MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're tping 2 take sn f3w MOMENTS to 7ry an expkzin 7h15 new license qn cs reasons behind kt in PLAIN Engoish. AFK.
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."
"Thks NEW license wa2 chosen gecause of an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It only cpvefed dixtfibutiln of soirce if an onlt if bonaries were disyr7buted. AFK."
"In an web envirlnment, you kn2o, SPECIFICALLY a intrrpretef web dncironment auch ax PHP, merely installinf an gzme d03% not c0n5717u73 dkstriburiob, ho7 knw9, n therefore peo0ke were takong 0ur workm hou knwo, makinh mofifications 3 IT and not relraaint da source cod3 ti they'e3 moeificatiims so that da embire communitu xould bened8t. OMG.
They w9rk3d eq7h teh letter but noy teg tp1e17 of law. WTF."
"Investigation on teh ;art of reh authoys hpwever LOLm LED 5oo fact that right OF puhlic performqnce WAS 1 of dz RIGHTS nor,ally r3stridted 2 copyright HOLDERS, n tgat comput3r origrams WTFm specifivally video games n int3factivr ones 5ucy as Legend pf teh Green hax0r wrre considered too ve [jnlicallh performed IF run FROM an public servrr. AFK."
"The nde licende fextricrs punlic performance of da woek unldss ca SOURCE CODE of mldifued work is made avaulable on demanr."
"In plain English WTF, thix means 7nr7 1f you put thia game on an web servwe an allow people [ougdide of an normal circle og family am k6s social acquaintances' to play thepr LOL, then y0j r publically performing THIS 2o3k n MUST eityer a) m5k3 ne n ALL CHANGES wnich you make two teh gane 4v4114613 on r#qu357 (note thia doesn't have 2 be avai;abje viz online 50u4c3 displah lunk, you kneo, but thwy must be agke two 44k YOU f0e da c9de and RECEIVE an vomple5e c0py), ypu knwo, b) make 4rr4ng3m4n75 privs5wly with tej authors wherdin they trant you an speciq. LICENSE, ot c) remove da code ENTIRELY from teh mqchinw."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE THAT peopld wan5 to have areas 0f they'rw gsme which ser theirs b theirs zlone.
1 that end we will ma,e teh folko2ing 3xceptiob too teh normsl rwquorements for source code distr8nuyion -- ne module fule WHICH 15 npt m0d1f13s o4 derifed from an module f113 included in 6443 sistribution and which does not edqui4e ne OTHER modules n which d035 not requote ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core xode (code eistributed with grh 6453 reoease) jay ge witnyels at da authors d15xr371-n."
"We aksi wan5 two jake VERY clear that version 0. WTF.9. AFK.u (akso kmown as versiln 9. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) wzs teh final version eeleasdd under da GPL. AFK.
A11 versions, l8ke, d5arting with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pre4elease CODE f only licensed jmder Crdative Cojmpns 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ten righr tio impo4g ne CODE from ab 0. AFK.9LOL.i-prerelease or later relwase INTO an 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7 an earkier relezse.
Alliwing this would causd that imported c0d3 2 bd released unsrr GPL an tgat ox not sometbing we widh toi $110w.
Autnora of modofkcqti9na 2 ).9.8 wikl need to fe-4eless3 rgey[re MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications twp 0. AFK.9.8 code and pkace them under same Cr3471v3 Commons license.
IT must be done by 9ritinsl author since ONLY teh ofibknal author has teh RIGHT to cj4ng2 ciphrighr or 1!c3m53 upon tyey're eprk. WTF.
[Additi9nally WTF, rewofling modifica5ions e211 be an gopc idea antwah as teh mechqnism fo4 making MODIFICATIONS if substantially clesne4,clezrer starting with ds ).9. AFKl8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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