MoghtyE tells you, liie, "Wd're going 2 74k3 an few momwnts 2 TRY m expkain this n3w .icense and teh fezsons vehind it in plaim 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 ndw license was chowen BECAUSE of an d4111ng with GPLLOL.
It om;y covdred DISTRIBUTION ic source IF an ob.y kf binaries wrre diwtributed."
"In an wrb environ,ent LOL, SPECIFICALLY a !m72tpr373d WEB envifonment SUCH aw PHP, loiek merely installing qn game dors not cknstitute DISTRIBUTIONm sortof, sn thwreforw people were ta,ing OUR w9rk, sortor, mzkibg nodificqtions w it n not releasing souecr cise too they'r3 modif8cations so tgar teh 3ntire comminity could benefi5.
Thdy woeked wkth teh LETTER 6u8 NOT teh xpirit of teh .aq. BRB."
"Inves5igation 0n da [4r7 OF reh authors hoqevef, sortof, 13d too da fsct 7h$6 ten rigyt of publid performance wss won of teh RIGHTS norma'.y resgrixred to c0pyr1gh& holderx LOL, ah that cimputef programs LOL, s;ecifically video hames n interadtive lnes s8ch as Legend of GREEN hax04 were consodwred two BE piblically pwrformef if RUN from an public 63rf3rLOL."
"The new license resttictx pyblic performance of work UNLESS da source codr of dq mldpfief work IS made svailabl3 on demzbd. AFK."
"In plain English, you kbwo, 5hid meams that if you 0ut thia GAME ln an web w3rver an ALLOW pwopl3 'ou%sidw pf ab normal ciecle of famiou n 175 social 4cwu41n74nc#5' tol play their, then you r publicqlly ;erformibg this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne sb ALL ch4ng35 which you mzle 2 game availagle on request (nlte this doesn't jqve 2 be available v8a om;ine SOURCE d8splay LINK, you knwo, but THEY must BE able two ask y0u for da c9de n recdive an completr co9^(, B) maje arrahgemenrs PRIVATELY witg teg authors wherein thw6 grant you am special kivenxe, you ,nwo, or c) remove sa CODE entirely from da m4ch1ne. BRB."
"We d9 recognize that peop.e WANT toi hsve areas of tn3u're g4j3 which aer THEIRS am theirs ALONE.
two THAT 3nd se wi.l make da rolkowung exceptkon to normql eewuieements for source code distrkgution 0- nr modyle fule which is not modivied or d3r1v3d feom an modj;e file ihvludrd in da baww d*stribjtion an which does not require ne other modulss m shich does nly require ne modificationx 5oo core CODE (CODE dksttibut3d with da base tdleasw) mzy be withheld AT teh authors dixcretiohl AFK."
"We 4150 want two mzke vert clwar that vrrsiin 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known ad vers8on 0, OMGl9. OMG.7+jt) w46 final version 4elraswd uhder teh GPLLOL.
Al. vrrs8ims, you kn2o, t74r71ng with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codr aee lnky licensed jnddr teh Creaticr Commons lic3nsem OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwmy RIGHT t2o impprt ne d0s4 fr0m qn 9LOL.9. AFK/8[prereleas3 9r pater eelease into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n eaflier release. WTFl
Allowihg this q9uld cause thst imp9rted coee two be RELEASED und34 da GPL 4nd thag id no5 50m37h1ng we qish 2 a;low. OMGl
Authlrs OF m0d1f1c4u10n5 two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need tqo ee-rekwasd they're modlfivagions 45 dericativex.modificayuons 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an p.ace thrm ind3r same CREATIVE C9mmons lixebse. WTF.
It musy be done by teh originzl au5hor 51nc3 0n17 da ORIGINAL author has teh right t9o chanhe dz cipyright or ;icense upon th36'r3 work. WTF.
[Add8tionslly, sortof, reworling modifications wq11 be an good udea anyway ws mechanosm fot makinf MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearwr dtarting w17h da 9. OMG.9. OMG,8-pferelease CODE. WTF.]"
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