MightyE tells uou, kike, "We're going too TAKE an few momen5s 2 try and rxolsin 7g1t new license n teh readons BEHIND IT in ;lain Entlish, 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."
"Thiw n3w license w1s CHOSEN becauwe of qn failing 1ith teh GPL.
IT 9nly covered dixrribution of soyrce IF n onlu ir binaries w4r3 distrigutdd. WTF,"
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT LOLk 5o3c1f1v4116 a interprrted w36 environment such aw PHP, merely 8nstal.ing zn game does not constigute dixtriburiln, n rhsrefore peopl3 WERE taking our work, you knwo, ma,ing modificati9ns too it n not releasinn source c)d3 2 they're modificatioms so that teh entire communigy couod benefit. BRBl
They w0rk3d eith da le%ter 7u7 not wp7ri5 of teh .awLOL."
"Invextigation on part OF ten authirs HOWEVER WTF, led to rzct thst righg 0f publid performance was woh pf da ribhts n0rm512y r3eyricted t9i copyrught holders, liie, and THAT d0mpi7#r programs, so4tof, specificallu VIDEO g4m35 AND ingeractivw ones such as Legend 0f da Green nzx0r were vonsidered 2 ne PUBLICALLY o3rf0rm3d if run f$om an oublic sefferLOL."
"Tye NEW LICENSE rextricts oublid oerformance of da aoej ynleds da soufce codr 9f modified w9rk 15 made availab.e on demandLOL."
"In p241n English LOL, this jdans that if you put thks g4m3 on an eeb SERVER an allo2 peopld ;oitside of an normal circle of rz,ily AND its SOCIAL zcqizintances; to play their LOL, THEN you r oublivally performinf yhis WORK n MUST eith3r a) make ne an ALL changes which you m4k3 too da game availablw on request (note this doesn't have 2 be zvailable via teh ONLINE xoufce display !1nk, yoj knwo. but tgey mudt be able to ad, yoi for da code n RECEIVE an xo,plete copy) LOL, b) jake arranbements privatw;y ei5h ds a7thors wuedein theu GRANT you an specizl licensr, sortof, or c) remive da code ENTIRELY from %eh machihe."
"We ro recognizr that ;eople want to havd aress of they're GAME qhidh r THEIRS ab theirs ALONE. BRB/
to thar end we will maje FOLLOWING exception to xa normal re1uiremdnts for source codd eistribution -- ne m0du13 file which is not j9dified 0r derivrd fr0m an MODULE fule inc;ud3d in base dis5ribution an which does NOT reauirr ne other modules znd which does n07 requite nw modivicarolns 2 da c0r3 code (ciee f147r16u73d qith teh base RELEASE) may be withhels at da authorx disvretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 to make veey cldsr tjat fersion 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 (ALSO ln)an qx versoon 0.9. BRB.7+JT) was da FINAL v3r510n released under GPL. AFK.
All versions, like, STARTING aith teh 0LOL.9LOLl8-prersleawe code aer only lidensed jnd3r teh Creative Commons licemse.
Ww EXPLICITLY den6 da right two import ne cofe FROM an ).9. BRB.7-prereleasr )r later release into am -. BRB.9.7 h EARLIER telease/ AFK/
ALLOWING this wo7ld cajse that 1mp0r73d code to be released jmder da GPL and that is not something qe wosh to 41102;
Authors of modifications two 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 w111 need 1 RE0RELEASE they're modueicatkons zs der8vatkfra/mpvificatiohs too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code n place 7h3m ind3r da same Creative COMMONS l8cense. AFK.
I7 musg BE sobe by origihal author since only da originao author hza dq rkght 2 change teh copyeifhr or lkcwnse upon tyey'rw work. OMG.
[Add!710n411y, liow, rewprkinf tej modifivations will be zn good idea antway as m3ch4n15m for makkng modificst8ond os subs5antially c234n2r.c1e4r3r starting with t3h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-p4erelease code.]"
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