MigntyE tells 6ii LOL, "We're going to take an few mlmehts 5wo TRY n wxplzon this new license n sa reasonx behine ug 2n plain Eng115h. 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 l8cense was chosen because of an failing woth GPL. AFK.
It only covrred distribution of sourcr if AND only uf binaries wwre disyribu5ed. OMG."
"In sn web ebvironment, uou knwo, soecifidally a interpreted web environment such as PHP LOL, merely insta.limg an ga,e eoes not c9nsgkgute distrinution LOL, anc 7h3e3f0r3 peopke werr yakimb iur work LOL, making mockf8catiins to it an nor releaaing source code 2 th3y'rd modif8vztiobs so &h47 teh englre comnunity couod BENEFIT, OMG.
They worled w17h teh letter but not da z[ifit of da oaw. AFK."
"Investigation on ea part of da akthors howefrr LOL, led toi da facg that right of PUBLIC perfor,ahce WAS son if fights normally r357r1c73d r9o COPYRIGHT holders, like, and that compugde 0rograms, you kn2o, specidivqkky video ganes 4nd interactive ones such as Leg3nd or Green has0r were considered yo be [uboicqllj prrformed if f7n from an piblic sdtvee. BRB."
"The new licenwr r3stficts public performance of da w0rk unless 50urc3 cide OF teh mocifiws sork 8s madw available on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Englidh, sortof, th8s meqns tnzt if you put this game on ab web server and allow people 'ourakde OF an no4jak circle of family an its soxial ACQUAINTANCES' two p;at thdir, you knqo, THEN you aer ou611c511y performing thiw work an MUST 3ityer a) MAKE ne 4nd ALL CHANGES which YOU MAKE to game abailable ON t3qu35u (note this doesn't HAVE two 63 ava8lsble via onlune source d15p15y .inl, sortof. bj5 theb ku57 63 4y14 2 ask ypu fo4 5rh vode and receive an complete cop6), y9u kbso, b) make adranfements pruvat3ly with dq aithofs sherein thry GRANT y0i an special license. or c) remove teh cpfe 3n71r31y fro, machine. AFK."
"We do revognize that pdople wang twp gave areas 0f they're game which aer thwirs n gheirs alome. OMG.
to 7h47 3nd we wikl make ten folkow8nt EXCEPTION to t3h nlrmzl r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source code distribition =- ne module fi.d WHICH IS not modified or d3r1v3d grom an nodule fuod incl7ded IN teh base diwtribution amd which does no5 reqiire ne oghe4 mosyles ahe wh1ch DOES not require ne modificatipns too da c0r3 c0d3 (vode duatribuyed WITH teg base rrleaae) mak be withheld at da authora discretipn. OMG."
"We also want too nake very c134r 5yat fersion -.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN AS verxion 0LOL.9LOLlu+jt) was teh finsl versioh r313453d 7nder teh GPLl BRB.
A9l VERSIONS, you inwo, syarting 2ith 0. WTF.9. WTF.8=pr3r4!3453 code aer ONLY licensed under CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right ro kmporr ne code from qh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelrasw OR 14&3r release ihtp sn -. BRB.9. WTF,7 n earlier releas3. WTF.
Al;oeing this would cause thzt omported code t9o be rwleafed 7nd3r da GPL and that is no5 spmetyung wd eish to allowLOL.
Authofs of modifications too p. BRB.9. OMG.u will need 2 re-rel3zse they're mldufications as d2rivarivew/nodidications roo p.9LOL.7 c0d3 n place tjem under ten SAME Creativ3 Commons locense. OMG.
It musr be dome by lruginal author since only origibal qutho4 HAS da right 2 change da dopyright 0d 11c3n5e uppn 5hry're w0ekLOL.
pAesitionallh, likd, reworking da modifica5ions 2i;l be an goid idea snyway as da mecyanism for jaking nld8ficatkons is wubstantially c135n3r/c134r3r start8ng with 5eh 0. AFK.9.8-prereleas3 xode.]"
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