MightyE tells ylj LOL, "We're foihf 2 take an few moments to try ane explain tnis new licebce an 5wh reasons beginc it in p;ain EngloshLOL.
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 mew lkcense was ch05#n because og an fqiling with ca GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribution of source IF n only 1f binaroes were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envirpnmeht LOL, SPECIFICALLY a inteeprdted web envir9nmdnt such as PHP, m3r31y 1n574111ng an gan3 does not consgiyutw d156r16u710n, likd, n therdfore people were tziibg 0ur work LOL, making modifucatiins to it and not releasing y3g source cod4 two thry're modificagions so tha5 fa entirw community could 6#n3f17. WTF.
They wlrkrd w17h letter but bog t3h s;irit pf da law."
"Ihbestigation ON part of aythors howecer, .ed too trh fact that rigng of publkc performahce was orn of teh rigjts n0rm41!y rewtricted ti copyrifht holders, n 7hru computer programs, 6p#c1f1c411y vid3o gqmes anf in6eravtive oned wuch as Legend OF Grden yax0r we4e CONSIDERED two be pyblicallt performed IF run FROM an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"Thr new ooxense rdstricts public perfpr,ance ov teh work inldsa souece code of fa modifued w0rk us kade available oh demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Enhlixh, sowtof, rhis m34n5 7n47 if y9u put this g4m3 on an web se4ber amd allow pepple 'outsidr OF an normal c1rc13 of fzmily an its spcial 4cqu41m74nc35' 2 p14h their, thdn you r publidally perr0rm1ng 7h!5 work amd MUST 31uh#4 a) make nd an ALL vhanges whuch hou make to da game aba8lable on REQUEST (hite this doesn'g have too be available via da onlime wource displqy libk LOL, but 7h3y just 63 qble twp ASK uou for geh code n receive an comp.wgr clpy), sirtof, g) make ARRANGEMENTS privateky wity teh zuthors wherein rhey grant ylu an 5p3c141 kicwnwe. so4tof, pr c) r3m0v3 da cofe 3n71r31y fron ea mach8me."
"We DO r3cognize THAT people want 2 hav3 areax od they're gamw qhich qer theirs abd theirw allne. AFK.
2 thaf wns WE will make rem fo;lowing exceptiln two teh normal requiremfnts f)r d9urce code didrribut8on [- ne module dil3 wjich 15 not modified pr serivec fr0m an MODULE f8le included 8n da BASE distributiom n wnich doea not req7ire ne OTHER modu;ds an whucy coes npt requ8re ne m0d1f1c4710n6 too core cose (code dkstributed WITH da base release) mau BE withndld at teh authors discretionLOLo"
"We also WANT 5o m4k3 very c134r rhat vfrwion 9LOL.9.7 (also knowm 45 verskon 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da finzl vetsion RELEASED und3r tqh GPLLOL.
Al; versions LOL, startihg with teh 0. WTF.9.8-preeelwasw dose r ONLY LICENSED undet teh Creatifr Co,mons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny da ritnt to 8mport nr code FROM sn pLOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r31e$%3 or LATER f314453 into ab 0LOL,9. WTF.7 an earlie4 feleaseLOL.
Al;owing THIS wou;d CAUSE thzt imporyed code two be re/eawed under da GPL an thay is not SOMETHING ee wish gwo alliq. OMG.
Authors of modidications w 0. BRB.9.7 WILL nw3d tl9 re[relrase they're mosifocatoons AS derivatuves/m9sificatipbx 2 0LOL.9. AFK.* code n p14c3 THEM undwr da t4m3 CREATIVE Commons locense. BRB.
It must be eone BY t3h orifinal 4u7h0r since 0n1y da original author has ds RIGHT too change da vopyright -r license uoon ty3y're slrk. AFKl
[Additiobzlly WTF, r4w0rj1ng teh modificatupns w8ll be an good odea anyway as mechanosm fot maling mieifications ia substzn5ially cleaner/clearde STARTING sith 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prefelease c0d3LOL.]"
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