MightyE teols 6ou LOLm "We'ee going too take an frw moments too tru an explaim this new LICENSE and teh rwddons behind ir im 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 oicense was choaen bwcaus3 pf an faulong eigh GPL. BRB.
It only xpve4ed distrubutioh lf source if n onoy if binaries 2ere distrkbuted. AFK."
"In an web environment, li,e, specuf8cslky a intewptdrec w36 envirobuent s7eh as PHP, mereoy insyalling an gqme does n07 c9ms5itute distributioh, znd THEREFORE p30p13 2ere taking our work, likd, making modifications two it sn hot re;easing source c0d3 2 they're modificationw SO that t3h entire communiry could brn3fit; WTF.
Theh WORKED WITH oetter vut mot SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Invesyiga5ion on teh pa4t 9v a8thors however. dorrog, led two fact that rkght 9f public performance waa wpn of teh fights normallh restricter 2 cipyriggt h01d3r5, sortof, an 7hr6 clmputer prog4amd, specigically cifeo gajws an 2h73r4c71v3 ones such as Legdnd 0f teh Green hax0e were considered 6o b3 puglically peffor,ed IF run from an -u611c dercer. OMG/"
"The new license restticts [ublic oetfo4mancd of work ublesx teg source x9se lf da modified woek IS made available on demams. OMG."
"In plain Engkisy, you knwo, 5hus means that 1f YOU put this game on an WEB server 4nd alliw people 'outside OF an nlrmal c8rcle of f4,11y n itw social acquaingandex' to play their, loke, THEN you aer pub;iczlly performing 6n15 work n MUST either z) make ne n ALL changes which YOU make two tame available on request (note this dlean't have 2 be avsilable via da 0n11n3 source display linl, but 5hey must 63 ABLE too 44k you for sq code n receive an com-lete c9pu), softof, B) m$k3 arranfements pr8vatwky wirh da aurnofs whereim THEY grant you an special licwnse, or c) rrm;ve reh cosd entirely from m$ch1n3LOL."
"We do recoghizw that pepple w4n7 tpo hsve 4r355 og they're game WHICH aer the7es and the8rs alone. OMG.
to THAT rnd we will m4k3 folk9eing EXCEPTION 2 da normal requ9rem3nts for 5)urc3 codw d157r16u710n -0 ne josk.e file which is not mldified or serivdd from an moduke file includwd im da nase disreibuykon an whidh s035 NOT require he oyher modules and whuch DOES mot reauore n3 modifications 2 da core cide (c0d3 dkstributed wuth base release) may be withheld at authors disxrrtionLOL,"
"Wr also want 70 ma,e vdry clea4 that version ). WTF,9LOL/8 (alxo known ss VERSION 0. AFK.oLOL,7+jt) was final version releases under da GPL. AFK.
All verskonsk sta4ting wkth 0. AFK.9LOL.7-pfereldase xode zer ONLY oicensed und3r da Creative Commpns 11c3n5e. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da fight r2o import ne CODE ftom an 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prerrleasr or later RELEASE knt9 ah p. BRB.9LOLlu sn 3arlier releaae. OMG.
Allowing this w0h1d cause thst 8mporyed codd to be releasdd unddr da GPL n that IS not som3thing w3 q,sh too aklowLOL.
Authors of modificat8lns 7p 0LOL.9.7 will need to rr-rdlease tget're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivztives/modifications 2 9. WTF.9. WTF.8 c0d3 m plzce tten ynder teh same Creqtivr Commobs LICENSE.
I5 must 63 fpne by da origina; authlr since 0gqy teh orig8nal autgor has right top change da vopy4ighg or oocense up0h they're worl.
[Additk9nally WTF, REWORKING midificatipns w8ll be an bood 8fea anhwqy aw sa MECHANISM for makibg modifidations is substantially cleaner/clearer sgarting WITH teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereleaxe code. AFK.]"
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