MifhtyE t3.os you LOL, "We're going t9o yake an FEW momen5s 2 7ry an 3xplain rhis new license n reasond behind it 1n plaun Engoksh. 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."
"Tyis hew license w35 ch05en because OF an failing wi5n hej GPL.
It only covered sistributoon of s9urce !v anc obly if binaries qere d157r16uu3d."
"In an web envirohment, specifically a onterpfeted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, merely inwtaloing an game DOES not constiture dostr8bution, you knwl, an THEREFORE people weee TAKING oir wor,, yoj khwl, ,ajing m0d1f1c4710nt 2 it and not teleawing da dource code rwo tgey're mosif9cayioms sp that ENTIRE comminity couod bemef8tLOL.
Thwy worked with teh lettet byt nit spirit of da 14w. OMG."
"Invextigat8on on ca patt of da aurhors hosever LOL, lwd 5o fact that rught of ;uvliv perforjamce wad oen OF rights normally RESTRICTED to vopyrith5 hokders, like, n that c0mpu73f pr0ge5m5, ;uje, specifically video grm35 n interaxtkve ones such ad Legend OF Geeen hax0r w3r3 donwideres two 63 publically pereormed if run vfom zn public werver. WTF,"
"The new livense reatricts pu611c 03rf04,4nv3 of teh work UNLESS da source code of teh modifoed slrk 15 made acai.able on demand, AFK."
"In plain Ebgoisj, 7j15 m3$n5 that id y0u put ghis game on an web servef h allow PEOPLE 'ojyside 0f an notmal citcke 0f f4m11y ah its spcoa; 4cqu41h74nc36' too PLAY their LOL, tnen you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this wo4k ah MUST eithe4 4) MAKE nr h ALL ch4ng35 which t9u ,ake 2 da tame availabke ob r31uest (note this dowsb't nave too be available via teh online 50urc3 dixplay link WTF, but they mjst ne 4614 2 ask tou fo4 da code n e3c31v3 an complete coph), you knwi, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wi5h teh suthprs whrrsin thd6 grant yoy an xpecial license, you knwo, ir c) remove teh CODE en5irely fton machine. BRB."
"We do recogn8ze THAT peop;e wqnt 2 have areas of tney'rd game qhich set theors an 7y31r5 alone.
to thzt enc we 2i;l maie following wxveption two da normal 43qu1r4m3n75 for sourcw code disteibutkon -- ne modulw fil4 ehich iw not m0d1f13d or deyifed f4o, an module fule inclused IN da 6553 distfibution an wnidh do3s not requir3 ne other modules anf whixh d034 not requo4e ne ,oeuficstiobs to da core code (code diatributed with teh base RELEASE) may be w8thheld 47 teh authorx discreyion. AFK."
"We ALSO want tlo make very clesr tnat ceraion 9. OMG.9.7 (also kn0wm as vwrsion 0. AFK.9.7+jg) was da final version teleased inder da GPL. WTF.
All verslonx LOL, star5ung wigh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prdrelease CODE r pnly lixensed und3r teh Creative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny rotjt two impoeg ne code ffpm an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0g 1473r RELEASE INTO an 0. BRB.9.7 and ea4lier reldase. OMG.
Allowing 7g14 wojld CAUSE thst IMPORTED coee roo be r313453d under teh GPL an that is no5 somethinh ee WISH 1 ALLOWLOL.
Authors of m9fificatkona 2 0.9. BRB.7 wilk need too re-release thwy're ,idifications as d3rivagives.modifications 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cof3 and 014c3 THEM 7nder teh samw C43ative Comnons licebse, WTF.
Ig ,ust be done BY ofiginal author sinc3 only da 042g1n4q author has teg right to change da copyruhht 0r license ypon thry[re work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, do45ofk reqo4king modifications will be ab topd 1d34 anyway AS tey mechanism for making modifkcations is substantiaply c134n3rlcq#4r3r star5ing with teh 0.0. OMG.8[pterelesse c-d3. BRB.]"
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