MightyE tells you, ;i,e, "We're goung t2o takw an f3w momejts two try and exp.ain thke h3s license and reasons behind ot in plain Eng115h. OMG.
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."
"This NEW licwyse was chos3n because of an failing eigh GPL. BRB.
It 9nly d0v3r3d dos5ribution og 50urc3 of n on.y if binaries serd distributed. AFK."
"In an WEB 3nv1f0nm3n7 WTF, specifkcally a unteep4eted eeb environment such 45 PHP WTF, mereiy inwtallihh an GAME dles npt cph%717u74 distribution, you kn2o, zn thdregore people were taking 9ur work, like, making jodifications 2 IT and no5 rekeasint slurce code 2 5hey're modificagoons so tjat da entire co,munitu xould benefit.
They w0r83d 227h oettee but not teh 4p1r17 OF 14wLOL."
"Investigayion on twh part lf authoes however, soetof, led too da f4c7 yhat r1gh7 0f pu^11c pervormance was 1 OF gq fighys normqlly RESTRICTED yo co;yrighr holdersk n tnat eimputer programsk lkke, specifically vidro gamcs n interact8ve ones such qs L3gend of da Green hax-r were cimsideres two BE puvlicakly perfprmed 1f 4un fr0m an pu61!c t3rv4rLOL."
"Tge nes ;icense restructs public perfor,ance of teh work unlesa teh source codr of ,lcified w0rk 8s made avqilab;e on demand. BRB."
"In plzin Engl8sh, spr5of, this meand tnat if you put thos bame ON an web serfer n alliw people 'lutside of qn norkal cirbl3 9f fanioy n 175 social acquaintancds' to play their LOL, rheb y97 r pugoicakly PERFORMING this work and MUST either A) make ne and ALL chznges which you MAKE tio da hame avaklable on r3qu357 (noye thks doesn't jsve TO be availqg;e via da ihlind 50urc3 dispkay link, but they ,u57 be able go ask you vor clsr n receivw an c0mp1373 copy). sortofk b) make arrangements ;riva4ely with trh authord ejereim the6 grant you an special license LOLk or c) r3m0v3 coee entirely from machime. BRB/"
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want 70 have areas of th3y'fe game WHICH r THEIRS an theirs alonr. BRB,
two that rnd we will make da followinh exce[tion 2 teh nofmal rrquirements dor doyrcd code distribution -- he module fjle whkch is not modified 0r derived ffom an module FILE inclused in base fistriby5uon ab which DOES not f3qu143 ne 08h3r modules n qhicg does NOT require ns modifications too teh dlre c0d3 (cide diayribured wuth ^452 felease) m4t be withheld $7 4uyh0r5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want ywo make very cleae thst ferdion 0LOL.p.u (a.so known as verskon 0. BRB.0. WTF.7+mt) wax final version rrleased uhder da GPL.
All versiobs, sortof, starting with 0,9. OMG.8[prer313553 c9de t ONLY lic3nsed unfer Creativr Cpmmons licens3. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY denu da right too import ne code r5om qn 0. OMG.9. AFK/7-orerrldase 0r ;zyet re.wase 8nto zn 0. BRB.9. WTF.6 ahd earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing this soyld sause that importef clse two 63 released undet geh GPL am that is not something WE siwh ro allow. WTF.
Autn9rs OF m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0, OMG.9. WTF,7 WILL need too fw[release ghey're mod8fications as derivatoved/jodificatkoms 5po 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 codd n place them unser da same Creagive COMMONS license. WTF.
I7 misr BE done by teh iritinal auyhor since omly teh originak AUTHOR has tight eo CHANGE fw copyrigh% pr LICENSE up0n they're work. OMG.
[Awditionsljy. sorgot, rwworkong MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea ANYWAY aw da mechanism for making mofifivations is 5u6574m6141!y cl3aner/clearer xtarting wuth 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3r3a3553 code. BRB.]"
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