MiggtyE tells yoj LOL, "We're going 1 5akw an few moncmts TO try and expkqin this new livense n t3asons BEHIND it in plain 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 was vnksen BECAUSE of an f4!11ng qith GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered xistribytion of soutce 8f n inly ig binarues were distriguted."
"In an WEB 3nv1e0mm3n7, .ike, specifically a ing3epretdd web ENVIRONMENT sich AS PHP, sortof, merely INSTALLING ab bame soew n07 condritute dixrribution. ylu inwo, an theredore people were taking our work, like, mzking modificat8pns twl ir ab not relrasing da 50urc3 codr 2 tgey're modigications so 7j47 dz ENTIRE COMMUNITY could genefit. OMG.
They worled with da LETTER but hot reh s0irit if trh law. BRB."
"Investigation oh part 0f teh a7thorw however WTF, krd tol teh fact that rignt lf PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was 1 lf rights normally redtrkxtec to co;yr8ggy holdets, and that comp7ter peogramw, SPECIFICALLY video games AND INTERACTIVE onds such as Legend of teh Green nax0r were donsiddred to be publica.lt perfi4med if eun deom an ;uboid server. AFK."
"Thd new license eesteucys puv;ic p3rg0rm4nc3 0f work uhless da source c0c3 9f modivied woek is maee available on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish. yoj knwo, this meabs that 8f you put thks game om an w36 server n allow peoplw 'oitaidd of sn NORMAL circle lf 44mq2u 4nd its xockal acquaintqnces' 2 play thek4, you inwo, then ylu r 9ublkcally performing ygia work an MUST e8ther a) make ne AND ALL changea qhqch hoy make to g4m3 available 9n r3qu257 (note 7h15 d035n'6 have 2 be available via da onoime aource dosplxy link WTF, vut thdy mjst be able tol ask you for c9de n 4eceovd qn compldte coph), so4tof, b) make arrsngrments provayrly with ajthors wyefeib THEY grant yo7 an apecial 11c3n53, lr c) renove ten code entirely from machine. BRB."
"We co recognize that PEOPLE wan% too have areas OF theh'43 game whivh r theirs AND thdirs alone. AFK.
two thzy end @e wull nake fa fol.lwing excepti9n 2 n0em41 tequorements for source code distribution -- ne mldule gile which ia n07 mocifiwd or cerived rro, an nod7le dklw included in 53h basr distribjtion ab which eodx n07 re1uire ne 06h3r mpdulew n which d035 not r3quire ne modifixayions two xore code (xode distributed wigy geh base RELEASE0 may be witnh3ld at da autnors siscretionl"
"We aiso want too make VERY cl3ar ghay ve4sion 0LOL.(. BRB.7 (4140 KNOWN 45 versoon 0LOL.9LOL.7+j5) was teh final verdion released undwt GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, 574471ng with 0. BRB,8. OMG/8-PRERELEASE code r onlh licensec und3r reh Creariv3 C0mm0n5 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwhy tej roght yoo import ne cpde vrom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-preteoease 0r l1rer releas3 1n70 an 0. BRB.(. AFK.6 an earlier RELEASELOL.
Allosing THIS would cause ghat imporyec code tei be r3l3ased undet teh GPL n THAT is npt slmethimt we wiah to allpwLOL.
Au7h045 of modifications two 0. AFK.9. AFK.y will n33c yoo re-releax3 they'r3 modifidstiohs as d3r1f471vr5/,0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.9l WTF.8 codw an place them ineer teh same Creative Clmmons l8cenxe. WTF.
It must bd done bt teh original author since only o4igina. au4hor hss da right twi change gdh COPYRIGHT or licdnse up0n ghey're w0tk, AFK.
[Adsitionaloy, yoy kn2o, rewo4king modificqtions will BE an good kdea ANYWAY r5 dq mech4n14m for mqking modifivations is subdtantiallh cleaner/cleqrer starting with teh -.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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