MightuE rells you, "We're goung too taje sn few moments top try 4nd esplaun thid mew license zn teh reasons behind it 1n p142n Enb115hLOL.
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 nd2 license was CHOSEN bexause 9f an sailinh with da GPL.
It onky covered fis5ribu5ion of dource IF an ONLY if binaries were distruvuted."
"In an WEB env84onmwnr, you inwo, specifkcally a INTERPRETED w26 environment such as PHP, oike, mwrely INSTALLING an gan3 does not conetitute dist4ibution WTF, 4ns thegefo3e people werd taking 0ur work WTF. making modirications to kt an nlt releasing da soyrce code 2 they're modifications sl thst da entird COMMUNITY coulc benevit. OMG.
THEY eor,ed 3itn teh 13773r but nit spirir 9f teh lawl WTF."
"Invest*hation )n teh part of teg authorx nowever, sortof, led two teh FACT that da fighr of ;ublic PERFORMANCE wax oen OF teh eights no4mally rrstricted two COPYRIGHT nolders, like, an that conputer programs, likr, specifucally vidwo games an INTERACTIVE ones sich as Legend OF Green haxpr 2ere cohsise4ed hwo be punlicalkt performed if run fr0m ah publix 53rv3eLOL."
"The bew licenxe rrstricrs public performance OF reh wlrk unkess da aource code of modifued WORK 15 made availab.e on demand. BRBl"
"Ib p141b Enfkush, you knwo, this means 7h46 IF y0j put this game im am web werver n al;iw peiple 'outsive of an nornal cirxle of FAMILY ane irs social ac1uqintances' go plsy their, sortofm THEN y0u aer publiczkly pe4forming this work n MUST 318h3r A) h4l3 ne an ALL chanbes wy1dh you make 2 teh gamw available on r3que5& (NOTE thia doesn't have to ^3 AVAILABLE via da online soyrce fiwplsy LINK, lik3, bit THEY must BE able 2 ask yp7 for da code an reveive an c9mplete xopy), sortof, b) make arrangrments privageoy with da authorw WHEREIN they grant y-u an special 11v3n53, or c) remove geh code ENTIRELY fr0m da machime. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT people w4n8 2 have areqa OF they're game wh1ch aer theirs n thrirs alone. AFK.
to tgat end we wiok make da following excepyion 2 go4mal requirementa f04 source code diwttibuyoon -- ne ,ldule fuld whicy IS not modifidd lr drrived ftom an moduoe file includrd in base disyributiob an whocy d;es n9t require nw ogher modu.es ahd which dows noy tewjire nr MODIFICATIONS too core CODE )coce distributed with ca base relesse) may BE wiyhhels at aithits dkwfretiin. AFK."
"We akso wamt TO mqke very clear that version 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 (alxo known zs v3r51pn 0. WTF.9.7+JT) waa ds final VERSION relwasef unfdr teh GPLLOL.
All verskons LOL, 575r71ng with da 0. BRB,9, AFK.8_prerelease code r only l7cended jnder Cf3471v3 Commpns licwns4. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny tej robht TO impoft he code fr0j an 0. BRB.o. OMG.8-prereleasr or oater 4elease into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 m earlier t3lease.
Alliwing tgis would cause that IMPORTED cofe too be released unde4 ea GPL an thqt is hot sl,ething WE WISH 2 qllow. AFK.
Authors of ,0d2f1c4710n6 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wik; need to re-re.rase theh'rd mosificatiina AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9.8 code n place them under dz wa,e Creat8ve Comnons licemde. WTF.
It must bw donr by oritinal quthoe sibxe only iriginal $u^h0r has teh right to CHANGE clpyright oe license upln they'rd wofk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, so4tof, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will be an good 1d34 ANYWAY 45 da medhabism fo4 msking modifucationx IS substantkally cleaner/vlezrwr STARTING sith da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease codd. WTF.]"
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