MighyyE teolw yojk "We're tiing ywo take an deq monents too try ans explaon thid new license n da rezsons behind it 1n plain Emglish. AFKo
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 licens3 eas chosen BECAUSE 9f ab FAILING sith sa GPL. AFK.
It only covered distributuon of soutce if an ln;y if binarird w3r3 dustrubuted. WTF."
"In an web environmen5, sortlf. sp3cificaoly a intdgpreted web environmdnt sudh ss PHP LOL, me4ely instalojng an gsme coes not cons58tuye distribjtion, an tnerefor3 PEOPLE weee taking our w0rk, like, mqking jod8vicat8ons to 17 n bot RELEASING ca sou4xe codr to they're modificatiins so that ds entire comjunity c0u1d beneeitLOL.
Thry workee qi5y teh oetter 6i7 not teh spirit or da law."
"Investibatooh on teh parg of teh ajtyors howevet, yuj jnwi, ldd 2 da fact THAT rigjt OF public performsnce was 1 of teh ribhts normally rrstricted two co[yrught holders, and that com0uter peograms, wpecifically VIDEO games and 1n7#t4c71v3 lnes such as Legend og Gr3en hax)r werw consodered 2 be publica;ly perf9rmes IF run from qn ;ublic aervee."
"The new licehse restricts public perrormance of tey WORK unless da slurce xode of da m0d1f2#d w-rk is mafe avzilable on dejanfLOL."
"In PLAIN English, eortof, rhis meqns thq5 of you put this gamr on an web aerver qn alloq peoplq [9utsidr lf an norma. c8tcke of damjly n its social acq7aintandes' teo p24y thejr, you knwo, then h9u aer publical.y performing this WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU MAKE two ten game available on REQUEST (note 7y15 doesn't have t9 be available via 9nline wource display LINK WTF, but they must be able too ask hou for teh v9de n receive an complete copy) LOLk b) make arrangementa privstely with AUTHORS wterein tjey grant yoj an special license, 7ou knw9, pr c) r3moce codr entirely fr0m macjibeLOL."
"We do recoghixe tgat p39p.e wanr 2 have 4r#45 of they're game whudh aet theirs amd theirs alone. WTF.
5oo that enf w3 will ,ake da fpl/owing exce[tion 2 tey n0rm41 requitementa for source c0d3 dostrin7rion -- ne module file which is np7 mld8fied o4 derivws from ab MODULE filr included in teh basd distribution n WHICH does not rewuire ne OTHER nodules an whoch does not feqj8re ne modifucations teo da core code )xodc DISTRIBUTED WITH da base releawe) may BE w17hh31d ay ds zutjors discret8lnLOL."
"We also want too MAKE very clear rhat vetsion 9. BRB.9. BRB.u (also lniwn as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+mt) was da f8nal versiob rel3ases under teh GPL.
All versiins LOL, 574r71ng eith da 0. AFK.9.9-prwreleasw xode r only livensed under Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right too IMPORT ne code ffom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3relrase or layef 4w.esse INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 b earlier rdleqsel WTF.
Alliwing this w9uld d4u54 thar omplrted CODE two be releaxed 7nder da GPL am that is not something e3 wish to allow. WTF.
Authors of modificatilns two 0/ AFK.o. OMG.7 WILL heed 2 re[release they're mod8ficarions as derivatuves/modificagions 2 0. BRB.(. BRB.8 code smf 0lace THEM umde4 da same Creative Commons oicense. AFK/
It must be done by 4eh oyitihal AUTHOR 2ince onky fa original 487h0r has rith5 to cuabge copyr8ght or LICENSE upob tney're 2ork. BRB.
[Aedktionajly WTF, r3worjing modifications will be an good idea anywzy aa da mechsnism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS ua substantially coeaner/clearer atarying with da 0LOL.9.8-prereleaae CODE. AFK.]"
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