MightyE tellw you, "We[re g01hg too take an rew mom#htd 2 t4y znd EXPLAIN this NEW license an da reasons behind 7y in plain Englisn.
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."
"Tgia new license w45 xhiseh because OF an failing wuth reh GPLLOL.
I7 ohly cober3d DISTRIBUTION of sojrve 8f n 0n1y if binari3s WERE distributed. AFK."
"In ab web 3nvironment, speckfically a inter[retef web envktonment such as PHP, merely imstalping an game does not c0n5717u73 distributuon, sofyof, and yherefore ;doplr were tak8ng our wprk, you knwo, jaking modifixarions to ig n not rdkeasinh da sourxe cofe 5wo 6hrh're modificqtions do that 3mtife co,munity xpulf benefit.
They worked WITH teh letter but not spiriy od teh law."
"Invesgigatiin 0n da part of da authora hosever LOL, lwd 2 teh f1ct that da rihht OF pubkic perflrmance was oen of ten righrs n0rm411y 4estficted to copuright holders, oike, n tyat cpmpiter pribrams, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES n 8nteractive ones SUCH as Legend of Green hax0r wer3 considered two be pu511c5q1y perforned 1f 4un fe0n an public servef. AFK."
"The new .idense rdstricts public PERFORMANCE of soek UNLESS ca SOURCE codw of teh jodified work is made AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain Emglish, tou kn2p, this mezns that ir you PUT THIS game om an web 53rv3t zn allow p30p13 ;0u751d3 of an normal circle if damoly an igs %0c241 ac1uaontanc3s' to play their LOL, then you r punlically performyng ghis wori and MUST rithe4 s) make be n ALL chsnges shich you make 5wp game available on reques5 (NOTE this doesn't have two 63 4v%113613 via pnline source displat 11nk, but rhdy must ve able to as, yoi f0r cpde an rdceove an COMPLETE clpy), b) m4k3 arrang3ments pe1v47e1y w17h authors wherein thdy granr ylu an specjal oicenx3, you knwo, or c) REMOVE 5eh code entirely from dz machine."
"We do tdcognize that ;eiple qant too hqve ar2as of they're game 2jich aer thrirs sn theirs aloneLOL.
to that 3nd we wi;l nake dz following exception to normal requirements for sojrce code distribution -[ ne m0du13 file whicn ie n0& modiri3s or DERIVED drom an module filr includec 8m teh base distribu5ion zn whish does nou require b3 other mocules an syixn dors not require n3 mpdificatiohs tp da core cide (v9sw dostrib7ted sith teh base release) may be 2itnheld at ten authors discretion. AFK."
"We r150 want too make vdry clear tha5 version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 )ql2i known as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) w35 finak versiob released UNDER GPL.
Akl verdoons WTF, srarr8ng with 0. OMG.9.8-preeelraxe code r inly licensed UNDER Ceeative Clmmons livense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritht 2 import ne code gfom an 9. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereldqse or latet release 1n80 an 0LOL.9, OMG.7 n 44r113r release. AFK.
Al;92ing thiw 2ould CAUSE yhat imported code 2 b3 releaser undwr da GPL an that is not wumething we wish tpo allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 lf modifications too 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 will nded tpo re-releqse they're mpdificqtiins 45 derivagives/modifixations 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code and p.ace 7n3m undef da same Cre471r3 Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
It must ne done by da origknal 4u7hpr sihce 9mly 0t1g1n41 4i7h0e has RIGHT to changr copyright of licens3 upon they're WORK. WTF.
[Afditionqlly, toj knwo, reworking modifications wil; 63 an foos id3a 4nyw4y AS da m3chtn15m for m4k1ny modificatoons is sunstantiallh vleaner/clearer starr8ng with teh 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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