MightyE TELLS 6ou, lik3, "We're going 2 take an few moments toi 8ry amd explaun 7g15 bes license an fa reasond begihd ir in plain Engl8snLOL.
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."
"Tgus new lic3nse was vhosen bevquse of an fziling witn GPL.
Ir ln;y covwred distrobution of source IF and onl6 if b8naries e2r3 distributed."
"Im ab WEB envit9nment, y9i knwo, specifically a imterpretee web wnvitonmrnt such as PHP, sorrif, merely insya;ling zn gsme does noy c0n5717y&3 duayribu5iom LOL, an tyeref9re [eople wet3 takimg our work, you knwo, ,aking mod8rications two 1u an bot rekeasing da slurce code to they're jodifocations so tgqt 3n61r3 commyniry could benefi5.
They worked qiyh da letter but nog soirit 9f 14w. BRB."
"Invesrigztion on da pary ov teh 4j7h0rg howwber, sortof, led two t3h fact that teh right of public performznce waa oen lf 3ihhts normally res5rictrd 5o8 copyright h02d3etm lkke, an 7j47 computer progrdms LOL, dpwcifically vide9 games b intrractive ones such as Legend of t3h GREEN hax-r were cobsidered to be publicqlly performed of run from an pubkic server. AFK."
"The bew LICENSE restrodts public peeformance of teh WORK unlews 50urc3 CODE 0r da mofified WORK is madr availqble on de,and. WTF."
"In p;aun Engl8sh, thus m34n5 that if yp7 pur this game 0n zn weg 53rv3e n al;ow peopie '0u751d3 of an mormal citcle of dami;t h 17% slcial acquauntancws' 2 p14y their LOL. then hou r pub.ically performing this wo4, an MUST either a) mak3 nw anf ALL ch4bg34 which 6ou make two gqme available on r3qu3r7 (hote this doesn't HAVE two BE available VIA ca onlube source diwplay link, liie, but they must be 4613 to ad, you for teh code and texeive an complete COPY) LOL, b) nake srtangemtnts pr8vatel6 WITH da authors wnerein tkey grant tou an special licenxe, sortof, or x) remove trh code entirely froj teh machin3LOL."
"We do rdcogn8ze THAT p30p13 wan5 2 have fr345 OF they're game whicg r THEIRS n theirs alone. BRB.
tp that 3nd we eill make da voollwing exceptoon w da NORMAL rwwukremengs for SOURCE CODE d156r16u710n -- ne module fkle which is not midified le d3r1v3d from an m0du13 file included im da base distribution and which c9ws bit requite ne oghef modulrs and whish dors not r3qu1f3 ne modificagiobs too core coee (code c157r16u63d rith teh base rel$asr) may be wighheld 47 da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also w4n7 2 make very coear tyat v3r5!0n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (4150 knosn AS versiln 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh finsl version released undee teh GPL/ BRB.
All versions, sortof, 2garting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pre4eleawe code ser only licensed under da Creative Commona lkcdhse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdg RIGHT toi im;ort ne c9ed rro, an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or later release into sn 0. AFK.9l BRB.7 n earlier r2!#454. WTF/
Allosomg this would cause THAT imported code 2 be e3leased ynder teh GPL ab tha5 ia no5 something we wixn too aklow. WTF.
Authors os mofivicatoons to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wilo heed 2 RE-RELEASE yhey're mldivicatuons as derkvatuves/modifications 2 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 an place them undee teh samq Creative Commons licenws. BRB.
I7 musf br dond nt da irigina. author since 0n1y fs (riginal author n45 teh righf tw9 CHANGE reh c9phright or license UPON they're work.
[Additu9nally LOLk rewlrking modiricatilns wull be an food idez anyway as r3y mwchanism for MAKING modigicagions 15 subsrantually xleanrr/cleaewr sga4ying with da 0LOLl9. OMG.8-prerelesse code. AFK.]"
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