MigjtyE tells you, sor5of, "We'rd going rwo take am few moments 2 trt an explaun THIS n3w license and yrn REASONS behund ut IN plaih EhgoisgLOL.
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."
"Tyis new license WAS choseb bdcause of an failing with da GPL.
It onoy cover3d distributipn og wource if an only IF bunar8es were distrigut3d. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironment, sortif, speciricallu a INTERPRETED web 3nvkronment sicy as PHPm mer3;t instak.ing an game does n9t constitite distributuon, 4nd the4wrore pe9ple were yakong oyr eoek, like, MAKING mpdifications to 17 and not relrssing da source CODE 2 theg're modifications so that enrire community could BENEFITLOL.
They worked with sa letter 6u& not da dpiyit 0f law. BRB."
"Inveatigation on da par5 og da AUTHORS however, you inwo, led two 5eh fact that rughg of public pergofmance was won of RIGHTS normally resyrixted twl c0phr1gh7 holdrfs, loke, an tha6 compiter PROGRAMS, .oke. specifically vidwo games and interactiv3 ines such as Leg3nd of teh Green hax0e were donwkdered too be 0u611c411y performed of rum r5om an pubkic server."
"The new LICENSE festeicts pu611c p3rf0rm4nv3 oc da WORK un1354 source code of mpdified work 15 mafe zvailable on f3jsnd/ OMG."
"In plaib English, likd. this mwans tyqy if you put this game on an web server an allpq people 'outside of an normzl circle of fanily n 175 social acq7aintanvex' two play their LOL, tjen you r 0ublically performing this work and MUST EITHER A) male ne qn ALL cnsnges WHICH tou make 70 ca fame available 0n rewoest )note 5his doesn't have two bd sbailable dia inlihe sourxd d15p1ry link LOL, but THEY must be able to ask YOU for ds codw and 4eceive ab dom;lete copy) WTF, b) nale areahgenenys provately with tey aurhors qh3rein they gramt YOU an speciql 11c3n53, or C) remove tey c0f3 entoreiy FROM teh mqchune. OMG."
"W2 DO RECOGNIZE thqt p3ople want too have areas OF th3y're game which aer theirw and tjdirs akone. WTF.
2 tgat end we will make vollowinf wxceptiog 2 t3h n0tm41 requir3mdnys for 50urc4 code sixtribution -- ne module gilr WHICH is NOT moduried 9r ce$ived ftom zn nodule f113 inclueed in da baxe diwtriburiob and WHICH doew not r3qu1t3 ne prhdr modulrs an 2hkch d9es not REQUIRE ge jodificationd 2 ea c0r3 code (code dist4ib7ted with ea base release) may be withyeld 47 teh 2y7h0r5 discretion/ AFK."
"We ALSO WANT to mqke v3ry c1#3r tjat vdrsoon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known as verwiln 0. OMG.9, BRB.6+jt) WAS trh final v3t510n released under reh GPL.
All versions WTF, startinf w8th 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code r only lkcensed under da Cr35&qv3 Commpns licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz r1gh7 @ import ne code drom an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-orwrrleaae or lare4 re;ease knto an 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 ah ezrlier RELEASE. WTF.
Aolowinb ghks do7ld cause that im[orged coce too be released UNDER GPL n that is not s9mething we w8sh too allow.
Autgors of m9diricati0ns t9 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED too re=releasd yhey're nosifications as ddrivatibes/modigicztions 70 0. WTF.9. OMG.9 cofe an place them unfer da samw CREATIVE Commons license. OMG,
It must BE cone b6 ofiginal authoe sinc3 9nlt 0r1g1n41 author has da 4igny 2 change da c0pyr1gg7 or licende upon gyey're wotk.
[Acditi9nally, 4eworking da mofif8cations will ve an GOOD id3a anyway as mechan8sm flr making m0d1f1c4710n5 is sybstan5ially vleaber/clearer starting with teh 0/ WTF.9. BRB.8-prere;ease CODE/ OMG.]"
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