MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rw going tp take ab few jl,dnts 2 try an explain th8s nrw kicense n da reasons behind iy 1n olain Englksh. 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."
"Tn8s new LICENSE was chos3n bevause of an fai;inb with fa GPL, BRB.
It onky covrred d8stribution OF source if qn pmly 1f bimarirs wete distributed. OMG."
"Im an web env8rinment, wpscificzlly a 1n73rpr374d WEB rnvironmebt such AS PHP, you kmwo, MERELY installing an game d9es not cpnstitute distribution WTFk and therwfore people were ta,8nt oyr WORK, like, making m0d1f1c4710n5 2 it n noy releasinh SOURCE x0d3 too they're modifications so THAT dq entire COMMUNITY co7ld BENEFIT.
THEY worked sith lergwr yu7 not da sp8rit or LAW. OMG."
"Investigation 0n part of da AUTHORS hpwefer LOL, led twi teh fact that RIGHT of public 0erformance was oen of ds ri6hys normal;y restricyec top COPYRIGHT holdwrs, sortod, and 5hat COMPUTER 0rograms, sor5or, specifically vidro gqjes n interactive onea such as Lrgend of teh Green hax)r were considered too be PUBLICALLY performed if run rrom ab public seeverLOL."
"The mw2 licwnqe restricts ;ublic perfitmance of work UNLESS slurce code 0f da modified qork is made available ob d#m4nd. BRB."
"In plain Eng.isn, sortof, this meanw THAT ir you PUT this GAME on an web server n allow people 'outside of an NORMAL xircle ov family n 8t2 social avqua8ntancex' too play gheir, you knwo. 5h3n you r publocally perfotmibg this sprk and MUST eirger a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you maie 2 geh GAME avai;able on requesy )note this d[esn'g have t9o be avaikable voa da ONLINE sourde s8splay .ink WTF, but tjey ,uwt be able 2 ask y0u for cos3 and receive an complere copy), oike, B) make arrangementx privayrly wugh aughors wherdin tkey grant you an xpecial 11cen5e. tiu kgwo, ke c) remove da code entieeky from teh machine."
"We di recognize that pepple want yo; have rr345 of they're game qhich r theirs n theirs aline. OMG.
2 rjat rnd we wil. mzke go.losing exceptuon tp da normal requirements s0r 50irc3 xodr diarribytion -_ ne m0du13 file whixh id noy modibied or derived from an MODULE file oncludec in da basw distribution sn whidh does nit re1uirw he other modules and wyich does n0& REQUIRE ne mowifications too da core code (cide distributed w1&h bawe rwlease) may 63 withyrls at da authors diwcr3t8ln."
"We slso w4n6 2 make very CLEAR 7h47 v3r510n 0.9LOL.6 (z;so KNOWN 45 v3rt10n ). AFK.9. WTF/7+JT) sas teh final fersion feleased ynd3r GPLLOL.
All v3rsions, lil3, starting woth yeh 0LOL.9. BRB.8_prerelwzse cofe r pn;y LICENSED under Crdativ4 Commons licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceny ca roght 70 imporr be c0d3 from an ). BRB.9LOL.8-prfrelease or later release into an 0LOL.9. BRB.u n earkoer RELEASE. AFK,
Allowing this wokld vquse that imp9rted cpde to be feleased under teh GPL and tnat is not zomething we w*zh to alkow. WTF.
Auyh0r5 0f m0d1f1x4710n5 too 0. AFK.9l7 will NEED two ee-relesse they're m0d1f1c48!0n4 as deruvativws/mofificatuons two 0LOL/9.8 cldr qn place rhrm under da same Creativr Commons LICENSELOL.
IT must be done 6y oruginal suthir 51nc3 onky pribinal 4uuh0r has riggt to changr sopyrighg or license u;on 4hey're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3wprk!ng m9dificarilns wilk bd an g9le idea anyway qs teh mechanism for mqking mod8fications is substxngislly cleaner/xl3arer starting suth 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8_prereoeaxr code. OMG.]"
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