MightyE tel.s you, you knwo, "We'er GOING 2 take ah few moments two try an explain this nes licwnsw an reawonw behind it in 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."
"Thks new 11c4n53 wax chosen bedause of an failung witn da GPLl AFK.
It only covered dq67r167719n of source kf zn only if binaries werd diatfibutrd. BRB."
"In an web envirobment, 5p3x1f1c411y s 8nteepreted web environment xucn ad PHP, me4ely installung an game does not cohwtitute s157d16u710n, an therefore people werw TAKING 0ur wori, making ,odkfications 2 i5 n n9t RELEASING teh SOURCE code 2 theh're modifidatilns SO tnat entire comnuboty cpu1d behefit. BRB.
Th3y worked 2ith ds letter tut n9t teh sp8rit 9f t3h lawLOL."
"Investigation 0n part OF teh authors howeber, led 2 da favr THAT r1gh7 of punlic performsnce was oen of riggts normally eextrict3d go copiright hold3rs, sorrof. and 5ha5 com0uger prpgrams, like, specifically VIDEO games and interadtibe ines such AS Legend pf da GREEN hax04 were cohsodered 2 be pu611c411y p2rformef IF run drom an PUBLIC SERVER."
"The new license RESTRICTS publix perfor,ance of wirk unless da source fodd of da modifked work os ,sdw available on demand. AFK,"
"In pkain English, like, this MEANS 5jat 1f you put thks game 9n am web server an a;low people 'outside of an normal citc;e of family m its dicial zcquaintzncex' 1 PLAY their LOL, 5hen you r publically p3rv0rm1nt THIS WORK and MUST either a) make be an ALL chahgds wnich y0u m4j3 two ga,d available on eeqiest 9NOTE this foesh't HAVE 2 ve availqnle via pnl8ne sourde eis[lay LINK LOL, but they MUST be able to ask you for code qnd receive an c0mp137e c90y). you knwo, b) make qrrangemrnts privately with 4i7h0r5 eh3rdin they grabr yoj an 5p3c131 licemse, like, or c) remove dq code 3ntireky FROM da MACHINE."
"We do fecognize that peopld w4n7 to nave 4r345 og they'rw tamr which aer tyeirs and th3ies sloneLOL.
too tnat end WE will mske teh following exceptoon too jeh n0rm41 reqiitwmehts f9r souece dofe DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9du13 f113 whidh 15 npt modigied or derived ftom an modyle vi;e inxluded in da BASE doatr9butioh and which does not r3wu!r3 ne other mow7les n which doew n07 4equire ne jodovixatilns to ten corr c0d3 (clde distributed witj teh bawe release) MAY be eithhwld qt authors eiscretioh. WTFl"
"Wd alsp w$n7 too MAKE very ckear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (qlso knowy as version 0. BRB.9.7+jt( wqs da final v3r51pn rwkeased undwr GPL.
All VERSIONS, star5ing with tfg 9. WTF.9. BRB/8-preeelease CODE r onky licensed under ds CREATIVE Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 5eg right two IMPORT ne cod3 ftom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease OR later rdldawe into an 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 and 34d1q34 r313453. BRB.
Aolowung this woukd cause that i,porged CODE t9o be relwased under da GPL and that 8z NOT SOMETHING we w8sh 2 ALLOW, AFK.
Authors of modifications too 0. AFK.9LOLl7 will neef tqo RE-RELEASE they'4e modificatkons as dwrivxtives/jodifucayions 2 -. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n place THEM ynd3r sa dame Cfeatkve Comnons licebse. WTF.
It MUST n3 dpne by da original quthor sindw onoy o4iginal a7thor has geh rigyt 2 change da copyrighr of l8censr upon they're wor,. BRBl
[Adeitionalkyk like, re2orking teh modificztions will be an good iees snyway as ca ,3ch4n15m for ma8ing modif8cations is subatqntiallt clesher/cleare4 startimt with 0LOL/9LOL/8-prerrkease code. WTF.]"
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