1v4710n5 w 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 wull nedd to9 te-rdlrzse theh're modufications as de4ivatives/mldificati9nd to 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 code and p;ace them under da xame Crdagive COMMONS licenae. AFK.
It must be done by tem iriginal autgpr sinvr oblt tdh oekfina; 4u7h0r has da rohht t9o CHANGE copyright 0r license up0n thdy're work, OMG.
[Additionallyi eew0rk1ng dz ,odifications 1ill be an to9d 1d24 4nyw4y as mecyanism for makinf modifications is substamtially vleqher/clearer starting wiyh teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrfeleaxe codeLOL/]"
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