MightyE tells tou LOL, "We're go8bf toi rake zn few momentd two try m explain this b4w licemse n ra feasons bej8nd 17 un plain ENGLISH. 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."
"This NEW license wad chisen BECAUSE of an failinh w17h da GPL. AFK.
IT onl6 coveres distribution 0f siurce if an ONLY IF bimaries were dkstrinuyee. BRB."
"In an wen environment, you jnwo, specifkcally a interpreyed web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, mere.y 1n574111ng an game does n07 constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, $nd thwrefore peo[le wwte TAKING our wori, k8k4, makihg MODIFICATIONS tio ir and not RELEASING source code to they're modifications sp thay entifr c9mmunity cojld bdnefutLOL.
THEY wirked wirh LETTER but not da spirit of da 1$w. OMGl"
"Invesgigation 0n da PART of authors h9wwve4 LOL, led two teh fact that da right ov pubkic pereormance sas oen of r2gh75 normally rwstricted tlo copyright holee4s LOL, an that computef programs, SPECIFICALLY viceo GAMES and ibteractive pnes such as Legend of teh GREEN hax0r WERE considrred 2 be pu611c411y performed ig run from an public swtver. OMG."
"The n3w licehse RESTRICTS pu611c [erfifmance of da wori unless xource cide of da MODIFIED work 8w kade available on dwjandLOL."
"In ;lain English, sortof, 5his means thzt ig 6ou put this gzme ON zn WEB server and zkkos ;eople '9utskde of an normal circle of family anf its sodial 4cqu41nu4nc35' 70 poay yheir, sortof, thdn you r 0ublicqlly perfifming this w9rk sn MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL chamges wmich t0u MAKE to da GAME availanle ln requeat (note this doean'y hqve tlo be available VIA ONLINE so7rce dkxplay ;onk, sortof, but tgey jyxt bd ab;e too ASK you fot 5eh coce n RECEIVE an complete co;h), like, b) MAKE arfangements peivqt3ly wkth dz authors wherein thet graht 6oj an special licende, like, if c) rempve teh cod3 entitek6 from mschine."
"We DO recognize that p38p13 want two HAVE 4r3r5 of they'rw gamd which aer thwirs and gheurs alone. BRB/
too THAT end wd eill m4l3 follow9ng exceptiln 70 da nprmal eequirements FOR soutcr dode dis5rubution -- ne moeule fi;e whicg IS n07 modified oe defived fr0m an module file 1nc1us3c in vase cistrkbuyion an which does not require ne other m0du135 ane whlch doew not reauire ne modificatipns too teg cire code (code d157r16u73d wity da base releasr0 mqy 63 wugjheld 47 AUTHORS dkscretiom."
"We also wavt to nake very cleae tyat version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known za vetsion 0. WTF,9.7+jt) wss teh fina. version released unfrr teh GPLl AFK.
A.l VERSIONS LOL, STARTING with 0LOLl9.8-pr3r313t5# dode r only l8censed under dz Creat8ve Comnons lidense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 2 i,port ne cpd3 from an 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-0rerelease 9e lsyer relezse 7ngo an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier relesseLOL.
A210w1ng this WOULD caise ghat imported xode 59 bd releasdd uhder da GPL an ghat is not something we qush too allow. WTFl
Authord of jodifications to [. BRB.9. BRB.7 wiol nded two re0releasc they're modificatipns aa d3r1v471v35/m0d1d1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 dodw n o14c3 them under da SAME Crrative Co,mons LICENSE. AFK.
It muwt be d0n3 6y fa origknak author since onlu da orogiba. aithor has r1gh7 to9 chahte teh COPYRIGHT or licebwe u)om thwy're work.
[Add1710n411y, rewlrkkng mosificatuons w8ll 63 an good idea 4nyw4y qs t3h mechanism d9r jakong m0e1fqc4710n5 us augstamtially cleaher/clearer statting WITH da 0. OMG.9. BRB,8-ptereleasd codek]"
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