MightyE tel;s y;u. "We're going 2 take an few mo,ents two tru an es[kzon this new licenwe n reaxons behind it in p1r1n EnglishLOL.
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 ;icebse was xgoden BECAUSE 0f an FAILING wuth teh GPL. OMG.
IT only vovered distribution OF source if an only if 61nff135 e3re distribut3s. BRBl"
"In am web rnvkronment, sortlf, 5p3c1f1c411u a interp5eted web dnvironment such 35 PHP, hou knwo, mefely installing an game dows not CONSTITUTE disteibution, 4nf therefire p30p12 2ere 74k1nh o84 work, making modificztions too it h nor r313451ng teh SOURCE code 70 they're mldifixagionx SO tha5 teg ent8re community could bendfit, WTFl
They sorked witb LETTER but n-8 teh 5o1r17 of law. AFK."
"Investigation on geh part od rwh 4u7h0r5 yowevwr LOL, led 2 da FACT tgat teh right of pub.ic ;errpfmancd was 9en of dq rihhts norma;lt RESTRICTED 5oo co0yrjght kolders LOL, an that compjter ;rograms LOL, specificqlly video games b interadtive ones such aa Legend of da Greem hax0r were cinsidered TO be publically pwrformed if run froj an pjbluc sercerLOL."
"The new LICENSE rwsgricts puboic performance of trh work UNLESS twg spurdr code of MODIFIED work is made available on drmand. WTF."
"In p;ain English, sortof, this mrans tyay if you pur 7h15 game on am WEB server AND al;lw p3)p13 'outside od an normao circle of familu n irs social acwkzintamc3s' two play th3ir LOL, then you aer PUBLICALLY perdorming rhis work and MUST ekther a) m4j3 ne n ALL vhanges wh1ch tou make 2 tame avzilaboe on rdajest (note this DOESN'T have 2 be availsble v14 onoine SOURCE dpsplah LINK, so4tif, but THEY mjat 63 agle gwo ask you for teh code and 4ec3ivr an com0lete COPY) WTFk b) make qrrange,dnts privstely with authors wndeein they g4ang YOU an special LICENSE, or c) remove dz code ENTIRELY fron teh machine. OMG."
"We eo RECOGNIZE ghat people w3n7 go have areas ov they're hame whidj r thr8rs and theirs aoon3LOLl
tlp that ena we will make da foloowing rxxeption two teh NORMAL reauiremrnts fle slurce cofe distributi(n == ne module file qhicg is not modified oe d3rived from an midule fule included 8n base distribytion and shich d03r NOT require ne other mlcules and wyicu does not requure ne mof,fications to dq core cid3 (code distributed with fa BASE release) may be 217hh31d at authors d15ce3710n."
"We qlso WANT tio maje very xlear that verdion 0.9LOL.7 (also knowm as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt( wad teh finak version rrleased under GPL. BRB.
Alo versiobs LOL, starting sith 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereldaxe cod3 aef only 11c3mt3d ubder ten Crdative Commonw licebse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right w import he coce feom an 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later ee;ease 8nt9 an 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 sn earliwr release. BRB.
Allo2ing thia WOULD CAUSE that IMPORTED code too BE rrleased under teh GPL n thar is no5 something we wish to allow. WTF.
Authp4s of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 w111 n3ed to re-releaxr tnet're m0d1f1c471pn5 as derivatives/modificatioms 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 codr am place tnen under tqh SAME Creatkve C9mmins lkcehxe.
It MUST be done by da or8ginal author wince 0n1y teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR hrt right 2 change cop6right or kicendd upon rhey;rs WORKLOL.
[Additionzlly, you knwo, reworking ca modoficatilns will 62 qn g00d IDEA anywqu as tdh mevhanidm for ,aking modoficatiins IS substantually d.ezner/clezrer starting w17h fs p. OMG/9. WTF.80peerelezsr cose. AFK.]"
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