MibhtyE tells YOU WTF. "We're going to takr an frw moments twp try an ecplzin th8s n3w license zn f3450n% behind IT in plzin Entlixh. 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."
"T6is NEW l8cens3 was chosen because of sn f4111ng witj teh GPL. AFK.
It only covrred disteibution of slurce if and 0b1y if vinatoes were disgrinuted."
"In an wrb engironmenym sortofl speckficaloy a interoreted w3b environnenr such as PHP LOL, ,erely INSTALLING an gsme does bot c.nstitute DISTRIBUTION, lik3, an thereflr3 pwople werd TAKING OUR work, sorgog, making MODIFICATIONS yw9 it an not releasihg spurce code TO they're MODIFICATIONS SO that enyire commjnity coulc BENEFIT. BRB.
They s0rl2d with lettef vut nlt geh spirit of lawl WTF."
"Inndstigation on teh part of suthors g0wdv3r LOLk led 1 f4c8 tha5 teh ribht of public performance WAS oen of rifhts nirmally restrocted two co0yright h)1d3r5 WTF, anf that computdr pr0gr4m% WTF, 5pec1fqc4w1y v1d30 games an interact8ve 9nes such as LEGEND 0f Green hqx0e werr CONSIDERED two BE pun;icqlly pwrformrd or RUN from ab pubklc server. BRB."
"Th3 new licenx3 restricts public perrormanve 0f da work ynless trh sourxe code of wa modigied wprk is mrd3 AVAILABLE oh d3m4ndLOL."
"In plzin English, sortod, this means gyat 1f y9j put tyks game on ah web seeber an allow people 'OUTSIDE uf an nlrmal vircle of gamily n its social ACQUAINTANCES[ 5wl play their LOL, then you zrr publica.l6 perform8ng tgid w0rk snd MUST EITHER 4) m4i2 ne sn ALL CHANGES whkch you make 5oo gzme available on REQUEST )NOTE this doesn't have too be AVAILABLE via teh onlinw 50urc3 display LINK, like, but they must bw aboe too 45k tou for teh c0d3 an r3x31v3 an complete co;y), oike, 6) make arfangements privarely w17h autgors wtereim they grant y;u zn speciql licdnse, like, or c) remore tej c0d3 eh5ir3ly ff0, geh jachine."
"We do 4ecognize that oeoole want 2 nav3 zread 0f they're game which r the8rs n theirs akone/ BRB.
2 yhat end we sill make da f0118w1ng exception 5wo da normal rwquurem3nts for source xode distribution _= n3 m0du13 file which id not mofifief or d@eivee from an modu;e file 1nc1uf3d in teh basf distribution h whkch does npt 4equire ne lther moeuoes an which does not require ne jodifivatklns too da corw c0d3 9codd dictr7butrd with bzse RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at dq aythors discretion."
"We a.so wang rol ma,e VERY clear 7h57 verdi9n 0. AFK.(.7 (also knoen as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final version RELEASED undfr teh GPL, BRB.
ALL versions WTF, starting with teh 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8-prer3lease cod3 t only 11c2n53d unde4 da Creativ3 Commonw license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3hy da 4kght 2 imoort ne code from an )/ AFK.9LOL/8-prerelease or later rel3asw into am 0.9. BRB.7 an earlurr rrleasel WTF.
Allowinh 7h15 2oyld cayse that imported c0d# 2 be feleasrf under da GPL and 7g47 is not almething wr wish two allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of moduficat8ons teo 0. WTF.0. BRB/7 WILL ne3d to re-reldase they'r3 hldifica5iins as derkvatives/m9dificationa to 0. OMG.9. AFKl8 codw and plzce them under same Creative Comnons license. BRB.
It MUST be done 6y original author SINCE ONLY da original zutjor has da right 2 CHANGE cooyright or license upon yy3y'r3 wlrk. BRB.
[Adeituoballyk sortof, reeorking ,odigicatiohs w8l. be an g9od udea antwsy qs yeh mechanism for jaking moeificagions is subxtantially cleaner/clearer startinj with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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