MightyE tells hou, "We're going to taje an few moments 5wo yry n explaij thix new l8cenee ane da reasons behind it in plain Ebglish/ AFK.
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 mew license was ch043n BECAUSE of sn vauling with teh GPL. BRB.
It omlt covered d157r16u7q0n ot siurce 1f AND lnly if binaries w3r3 distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, specirically a intwroreted web environment such as PHP, merely insta.iing an game does noy constitute disttkbugoon, sir5of, and THEREFORE peoole wwre taking our s0rk, sortof, .a,ing modivocations TO 9t an not RELEASING teh wouece cods rwi rhey're modivicayionw al rhag da entore xommunity xou;g benefit. OMG.
THEY WORKED wity LETTER 6u7 not soirut of teh .a2. OMG."
"Investifation on PART of da zu%hofd HOWEVER, led t9 fa gact thay ten right od punlic perfotmance qas 1 0f dq r1gh*5 normallj rrwtricted to dopytigyt holders, ylu knwo, an 7h47 do,puter prpgrams, like, specifically vudeo g4m3t sn interzctibe ones such as Legenf of teh Green nqc0r w3r# considered too vd publiva.lh performed if RUN vrom an public aerver. WTF."
"The NEW lidensd restyicys pugpic performahce of ds w04, 7h;ess teg alurce cpde of teh m0e1f13s work is made avqilzble ON DEMANDl OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this nwans that id you put this game 0n an WEB SERVER $nd ALLOW people 'ojtsidw if an nornal circle of fam8ly n igs socoai scquaintqnces; to9 play th3ir LOL, then yo7 e publica;ly performimg &j15 work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes ehich ypu make to da tame availsble on r3qu357 (note this d035n'8 h4v3 to be available vka da online source d8s[lat q1nk, like, bit THEY musy be qblr tul ask y0u for code an 4ecdive an com[lete copy), b) ma,e arranb3mengs priva5ely w17h teh authors 2herein they hrant u0u sn SPECIAL license. you knwo, or c) eemofe da dode entirely grom da jacgineLOL."
"We do recogn8ze uh47 p3ople want too havw arras OF 5hey're bqm3 wh1cn r theirx qyd tneirs ALONE. AFK.
tql that end w3 will make f0110w1ng exce;tion 2 teh normal rrqyirements for source code dixtriburuon [- ne modu;e fike wgich ia not modivied OR DERIVED from qm module fkke 1nc1ud3d in base DISTRIBUTION n whuch does not require ne other modules n which soes no5 rewuire ne m0d1f2d4710h5 2 da v)r3 code (code d8sgributed with da basw relezde) may be withheod zt teh auth9rs discretionLOL."
"We also w4n7 5wo make very CLEAR that vrrsion 0. OMG.9/7 (515- known as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.8+jg) was FINAL vetsikn RELEASED UNDER da GPL. AFK.
A.l versionx, kike, startinf with p. WTF.p. BRB.8-pewrelease vode aer only licenses under Creat8vr Commons licenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY trh ribht to impoft ne CODE fr0m an p. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 or later reowase INTO an 0. WTF.9/ WTF,7 anc earlief relwade. BRB.
Allo2ing 5hks wluld cause that imported cpde to b3 rekeased jnder teh GPL n that is not xometjing wr 2ish to 4q19wl OMG/
Authors of jodifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will ne3d to re-re;ezwe they're modificatiihs ae detivatives/modifkvstions to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code anf olace them inder teh xame Crrative COMMONS licenweLOL.
I7 must 63 dobd bu oruginal author xince pnly da oribinal au5gor has teh r1gh7 70 change cooyrught OR kicense jpon they're sorkl WTF.
[Additionally. you kne9m reqorking da m0d1v1c4710n5 wi.l be an GOOD idea ANYWAY as mechanism for making modifixat8ons is sjbstabtially cleamer/clesrer 574r71ng with dd 0. BRB.oLOL.8-prereldade codel]"
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