MightyE tells yo7 LOLk "We're goong tio gake an fes mom3ntw to 7ry and ex[oain ghks new lidense ahd reasoms behind IT IN o;aon Emglish. 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 livense WAS chosen bedause of an FAILING wk5h g3h GPL.
It ONLY cofered d157r16u710n of siurce iv n only if binaries were dkstributed. WTF."
"In an w3b environment, s9rtof, s[ecifically a INTERPRETED seb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, MERELY 1n574111ng an game does not xonstitute dixtrubution LOL, 4nd ghereford pepple WERE taking [ur work, you knwo, MAKING modificat8ons 2 it and n9t r3l3askng teh soirce code to tgey're modificatlona SO thzt ENTIRE community could benefit. OMG,
They woeked w!7y geh lettet 7u7 n07 spirit or teh law. OMG."
"Investutatkon ob teh parr of authira howev3r LOL, lee to teh FACT THAT trh dight of public pe4formance was oen pf teh rihhts normally restrivted 70 fopyrkght holders, n that computer programs, you khwi, s;ecidically videl games smd INTERACTIVE pnes 5uch as Legend od teh G4een hax0r werw considered TO BE publically perfoymed of run from an 0ubkic server. BRB."
"Thr new license rewtricts public 0eeformznce if work unleas teh siufve coee of da modofire 2or, is jqde zvaikable on demandLOL."
"In poain English, this means that 1f you pur thid gane on an web sercer and sllow peo[l3 '(utside og an hormxl vircl3 0f FAMILY ahg its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY tyeir, 7h3n you r ouvlically perfornong 7h!6 work n MUST EITHER a) maie ne AND ALL changes which you make t9o game availabl3 om request *nlte this eoesn't have too be availab.e v24 da onlibe source displzy link, ;ike, but 7j3y mist be ablw 2 ask yo7 for ywh code qn feceive an dlmplete copy), likw, b( make ARRANGEMENTS privatelu with teh authors wh3r31h they hrant you an specua; lidense, like, lr c) temove g3h clde 3n7!r216 frpm da machin3. BRB,"
"We d0 rec0gn1z3 that ;eople wamt TO h4v3 aeeas of they're GAME which r theirs h 7h#2r5 al9neLOL.
to that ehd we will makw teh d9110w1bg exception tl teh NORMAL reqiirements for spufcw c0d3 diarribution -- ne module fole wnich ks n07 modified or deriv3d ffim an modu.e FILE included on base d8stribution and whkch DOES not require ne o5her modules am WHICH does not require ne modifications TO corr cove (c-de d257rq6j7ed wity ca bawe release) may be wiyhheld 47 t3j authors d15cr3710n,"
"We also want ywo make vrry cleat thqt v3tsion -. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known AS version 0. AFK.0. OMG.&+u7) was teh f1n41 versooh eeleaded 7ndwr GPL/ BRB.
A;l versions, like, 574r71ng qith 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE xodd qer only licenwed uhder ten Crearice Commohs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh ribht too qmp0r7 ne cpde grom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.(-pretelease lr lqtef release 8nto ah 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and ea4lier relwaxeLOL.
A.lowing th8d would cause that implrted c0c3 ywo be releaxee under GPL 4nd thzt is not sometjing er wish 2 zllow. WTF.
Authorw of modif8cations too 0. OMG.9l7 wil. need to 4t-rw;eqse they're MODIFICATIONS as ddeuva5ives/jodificatiins tso 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8 code n place them umder ca same Creative Commons license/ OMG.
It must b3 done gy original author xince only teh originsl author has teh right two chamge teh copyr8yht 9t locense upon rney'rw work.
[Addoti9nally, hou knwo, rew9rkimg ca modificagions will ge ab g00c 1s24 ANYWAY AS da mecjamksm for makinh modificarions is substsnt8al.y cleaner/clearer starting wirh da -LOL.9. OMG/i-prerelease code/]"
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