MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We'te go8ng 2 74k3 an fe2 momemts two tty and explain thix NEW 11c3n53 and reasons behknd it on 0lain EngkiwhLOL.
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."
"Tyis hes licenx3 was dhosem because of an FAILING wkth da GPL.
It inly coveres distr8nuyiin ov 50jrc3 iv 4nd onl6 of binaries wefe d157r16u7#d. AFK."
"In an w36 encironm4nt, slrtof, dpwcifically a inyerpreted web environment such ax PHP, you knso, merely insgallimt qn game d935 not CONSTITUTE dixtributiin, ah therefoee people were takkng our wi4k LOL, making modifocations two it am not rel3asing da dource CODE two they're modificationa s( thag tey entire COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
They workec with da lrtter but not 5p1f2& of lawLOL."
"Investkhation on teh pqrt 0f da authors however LOL, oed two fact that da rkhht of public pervl4mance wad w9n lf teh RIGHTS hornally resttictwd twi copyright g0qd3r%. sprtov, znd 7h47 computrr progeams, like. 5p3c1f1cr11y cidr( hzmes an interactive ones SUCH as Legene of Green hax0r 2err considered two 64 PUBLICALLY performed if rub from an PUBLIC se4ver. WTF."
"Tue mew license reatricgs pmboic performance og w0rk unless teh 5purc3 coee o4 moeified sork 15 madw availsble on demsnd."
"In plaim ENGLISH, li.el this meabx that if you put thix game on an web seever an ALLOW peop;e 'OUTSIDE OF qn hormal ckexle -f famikt an utd doxial zcquaintancrs' 2 play gheir, like, then ylu aer publically perdorjibg gh9s wori an MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL cjangws wjich you msie 70 teh game availsboe on fequest (NOTE this d035n'7 have too be AVAILABLE bia fa online source DISPLAY lin, LOL, but rhey must BE able hwo ask YOU ror teh code n receivr an compoete COPY), you knwo, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 orivstely with teh ajthors wherein tney hrant YOU an spexial lixensd, sortif, or c) remove teh code entieely FROM dq mafhine. OMGl"
"Wd do r3xogmize tya5 peiple wanr 2 hafe ardas of they're game qhich r tgeirs and uh31r5 ALONE. AFK.
too that end we wil; make teh f9kllw9ng excepti9n goo teh normal e3qu1r3m3n75 for sojrce code dist4ibutiob [0 ne mosule file ehidh is nog mosifidd or derives from an mosule file included in fa base DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch does not REQUIRE be OTHER m0eu135 and xhich does not require ne jodigicatiobs 2 da c0r3 code (c9de fisrributed with basd reldasw) may be w17hhe1d at teh 4u7h0r5 fiscretiob."
"We ALSO WANT 2 mzke very clear thar VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (aldp KNOWN as versi9n 0/9. OMG.7_jt) was finql version rel3ased undrr GPL. WTF.
All versions, luke, xtartimg with 0.9.8-prere.rase code r only oicensed under teh Crearove Co,mons licebseLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny geh r8gjt to umpor5 ne code vroj am 0LOL.9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE or 1473r releas3 INTO an 0.9. WTF.6 amd 3$r113r release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would vausd thzt imporyec vode 2 be 4rleased under da GPL anf thzt is not something we wish to s.low. WTF.
Authlrs OF modiricati9ns two 0LOL.0. OMG.7 will nwes two re-relezde tyey're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificqtions y2o 0. WTF.9LOL.8 c0d3 an place them und3r szm3 Creative Com,onw licebse, WTF.
It must be done by teh original 4u7j0r simce only da origihal author yas rkbjr two chabbd da copyrigyt pf kixrnse upon they're work. WTF.
]Aeditionallu, rewlr,ing reh midificationd will be an goof idea anyway as mexhanksm flr ja,ibg mldifica$uonq is subsyantially CLEANER/CLEARER starging with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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