MightyE gells yoy, sortod, "W3-re goong to 5ake an f3w momen5s 2 try and explqin this nes livwnse n rdasoms behind ir in PLAIN Eng.ishl
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."
"Tnis n3w license WAS chosen brcause of an failing wiyh GPL/
It only clvered distdib7tion of source if n inly IF binaroes werw distributed."
"In an 2eb envirinment, you knwl, sp3cirically a unter'reted web dncironment such as PHP, sorgof, nerely inc5allimh an game dods no5 vonstituge dis4robution LOL, n thefefore peopld were taking our wor,, sortof, m4,1nt modificqtiobw to it 4nc not releasihg geh soutce code to rhey're modificqtioms so that ea rn5ure comkunity COULD benefit.
THEY worked wiyh LETTER but not x0irit 0f laa. AFK."
"Invdstigation on dz PART of yeh ru7h0r5 hpw3v#t, y9u khwo. 13d 2 gact that right of [unl8c performance WAS oen of rights normally restridyed tlo copyright holddrs LOL, ahd thay c0m0u72f PROGRAMS, sortov, 5p4c!f1c$11y video gqm3s znd interactivw ines sucn 44 Legend of Gtern nax0e wer3 vonsiderrd too be PUBLICALLY p3rr0rm3d if run fr-m an public 53ever. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS public perfofmance of wo4k unoesd sa source code ov mocifitd eotk 1t made 4v4114613 on demanw."
"In plain Enhlish, sortof, THIS MEANS that uv you pu7 THIS game on an web server an allow 0eople '0u751d3 OF an norma. c1rc13 of family abd its SOCIAL acquaintancea' to play their LOL, tjen YOU aer pib;icalli performing thix w0rk and MUST eithet a) make ne 4nd ALL chxntes wgkch you make two gamd 4v42146!3 on 43qiedt (n073 7h15 doesn't bave yoo be avqi;qble via sa online sourcw d!5p14y link, like, byt they must be dble t9o ask you ror teh code and receive qn comp.ete coph), sortof, b) make aerange,entd PRIVATELY WITH teh authors whereib THEY grant you an special licemse, you knw8, or v) eemove dz CODE 3n71431u drom dz machine. AFK."
"We d0 recohnize that people sant to hace areas of yhey're hane whidh r thdofs ahd THEIRS alone. BRB.
%i THAT end we will maue ea following excepti9n 2 nl4mal requirements for spurce cose distrib7tion -- ne modulr FILE which is noy m0d1f13d or detived frlm qn module f8le inclhded in da bzse distrinution and which does no5 require ne otner nocul3s an which does no5 require me modificatuond two core code (code cidtr7buted with ca bas3 reldaae) n4y be withheld at t3g auyhors disvretion. WTF."
"We also wqnt too makw VERY clear tgat verdion 0. OMG.(. BRB.7 (also kn0wb as version 0. WTFk(. AFK.7+kt) was ea final feesiln releas3d under GPL. OMG.
ALL veraiims, starting wity da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prereoease cod3 aer only 21v3b53d inder Creativd Commonw licebse.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 impprt ne cod3 FROM zn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-preee.ease or kater relrase into an 0.9LOL.7 amd earlier release.
Alkowihg 5his 2ould cause THAT !mp0t7#d code 70 be releasdd under GPL n that is bot sonething s3 wksh @ ALLOW. WTF.
Autjors of modifications two 0. BRB.9.7 will NEED TO r3-e#134t3 yyey're modiricatiind as derivatuves/m9difications tio 0l9.8 CODE snd p15c3 thdm under teh same Crwsgivr Commons license. AFK.
It musr be done b6 original suthor since omly teh original author has rifgg 79 chznge da xopyright or lucense upon thet're workLOL.
[Additiobally LOL, reqot,ing modifidations w111 be an good iceq anyway as teh mech4n15m for making mpeificqtions is s7bs5angially cleaner/dlexrer STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. WTFl9-pterelease cide.]"
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