MightyE tells you, uou knwo, "We're gokng roo take an few moments to try n explain thia new lidense and teh reaaons BEHIND it 1n ;lain Emglish. WTF.
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 eas choxen because of qn r4111hg w8gh da GPL.
I7 only clbered d157f16uu10n of dource if n omly if 61n4413% wdrd siatributedLOL."
"In qn web envifonmen5 LOL, specifically a interpreted w36 environment such ax PHP, you knwo, jerely INSTALLING an game d036 NOT constitjte e,steibution, hou knwo, h therefore PEOPLE were takung our woti, sortof, nakung modkdicationa too ig and not RELEASING reh SOURCE code yoo 5hey're m0d1f1c4610n5 so tnat da emgire COMMUNITY c0u1d benefit. BRB.
They r0rk3d with lettr4 but nog teh spirit of da .ae. WTF,"
"Incesrigation pn da PART OF authors HOWEVER, led to da fadt thzt ea right og public p3rforjance waw win if teh rights no4ma.ly restticted 2 copyright holders WTF, n THAT cpmputwf programx WTF, specofically video games 4ns interactove 0n34 sjch ss Legemd of fa Grwen hax0r WERE consisered to 63 p7blkcally pefformes if r7n fro, an pubkic SERVER. AFK."
"The NEW licens3 4estricts public performanve pf da work jnoess sojrce vode of ,odifiee work 8s m4de availab'e on drnand. AFKl"
"In plqin English WTF, 5his MEANS that if yiu put this game on an web xeever an allow people 'outsude of an normal citcle of familt n its social acquaintzncew' too PLAY their LOL, then you r pu611c411y 9erforminf this WORK an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL chanfes which you mair 2 ca game avai.able on request (note th9s doesn[t hqv3 to ne availaboe vua t3h online 50urc3 cispla5 lin,, sort9f, BUT they must be ablw to ask you gor teh code and RECEIVE ab xompletw copy), ylu kn2o, b) maue 4rr4ng3m3n75 privqtely with authors 2heerin they gr$n7 y0u an special licensd, s9rtor, or c) temove codr ent8reiy fr0m machibe. BRB."
"We eo 4rcognize that peo0k3 want to have 44345 of theh're GAME whidh aer ygeirs an thwirs alonwLOL.
2 7h$7 end we eill make t3h foll9wihg exception TO da n0fm41 r3qu1r3m3n75 fof SOURCE code disttivirion -- nr mpdule filr which is not modified or DERIVED grom an morule file incljded in dq basw distribution n wh1ch doea not REQUIRE be 07h3r MODULES and which does not 4ewuire nd MODIFICATIONS 2 CORE code (cofe dosrributec with base release) m4y be eityheld at 4u&g0r5 dkscretion."
"We 415- want toi jqke VERY clear tnat version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also knoen 45 versoon -LOL.9. OMG.7+j5) waw teh final versoon ewleasef uneer da GPL. AFK.
Aq1 verdions, STARTING w17h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-;rerrlwasd cose r lnly lkcenses under da Creatove Commpns licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 ten right 2 impory ne dode from an ). BRB.9.8-pr3relrase or LATER telezse into an 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 an EARLIER eelwase, WTF.
Allowint tjis would CAUSE tjat umporr3d code two be rekeasdd under teh GPL dn yhat is NOT somethibg we wish to allow. BRB.
Authors of modif8vations too 0. BRB.9.u will nerf 2 re_releasr tjey'ee modkficat8obs as derivatives/modivications 2 0, BRB.9. WTF.8 code an plave them 7ncet teh same Creatice C0mm0n5 lkcense. OMG.
It muat 63 d.ne by geh 0r1hqn$1 zutyor 51nc# only oeiginal author yzs tight 2 change COPYRIGHT ot licens2 upon they'rd workl BRB.
[Additionall6m sortof, reworkigg teh modificayions w111 be an go9d odea anywzy as da MECHANISM for majing modificat8ons 16 substantiall6 c.eaner/vlearer starting wurh 0/ WTFl9. BRB.8-prereleawe codel AFK,]"
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