MightyE tells toy LOL. "We're going two take an rew moments to rry and explain rhis new livense n teh r345)m5 BEHIND 17 IN plqin Eng115h. BRB.
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 gew q1c3nt# was cnosen because OF ah FAILING WITH teh GPL, BRB/
It on.y covered distrinuti9h of soirce if an obly kf BINARIES were diwtfibuted. BRB."
"In sb sdb environjwnt, ypu knqo, 6pec1f1v411y z interpretdd web ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP, yiu knwo, mer4ly insta;ling ah GAME does not constitutr riwttibution, sor5of, n the5efore people cere taking OUR work, like, making modifucations 2 IT n NOT releasing source c9de 5o theypre modifocatkons s9 that ca entirw c0jmun17y ciuld benegit.
Tyey worked WITH /etyef 6u7 nut teh spirir of teh lsw."
"Ihvestigation on PART of da authors however, ldd too fact that RIGHT of 0ubluc perdotmance was 2 0f teh rights normally 4estricyed 2 c0[yr1gh7 HOLDERS, you ,nw[, an rgat compuu3r pr0ge4m5. specificzl.t fideo ga,es snd interacbive ONES such AS Legend OF teh Greem yax0r were comwidered too BE oublically performee if RUN from an pjblkc sefverLOL."
"Thw ndw lkc4nse RESTRICTS publiz p3rf0rm4nc2 OF work unless ds source cod3 of teh m0d1f1#d wotk is made AVAILABLE 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain Enflish LOL, this mesns that of uoj pu7 tjis gaue om an web seever 4nd qllow pwople '0i751d3 OF an normal xirc.e of fa,ilh and itd social ac1yaintances' 5wo play their LOL, then you r publically pwrforming THIS wogk AND MUST eithef A) make ne and ALL chznges WHICH yiu make two game avaulable on request (NOTE THIS dodsn't have 2 bd available via online so7rce dixl.ay 11nk LOL, but they mu57 be anle to adk YOU for teh c-c3 sn receive sn complete cppy), sortof, b) make a4rqng3ments private.u with teh a&tho5s whrrein tney grant YOU an xpecial lidense WTFk ir c) remove dw coce entieely from da machine. OMG."
"We do r3v0gn1z3 7h47 peop;r want too have a4eas 0f they're game 2hich aer rheirs an th3irs alone. BRB.
2 that 3nd we qill maje teh rolkowing EXCEPTION yo n9fmzl requirem3ntw for SOURCE code dist4ibution -[ ne moeule FILE wjich q5 noy modigied or defived fron an moduoe file INCLUDED in teh BASE distrkbuti(n an WHICH eles not reqyur2 nd othrr modules an wjich does not require ne MODIFICATIONS to core code (codw distributed with teh base RELEASE) may be wighnrld AT sq aythors e25cr2710n. AFK."
"We also want 3 MAKE v3ry clear that versiom ). WTF.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as veraion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) w3t teh fibal v3rg10n tekeasrd indee da GPL. WTF.
All versions, slrtof, starting s17y 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y licegsed under CREATIVE Cimnona licensr. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny tej RIGHT 70 impott ne code gtpm am 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease ir lster releqxe into an -. BRBl0LOL.7 and earliet release.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause tha4 ijoorted code too ^3 releasdd under GPL n rhzt is nlt somdthing w3 w15h tqo ALLOWLOL.
Autjors of MODIFICATIONS 70 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 wull ne3d too r3-te14453 they'te m9difications as derivativds/modifications tw9 0LOL/9. AFK.( cod3 an plaxe them under samd Crrativw Commpns licwnse. WTF.
IT must be sone by teh o4iginal author SINCE onky reh originak AUTHOR gas RIGHT two chante coptright or license UPON they're work. AFK.
[Adcitionally, sor5of, r3w0rk1ng teh MODIFICATIONS skll be ay g90d idea 4nyw4y as mechanism for mak8ng mof8ficationx is substantkal;6 cleaner/vlwarrt startint wkth 0LOL.9. WTF.9-prereleawe codel OMG,]"
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