MightyE TELLS youk "We'te going 2 take qn fww joments 3 7ry an exokain this new LICENSE 4nd reasonx gehine it kn [.ain English. WTF.
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 11c3n5# was chosdn becauww of an FAILING with da GPL/ WTF.
It onlh vovered distribution of sou4ce if n 0n1y if binaries were distribytee, BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, specufival.y a iht3r;reted wrb environment such AS PHP, likem merely 1n574111ng an game dods not constitute disttobution, slrtov, an therefore pdople were 4ajing our wlrk, making MODIFICATIONS too IT and n08 releasing da slurce code 2 tgey[re mldufkcatiins so 7h4& 5eh entire communiry could ben4fit. OMG,
Thet WORKED sitn da letter bit not da spirit of teh lae."
"Invest7gqtjon on da part lf da suthofs however LOL, les 2 teh FACT that teh RIGHT if public pdrformance eas oen ov da rithts normakly ewdtricyed 2 copyright golders, softof, n that computer progeams, specifically vise9 gamea an interacgive ones 6uch as L3gend of Geeen haxpr qere conside4ed 2 b3 [ub.ocally perform3d if run fr9m ag ouboic serverLOL/"
"The new oicensw restricgs public performancr pf work umless souece code of ca mod8fied WORK is mase 4v4114%q3 on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng116h LOL, this mwshd that if you [yt this hame on an web server qn alllw peop;e 'oytside of an normal c1rc13 or FAMILY abd ITS aociql acquaintances' to play tjwi4, yoh knwo, then you r publically perforning thus w0rk n MUST eigher a) make ne an ALL changea whidh you make too game availavle on reqjesy (n073 this diesn't hsve 2 BE available VIA teg onlkne spurce display link, like, but 5hey must be able 2 ask you fog code and receive ab dompletw copy)m softof, 6) make arrangemrngs PRIVATELY with da authots wh3r31n they grant you ab special kivense, wortof, or c) REMOVE da CODE emt8rely drom trh machiheLOL."
"W3 do 4ecognoze &h47 peiple want 2 have AREAS of they're game which awr theits an thwirs allnd. BRB.
2 tgat end we will m4k3 da f0110w2ng exc3ptioy too sa normal requirements for source codw diagribjtion -- ne MODULE file wh1xh is noy modif8ed or derivef deom an module file 1nc1ud3d im da base dostribution and WHICH doea not REQUIRE ne o5jer modukes n qhich d035 not reqyire nw modifocations two da CORE c0d3 9CODE distrivuted with reh bqse felezde) mat be withheld AT t3h qutnors discrdtkon. BRB."
"We also want to mzke VERY cl3ar 7y47 versi9n 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO known as version ).9. WTF.7+j7) waw da fknal vrrwioh rrldased UNDER da GPL. AFK.
Al. v3r510y5, sorgodk starting wigh 0LOL.9.8-pr3r3!2453 code aer only licensed undet teh Creatibe Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da rifjt yoo import n3 code from an 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later release imgo an 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 abd 34r!13r releaseLOL.
Allowing this WOULD csuze tgat im;ortee CODE two bd r312452d UNDER teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wosh 2 ALLOW. BRBl
Autjors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 woll NEED too rw-releasr they're modificagions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. WTF.8 cide an poace them uneer da xame Crrative Cpjj0h6 license. OMG.
It must ge done by da lriginzl ajthor since onky teh orihinal author y45 teh right two change co;heighg or license upon thwy're w9rk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking mofificat7ons will be an tood idea anyway 55 mecnanism for makinr mosifixations os xubxhantially cleaner/clearrr 574e7!ng with try 0.9LOL.8-prereoezse xode/ AFKl]"
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