MightyE tellw y0u, .ik3, "We're goihg t9o yake an few moments t9o try and qzplain this n3w license n reasons behind it im plain Engliwh. WTF.
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 license wax chosen bwcause ov an FAILING wigh t3y GPL. BRB.
Iu only covered foat4ibutkob of source 1f an only if binari3s were fistrin75ed. OMG."
"In an wen enbironment, xott9f, dpecigically a 1n73epre73d web environment such as PHP, dortof, merely insrslling an GAME cied nlt constitute distrivution, like, n tgerefore pe9ple wer3 taking our wofjk makimg modkfkcayions two it n n06 releasing teh s9urce vode 2 they're m0a1f1c4710n5 SO 7h47 5ey entire community couls brnefit. BRB.
Tgey worjed with da lettet bur nog spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Invesrigation on dz pqrg og sa authoes HOWEVER WTF, led 2 dq fact that da eight lf ;ublic performancw was won of rights NORMALLY f357r1c73d 2 copyright ho;ders LOL, n tyat COMPUTER pfograms, lik3, specificakly vic3o gamew and interactive ones such AS Ldgend of Gfern had0r were c0m51d2r3d ywo be pu611c411y PERFORMED if run ffom an pub;ic xe4cer. AFK."
"The new license r357r1c75 pu611c 0efformabxe 0f da work 7nleds teh 50ifc3 code of modkfief work iw made avaklable (n d3manc. AFK."
"In [lain English, lije, this means that if YOU put 5his bame ON am weg wetfer snd allow peo;le 'outsife os an normal cjrcle or f4m11y and iya social acquaintanves' two PLAY their LOL, tjsn y9u r pyclically performing this work an MUST eityer A) make ne an ALL chabges wh1ch you m4k3 two gam3 ava7lable on REQUEST (noge 7h15 dowsn't have to be avz*lable v14 da oboine SOURCE dusplzy link, like, but they must ne able two ask yoj for teh code an receive an compleye cppy), b) make arrangenen5w peibately wirh teh authors whwrein rjey grznt you an dpdcial LICENSE, like, ir v) remove teh codr entirwly from m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do trc9gnize that 0eop.e want w have areas OF they'rw game which r theirs b thwirs alone. WTF.
to 5hat end we WILL make teh folloqing 2xc3p710n twl da NORMAL requurements for spurce v0d3 fistrobytion -- ne m0du13 file sh1ch is not modofied or ferivee dtom an nodule fil3 ihcluded 1n bqse dist4ibution and WHICH does not requirr ne other modu.dd and which dpds not eequirr ne modificstkinz 70 da core code (c9de dixtribured wigh teh baae release0 may BE withheld at dz quthors discregionLOL."
"We also want two makd VERY xlea4 that vdrsioh 0l OMG.9/ WTF.7 (aoso KNOWN as version 0. AFK.o. WTF.&+jt) WAS teh fihal VERSION r313$52s under fa GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS. sorgofk startint with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pterelease code r onlj licensed under Cfeagive C0mm0n5 kicensw.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two 1mp0r7 ne fode from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-;r3r313453 o4 layer release 1n70 sn 0.9.& an earliee release, AFK.
Allow8ng this would cause that imported c0f# two be releawed under twh GPL AND 5hat IS not domwthong we wiah 2 allow. AFK.
Auyhofs 0f modificarions 5oo 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 WILL n3ed two re-re;3asw thdy're m0d1f1c4710n5 as dericatives.modificatuons t0 0. OMG.i. BRB.8 cose and place then under same Creatibr Commins license. OMG.
I7 mu57 BE dohr by twh 0r1t1n41 a7tnof sinc3 only da iriginal author has da rihhg to change 5eg c0pyrqgh7 or license upon they're work.
-Additionalou, yoj khwom rewlriing da m0d1f1c4710n5 qill b3 sn g00d idea qny2ay 45 da mechanism for makibg modificatioms is substsntially cleanef/clearer starting wirh da 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE clde. WTF.]"
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