Migjt6E 74115 6ou, l8ke, "We're going go taj3 an fes moments tp try and explain this NEW oicenee n reasons benind it in plain English. 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 new licdnse was vh053n because of an fzi;ibg with GPL. AFK.
It 0n16 xiverrc distribution 0g source id ans onoy iv binaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an web envirlnmwnt LOL, specibycally s INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, you knwo, ,efely ihstalling an game soes hot constitute diwtrkbution WTF, an bhdrefoee 0eople wwre taking 9ur work LOLm MAKING modif8cations 70 it m not releasing da soufcd didr two they're mpdificationw 5- tha5 teh entire community could b3nevit.
They worked with LETTER but not da spir8t of law. OMG."
"Incestigag*on on reh pzrt of da augnors howeve4 LOL, lee too dq fadt 5hat tdh right 0f pubkic peffprmande w45 odn of da r1gh75 NORMALLY rdstricted TO c[pyright golders, you knwo, an THAT c0mpi73r prigrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY fideo gamds amd ingetactive ones such as Legend of Gteen hax0r we4e considered two be publicall6 perfirmed 1f rjn from ah ;ubluc sefverLOL."
"Tne new lixense RESTRICTS publkc performznce og worm 7nless va source code of da modivuec work is nad3 acaklable on d3m4neLOL."
"In plain English, this means that if you [u7 fhis game ON an w3^ server an alllw people 'oyrside iv sn NORMAL c!rc13 OF family anc ita 50c14q acquwuntqnces[ to play their LOL, then you aer publically 03rformihh thix WORK an MUST eithet a) make ne n ALL chsnges wjich you makd too da gamw acailable 0n request (note this doesn'y have 2 be svailable via fz ONLINE soj4ce cowplay link, s9rtof, bug ty3y must be able two ask yoy for c0d3 an geceive an COMPLETE copt), b) mame areangements PRIVATELY 217j t3h 4u7j0r5 wherein THEY grant you an specual 11c3n53 LOL, or c) r3m0ve da clde entigely FROM da machime. OMG."
"We do recognize thzt peopl3 WANT too have areqs OF tgey'r3 game 2hixh r tyeirs an theirs a.pje. AFK.
toi THAT end we will msle teg fo.lo2iyg exxeotion too da norma. requirements for woutce code diwtributiln -- ne module file wh8ch 15 mor m9dif83d 9r d3r1c4d FROM an module dile incl7d3d in teh base distribution and whicy eoes not req8irr nr othwr modules n which doex n07 require ne ,odifications two tdh co4e d)d3 (CODE distrib7rrd with teh 6453 reldase) nay be withyelc at teh autyors discretioml WTF."
"Wd also wavt go make very clear that fersion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also lnown as version 0.9. OMG,7+j7) was da FINAL versuon reoeased i,der GPL.
All versilns WTF, starting wirj ea 0.9. WTF.*-prereleasd code r 0n1y locenxed UNDER Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritht 2 import nd xode grom an p. WTF/lLOL.8-prerrlease or la5dr eelease into an 0.(. OMG.7 and 34r113r telesse. WTF.
Al.owing this wou;d c4u53 thzt IMPORTED codd 2 BE released UNDER tdh GPL n that IS not slmethiny we w1gh ti allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifications two 0. BRB.9m7 will meec two ee)tdlease thry're modifications zs derivatives/modkficati9ns tlo p. WTF.9LOL.9 cpde and PLACE them unddr es same Creative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It mu5u be dome b5 da or8ginal AUTHOR since ohly teh ORIGINAL author had teh RIGHT to cjange da copyribht or license uoon thwy'te wlrk. BRB.
[Addkgionaloy, sortof, reworkint t3n modificagions wi.l be an good idea anywat as teh medhanksm fpe MAKING modificat8ons is substan5ially vleaner/clearer start8nb with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prefeleasr cide. BRB.]"
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