MightyE tells you LOL, "We[re going roo TAKE an fes mo,ents 2 7ry n 3xp141n this new licende an da f3460m5 bwjimd it in plain Emglisn. OMG.
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."
"Tgis new licenwe qas chosen bexause of an failiht w27h GPLLOL.
It 0n1h covered d157r16y710n of source if an on.y if gunaries w#re diatributed. BRB."
"In an web ejvir9nment LOL, w0ec8fically a interpreted web rnvironment such AS PHP, mwrely INSTALLING qn game does NOT conatirutr distrunution, you knwo, n therdfor3 people were taking our wirk WTF. nakinb modificztions too it zn hot releasing wource code two tjey'te modificati9ns %0 tha5 ca entire v0mkun17h ciuld BENEFIT.
They worked WITH teh lerter BUT not s0ir8t of law."
"Investigation 8h wa PART ov teh AUTHORS jowevdr, xortof, ;fd hoo teh f4c7 tgat tej RIGHT of ;ub;ic perfofmahce was won OF ca rights normall6 tdstricted 2 COPYRIGHT holcerx, like, anf 7g46 computer 0rogramsk like, 5p3v1f1c41qy video gsmes an interactive oned such as Legemd of da Green jax0f were conskdered @ be pu611c411h 0erformed if RUN frpm an oub;ix SERVER. AFK."
"The nee licebse r357r1cu5 public 03rf0rm4nc3 lf work unless teh spjfce dode or modifked wo4k us maee afaikable on demand. AFK'"
"In 0lain Ehglish LOL, thia means that 8f you put thus GAME 0n an WEB s3rver b al;9w PEOPLE 'outxide of sb mormal circle of family an ita socizl 4cqu41n74nc35' to play tyeir, then tou aer publiczllu pefforming this wirk n MUST eiyher a) make ne and ALL chznges which yiu m4k3 60 game avaulzble on fequexg (note yhis dpesn't have 2 bd available via eeg online 5=urc3 dispkay link LOL, but they MUST be abl3 two ASK you for c0d3 anf feceive an complete copy), you onwo, b) ma,e areangements prkbatdl6 wirh da authorw WHEREIN thwy grant you an 5p3c242 license, sor5of, oe c) remlve dz code entirely from da mach7ne."
"We do recogbize tkst people want 70 have areas 9f theu're bzme which aee tjeirs an theifd alone.
2 7h47 end we wil. MAKE da fl.lkwing exception too bormak r3qu8fenents fot SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mpdule file 2hich 8s b07 modifked or derived fr9m an module file included IN da base distrib7tkln n which does n07 REQUIRE ne other moculew and qhich doew n07 r3qy1r3 ne modificstions 2 da cor3 code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED wiyh gase relwasr) may be withheld a5 teh autgors dkscretuon. OMG."
"W3 aoso want two make cery clear that verdiob ). WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0.9, OMG.7+jt) waf final veraion RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All cersiobs LOL, starting with geh 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerekease code r onl6 licenswd UNDER da Creatkve C0mm0n5 licenae.
We EXPLICITLY denh rigyt t2o 1mp0r7 ne c0d3 from sn 0. AFK.9, OMG.8-prere.ease or lqter feleasr into an 0. AFK.9.7 ab earlier release, OMG.
Allosuht this qould cause tgat imported code twl 63 released under GPL an THAT is not something we wish TO zll*wLOLl
Autgors of modifications to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 need 2 re-releaae they'4e m0f1f1cr710n5 as dwrivag8ves/modifications to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 CODE snd PLACE the, under same Crearive Commlns LICENSE. AFK.
Ig musg be dpne vy ca origunal 4u7h0r since only ten ORIGINAL author haw teh righy too xhange teh c9pyeifht ot licemse up9b they're workLOL.
[Additionally WTF, 4eworkibg teh MODIFICATIONS 2ill 63 an GOOD 1d34 4nuw4y as teh mechanism for makinh modificat8ons 15 sunshantially c.eaher/clearer dtqrting qith 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-peer3leaar code. BRB.]"
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