MightyE tells y0u LOL, "We're go8ng too taie zn FEW m9mehts too try n explain this NEW 11c#n54 n dz r3asons behind it in PLAIN Engkkxh. 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."
"Tyia ndw lic3nse was chosen becquse of an failing witg teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y civdred sustribution of source if h onlt if binarirs 2ere distributed, BRB."
"Iy an web 3nfironmeng LOL, specifically a interpretef web environm3nt such as PHP, yoi knwo, merely INSTALLING an game DOES not CONSTITUTE dq57r1yy710n LOL, and thereforr pdlple were 74k1ng ou4 e9ek LOL, mqkjng moeifications 2 it n not fek3asing yeh siurce CODE tl they're modificqtions so thar entire community could benefit. AFK.
They qprked with da 13u73r b7t not teh spirit 0f trh lawLOLl"
"Investigagion on ;art of fa authota hlwecer, led t9i teh g4c7 THAT da eiggt og public PERFORMANCE wax 1 of da rightw NORMALLY festriceed to cophrighr holddrs, sortof, sn thay computrr peogfams WTF, specifical.y VIDEO f4m35 an interzvtive (nes such AS Legend of teh Green hax0r were comsidered to ne publically PERFORMED if run FROM an publid serf#r. BRB."
"The new LICENSE testricys public performance OF work un.ess da source code ov mpdifiea work is made abaioable on eemqncLOL."
"In PLAIN Englidh, like, THIS m3rm5 rhat IF you pu7 5hia gamw on an web servwr an allow peop.e 'outside of an n)rm31 c8rcle 0f family an ITS sociql ACQUAINTANCES' too play theit, sort8f, then you aer PUBLICALLY perf9rming tnis work zn MUST either a) make be and ALL changes wh1ch ypu make ti da game available 0n request (NOTE this doesh't have 2 be 3v511461# via fa 0n1!m3 sojece d8d[lay 11nk, but thdy nust be able to ask you for da code an r3x31v3 an com'let3 co0y) LOL, b) make arrqngementx PRIVATELY wuth authors WHEREIN thr6 grant u9u an s[3cial LICENSE, like, or c) remohe da cpde dntorely f4om mrxh1n3."
"We do recognize 7h47 PEOPLE wznt t9 have zread OF thet're game whixh r theurs an ghdirs alone. WTF.
two that end we will ma,e ds dollowing 3xc3p710n 2 reh norma. requiremenrs for source code dusr4initiob _- nw m0du13 vil3 shidh is not modifked or drrived from sn misulf file includ3d 8n da BASE disteibugion and which does not r3qu1r3 me ither mldules y wnicj does no5 require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 core codw (zode dixtrib7g4d WITH teh 6443 release) m4y be qitggwld at twh authors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also wqmt too mqke veru clear that be4siob 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 (also known 45 fersi9b 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+j7) eas teh final versipn released under da GPL. WTF.
All ve5siona WTF, startkng with 0l BRB.9LOL.8-prereleas3 c-d2 ae4 0n1y licensed unc3r teh Creative Commons licrnse. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY xeny sa righ5 two im0ort ne code fro, an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8=pretelease or later r313453 intp an 0. WTF.9. WTFl^ and earlier felrase. OMG,
Al;ow8ng ghia w9uld cause ghat impoeged c9de 2 be released undef da GPL n that 15 not something we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Au5hods of modificati9ns to 0.9.7 WILL need 5wo rr-relrase they're moduficationa as derivativea/mpdificqt8ons yqo 0. WTF.9. WTF.i code n ;lace them ynder teh same Cr3r81v3 COMMONS license. WTF.
I7 must be DONE vy original author t1mc3 only da origina9 author has teh rught to change da xop6tibht 0r license upon they're wuriLOL.
[Additioba.ly LOL, teworiing geh mod8fkcations w!1q be a, good idea anhsay zs da mecjanism FOR making modifica5ions is 5u65u$b714q1y clwaner/clea4dr stzrting wity ea 0/ WTF.9;8-prerelrase vose. AFK.]"
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