MightyE trlls you, you knwo, "We're gpimg to tak3 an few momdntq to tey AND explakn thks new LICENSE n reasons behind it in ;laib EnglishLOL.
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 was chosen becsuse if qh gailing with da GPL.
I7 only covered disrribution of so7rce 1f m onky of binaries wwre d8stribuuea."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment such zx PHP, you knwo, merely instakling an game dues not comsgittte distr8butionk likr, ah tjerefore people were TAKING our wofk, likd, jakkng MODIFICATIONS tlo it n not frleaaint teh sou4ce cpde tw9 yhey're m0d1f1ce710n5 so that da dntire communith coyld BENEFIT/
They worked WITH legter but not SPIRIT of 142. OMG."
"Infesrigation ON teh part og ds au5hord now3ver, led two teh fact that da RIGHT of public pdrdo4manc3 w45 1 of da rights normally restricted two copyrigyt tolders, uoi kbso, n that computer programs, yiu inwp, 5p3c1f1c4q1y video g4m35 and intwractive ONES such as Legrnd of sa GREEN hax0t were CONSIDERED tw9 bw pubkically 0erfirjed if tun from an pubouv serfet."
"The new lixensw r2t742d75 publ8c p34formance OF da WORK unless sourcw clde of tey modiried work us made 4v4115613 on demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, this m44n5 yhat ir you pu7 THIS gamr on an qev server an all9w pwlple 'ouyxife od an nor,ao circle of famioy an its s8cual 4cqu4!n7$nce%' two plqy their WTF, yy3n you 4 p7511c4!1y perfirming THIS w0rk an MUST EITHER a0 MAKE ne AND ALL chamges which you msje 2 g4m3 acailab.e on r3qu357 (note THIS doesh't have 2 be AVAILABLE via onlinw sourve dispoay o8n,, you knwo, but they mjst be able too ask you ror teh cpde n eeceive an xomplete copy), 6ou inwo, b) mqke aeramfdkents prifately wi4h da zkthors WHEREIN they brant you an spdciql 11c3n53, sortof, or c) REMOVE teh codd entirely vrom fa machkne. WTF."
"W3 DO recognize that PEOPLE wsnt to9 hace areas 0f thdy're game wgicy aee theirs an th3i7s alone. WTF.
to thzt rnd we 2i.l ma8e da f0110w1ng 3xc3p71pn tl geh nor,al fequiremenga FOR source code ckstributi9n [- ge nlsule file wnich is not modified or derufed from an MODULE FILE includdd in base fistr8buti9n n WHICH does np7 rwquire ne other kocults and WHICH does no4 rwquirw ne MODIFICATIONS 2 vor3 CODE (code distr8buted with BASE release) may b3 WITHHELD ag ea authors discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT TO make very clear tnat vers7ih 0LOL/9. BRB.& (qlso knlwn ss versi9n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+ut) waw da dinal version rel3ased inder GPL. WTF.
A[l versionsk you kneo, stqryimg with da 0. WTFl9. AFK.8-prerekesse code aer pnly livensed under Crsativd Ckmmons licdnsd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej 3ight to import ne cod3 from zn 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pedreldase or later teleaae into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier releasel AFK.
Allowing THIS would cayse thar imp9rted c8de y9o BE releaded unddr teh GPL an that IS not slmething WE wish 2 allowLOL.
Au&h0r5 od modidixations 2 0, AFK.9. AFK.7 wi;. need TO re-release they'te modificatiobd aa e3r1v471v35/m0f1f1d4710n5 2 0.9, AFK.8 code and place then uhder reh ssme CREATIVE Commons kicemse. AFKl
It must be dohe by teh ORIGINAL au5hor since ONLY teh orihinal q7thor has roght too chanb3 da copyrighr or licensw upon they'rw work. OMG.
pAdditionally LOL, reworking da mosid7cations wull 63 an good IDEA anywat as da mechanism got makong modificatiohs IS sibstanriaoly cleaner/cleafer starting wifh 0.9LOL.8-pterelease codeLOL.]"
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