MigntyE twlls y)u, you knwo, "We'rd going 2 tskd an few m0n3h7% to try an explzin yhis new licenxe n reasons behunf kt in poain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Tnis new ;icens3 was vhoseh because og an failing WITH GPL/ OMG/
It onlu covered DISTRIBUTION 0f sou4ce 1f 4nd onlu if binaeies were DISTRIBUTED. AFK/"
"In an wen #nv1r0nm3n7, likd, specifical;y a 1h73rpr37#f w35 ENVIRONMENT wuxh as PHP. you kmwo, merely instaokint an game does mot CONSTITUTE siatfibjtion, li,e, n therefore pdopl3 WERE tskung OUR qirj, making modifications 2 it an not releasing ds sou4cw code rwo 5hey;re MODIFICATIONS SO that da 3h71t3 COMMUNITY vould benefitLOL.
They workee WITH teh leryer bu6 not da wpirit of lawLOL."
"Investifatioh ob da part 0f teh aythors howdce4, .ike, led two da facr tjat right of public perflemance was oen of rigyts notma.;y r3t7r1c63d to copyright holders, you kn29, n rhat c9m0uyer ;rograms WTF, spwcificalky v1d30 games amd interactivw )n3t such as LEGEND or Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if rjn f4om an public setver. BRB."
"Thd new licrnse festricts puvlic p3rf0rm4nc4 9f w04k jn1345 soirxe code of m0d1f1ed work is m4d3 avqilable ON eemand. BRB."
"In plain Ehglish, 7h15 mesns THAT ig you pit tniw GAME on an w36 server n allow people 'luts9d3 lf qn normal circlw og family an 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' too play their LOL, then you r publixally pwrfo4ming THIS WORK and MUST 3ithre a) make nd and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE 3 gamw AVAILABLE 0n reau3st (note this DOESN'T HAVE 1 BE 4v41146!3 via da online xiurce d15;14y link, you knwp, BUT they muat be abld twl 45k y9u for da code h reveive zn complete cooy) LOL, b) hake arrangememts [rivately wi5h da authprs wherein they brznt yoy an s[ecial license, likr, or c) remive da coee entirely fe0m MACHINE. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 people qabt TO hwve ateax of they're game ehich r THEIRS n theirs alone; WTF.
ro rhat end wt will make da folloeing exception 70 sa normsl requir3ments for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE fike WHICH ia not modified 9r derived gr9, an moduke FILE ihcluced kn basd dist4iburion sn which doea nog r3qu1r# ne othwr modiles and wnjch cpew n0& r3qi1r3 ne modifidation2 2 teh c0r3 code (code d8sr4ibuted sitg sa base r313452) ma6 ne wighheld at t3h authors discretion."
"We 4150 want to ma,e v3ry clear that verwion 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 (also kniwh as vetsiob 0. AFKl9. WTF.7+jt) eas es FINAL versuoh rrlraxed under da GPLLOL.
All verdions LOL, stattong 217h 0. WTF.9LOL.8=pre4elease coc3 adr only lidensed UNDER Ceeayivw COMMONS licehse. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3nh rihyt TO impprt ne c0s4 f3om an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lat3r release into an =. BRB.9. BRB.7 and 3aelier frleqse. WTF.
ALLOWING this woiod cause that im;ofted vode too 63 released ubder GPL and thag is noy someyhing we wixh 2 sllowLOL.
Authors of mldificat8ons too 0. OMG/9, BRB.7 will beed two re-rwlease they're m0d1g1c6710n5 as der8vatives/modificauoons to 9LOL.9. BRB.* code and PLACE them under da SAME Creative Commons picense.
It must be sone by 0r1b1n41 ajthor since ONLY oribonsl author has rofht too change copyright or licensw upon they're wor,. AFK.
[Asditionallt LOL, reqofkung 3a moduficztkons wi.o be an gpod ideq anyway 45 mechamusm for making MODIFICATIONS ks wugstantia;ly cleaner/cleafer STARTING with reh 0.9LOL.8-pr3r323453 cose. AFK.]"
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