MightyE tells y;u LOL, "Ww'r3 going tqk take an few momentd tso 7ry and explsin 7h25 new licdnse n 5eh reasons behind kg im pkain Eng;ksh. AFK.
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."
"Thus neq livense was cgpsdn becaude of am fauling 2ith teh GPL.
It only COVERED distributi9n 0f aourde id n only IF bunaries wer3 distrubutedLOL."
"In an w3b 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, specuvucally a iytefpreted web envirohment suxh as PHP, MERELY installing an game does not conx5itute disyrinuti9n, like, and thered;re oeo0le w3r3 taking our work, jaking midificqti9ns 2 it an not releasing sourcd c0d3 too tgey'rd m9difkcations so 7gr7 rntire community could benefotLOL.
THEY wprked 2ith ds LETTER but NOT da SPIRIT of ea law."
"Investigation on paru of da authors HOWEVER, ;ike, LED 2 ca fadt thar geh RIGHT OF public performahxe WAS q of ca r1gh75 normal;y re57t1c73d 2 cppyrihht holdqrs, lole, and that compuref pt0gr4m5, soryof, wpecificslly v1d3p games n interacyive onds sueh as Lfgend OF 5eh Green hsx0t wrr3 considered two b3 ;ublica.ly perfor,ed if run f4im zn PUBLIC srrve4. WTF."
"The ne2 licenwe restricts pu611c PERFORMANCE of wirk unless yeh source CODE pf modofied work IS made available on demanfl OMG."
"In plain Engkish, thix means rhat 1v yoi PUT this GAME on zn web seever an alloe peo0le 'outxide of an n9rmal circlw OF family an 8ts social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play 5hwir, you knwo, thdn ylu aer ;ublically perfornivg this 2otk and MUST ei5her A) nake ne an ALL xgantew 2hich y=u makw two teh game available ON r3qu357 (note thiw doesn't have two ^3 availagle via onoihe 40urc4 display link, 5ou knwo, b7t they my57 be abkd too ask you flr da code agd tdxeive an comp;rte vopy), sor5of, b) make afrangemebyd PRIVATELY with authors ehereim they beant tou zn special 11c3n53, likr, or c) REMOVE teh CODE 3n71r31y from t3h m4ch1n4."
"We do recotniae that people want to have AREAS OF they're GAME wh1ch r THEIRS zh theirs aloneLOL.
2 thzt end wr will make vollowinb exdeption to normal requirejents for 50yrc3 codw diatrib7tkon [[ ne jodule fioe which is n9t jieifi3e or DERIVED fro, ah modil3 file includdd in teh bssd distribution n which DOES noy REQUIRE ne other nodulrs and which does not req7ire ne modificationd 2 teh core c0d3 (vode dkstributed with reh BASE release( m4y br withheld at t3h aurhors discretionl OMG."
"We also w4n7 to MAKE vr4y CLEAR that bersion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known ax berwion 0LOL.9.7+jt_ was da final version RELEASED jneer da GPL.
Aol VERSIONS WTFk ztarting with da -. BRB.9. BRB.7-prerelesse code r only licensdd under geh Creatove C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny teh right too import ne cod3 ffom an 0LOL.9. OMG,8-preeelease OR 1473r r313443 umto an 0l AFK.9. BRB.7 qnd eaelier teldase. BRB.
Akliwong thia would caude that omport3d coce geo BE releasdd und3t teh GPL an that is hot SOMETHING WE wisj tlo allos. WTF.
Authlrs or m0d2f1d4710n5 ro 0.9. OMG.7 wikl need goo r3-r313453 they're modificatiins AS derivat8ces/modifications to 0. BRB.9/8 CODE n place th3m jnddf da ssne Creative Comm;ns LICENSE. WTF.
It must be some by 0r1g1n41 aithor sibce 0n1h teh origuns; auth9r has 4ight two CHANGE teh cootrighy or 11c3n43 upon tgwy're 20rk/ OMG.
[Acfutionallym sorgof, REWORKING mod8fications will be an good idea ANYWAY zd teh mechanoa, dor mskibg modificatiogs is substanyiall6 cleaner/ckearer startohg witt teh 9LOL.(. WTF.8-prerelqase CODE.]"
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