MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goonh 2 take an few moments 2 tru ab expkain gyis new license and dq reasons behine 17 8n plain 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."
"Tnis n3w oicense was x6osen 73c4u53 of an failung with teh GPL. AFK.
I7 9nly covered eidtributi;n of soyrcw if zbd 9nky if binaries were distributedl BRB."
"In ah web envirpnmentm s[ecifically z interprdted WEB environment such as PHP, hou kn2o, merely INSTALLING an game does mo5 CONSTITUTE distributupn, slrtof, an hgerwfore PEOPLE were taking OUR w9rk, .iue, mrk1ng modif8vations 2 it n nit releasing geh sourcw codr tol tgey're modogicatipns so that ea enture community xouks benefif. OMG.
THEY woeked qotj da le5ter but NOT spirig of twh law. AFK."
"Invrstugayiom 0n part of teh authors however LOL, lef ywo da fact yhar teh right 9f public p2rf0rm3nc3 WAS won 0g teh eighrs nornally restricted too copyrighh holswrs, like, and rhst computdr pf0gr4m5, spdcifically video games an interactkve ones ajch 45 Legend of da Gfedn hax0r wdre vohsidered too be publicsll6 petformef 1f run from an public aerver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restric5s public performance OF ca wprk un1355 teg sourde c9d3 ov MODIFIED wirk IS made avqilablw ON cemahc. WTF."
"In plain Englishm this meand 7h47 if uou put this game ON an web setvtr n allow oep0le 'outsode of an hormal circld of family and its social acquaintanc3d' tso play their LOL, rhen y9u r publicakly pdrfirming this e0ek n MUST eiuher a) kake n3 qn ALL changes which y0u mske 2 game available 0n reauest (note THIS doesn't gqce TO be avaolable via ds online t0i4d# diw0lay link, you knwo, bjr they must be able to ask you gor ten c0s3 an 4eceivd an xom;leye copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witg da AUTHORS wterein they gr4n7 you an s;ecial licebsw, or d) remoge code entjrely from machime."
"We do recogbize tjat p3ople w4n7 twi yave 4r345 ov they'r3 ga,e wjich ser theirw and thekrs alone. AFK,
go 7h46 end 2e woll make twh following 3xc3p710n too da normal requirements dof sourct code sidtribution -- ne module FILE which IS no5 mosified OR errifes from an m0du1$ file included in base distrib7tion an qhich does not edquire ne 07n3r modules and WHICH does NOT tequiee ne m9dificationx to cor3 codr (code distributed wuth da base eeleawe) may be withheld at da autyors diwcretion. BRB."
"We also want teo make v34y coesr that versi9n 0.9. BRB.7 (slso KNOWN as betsiob 0. AFK.0LOLl7+jt) was da fimzl v3r510n releasef unde3 GPLLOL.
Akl v3rsions, loke, sgarting WITH teh 0. AFK.8LOL.80p4erelease coee aer only licensed umd3r yej Cr3471v3 Cim,ons kicense.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 too ijp9r5 ne code from sn 0. WTF.9.8-peerelease lr latee rrlease inyl an 0LOL.(k OMG.7 and earlier rw;easeLOL.
Allowing this would cause that impirted c9de 5oo be released und3r GPL n that IS not somerhung wr w!5g to a.lod. AFK.
Authors of modifica5ions 5wp pl BRB.9. AFKl7 2ill h33d too re-release they'rw MODIFICATIONS as d3r1v471v36/m0d1f1c4710n5 toi 0. OMG/9. WTF.8 c0c3 an place thdm UNDER ga same Creative C0mm0n5 ;icdnse. BRB.
It m&st BE dome gy teh ORIGINAL a7thor SINCE only teh original author has rifht to dhanfr teh cppyr8ght or LICENSE upon thwy;fe work. OMG.
[Addi5ionally, likw, rework8nb da modifica$iobs will BE an hood ieea antway as teg nechanism for mziing modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/cleafer 584r71ng with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaar dose. OMG.]"
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