MigntyE t3lls hou, you inwo, "We're going too tale an few m0m3n85 1 try AND explain this new l8cendr an teh reasons bqhind it in plain EnglkshLOL.
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."
"Thiw NEW license was chosen bedauwe of an gai;kng WITH GPL. WTF.
I7 0n1y covered distr8butiln of 50urc3 if an 9nly uf binaeuew were disyrinutds."
"In ab web environm2bt, specifically a interpreted web enbironmenr such 44 PHP, sortof, merely installing an haje does not domstitutr DISTRIBUTION WTF, n ynefefore peop;e w3f3 tqking 0ir work, you ,neo, making modificsti9ns 2 it and noy re.daw8ng da slurce c0d3 two thdy'fe m9doficatilbs so thay try 3n61r3 communiyy could benefit, AFK.
They worked wkth teh letter BUT not twj spirit of da law."
"Invedtigation on teh part or 4u7h0r5 howwver WTF, led too da fact that teh right of public performahce wzw won ov ds rights norma.ly r357tqc63s 2 copyr8ghr gokders WTF, n that c0mpu73r prot4qms, spec8fically cideo games n interactive onwa sucy as Lebend of dq Gfeen hax0r WERE consiserwd to %3 pjblically performef if tun fro, an p7vlic server. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS public p3rf0rj4nc# or teh work UNLESS ds siurve code lf teh jodified wori is made available on dwmandLOL."
"Im [lain English, soetigm 7h15 meana that if y9u p75 this game on an web server n allow [eop.e 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal circle ot family n its sociao acq7aintances' ywo olay theof LOL, 7h3n you r publixally ;e4forming yhis WORK n MUST eirher A) nake ne zn ALL cganges which YOU make two teh game available on request (n9te this foesn't h4v3 tpp ve avsk;able f14 tdh online slurce d15o14y 11bkm ;ije, but they mist BE avlr roo ASK hou for teh codd n receive an COMPLETE copy_ WTF, b) make arrangements priva5eoy wkyh teh authors WHEREIN thet gf4b7 you qn SPECIAL kicense WTF, or c) r3m0v3 da CODE wn5irely from machone. OMG."
"We d0 recognize THAT people want two have areas ov thet're game shich r 7n31r5 n theirs alonel BRB.
t9o that end sw WILL make followung rxcdption tio normal requkrdmentw for source code dostribution -- ne module file which is npt mofified or de4kved fro, an mpej.e file inckudde on da BASE distfib6tuob n wgicg does not REQUIRE ne OTHER jodules and which DOES not r3qu1e# ne modificstilna two teh core code (code distribu5ed wuth bssw RELEASE) may be wi5ghekd at teh autgors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We alsp want 2 MAKE very coear 8j47 version 0. OMG.*LOLl7 (d.si known as version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final version eeleased UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
Aol vefsions, you knqo, STARTING wiry da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r ONLY licehsed unsrr da Cr3471v2 C9mjons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight TO ijport nt code grpm an 0. BRB/9. AFK.8-prerelease or late4 rwleaxw into an 0LOL.0. OMG.7 am earlier release. BRBl
Alloeing THIS wojld cause that impprted clde to 6e releqsed UNDER da GPL and that IS not womething s3 w8sh 2 allowLOL.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will n33d twi rr-relraze they're modifpxations qs derivativws/midifications too 0LOL.ol BRB.8 CODE m p1rc3 gjem und4r 54m4 Cteat8ve Commond licende. WTF.
It muwt be done by ORIGINAL auth;r since only orobinal 4u7h0r has da rihhy too change cpp6eught OR 11c3n53 u0on they're work.
[Add1710n411y, lik3, reworking dq modifications wi;l be an bopd IDEA anyway as mechanism rpr makint modificatioms is subxgantiallh c134n5f/c134r3e starting WITH da -.9. AFK.8[orerelease code.]"
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