MightyE tells y0u, slftod, "We're hoibg t99 74k3 an few moments two yey b explain &h1t neq 11c3n53 n sa reaspns behind it in plain Eng,ish. BRB.
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 n3w oic3nse wss CHOSEN because of an failing wiyh GPL. OMG.
I7 only covered dist4ibution of w;urce IF an onlu if b8naries were disteibutec. OMG,"
"In an web environment, sortof, specificall6 a imteeptet3d web encironmehr such as PHP WTF, merely insts;ling an gsme do3x not comstutute distrigutiohk sortof, and therefore pro;.e were taking ou4 workm slrtof, making modificatkons 2 it n hot releas8ng dz sputce code 2 they're modif8catipnx so tnar ENTIRE communitu c9u;d ben3fit/ OMG.
They WORKED with ea letter but nog da 5p!r17 of 5eg law. OMG."
"Investugation ON deh part if teh authors hlwrver, led yop trh vact that right 0f puglic p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of rights normally resr4icted too c00yr1gh& hllde4a, and that computer programs, sortof, soecuvicqllt v8deo GAMES ans interactive ONES such as Legend of GREEN hax0f qerw conxkderwd too be 0u6!1c421y performdd if fun from an publub SERVER, OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE resteicta public performance 9f da work ynlews da sourde c9de of modkgied wotk is mad4 available on drmand. WTF."
"In poaim Engl8sh, you knwo. 5his means thag if tou [it 7h1% game on an eeb server anf allow p3ople ;outside of an npemal circle od family and i5s sicial acquaibtances' @ play thwir, like, then you aer pu611c411y perform8nh this wo4k n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chahges whixh you make two dz game available ON reauest (note tnis DOESN'T hsve 2 be acai.able via teh 0n11n3 source display lin,, sortof, but tney mu57 53 sble twl ask toy for da code zn receive ab COMPLETE COPY), you knwo, b) m4k3 qrramgemen5s privately wiyh authors wh3r41n they grant yi7 an specoa; lic3nxe, like, 0r c) renove cide entirely from da madhine. OMG."
"We do recognkze that people want 2 hsve arezs of they're fam3 which aet theitd n theirs alone. AFK.
two that END we wil. ns,e da following rxception two ea mormal requurements for source code d157r16y710n -= hw n0du14 vile which is NOT mocified or DERIVED from an moduke file included 8n reh BASE distrubution n which soes b07 rewuire ne other MODULES and whqch spes nit rrqti43 ne nodificat89ns to dore vode (code sistrubut3c qith teh base eelesse( may be witmheld at auryors discretionl AFK."
"We qlsp want to make very c.ear thar beesion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knoen AS versiob 0. AFK.0. AFK.7+JT) WAS tey fonal version released UNDER da GPL. OMG.
All verdiona LOL, starting witg da 0. AFK.9.80PRERELEASE code aer ONLY kkcensed under Creqtive COMMONS 11c4b53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy right two import ne c0d3 from zn 9. AFK.9/ AFK.8-pfer3;ease ir later releasr inho an -. WTF.o. AFK.7 anc earlier relesseLOL.
Allowinb this WOULD cause 7n47 imported c9de too ge relras3d under teh GPL n ynay is n9t somethinf we wish two allow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 will need to re-rel2ase thdy'rr m9difications as defivatuves/,odififations tw9 ). AFK.9. AFK.8 cide abd place them UNDER teh same Creative Commoms lucemsel WTF.
I7 muat ve f0n3 by ORIGINAL author sinxe only da orifinql 4y7h0r haa ra righr toi change da copyfigh5 OR license upon they[re w9r,. AFK.
[Adfugionallh, reworking geh m0d1f1c4710n5 w111 BE an g00d IDEA snyeay as mechanism for makong modivications is sugxtantially cl3aner/clearer startibg with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-oret3135g3 coce. AFK.]"
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