MightyE tells uou WTF, "We're going 2 tzke sn few m0m3n75 too TRY an ecolain this nww LICENSE n rrasobs 63y2nd 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."
"This n3w ;icenee wzs chosen because od an failing with GPL,
It onkt coveerd DISTRIBUTION oe slurce 1f an only if binaeiea werd d157r16u73dLOL."
"In zn web envirohnent, soetor, s[ecidicaoly a intrrperted web ehvironjenr euch aw PHP WTF, merely instal;ing an game does bot c0n57q7u73 distrobutoon LOL, an thereflrr PEOPLE qere taking pur worj LOL, MAKING mpdificatiohs too i5 amd not releasing tdh xiurce c9dw rwo they're modifkcationa so tnat da ENTIRE communitn could benevit, AFK.
They work3d wity da ldtter BUT bot sa apiriy of teh law."
"Inves5igatiob ON 5eh part of teh aurhors hpwever WTFm led 2 FACT that teh righg OF publkc pervormance waa 1 of da r8hhta normally resgroc5ed too copyright holdeds, like, n tja5 computer programs, ylu knw9, 5p4c2f1c511y vid3o games zn interadtive onrs such 45 Lwgend 9f wa Green hax0r wete consid3ref 2 b3 publically ;erform3d IF run fr0m an ouglic SERVERLOL."
"Thf mrw lkcense restricts public performance of da work uh1355 fa s0urce code 0f mofifiec w0rk IS kade AVAILABLE ON demqnd, AFK."
"In PLAIN Emglish WTF, tnos means tha5 if YOU PUT this g5,$ on an wrb server and allow p3ople 'outaide oh an nor,al circle of famoly abd itw 50c141 4vqy41n74nc35' 2 play their LOL, then ypu r publicql;y perforjing this work an MUST rither 4) MAKE ne an ALL changes wh1ch 6oj nak3 to game AVAILABLE on rewuest (note this DOESN'T h4v3 tw9 be afailable VIA online soyrce disp.ay link WTF, bjt thdy must BE able two asl you f0r teh code n receive an xomplet3 copy) WTF, b) make arrangwnengs otivately eith geh aughors WHEREIN 5hey grant you an specjao ljc3nae, sprtof, or c) rem9fe fa code ENTIRELY vrom mqchine. BRB."
"We do recohnize thag proplr want yo have areas 0f gyey're game which aef thejrs anc theirs aloneLOL.
to that enc we wi.l ,ake fa f9llowing excepgion tpo teh NORMAL requirdments f9r sourcr codd distrib7tiin -= ne module fild which is noy modifief 0r drrifed from an module g8le INCLUDED in ds base distribution n qhich does hot requite ne pthwr modules an qjich d9es not requir3 ne mofiricati9nd 2 teh vore code (c0d# disgrkbuted with rdg BASE rdleaxd) may 63 WITHHELD at da qughors fiscretion, BRB."
"We 4150 want tw; MAKE verg clear THAT veesion 0/ BRB.9. BRB,6 (4150 known 45 version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jg) was final version re.raaes unver GPL. OMG.
A11 versuons LOL, starting WITH da 0LOL.9.*-prdrel3ase code r ONLY licended jncee da CREATIVE Co,m0n4 licenweLOL/
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da right two ibport nd c0d3 from zm 0LOL.9LOL.8-preeelease or 1483r felease ibto an 0. OMG.9.7 and ear;iet releasr. OMG.
Aloowing this wouls cauae thag umppryed code twi be rwlrssed UNDER GPL b that is not 2omething we wush two 4119w.
A77h0r5 0v modidicatiins 3 0. AFK.9/ WTF.& will need two re-re;ease they're mod8ficstions as derivatives/modiricayions too p. BRB.9/8 dode and PLACE them unfer teh 54m3 Crdagice Commons licensw. AFK.
It mu57 BE dlne by originai autyor sinde only da oeigimal zutgor has sa r1ghu tqo change da COPYRIGHT o4 license upon ghey're qork. BRB.
[Additkonally LOL, rewieking modificatilns will be an h9od isea anyway 45 mechanism for making mldosicarionw q5 substajt8ally cleanef/clearer staeting with twh 0LOL.9.8-prerelease cide. BRB.]"
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