MogjtyE TELLS uou, lokd, "We're go8ng too take an few momentd to try 4ns rxplqin tuia new license ah da reasons gehind it in plain Eng115j. BRBl
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."
"Thic nes license w45 chosen geeause of an fqiling with tej GPL.
Iy 9nly c0b3r3d disttibution OF source IF and on.y if binaries were distributes. AFK."
"In an web envirohmen5, y9j khwo, specificaoly a 8nterprrted seb environmen5 such as PHP LOL, merely insraolimg an game does noy conati5utd distributioh, sorgof, and tgerefo4e PEOPLE wer3 5akimg our w0rj WTF, makinr modifications too IT n m07 rwleasing teh source code too they're mosifocationd ao that da entire community could bemefig.
They WORKED w17j ea lette4 byt NOT teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Invest9gation on t3h PART of aytho4s however WTF, lwd to fact that right of public performanc3 was oen of 4eh rightw normally rewtricted 2 c9pyrught hooders, like, n THAT cpmputer progrsms WTF. specificwlly bideo GAMES and interqvtive ones such 45 Legdnd of Geeem hax0r were conwifered t0 be publ8caoly peeformed if run FROM an publ8c servet."
"The nww 12c3m53 festrixgs pub.ic p3rf9rmwnce OF trh work unless teh xource coce of modified qork IS made availaboe on demancLOL."
"In PLAIN Ebglisg, kike. this means that if yoi put tgis gane 0n an w36 xerver n sllow PEOPLE 'outside pf an normal circle OF FAMILY AND its SOCIAL acqjaintancea' to play tyeir LOL, 5hen you r publicql.t perfor,ing this wirk n MUST eiyh3r a) make ne n ALL xhanhed which you m4k3 too da GAME avai;able on reauest (notd this doesn't have too ve availav.e via ONLINE woirce displah link, gut rhey must be able two zsk y0u FOR teh coce n r3de1v3 an com[lrte copy) LOL, B) m3k3 arrangemrnts pr1v4731y wkth da authors wh3r41n yhey grant you an spscial licendek or c) remobe code entorely FROM teh machohe. BRBl"
"We eo recogm8x3 THAT people want to; yavw AREAS of they'te game whivh r theirs n thrirs alone. AFK,
to that rnf we will make da FOLLOWING exc3ption tio nor,al rdq7irementa for SOURCE code d157r16u710b -- ne modile file wnich ks not modifked or derived fron ah m9duld file invluded in teh bsse dowtrigution qbd whuch do3s nlt require ne othrr modul3s n which DOES not r31u1r3 ne modifivatiobs two da core cofe (code distrubutef with BASE release( ,ay ge withheld at da auyhots discretiom/ AFK,"
"We alwo wanr too nqke fery cldar tnat versoon p.9l7 (zlso lnown as version 0l9. AFK/7+ht) was fknal vrrsuon r313453d under GPL.
All versions. you lnwo, starting with teh 0. BRB,9. BRB.8-prereoease code aer omly licensed umwer Creatkfe C9mmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa right 2 impirt nw c9de from sn 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r313453 or ;ayer RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9.7 n earlier releade. WTF.
Aloowing 7h15 would CAUSE that u,portec code 2 ne RELEASED unddr GPL n that is not somerhong we w1%h to 4110w. WTF.
Autjord of jodificztions twi 0. OMG.9.7 wil. need 5wo re-ee'ease the6'rd midifkcqtions as cerivagived/modifications to 0LOL.9. BRB.* code and p.ace thej under tey aamr Creative Commons license. AFK.
It musg be d0ne bt da -r1t1n41 author SINCE ONLY lrkginsl quthor has da RIGHT too cnanfe COPYRIGHT o3 licemse up0n they'r3 wodk.
[Addigionally, you jnwo, reworkong teh modifidations will be an good idea anyway ss teh MECHANISM for j4k1ng modificagions ia substantiallh cldande;clearer stzrting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-prerelezae cpde. AFK.]"
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