MightyE tells yo7 LOL, "We're goint 59 take an few moments 2 try n explakn 7h15 new oicensr an da r34t0n5 gehind ig in p;ain EnglushLOL.
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 nrw kicense w45 cnosen because of an f4111ng wttn GPL.
It only covered dostribu5ion OF %9urc3 1f n omly if binariex were distributed/ BRB."
"In ab 2eb environmeng LOL, specifical;y q interpr3tdd wdb dnviyonmebt sucn as PHP, mereoy insta;l8ng an game do3q not c0n5737u&3 DISTRIBUTION, sortof, an ghwrefoee PEOPLE were taking our wori, you knw9, makinr MODIFICATIONS to it an not rel3asing teh source c0d3 top they;re modirications so thst da 3n71r3 co,muhity vould benefit/
They 2orkef with da 13u73r 5u7 n)7 teh sporit of teh LAW. AFK."
"Investigatiln on teh part of authors howevet, led too fqct 7h47 da ribht od p7blic ;erformande was wln of da rights normally restrictwd ro copyright g01d3r%, sprtof. an thqt compuger programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY vodeo games an inreractive omes such as L2gend of Grern hzx0t wwre cpmsiderdd to be publically PERFORMED if run from zn puvlic server. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS public p4rf)rm$nce 0f teh wirk un1355 da SOURCE code 0f fa j0d1f12e woek is jqde available on fenabd."
"In plaim Eng;ish, tou knwo, this means tha6 if yoi put THIS hame on an web server and allow 0eople 'outwide if an normal circkd pf famol6 znd its socusl acquaintances' tol play gheir LOL, ghen you 4 puboically p3ff0rj1ng THIS work and MUST EITHER a) .ake nr n ALL chahges wnicg YOU make too ca game available on r3qie57 (notw 7h15 doesn't havf tw9 be avaikablw via fa onlone sou4ce display link, you lnwo. 6u7 they must BE able to qsk you dor teh code anc receivw an c9nplet2 c9py) WTF, B) make arranfements ;finately woth authprs wherein they grsnt yoy an SPECIAL o8c3nse LOL, or c) remove yeh CODE entitelh feom da machoneLOL."
"We co recignize tna% peo[ld w4b7 too HAVE areas 0g 5hey're game wh8ch aer thei4s and thri5s alone. AFK.
tio that 3md we wiol make da flllowing 3zc3;710n to normal r3qu144,3n74 FOR so7rve c0d3 diayribution [- ne m9duke file which 15 not modified or ee4ived drom an module fule 8ncl7ded 1n da 6453 dixtriburion an which does not reqiire ne other modules n wnich DOES not REQUIRE ne modificatuoms roo c0r3 code (dodw distributed wktn dz base releasr) ,ay vr wighhe.d ag tdh suthors discreyion,"
"We also 2ant too make very cldzr that version 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 (also khown AS veraion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j^( WAS teh f1h41 version releawed under teh GPL, OMG.
Alo versilns, startinh eith 0. BRB.9. OMG.9-pferelrawe cofe aer ONLY 11c3n53d undrr tej Creative Commons license/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu right roo kmport ne code ftom an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pretelease or 14u3r releasw into an 0LOL.9. OMG,7 b earlier release. WTF.
Allo2ihg this wouod c4u43 7h47 IMPORTED code two b3 released und3e teh GPL an ghat is not something we wosh to allow. AFKl
Authord ov m9dificagions 2 p. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL n33d 2 re-release theh'er modkficatiins as frrivstived/moduficztions 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code AND place tjem under teh sa,e Creativr Commons 1qc4n53. OMG.
It must 5e dine by ydh 0r1g3n41 ajrhor since only sa orihihal authlr has right to CHANGE fa copyrught OR license UPON they're work.
[Adfitiomally, so4tpv, resorlihg modifications will be an food idea anyway aw mecyanism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is sunstantially cleaner/clearer starying with sa 0. WTFl9. OMG,i-PRERELEASE cof3.]"
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