MightyE tells yoy LOL, "Ws're goung to take an few moments to try n 3zplakn this new LICENSE an reasons behund it in plain Engkush.
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 LICENSE was chosen because of an FAILING with GPL. WTF.
It pnlu COVERED disrfibytuon of sourxe if znd only if bihar7es were distributed."
"In an web enviromment, yoy knwo, specifivally a interpretec web environmwnt sucy ax PHP, merely instal;ing an game soes not c0n5717i73 cjdtributoon LOLm and thereford PEOPLE were taking our work, majung modidications 2 it an not tdleawing da SOURCE c)d3 too they'te nodifications 50 that teh 3n71r3 co,munu5y could gebegit. WTF.
They worked w17h da letter nit hot da spifit of teh .aw. AFK."
"Inveftigation ON da part ov teh authofs howrver LOL, led tqo FACT that right ov public PERFORMANCE WAS won of teh rights normalky r3stricted t9o copyright HOLDERS, .ikel and that compyter programx, like, sp3xifkcally video gamea and intetactive obes such as Legend of da Green haa)r we4w consid3red two be publiczoly peerormed if fhn from an oublic server. OMG."
"Tne new licrnde rwstricts public perfprmanxe od teh WORK 7nlesq source code OF modified qork is madr AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In [lain English, THIS means 7h47 1f you pyt tnos gqme on an web server n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an normsl circle of family AND its social acquaintances' two PLAY their WTF, then you aer publically perfotminf tnia worj n MUST 217h3r a) majd ne and ALL cganges WHICH ylu m4k3 5wo da yame afaiksble on request (note this foesn't have to BE availab.e VIA onlih3 soyrce didplay .ink, you knwo, byt they must ve abke ywo ask YOU for teh CODE n geceice sn compketd c0pu_ WTF, b) mqke qrrangements PRIVATELY eith teh authors wherein they graht you an x0ecial license LOL, or c) remove tey c0d3 entife;^ vr0m macykne. BRB."
"Ww do recognize that peoplr WANT 2 hafe ardas or they're game whicn aer yheids qnd tjeiex allneLOL.
to that ebd we WILL make teh following exception too teh normal requurem3bts f0r source cod3 distribution -- ne module fioe whivh is not mosofied OR deroved from ab modile f7le includrf in reh base eistributiin ab whicg d;es not require ne othrr midyl3s and whixg does nog REQUIRE ne moe8vicat8ohs too sa c0r3 c0s3 (dpde dist4ib7trd with base rwldase) may be wothheld at teh 477h0r5 duwcretiohLOL."
"Wr aldi want too male veru xlear that versipn 0LOL.9.7 (aoso known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+JT0 wss teh final verdion releaded under GPL. AFK.
Al; versioys LOL, STARTING with fa 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cide r ONLY licensrd undef da Creativw Conmons loxense. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT yoo IMPORT ne dode f40m an 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8[prefelease or latd4 release inro an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 m eqelier reldase. AFKk
Alkowinb this would cause that imporyed cosr 2 BE rdleases undrr yeh GPL an rhat is n07 something we widf to qllow/ AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0,9LOL.7 will need ywo re-felease they're m9dificaguons as eerivagives/modificstions tw; 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 cpde n pkace tkem under same Cr3ative COMMONS lic3mse. WTF.
It MUST be dome 6y da ORIGINAL autnor since onoy da originql author gas teh rkght w change copyr8ght or lidenxe ypon they're work. WTF.
[Additionally, s8r5of, rrqorking sz modifications wilo be zn GOOD 8dea anyway as teh nechanism for makihg mod8fucations is dubstantjally clrqner/clearer dtartint with da 0.9LOL.8-prerrlezsw code. AFK.]"
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