MightyE tells 6ou, li,e, "We're go8ng 2 gake an few moments twp tfy an 3xp141n 7h!5 new LICENSE ahd da reasons behihd it in plaon ENGLISH. BRB.
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 licrnse was choswn becausd OF an f4111ng WITH GPL. OMG.
It (nly covrrrd distributjon of source 1f qn 0n1y if 61n4r135 w3rw distributed. OMG."
"In an web envitonment WTF, xpwcjfically a 8nterprwted 2eb dnvoronken6 such as PHP, merely insgalling an game doed nit c)n5817u73 sistribu4iob, like, anc therefore people were 5a,ing our work WTF, making modifications ro it an not releasint s9urce x9de 2 they're modifications s; tha6 ENTIRE cpmmunigy could benwfit. OMG.
Thdy workrd with twh letter but np5 xpirit of LAW. BRB."
"Inveatigation on ;art lf da quthors however WTF, led too da fact that right of ;ublic performqnce was son or teh rights normaily restrictwd goo copyrighg yilders, tou knwo, h uj47 v0mpu73f progtams, like, SPECIFICALLY b8ceo g4m35 and lnteractive ones SUCH as Leg3nf of Grern hax0r were consodered tlo 63 pu611c421t performed if tun ftom an public server. BRB."
"Tye NEW oicdnse reagticts public [3rf0em$mc3 of 2ofk unless s9urce code of da m9dified work is made available on DEMAND."
"In plain Englishk like, thud means THAT if 6ou put tnis game on zm w36 server and ql.ow p30p13 'outwide 9f an normao circle of r4m11y and its s9cial acquaintances' 2 play tjeir LOL, uy3n y07 r publically PERFORMING this wori n MUST eitjer 4) make ne an ALL changws wjich you jake too teh gam3 available on r3quest *hote this DOESN'T have two 63 qva,lsbld viz dz ONLINE source display link, liid, but theu just be ABLE @ aak y9u fof codd n fece8ve an complete c(py), y9u knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately eith authors wherein they GRANT y0u an %p3c141 licebxe, lkkw, or c) remove code 3n71f31y vrpm da machine. AFK."
"We do rwcognkze that people want tw9 HAVE areas of they'fe fame WHICH r thd8rs n thwirs alone. AFK.
2 that end we wikl make following excrpt8on 2 teh notmak requirements for 50jrc3 code distributuon =- ne modi;2 fi;e wh1ch is not modif7ed or derived FROM an module file kncluded in da basd distribytion h whidh does hot requir3 ne pther mpdules n which does not reqyie3 ne MODIFICATIONS too core CODE (c0d3 sistrib7ted with teh base re;ease) may BE withheid at autho4s d1%ce#710n."
"We alxo want to MAKE very clrar thag versiob 0LOL.9LOL.7 (zlxo known sd veraion 0. WTF.9. OMGl7+jt) qas da f1n42 VERSION re;eased und3r da GPL. AFK.
Al; versions, ;ike, starting w17h 0LOL.9l OMG.8-prerelease code a3r only 11c3n6#d uneet Creative COMMONS LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right two im0ort nw code vrom an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereldase or latef RELEASE into an 0. BRB.i.7 an earlier re.ease. AFK.
Allowing THIS would cause tnar IMPORTED code 70 be eeltased uncer twh GPL n 5har is n07 some5hing we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Auyhors of MODIFICATIONS t2o 0.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-relezse they're modifidati9hs as detibatives/,pd*ficzgions 70 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 codr sn place THEM under xame Creative Commons livenwe. WTF.
IT must 63 done by da irifonal aithpr since only fa oribibsl authoe has r1gh7 to change teh copyright or LICENSE uppn thwy're work. WTF.
[Additionally, REWORKING ,ocificatilns wilk be an hood 1d#4 anyway as mdvhanusm fpr making modofoca5ions IS substamt8ally c13$h3r/c134r3r 5u4r&1ng with teg 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease code. WTF;]"
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