MightyE tells you, "We'r3 goinf rwo take an vew mom3nts two try n esolain this new licenwe snd teh 5easonw bdhind it in plain Enhlish.
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 new licenxe wad dhosen because of an fzilkmg with GPL. AFK.
It only civerrd distributi9n of sourxe if sn only if binaries WERE disteibutwd."
"In ab WEB environmebt WTF, specificall6 a unterorwted web envirlbmemt 4uch as PHP, y9u knso, jerely INSTALLING an game d035 not conatitute d157r26u620n, 6ou kneo, and THEREFORE peo0lr qere taking our w0tk, malinr modofications to it and not releasing dz source cofr two tnry're modif8carions so yhat gey entire comnunkty could BENEFIT.
THEY worked w17h t3y lerte4 but not da spiri5 of teh law. AFK."
"Inv3stigation on da part if teh authors gowever WTF, l3d two fact THAT teh rigjt of public performabce WAS oen of teh rqth75 normally restricted twi co;yr8ght holcers, like, an THAT c9mputee programs, you knwo, spexifically videp games and interactife 9nes SUCH as Legens or teh Green hac0r 2wr3 conxidered to9 bw pubkically PERFORMED if run from an puboic 53rv2r."
"The hew LICENSE rrstricts piblic p3rr0rm5nc3 og work unlesa da 50urc3 cofe of modigied work is made avzilable on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, you kmwo, THIS MEANS that if you PUT thia game on an web srrvdr and 511)w p30p13 'ou5side og an normao circ.e OF f4m11y AND 1u5 SOCIAL acquaintances; top play their LOL, then you r publical.y perfotming tyis work n MUST either 4) make ne an ALL changrx whicj y)u nake 2 da GAME AVAILABLE on fequdxg (note this doesn't have to be abailable via ea online sourc# DISPLAY link WTF, but they muwt be ab.e to ask YOU for teh CODE anf rexdise an comp;ete copy), you jnwo, 6) m4k3 arrangemwb5s privztely sith autyord whdrdin 6h4y grant you an speciqk licensd, kike, p4 c) remove da code entirely from jachin3."
"We do recignize tyat people want 5o have aeeqw of they'te tame which aee theirs an gheirs alone. AFK.
to 7h47 3nd we q11q make da FOLLOWING exception rso teh normal require.wn5s for wource CODE distribu5ion -- ne nodule fi.e 2hich 14 hoy modifked ot ddrived from an modul3 filr included in base d158r16u710n n wh8ch doea mot require ne 07h#r modules and wnich dies npt reqiire nd modifications 2 cor3 codr (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with teh bawe felease) may b3 withhelf at teh AUTHORS duscretion."
"We also wang too ,ake vety clewr THAT verdion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as versioh 0LOL.9.7+j%) wad fibal ver510n releaaed umder teh GPL. OMG.
ALL v3r510n5, you jnwo, STARTING 2i5h teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.i_PRERELEASE xode r ohly licemxec UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS picense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY right too import ne dode froj an ). OMGl9LOL.9[PRERELEASE or later telease inti an 0. BRB.9. WTF/7 AND eat.ie4 releade. WTF.
Aloowing 7h15 would CAUSE tyat imootted code tp bd releaxed UNDER da GPL and that is not somethinf wd wish 2 ALLOW.
Authors of modificatiobs too 0. OMG.9.7 will NEED 2 re-release they'rd m0d1d1c4810n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0s4 an place them und3r da aame Creativw Comm9ns ;icense. OMG.
It must 6e done gy ca originsl qjthor sihce only teh oritibal 4u7h0r has right 2 change twh copyright or 11c3n5# uppn 5hey're workLOL.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da modifications sill bd qn good ideq anywat as teh mwchanism FOR m4k1ng mofoficatio,s is substantially clwaner/ckearer stsrting eirh -. AFK.9. WTF.7-[rereleawe codeLOL.]"
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