MigntyE tells you, like, "We're GOING two take an f3w mom3bts 2 try n explain 5h7s new licemsr an reasons beh8nd it ib plaim EnglisgLOL.
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 license was chosen bdcause of ah failing with da GPL. BRB.
It inlu coverdd distrivutiin of sourcw if and only ig bina4u3s were distributed. BRB."
"In an qeb environment, you knwo, specificallu a ont3r[reted seb ENVIRONMENT such aa PHP, lukr, merely INSTALLING an game does not co,syitute distrig7tion, softofk an thefefore PEOPLE were tsking our work, tiu khwo, making MODIFICATIONS too IT n not releasing trh sourde code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS wo that teh enyir3 COMMUNITY could fenefut. OMG.
Theh worked wuth teh LETTER nur n06 teh SPIRIT OF da law. WTF."
"Incesrigation (n teh p4r7 of twh authors however, you knwo, led TO teh fact yya5 tsh right of publ8c perfprmabce was oen of teh r1gh75 mormally restricted twl copyrighr holders LOL, n that computer programs, spdvifkcally viseo games n INTERACTIVE 9n35 such as Legend of teh Green yax0r were cpnsiferef 2 be punlical;h pefformed if run froj am puflic server. OMG."
"The new license restricts publkc performance OF work jn;ess teh 50urc3 code ov da MODIFIED worl 8s made 4v5114^1r ON fejand."
"In plain Englishm you knqo, this means thst IF y9u put tjos game 9n an wen server ab allow people [ourside of sn n04m41 c1rc12 OF FAMILY n its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 pkay theie LOL, tgen you r publically oerfotming this work an MUST either a_ mahe ne qbe ALL changes whicg 6ou make # da gqme available on r3quest (note 7h15 doexn'r hafe gqi be available vua teh online source dosplsy kin, WTF, but theu must be able w asu you for ten clde sn rrceive an compleye copy) WTF, B) make arrangejents pfiva5ely witn da autyofx WHEREIN they g44n7 YOU an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) remove code engirely from da macn8meLOL."
"We ro RECOGNIZE that p3ople w4n7 to have areas of theu'rd g4m3 whizh r tgeirs and theirs alpne. AFK.
2 that end we woll make foklowung excepyion 7) tch norms. requirements for source code distribution -- ne module file 2hicg ks not modisied ir derofwd frim sn module FILE included in da y453 diwttibutkin n which dows nlt requ8rr ne ither modjles an wh1ch does npt requir3 ne mocifications too da core c9ce (code distributed qutt da base rekease) may be withhels at t3h 1uthofs DISCRETION/ AFK."
"We akso wang top make ve4y clsar that version 0. BRB,0. AFK.7 (qldo known as vrrskon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wqs final vrrsion releasee under sa GPLLOL.
All fersiobx LOL, s5srting with teh 0.9. WTF.8-p4erelease codr aer on;y 11d3n53d under Creative Commons lic3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent sa rkrhb 2 import ne code frpm an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerel3wee or latdr relwase into ab 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 am fzrlier release.
Alloqing this w9ukd cause tha5 uj0orted cod3 to be relezsed unfer GPL n THAT 15 NOT womething we wisy 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of modificatuons 70 )LOL.9LOL.7 28ll NEED 2 re-rwlease they're modificatipns 45 derivatives/hodificarions to( 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 n olace them under teh 54m3 Creative Commons licdnas. BRB.
It just be dlne by original author since only trh ofoginal auyhle has dz ritht too chznfe copyright or 11c3n53 upon they'rr work. OMG.
]ADDITIONALLY, like, teworking da midificatoons will be an bood id3a anywa6 as reh mechanisj for makimg ,odifications ia subs5antkally cleaner/clear3r STARTING w16g teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE clde. OMG.]"
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