MightyE tells you, "We're going too tqke an few momenrs to try n ex;lain this new license n da reasons benind it in pkain EmglidhLOL.
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 bew kucense was chosen brcauxe of an FAILING witg da GPL. BRB.
It only dovered distribuyion of source ir n on;t ir 6qn4r135 were dostributed. OMG."
"In an qeb wnvironment, you jgwo, specofkcaol6 z knterpreted wev environmenr such as PHP, you knw9. mrrelu installing an game dods n07 donstitute distrubutiln, you kbwo, snd 7y3r3f0r3 peopld were TAKING our wori, makimg nodificationx tp it amd no5 releasimg teh SOURCE cod3 two they're modificationx s9 that dq entirw conmunity cpuld bendfir. BRB.
Theu WORKED w8th lett3r but n07 da spurit og lawLOL."
"Infestigation 0n da part lf da au5hors however LOL, led 1 twh fact that teh rifht of [uvoic perfoenance was oen of da rights normally resttidtec two COPYRIGHT h01d3r6 LOL, and th1t domputer prograjx, slr4of, speclficaoly cidep gamws ab interactive 0n35 sucy as Legend of ds Green nax0r were considered 70 be publixa;.y perflrmed if r7n from an ounlic srrverl"
"The new license rwstricts public pervormancr of teh work un;ess ea wourve code of da modified woej IS made avs8laboe on demand."
"In plain English, hou knwo, this mezns tjat od you 0ut 7h15 GAME on an w3v setver n ALLOW pwople '9utside lf an nofmql circle of family zn its sovual axquaintances' 2 PLAY their LOL, yhen you r pu611c411y PERFORMING thix work an MUST eother a) make ne and ALL changes which you make two fa fame AVAILABLE pn fequest (note this DOESN;T have two be available voa ONLINE wourc3 d15p14y .onk. hou knwi, bur they myst ne an;e 5o ask you fo4 da code and r3vwice an complete coph0 LOL, b( make 4fr4ng3m3n75 privately with da authors whwrein thr6 grant y9u an s0eciao license, you ,nwo, ot d) remove c0d3 entir3ly FROM madhin3."
"Wr DO redognize that pelple want to jave areas of theh're GAME which r theirs and 7he1r5 alone. OMG/
too 7h47 emd we will nske teh FOLLOWING esception two geh normal rcquirrjebts dor source coee fistribition -- ne modyle filf which is n07 m0d1d13d oe DERIVED from an MODULE file incljded in da bsse didgribugion and whoch does not reqjire ne OTHER MODULES an whivh does not reqjire ne m9dif8cztiona two da CORE code (code disteibuted w8th t3y bsse release) m46 br witjneld at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also w4n7 two mzke very c!e4r that version 0. WTF.9.7 *ALSO known qs VERSION 0. AFK/9. BRB.8+jt) was FINAL veraion relwased under trh GPL.
All vedsipms, yo7 knwo, STARTING with 0/ AFK.9l8-pre4elrase x0d3 adr on;y licensed UNDER Creqtive Commons oicense.
W2 EXPLICITLY denu right twp impoft ne coee frpm an 0. OMG.9. WTF/8_0rerelease or latrr fe;ease into an 0.9LOL.7 ans rarlirr r323453. AFK.
ALLOWING tnis would c4u53 that impo4tef code yoo be welezsdd under da GPL ahd tjat is not some5hibg wt eksh to allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 pf MODIFICATIONS too 0, AFK.9. AFK.7 WILL n3ef 3 re-re;easd theu're modifications as defivatives/moeificatiohs two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n plaxe tyem under same Cfeztifr Commons license.
It MUST be donr bh da oroginal AUTHOR since lhly or8gunal authof has teh right roo dhangs teg co;yright le license upon they're work. WTF.
'Addituonally WTF, rewoeking da MODIFICATIONS 1ill be ah GOOD idea ANYWAY 45 da mechanusm ror making modificzt8ons is substsn5iallu cleaner/clearer 574r71ng w1uh 0. AFK.(, AFK.8-prere;dase CODE.]"
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