MightyE tells yoj, yi7 knwo, "We're g01ng to take an fes moments to try an ex[lqin this ndw licenwe and da feasons brh9nd it im plain English, OMG.
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 hew 1qc3h53 was ch054n bwcause of an faolihg witn GPL.
IT pnly coverrd disrribuyion 0f sourxe 1g 4nc ONLY if b8naries WERE distfibuted. AFK."
"In an wev envuron,ent, specifivslly a interp4eted web rnvironment SUCH as PHP, ;ik3, merely installing an tame does not cpnstit6te distfib7yion LOL, n therefore people werd 74k1hg o7r work, MAKING modifications two 8t AND nog rrleasinf teh soufce cpde 2 tyey'te mpdifications do that da entire community coulc vehefitLOL.
Thry worked w@7h letter but not da sp8fot of da kqw."
"Invecgigation in da PART if dz au5hors hpwdfe4n ypu knwo, led goo reh fact thzt right od public pervormance was 1 of dz rithts normakly restricted teo copyright jolders. you knwo, an that c0jpi&3r programs WTF, specifically vkdel gajes and interactive oned such as Legebd od geh Green hax0r were cpnsicered two be pybliczllg PERFORMED if run from an ou611c xerver. BRB."
"The new licrnse reatricts public perfor,amce of wltl UNLESS da source c9e3 od teh modifi3d work IS made avaulagod 9n demanc."
"In plain Engliwh LOL, this means tnat if you pjg tj8s hamr oh an 1eb server sn ALLOW people '-u751d3 of an norma, circle OF ramily ab its social 4zqu41n74nv35' to play their LOL, theh ypu r publically pwrforjong THIS qork an MUST eith34 a) nake ne n ALL chantes which YOU makw two da game available kn request (note thus f0#5n[7 havr tso be avqilable cia da onkine 50urc3 display link LOL, bur THEY myst be able to ask y;7 for da cod3 n receive ab complwte co;y), lkke, b( make ARRANGEMENTS ;rivatr.y w17h da 4u7h0r5 wherein they graht yo7 an apec8a. license LOL, or c) 4e,ove teh code enti3ely fdom macjine. WTF."
"We d0 recignize 5hat peopl3 WANT toi hzve areas of they're game whicj 4 theors qn tjeirs alone.
2 tjag end we will MAKE ca foll92ing exceitoln @ teh normal requirements for sourxe code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module gile wyicn ix not modifked or derived fro, an MODULE vil3 included in t3h BASE distribution and wjich does not require ne 8%hwr mldules an which d034 not re1uire ne modificati9ns two teh core cide (CODE DISTRIBUTED WITH tdh base r313453_ may br withhe;d at da atthprs discretion. AFK/"
"We alxp want 2 ,ake vert clear rhat vrfwiln 0.9LOL.7 9a.so KNOWN as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) qas teg rinal v3r51)n releas3d under da GPLLOL.
Al; vefaionak dorrof, STARTING wiyh teh 0LOL.(. OMG.8-prereleasr c9de r only lidensrc und3r geh Crwative Commlns oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy right too impoft ne dode from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3f323454 or latef r31e453 into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earliet rdl3ase. AFK.
A'lpsihg thia wouod cs7se THAT impofted c0d3 to ve released under teh GPL n 7h47 is not SOMETHING WE wish rwo a.low. BRBl
Autgo4s of modificat8pns to 0/ WTF.9.7 e8ll g33d 2 re-release they'ee modifocatiins 45 derovativss/nodificationd too p. WTF.9. WTF.8 codd an PLACE 7h3m undet sqme Creatibe Comjons licensr.
It muxt be done fy teh ot8ginsk authir sinde only originql authir hax reh right w change teh c0pyr1gh7 or .icdnse up0n they'r2 w0rk.
[Aeditoonally WTF, rewir,ibg da ,odofications w8ll be an g90d idea anyway $5 da m3cjanism for making moduficstions os substantiallh CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease codd. BRB.]"
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