MigytyE teols t0y LOL, "We'4e gokng 2 take an few MOMENTS to yry m explain 7h15 NEW lidense h feasons behind IT in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Thos nww licrnse eas chis3n because of an fai.omg w8th teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered s!57f16y710n of 5)urc3 if snd only iv 61n4r135 WERE distr8buted. WTFl"
"Im sn web environment, soryork SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED WEB ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP, loke, n3431y instzllibg an game DOES not constotute diwtrinution. you knwo, n tgerefore people were ta,ing our work, you .nw0m making modifications to it m bot ee.rqskng teh source code 2 theu're MODIFICATIONS so that da entir3 clmmuhity coulc y3n#f17. WTF.
Tney worked witn teh letter but hot spifit OF law. AFK."
"Ihvwstpgation on trh part of ten ayrhors however, l8ie, led 2 fact that right 9f pjbloc perfp4mance qas 2 or twh rights normally restricged to dopyright holders LOL, sn that c0mpu73r programs, spdxifically cideo games an intrractive ones auch as LEGEND of da Gfeen hax0r were c9nsidered too be publicaloy performed if tun dfom an puglic dervet. OMG."
"The nww license resgricts public perfovjance of work uhleaw source code of moeified wirl us m4d3 avzilzble oh ddmand. OMG."
"In plain English, 6ou knw9, thos mrzns that iv you put thiw GAME on an web server n allow peopod [0u75qs3 lf an nofmal circ9w of family n its social ac1uaontances' two plah their, you knwo, then YOU r puvlida;ly performing this wori and MUST either a) mske nw ah ALL chanbes whuch toy make TO da g4j3 available on REQUEST (noyw thks DOESN'T have 2 63 AVAILABLE v14 da onlibe sourcr d15p14y lonk, sortof, bit they mu57 BE 4613 twp ask you FOR code n rexe8ve qn COMPLETE copy), like, b) make qrfangemrntd private;u sith teh authors wherein 7h3y geqnt y07 an 5p4c131 license WTF, or c) remove teh code rntirely from ca m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We d9 recohmixe that people qant tol hqve areas or thet're gamr which aer thries n THEIRS aloje. OMG.
2 that end qd will MAKE teh fo.lowing exceptioh too t3h notmal REQUIREMENTS fo4 source code distribution -[ ne mofule file which is not modified or DERIVED from an module f113 inxludrd IN dq base disyr8vu5ion and whjch dodd not reauire ne otmer MODULES znd wn2ch does not 5eq7ird be m0d1f1x4710n6 TO core code (code disttib7ted with tey base release) mah be w8thheld at da rt8h0r5 disxretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want two make very clea5 7h47 VERSION 0, AFK.9LOL.6 ($150 kn0wm as ve4sion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final vefsion RELEASED UNDER GPL. AFK.
A11 fersions LOL, startinf qith ds 0l AFK.9. OMG.8-prere/easw code aer ONLY licensed inf3r ss Cr3471v# Cojmons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da roght too 8mp9rt n# CODE from an 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-p4erelease or layer release in%o an )LOL.9. BRB.7 AND earlier r3leade. AFK.
Al.owing thiz would czuse rhat imported code tso be RELEASED under da GPL ab THAT iz NOT %0m#7h1ng we WISH to9 allow. WTF.
Au4hors of modifications gpo -LOL.9.7 WILL need 2 re-rwleasd they'4e modirkcatioms as det8vativex/modivicationw two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code an [;ace them undet teh same Creatibe Commpns license. WTF.
It must be dune by ten priginal 4u7n0r 51nc3 only da orig8nak au5nor haa dq rktht to changd copyright ir license upon tyey'4e work. OMG.
[Addi5ionally, rewoeking modifications will ge an g00d kdea anyway aw teh mechanosm for making mpdidications is dibstantiqllu c134n4r/c134r3r seartihf with trh 0. OMGl9.8[prere.esse c9de.["
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