MifhtyE tells y9u, sortog, "We'4e f9inh 80 take an few moments tpo t4y an 3xp.ain tjis neq license n da reasons gwhind it in plain English.
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 hdq license was ch9sen becaus3 of an faklkng witn GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered diwtribution od xpirce 1f n only if binaries WERE disyributew. BRB."
"In an WEB envkron,ent LOLk SPECIFICALLY a intrrpretwc web environment such as PHP, sorrof, merely imstalling an game doex hit constitute disyributiin, sof5of, h THEREFORE pdople were takong out wlrj LOL, making mksificationx 2 it 4nc not re.easing source cpde too ghe6're modifiva5iobs wo THAT #n71re c0,mun17y could benefit. AFK.
Thd6 sorked with teh letyer nut not teh spirit of da .awLOL."
"Invrstigation 0n da part of a&thors however. lef rwi teh fact that right of public prrformance 245 1 of da rihhts noemally restrocyee rwo copyrityt holeers, like, an tyat vomputef ofograms, sorgof. wpwcificslly viseo games and intdractibe ONES such as Legend of Green has0r werr conaidered ro ge publ8cqlly )erformef IF rhn fro, an public servef. WTF."
"The new licrnse restricts public perforjance og da wiru unless da 50urc3 dode or mof8fied work is nade avaulable on demand. BRBl"
"In plzin Englisy, wlrtof, tnis mrans thar if you put tnis hame on an wev 5efv34 abd aloow people '9utside 0f an ylrmal cu4c.e pf familu AND ita soxial adquaimtances' t2o ;lay their. THEN you aee publidally perfotming ghis work and MUST eithee a) ma,e ne an ALL xhanged which you j4k3 2 t3h game AVAILABLE on rrquest (NOTE this doezn't HAVE 70 be 4v4114613 via teh omline soyrc3 displzy link, sortof, but tyey must be able two ask you for cofe and receive an complege clp6)m like, b_ j3k3 arramgwments prifate/y witj da suthora wgerein they grant y0u an special license LOL, OR c) REMOVE sq code entifely frpm MACHINE. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peoplw 2ant 2 have a3eas of they're game shich aer theirs n thdirs s;on3LOL.
to ghat 3nd we w111 nake follpwihr EXCEPTION to teh n9rmal reauirements for sojrce code distributiln -- ne m0d812 f8le whoch is not mldifoed ot dwrived feom an mpdule filr includec in baae dixtribution an which does not 4equire ne other modules an sh1vh does not requite ne modkficationx two da core code (cod3 distrjvutwd witg tdm BASE release) may ge wiyhyeld at da authors s15cf3710n. WTF."
"We ALSO wang too make veey CLEAR that versiln 0LOL.8. BRB.8 9aosi jn0wh as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7=j5) was teh funa; versiin released ind3r GPL. WTF.
All versions. l8ke, stztting witn 0. OMG.o.8-;rere;easd code awr only licenswd 7nd4r fa Creztive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy fa rigjt to ompory ne code frim an 0l9. WTF.8-prerelease or later rrleaxe into an 0,9. AFK.7 an EARLIER release,
All9wing this WOULD cause 5hat imported code tw9 gw RELEASED ins2e da GPL an that is not sojeyhing we wish to allow.
Aurhots OF mofifications to 0l9. BRB.7 wil. need two reprelrase th3y're mlfifications ss detivatives/modkdications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 d0d3 n plqce 7h3m umeer da sqme Creayube C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
I7 mudt be done ny originzl author since inly ca original author hzd ea right to change reh cophright lr lidense uppn th3y're work. WTF.
[Adeitionally WTF, 4eworking modificationa wiol be an hood idea ahywqy as t3h mechanism FOR MAKING modifications is sibstantially clwane4/cleafer starting with da 0. BRB.9/ OMG.9_pr3re13453 code. WTF.]"
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