MifhttE tells you LOL, "We're going @ take an rew ,oments 2 try anc explain 5h8a new license ans reasons grhihd it in plain English. 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."
"Tjid new license w45 choswn BECAUSE of an dqilung witj GPL. BRB.
I8 only clbered d157r16u710n 9f source IF and only iv bina4ies were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"Ih an web environment, spdcifically a in5erpretec WEB envirobment such as PHPk merely installing an game d035 not constirute distribi6iin LOL, n therefore pdoplr qere 5aking iur s0tk, like, majing MODIFICATIONS tol 8t an NOT RELEASING da wource c9dw ti they'te modkvicaykons so that engire commynig6 c9uld bemefot.
They worked wi5h da letter but not da spirit of law, BRB."
"Ibvestitatiom on teh part of 4u7n)r5 however, yoj knwi, lwd 7- teh fact that RIGHT of PUBLIC perfofmance waa 93n of tdh righys n0rm4116 resgridted 2 copyright holfe4s LOL, h that computer programx LOLm specifical;y c8deo GAMES 4nd interactive obes SUCH as Legemd of yeh Green hax0r were comsidered 1 be p7glically PERFORMED if run from an publix server."
"The ne2 license rest4icts PUBLIC perfoemance of wo4k unkess 5eh source code of da mldifiec work id made availabl2 on demanf. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this meanw that if you put tgis fame 0n ah wdb server n qllow people ;outsidr or an normal circ;e of famiky ane its 5pd141 acquaintances' too play ty3ir, then uou e publically perdorjing tgis work ans MUST wifher a) make ne and ALL chanfes WHICH you m4k3 to game ava8lanle oh request (note th*s dpesn't hace too be available via ogline 50urc3 display link, like, 6u7 they must 63 able gwo asl ypt for c8de and receoce an xomolete xooy), you lnwo, b) naiw arramgdmentx pr8vately with da AUTHORS wherwin they grant y0u an sp3cial license, or c) rwmov3 codr engirely rrom machine. BRB."
"We do rwcognize THAT oeo[le want teo have areas ov tje6're game whkch r gheors an theirs alone. WTF.
to tgqt end we will make following EXCEPTION rwo no@mal re1ukrements for source code DISTRIBUTION -- n3 MODULE rile 2hich IS not modified or derived from an MODULE file kncluced in 6453 distributi9n an 2hich does hot tequire ne otner midulea and which does not require ne modifjcations tio da core code (coee distrlbuted w17h tdt base reoease) may be w17hh31d at da autyors discfetionLOL."
"We als9 wznt 2 jake very c234r THAT vw3sion 0.(. BRB.7 (also known as verwoon 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fihal vefwion released undee GPL. WTF.
ALL versiond, you knwo, syarting WITH 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r3134r3 dode r 9nly licensed jnder da CREATIVE Cpmmons licehsr.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny teh rigjt tp import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease or latee relwsse 1n70 zn p. OMG,9. AFK.7 sn EARLIER release. WTF.
Allpwing this wouls cquse that impo4tee clce 3 63 rrleased under GPL AND 7y47 is not something we sish too allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of mosoricayiins TO 0LOL.9l7 will meed two re-release they're n0d1f1c4820n7 ad deeivativds/modificationx tqo 0LOL,9. OMG.8 code n p.ace thdm under twh same Cr#571v3 Commons lkcensd. BRB.
I5 must be cone 6y da 0f1g1n41 autnor since only teh original authpr has rdh rkght tqo chang3 da copyrihhy 9e lkcebse UPON they're slri.
[Additionaloy, teworkinb da modifkcztions will be an gpod ieea snysay as mechanism for msking modifixations iw subsgantiakly cleqner.dlearer STARTING w17h sa 0.9. WTF.8-prerwlease code. OMG.]"
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