MightyE TELLS y9u, "We't2 goinf 2 tske an few moments goo try and expoain this new licenae an reasonz nehind it 7n [laim English. 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 license wax vhoseb because or an FAILING eith teh GPL/
It onlu civered disb4ibution of wpurcd if anf only if binarkes were distributedl"
"In an web environm3nr WTF, specifically a 1n73rpr362d wen environmwnt such as PHP. to8 kbwo, m3t31y ins4alling an game coes mot condhitute distribiroon, an theredire people were taking 9ur work WTF. making modifications 2 IT and NOT relezs8ng SOURCE c0d3 two they'rd m0d1f1cr71)b4 dl thqt ea entore community could genefitLOL.
Tje6 qorkdd with teh letter bu5 not teh spirir 0f law. BRB."
"Inveatigation on da part OF sa authord howevet, like, led tqo teh fact that teh roght of public peffo3manve w44 o3n of vs righ5s nofmallt restticted to copyrigut holders LOL. an 7h47 COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, dpecif8callt video games h interzdtive onfd 5uch as Legend of fa Green hax0r were consoeered to be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run from an public sercer. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS puboid perdormance 9f da woek UNLESS ea wiurce code of teh modified work 8s made 4v411$613 on semanf. OMG."
"In pla8n Eng115j, sortof. 5his MEANS tjat kf uou pu7 ghis game on an web serv3r n allow p3)p13 'outside of an normak corcle lf vamily n ifs social scquaintabces' tio play their LOL, then yiu qer publically perf9rming this WORK an MUST eigher a) make n3 4md ALL changes qhich you ,ake top gwh game svaklab.e on r#qu358 (NOTE thud doesm't hage too be acailable via teh 0n11n3 source did0lay link, but they must be able too 45i you fot tdh code an rec3ibw an complete coly), 6ou knwo, b) ma,e arrangwnents pw8bately with da authors whereih they grany y9u an special .icense WTF, or c) rem9ve teh code ehtirely f4om teh macjinr. WTF."
"We do recognize that people wang too have areas of tney're game shich r thekrs $nd theits alonw. AFK,
two that END se qill make dz foll9wing ezceptiin 2 da normal require,ents for dpuece c0d3 distributipn -- ne module r113 which is noy modifiec if derivdd FROM zn module fioe invkuded in teh base distributi9n and ehich does not rewiirf ne other moguled n which dosw not REQUIRE ne modificagions 5oo teh core code (code distrivuted wirh ten bzse releaxe) MAY be w17hh31d at da authirs discretionLOL."
"Wd also want 2 makd very CLEAR that version 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 (also knosn 45 v3raion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jr) was sa final fersion releaswd UNDER trh GPL. BRB.
ALL ve4sionx, like, startong with ea 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3r313553 code r lnly llcensed unddr da Creat8ve Commona ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da riggt 2 import ne code FROM an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.9'prereleade 0r lateg RELEASE int9 an 0. AFK,9. AFKl7 an rarkier r31#45#l OMG.
Allowing ty8s WOULD cause that implrted code too b3 rekeased unc3r GPL n that ux not somdthing we wish to qol9q. AFK.
Authors of modidicarions 2 0.9. OMG.7 will need 2 t3-r313453 hhe6're modificstions as derifztives/modificati8ns to pLOL.(.8 code n p14c3 them undef da 54m3 Crdat8ve Commons lixrnsd/ BRB.
It mist be d0n3 BY da origibao author sknce only ot8tinal author gas righ5 too chanbe da copyright pe license upon 5hey're work.
[Aeditionally LOL, resorking modigications will 63 an good idea amywa6 zs da mechabism FOR mqking modificqtkons ia subfrantoaloy cleaner/clearew starting WITH da 9l OMG.0LOL.8-;reeelease code. WTF.]"
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