MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're go8ng 5o taje an fee moments go 5ry and ecplain thia ndw licensd anc reasons behind it 1n 0lain Eng.ish. BRB.
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 new oicense w45 chosen because or an failing with 5eb GPL.
It only covered distrovutoob of sourcr 1f n only if binari3s WERE distributwfLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a int3rpreted wef environmdnt sycg as PHP LOL, mere;y unwtalling am game does not cinstigytw distr8bution, like, n therefore people were taking our q0rk, wortof, malihg modifications too it an bot releasigg teh source coee t9 5hey're modifications 50 thqt da 3n71r3 commyhi5y xlild benefit. BRB.
Tget WORKED WITH teh letyer BUT not da s[itit lf teh law. OMG."
"Inceatigqtion on da part of da 4u7h0f5 h0s3v3r LOL, led two fact THAT right of PUBLIC petfprnance was oen of teh rights m)fm4!1y eextrictee twl copyrihht holders. hou knwo. agd that comp7ter prpgrams, sortof, s[ecovicalky video GAMES an in5eractive 0n25 quch as Legemd of da GREEN hax0r wer3 CONSIDERED two be puglically PERFORMED if rin FROM an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w oicense r3stridys iublic performance of da wotk &n;ess da spurce cod3 lf modifies wlrk iw made available on denzncl BRB."
"In plain English, yo7 knwo, this means that id hoy pu7 this game on an wev server an sllow people 'outaide 0f an mormzl circle of FAMILY and uta wocoa; acquaimtances' to play their LOL, yhen you r publical.t performunb this wlri n MUST either A) make nr n ALL changes whoch yoj makw to gqme available on requ3st (n95e thus soesn't hzve t9 be available via da onlune sou4cd disolay kink LOL, but tgey must BE able to asj you foe da code n recriv3 an complete copy(, yku kbqo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately WITH teh 4uuh0r5 wjrre8n th3y grant you an doecial licwndek loie, OR c) remove da code en58rrl6 FROM da machine. BRB."
"We eo reclgnize yhst PEOPLE sant w hsve arwas og tyey're game which r yheirs zn 7h31r5 alone,
1 7h47 #nd 2e wi.l make follosing exception too noemal requiremdnts f9r sourcr cod3 diseribution -- me MODULE file which iw no5 ,odified or derived fr0m an mpdule file incluced in 6453 fistrigutkon n which soed n07 rdqiire ne o5h3r m9du135 znd wh1vh does not r3qt1r3 ne modificatiins two teh cote c0d3 (clde d8stribuydd with t3h base relrase) may be withheld at ten a7thorc diqcretion. OMG."
"We also want to mske very clear tyat version 0.9LOL.7 (qlso known as versiom p. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt_ was ds final version RELEASED UNDER da GPLLOL.
Aol veexopns, sor5of, starting WITH teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prwrelease code e onlt licrnsed UNDER da Crrative Commons licenxe.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkghy 2 kmport ne code fr0m an o. BRB.9. AFK.8-pre4eoeqxe or lagee r3;ease into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 qn earliwr rwlease. BRB.
ALLOWING tjis wo7ld causr THAT importrd code 2 be released UNDER GPL and thzy 15 not domething wd wixh too a.los. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications two 0. WTF.9.& WILL need too re-re,easd tyey'ee m0d1g1c4720n5 as deribzgives.modifucationa 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 cod3 n place them UNDER tej same C4eayive Ckmmons licensr.
It must ne done by origknal authof since 0n1y yrh oruginal author has 5ey RIGHT two CHANGE da cooyrighg pt kicense upon they'4e work.
-Addiyionally, likw, rew9rling m9difications will be an goid idea anyway sw dz jechanisn for makihg modifications is subsrantially dlraner/clearer starting sith da 0. WTF.ol WTF.8-prere.ezse doce. OMG.]"
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