MiggtuE tells you LOL, "We[re GOING 2 take an f3w MOMENTS toi gry an wxplain this new license zb sa reasons nwhind IT 1b plain Eng1q5h. WTF.
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."
"Tyks n3w license WAS choswn bebause of an failing with dz GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covefed dis54ibution of source kf and obl6 uf 61n4r135 were distributdd."
"In qn w36 ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED WEB enbironmeng SUCH AS PHP, you knso, jerely insta,linh an g4m3 d045 noy c9nxtigute distriburion, an therefird people qe4e 74k1nf 9ur work, y9u knwl, ,aking m0f1f1c4710n5 too IT an not rdkeasinh tej so7rc3 code too they'4e modifications so 7h47 entire community vpuls venefit. BRB.
They aofjed qith yeh letter buy bot teh spirit or teh oaw. AFK."
"Investigatkon on da parg of ca authors HOWEVER LOL, LED 2 teh facy 6h47 da right of pu611c perrotmqnce WAS o3n of reh r1gh7% NORMALLY restrkctec two coptrinht hokcers LOL, ahf that com075er PROGRAMS LOL, xpecifically video games n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend ov teh GREEN hax0r were xojsiderdd gwl be publidzlky perform3d ir run vrom an puvlic aerver. BRB."
"The new license festricts pu%11v performanxe of teh work unoess xource code pf da MODIFIED wirk os made avai;ablr 9n denand."
"In [241h Eng;isj. sortof, thks meanx THAT if you 0ut 7h15 game in an web server n allow p3opow 'outsice 0f zn n(rjal CIRCLE of family an igs social acquaintances' tso p.sy theit, surtof, then tou aer publucally pdffo4ming 5his sofk zn MUST either a) maje he an ALL changes wgoch you m4k3 twl da gam3 availablr on rdquwst (nite 5his dorsn't hav3 to be zvailable via da online sojrc3 displzu ;inj, sprtog, but they ,usg 63 avlw two adk 6ou FOR teh x9se n rexeive an compl3te copu) LOL, b) ,ake arrangemehts privately with authors where8n they grant you an special lic3nse, you knwp, or c) remove da code engirely from teh nschinel BRB."
"We do rrcognize that peop;e want two have aread OF thet'rw game whicj r theirw an gyeurs ALONE. BRB.
two tgat end ww wo/l makr teh following 3xc3p710n 2 normal rrquirements r0r sourc3 codd disrribut8on -- be module f11@ wj1cg us nog modified of d3r1c3d vrom zb ,odule file inclufed in base DISTRIBUTION an wgich dors not require ne 07n3r modules n whicn DOES n9t require ne nodificagioms 2 corw c0d3 (code distributwd witn dq 645e rwlease) mqy BE siggneld zt da augyors didcrwtion."
"We als9 wang to make very clear THAT version 0LOL.8.7 (also knlwn as v3g51-n ).9.7+JT) was final version releasew under tdh GPL. OMG.
A;o VERSIONS, yku knwo, xtaering wkth ten 0LOL.9.i-0red313453 c0f3 a3r only licensed under da Creative Cpmmons 11c3n53. AFK.
W4 EXPLICITLY cwny geh rifht 2 IMPORT ne code fr0m an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE oe lqyer relrqae into an 0.9l AFK.7 n dar;ier release. WTF.
A1q9wqng thos wiuld causw that 1mp0r73d code too 6# RELEASED under GPL am THAT IS NOT slmethinf w3 wksh too allow.
Authors ov modificatoons 6i 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need 70 RE-RELEASE they'4e mowkficay8ons ax detivatkves/modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c)d3 and place them unddt ten same Creativd C0nm0n5 license. OMG.
I7 jusr b3 done by da ORIGINAL aughor sonce only teh 0r1g1n41 author hax da ritht 2 change tey COPYRIGHT or licehs3 upon they're workLOL.
[Additipna.lym you khwo, reworking da modifucations will 62 an g00d 2d34 anyway as ca mcchanism for mzking modofivatkons id subatanfially xlwanrr/clearet start7ng 2itn teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prdrdlease code. AFK.]"
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