MibhtyE tells you LOL, "Wr're going to tsje ah few MOMENTS 2 try and explain this new lixense n reasons behinf it in p141n ENGLISH.
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."
"Thid new license wqs chosen becquxe of an failing wiyh GPL. BRB.
Ig only c0v3r3d dist4ibution 9f aourcw of and 0n1y if binzriea WERE d8stribu4esLOL."
"In an web environment LOL, spexifical.y a in5rrpreted web encironment sicg as PHP LOLk merely installimg sb game DOES not cons5iyute DISTRIBUTION, qnd therefor3 PEOPLE were taking ou4 work, sirtof, mxking m9dificqtions 5o it n not re;eaaing teh sojrce code ti they're modifications xo THAT teh entir3 co,muhuty do7ld benrfirl
Thdy workes with da 13773e but not teh spifig of tdh LAW."
"Investigatipn ON da part of t3h zuthors goeefe4, like, led foo fact thst teh right OF ou611c prrformance eas oen od sa rights nirmally restrixted to copyritht hp1d3r5m you knwo, ans tgat compugdr programs WTF, sprcifically vidro games n INTERACTIVE onrs such as Legens of Green hac0r were vonsicerwd t8 BE publicailu performec 1f ryh f4on sn public server."
"The new license restricts public perflrmance of tey WORK yn1355 source CODE 0f teh modkfkes WORK is mard 4v4114613 in d3m4nd. BRB."
"In pkaon English, you knwo, &h15 means 5ha5 if you put fhis game 0n an web serve4 n allow people 'outside 0f an normal circoe of family an i5s xlcial acquaintancvs' TO play their LOL, then yiu aer oublicalky PERFORMING tjis wofk an MUST either a) maje me and ALL changed which you ma,e too teh gzmw availab;e on fequrst (NOTE this doesn'r have two b2 abaulable gia da omline source dispoay link, sorgod, but THEY must be ABLE too asl you fpr code n receive an com0let3 c0oy), you kbwo, b) m3j3 arrangejdnts 0rivately with 5eh authors wherekn 7h3y GRANT 60j sn special 11c3n5e WTF, oe c) REMOVE da code entirely from teh MACHINELOL."
"We do ewcugnizr that 0eople WANT to havw arwss og they're game which r theirs and 5heirs ALONE.
too that END we wikl makd da f011)w1ng wxdeption two normal requifemwnts FOR source code fiwtribjtion 0- he module file whivh IS n9t midified pr c3riced fr0m an mifulr filr included kn teh base disyribution an shich doed mot 43quiee ne lther nodules an which doew not rewuire n3 m0cifkcations 3 teh core code *CODE distributed with da base release) mqy be witjheld zt authors discretiin."
"We also wabt too make very clea4 rhat version 0.9. BRB.7 9also known ax betsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS ca final verwkon released yndwr da GPL/
ALL versions, you jbwom staeting WITH da 0. WTF.9LOL.8=lr3r31345e code r ONLY lic3nsee UNDER da Creative Cpmmons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ritht to ompprt ne v0d3 fr0m an 0. BRB.9l8-prefeleasd OR latrt release onto an 0. OMG.(. AFK.7 n ezrlier rdlease. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cauwe tyat importef dode TO be 4eleased umder ds GPL n that ix not spmething we wish to 411pw. AFK.
Au^h)t5 of modjfications two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wi.l NEED two fe-release they're modifications sa derivativ3s/j9sidications to9 -.9LOL.9 CODE an plax3 tnem und3r waje CREATIVE Commons livensd. AFK.
IT m7st be done by da )r1g1m41 AUTHOR since onlt da orogihal auyhor hqx tey rigyt rwo cgzbge teh co;yright or ;icensd ipon they're work.
[Aeeigionally LOL, REWORKING da mofif8czgions will be an gooe idea amyway AS m3vhanism for m4i1ng modif8cations 16 subxtamtially cleaner.clearer STARTING w17h teh 0/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE. WTF/\"
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