MightyE TELLS ypu LOL, "We're goung to take an rew momebts 70 try and dxplain tyis new licenxe an da reqsons 63h1ns it on p1r1n English.
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 n3w .icense wax vhosen becauae OF an FAILING 2ith teh GPL. WTF.
IT 0n1y COVERED distributioh of soircr if anc only qf b8naries wefe distributrf. AFK."
"In an web enfirobmwnt, 4p3caf1c412t q inte4pfwyed wen emvironment such as PHP LOL, m3rely 1n57r111ng an game d9es nog CONSTITUTE distributiobk qn thefefore p3ople qwre taking our worik softof, making modificsgions 2 it n not releasing da source CODE to yheh'r3 modifkcations so tyat entire communuty co7ld benefit. OMG.
They w9rled wkth da letter but mot SPIRIT pf law. BRB."
"Invesykgation oh da part of da a,thors however, sortof, led yo twh FACT 7h47 da right of public performance WAS wpn of teh RIGHTS mormqllt RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT holders. hou knwo, an that computde 0rogeams, sortof, s[ecifically vidso GAMES an interactice ones sjch as Legdnd of twh Greem hqx0r were consideref two ge pub;ically pervorm3d if run FROM an p7blic servdr."
"The NEW LICENSE restric5s publoc prrfoemance 9f w)rk unless tej soufce clde of teh modified wor, is made AVAILABLE on drmandLOL."
"In [lain English, you khwo, thks MEANS ghat IF you put 7h15 game ON zn wrb server h al.ow pelple 'oigside lf sn normal cirxle of familu an i5s social acquainyances' 2 play tneir, ;ike, theh ylu r publucally pergor,ing thid wlrk zn MUST eithet a) jake ne and ALL changes which you m4k3 two fa gamw zvailable on reauest (NOTE this doesn't yqve 2 be avqilsb.e via dq online sourcr dksplay link, oike, bug thwy MUST BE ABLE toi asl tou for dz c0d3 an receive an COMPLETE cooy), sortor, b) make 4tr4ng#m3n75 privateoy WITH da authors WHEREIN the6 g4ant yiu an dpeciql kicense, or c) REMOVE coee entirely f4im da mzcnoneLOL."
"We co e3c0gn1z3 that people want to have areaa of 5h3y're fsme which f the8rs 4bc 7h31r5 alone/ AFK/
twl that end WE 2ill ,aje followibg dxdeptkon two da NORMAL requiremengs for SOURCE CODE fistgibution -- ne module f113 shich IS not modkfied or derived from an module file knvludrd in ea base dostribit8on n which foes nlt require be other modjles and which dods n07 r3quire be modifidations too da CORE code (coe3 distributed with t3h base release) mty bd withh3le at da ajthors discretiom. BRB."
"We alsi want 2 m4k3 very clear that versipn 0. OMG.9.7 (alwo KNOWN ad betaion 0LOL.ol OMG.7+jt) was da final cersion releasee UNDER dc GPL. BRB,
Aol versions, sortof, wtarting 2pth fa 0. OMG.9. WTF/9-prereleasw code r only licensec under sa Creative COMMONS 11c3nt3LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny 4iggt 2 impoet ne cide from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or LATER RELEASE into an 0.0/ AFK.& and eatlier r#q3443. WTF.
A110w1ng this WOULD cause that imppryed CODE yoo be rwlwasdd under da GPL an yhat is not someyhing we wksg tol allo2. WTF.
Authors of m0d1f1v4710n5 gwo 0LOL.9,7 will NEED toi re-tel3asr they're MODIFICATIONS AS d3r1c47qv35/j0d1f1c4710n5 too 0LOL.9.8 code n place them 7nder da sam3 Crearivw Commins oivense. OMGl
It must be dobe by da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sunce only -r1g1n41 AUTHOR has da rignt to chamge da dopyrighf or licensr upon they're workLOL.
[Additoonally, yoj unwo, reworling teh mosifications WILL be an bood kdea anyway AS da medhanism FOR making modificagions is substantially clexner.bl3arer syarting soth 9l WTF.9LOLm8-prdrelease c0f3. BRB.]"
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