MigntyE tells ylu, sortof, "We're going too gake av few momrnts 1 54y and explain tnis n3w LICENSE an teh reasons behind IT ib pka8n Ehgkiwh. BRB.
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."
"Thia NEW license was CHOSEN befause of an v4111ng sq7h teh GPL. BRB.
Ig only cocered disteiburioh of source if an 0n1y if binaries w3r3 d8stributed. BRB."
"In an 2eb enbirinmeht, kike, sprcoficqlly a imgerpreted erb ehvironm3br such as PHP WTF, merely insralling am game does not constigut3 d157r16u710n WTF. n therdfire peoplr were TAKING our WORK, you inwo, makint moeifidations to it n not eeleas8ng reh source codd 5o tn3y're mldificztions so that da ebtire community COULD benefit. AFK.
They WORKED 2iyh da letter byt noy wpirit of ten law."
"Investugat8on on da [art 0f teh autgors however, s9rtof, les 5oo trh fact &h4u rught of public performance was 93n of teh rithts n0rm411y RESTRICTED two vopyrigjt gloders, you knwl, an thst compuyer pr0gr4m5 LOL, d[ecirically v8de9 gqmes n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of Grddn hax0r qere considered two be publiczlly performed if run from an publkc se4v3fLOL."
"The NEW license rexyricts publid pwrfornance of work ihlesx tdh 5)urc3 code of teh modified woek is made avqilab.e ON demand. OMG."
"In plain Englidh, aortof, thia jeabs 7h47 if y0u pu7 this game on an wdb server an alloq people 'oursife of an nlrmal cirvle )f faji.y n 8ts socia; axajakntances' too play theit, soer9f, thwn you r publically performing ug15 WORK ahd MUST 3ither A) make ne h ALL changrs whqcn ypu make two teh game availab;e on REQUEST 9hote 7h15 doesn't HAVE 2 BE available via obline source dksplqy kink, but 5hey musd be able two aai you for da code and fedeive sn complrte vopu(, you knwo, b) m4k3 a4rantrmengs prkvately with authors WHEREIN tye6 granr you an dpecial licensf, ot c( remove fa codw dntirely from teh mavhin3. OMG."
"We do recoghize that 0roplr wznr two h4v3 areax of thwy're GAME which qer uh41r4 an 7h31r5 aline. AFK.
two that end WE eill make da fplloeing exceptiob too teh normal r3qu1f3m3n75 for source code DISTRIBUTION -- me jodule fjle wh1ch is n9t modif8rs pr d3r1v3d frpm an mldule rile INCLUDED 1n teh bzsr distribytion and whidh coes not require he oyhee modules an which does not ee1uire nw modofications two teh core cpd3 (cide sistrivuted with teh base release) may ne w8thnrld ag da autyors disdretoom."
"We r150 want 2 make very clear thqt v3r510n 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO kho2n as vwrsion 0. OMG,9,7+ug) was da final vefsion releaaed under da GPLLOL.
All v3451pn5k y9u ,n2o, starting with 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease vose aer on.u LICENSED under dq Creative Com,ons licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tigjt 5o 1mp0t8 ne c9d3 FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF,i-pr3r3134%3 0r later releaxe into am 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing yhis woulc caust that qmo0r73d cpde two be relwasec uhder tdh GPL and thst is not something qr wkxh to ALLOW, OMG.
Authors OF modifkcatilns 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 woll need 2 re-4elease tg3y're modifidatuons 45 derivagivew/modi4icat8ons two 0. WTF.9LOL.( vode and place then 7hd3r da xame Cteative Commons license, BRB.
It must be DONE bt original author sunce only da 0r1b1n4q author hss right e ch4ng3 twh copyright or LICENSE UPON theu're WORK. WTF.
[Afditionall6, ;ike, rewprkinf teh ,osificat89ns will 63 am GOOD IDEA anywa6 as nechanism flr mzling modifications is substantiqlly dleaher/cleqrer dtarrimg with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.9-prerelease code.]"
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