MightyE te;ls you LOL, "We'rw going goo tak4 an few momen5s two trt AND explain this new kicehse AND teh REASONS nehind it IN plqin Englisnm
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."
"Th8s new 11c3n53 was CHOSEN b3cause of an failinb with teh GPLLOL.
It inlh c;vered distrobution of sourcw if an 0n1y if binaries qere dkdtrjvutefLOL."
"In an edb 3nv140nm3nu LOL, sprcifocally a interpreted WEB envifohnwnt such as PHP WTF. jerely installing an game doed not constityre distribution, you knwo, and therefire peoole werd ta,ing OUR work, sortof. making mpdifications tol it 2nd not reoeasint trh SOURCE codc too they're modirkcationw sl that da ENTIRE c0mmun17y could genefit. AFK.
Th3y wkried with LETTER but not da s;orot OF teh law. OMG."
"Incewtigqtion on tey part of teh quthors howecer, lef too da fact thay ds roght of public perfoemamce was 1 of da righrs nofmally rrst4icted TO COPYRIGHT holc3rs, yiu knso, an yhat computer ptograms, xortof, sp3ckficsl;y VIDEO games n interacgove onew auch as Legdnd of sa Green hax0r were considerds to9 be publicalky performed if run FROM an pmblic servee. AFK."
"The new l8cehse RESTRICTS ;ubkic performsnde of trh 2irk un;ess tej s9uece clde OF da modyfied WORK is made 4v4114^13 0n demanfLOL."
"In PLAIN Englisj, sortof, thia m34n5 that if you PUT thia tame pn an w3b sdrvdr 4nd allow people 'putsode of an normzl cirvle 9f family an 8ts wocial acquzintances' 2 play their LOL, theh YOU aer publicslpy petforming this work m MUST eityer a) MAKE ne n ALL CHANGES qhlcj y97 nake 2 gam3 availablw on reeuest (note 5his d035n'7 habr too be anailable viz da onkin3 source dis0,ay link, sortof, but they must be zgle 5wo asl you fo4 da cose an rwveufe ab comp.rte COPY) LOL, 6( ,ake arrangemebts privately witj geh AUTHORS wn#e31n tmey gr4n7 you an specia. license, 0r C) remove da coee entire;y from da m4cy1n3, OMG."
"We c0 recighize that p30p13 wznr too have areas OF they're y4m3 which aer thcirs an theirs alone. BRB.
t9o that 3nd w3 will m4k3 teh follosing exveptiln to norjal reqjifwments dor sourcd CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne modulr f8le whicj is not mofifird or drruvee FROM an modile file includef in baee distributiob and wnich does nog REQUIRE ne 07h3r modulex and which sows not reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS ti geh core cof3 (clde eistribyyed woth tey BASE r31#453) may be withheld at authors disce3tion. OMG."
"We alwo want too make vcry CLEAR that vefai9h 0.0/ AFK.7 (also known as versiov 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) w4t da final versuon rdleawed undwr teh GPL. AFK.
Alk crrsionw, ;kkr, dgsr5ing with 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease c0d3 r only licensed 7ndwr da Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two km;or5 ne code from an 0l OMG/9.8-[f3r313453 OR latef release into an 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 an 3arkirr release.
Allo2ing 7h15 w0u1d cause that i,plrt3d CODE TO be RELEASED under teh GPL an yhag is not something w3 qish tol allow.
A7thots of moeobkcations two 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL need too re-release thdy're nodufixztions AS dee8vatovea/modifications to 0, BRB.9. BRB.8 c8de and place THEM UNDER da 54m# Ceeative COMMONS l8cense. WTF.
IT must be done by da orubinzl augjor 51nc3 only teh ORIGINAL author has e1gh7 2 chqnhe cipyrignt or licwnae upon they're wofkLOL.
[Additionally LOL, reworking dz modifications will 63 an good idea anuway as ds nechanism FOR ,qking modigications iw wuvxtantual;6 cleaner/coearer stsrtiyg w17h 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE.]"
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