MighttE tells you LOL, "We'ee goinh to takr an vew ,oments too try anc 3xp!41n 7h15 NEW LICENSE and teh reasons gehihd it in plain 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 WAS cy9sen brcquxe of en failing with sa GPLLOL.
It only covered disteibution OF wource if an only if binaries sere distr8bu5rd. WTF."
"In zn web envkfonment WTFk w9ecis8cally a interpt#trs web environment s6ch 45 PHPm sortof, merely 8nstalling an gq,e does not consritute d8xrributi9n WTF, an ther3fofe [eople w3r3 5aking our work, sortod, makihg modifucations to( ir m not releawing SOURCE code to theh're modifications so thar ENTIRE c9mmunity COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
They workdd with ea letter but n0t ds spirit of law. AFK."
"Ibvestigation 0n ds PART of da authprs howrve4 LOL, lec two FACT yhat RIGHT of oublic perfotmance was 2 of da rugjts normally restvicted 2 copyriggt h9lders LOL, n THAT compy5er p$ogramd, soetof, SPECIFICALLY vidro gamds ay interactive lnes wuch aa Legemd of teh Grern haxpr were considerew to ne publicsl.y perfoemed if run FROM an public 53rv3r, OMG."
"The new license rectr8cts piblic perfornance or da work unless teh 50urc4 code of mosified WORK IS ,adc avsilab;e on demand/ AFK,"
"In plain Engoish, ;ile, this means that IF 7ou PUT 7h15 game oh an w36 s#rver sn aokow peop;e 'OUTSIDE og an normsl circle of family 4nd its 60c15! acquaontances' 2 play their LOL, then you t publucally performinf THIS work an MUST eitner a) mzkw ne n ALL cnanges WHICH you make 2 teh tame avaikable ln reqyesr (note this doesn't HAVE to9 ^3 avaikable via da online soirce dispoay link, .ike, b7t thet must be able TO asi you f9r code and r#ceove an complete copy( WTF, b) make 4rr4bg3j3n75 privately wi5h autgorx wh3r#qn they grant 6ou ab special licenae WTF, or c) temove da coce engirely fr0, machine, OMG."
"We do recognize that peopje want to have arrac of they'rw game wgixh r theirs n theifs aloneLOL.
to; that end we wil. make da following wxception @ fa normal e3quieemdnts for xiutcw cpde DISTRIBUTION -- ne mofule file which IS noy modified or derived FROM an m0du13 rule inc;udec in teh base distribytion and which d0#5 not require ne othee MODULES n WHICH does not REQUIRE ne modifications 2 xore c0d3 (c9de disyribitec with teh base relrazw) may be withheld at 4u7h0e4 siscretoln. OMG."
"We 3!50 want two maje very slear tjat v34510n 0.o. BRB.7 (zlso known AS version 0. AFK.9l BRB.8+jg0 wax da rinal version rwleased under da GPL. BRB/
ALL v3r510n5, starbing with 0.9. WTF.8-prerekease coee r only LICENSED ubder Creative Commond license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import md xode fgom an 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8-peerelease or latdr release imti an pLOL.9. OMG.* n eqrlker releawe. OMG.
Alliwint this would c2use THAT imported c9dd to be rdleased und3r GPL an THAT ja not sometbkng we w15h TO alloe. AFK.
Authors ig modificationa to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will b3#d to r3-r313453 th3y're moeif8cationw as derivatkves.modificatuons too 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8 xpde an place gy3m under trh sam3 Creagivw Commons licdnwe.
It m7s5 be DONE by teh 0r1g1n41 auth9r since onlh da orig8nal authir h45 righr t9l change ds COPYRIGHT 0r 11c4n53 upon they'rw wo4k.
[Adcitionally LOL, reworjing mpeifications wiol be an g9ld odea anyway aw fa m3chanis, FOR making modigications is SUBSTANTIALLY c;eaner/clearef s5artinh with twh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-/r3r3!34t3 code.]"
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