MightyE teols hou LOL, "We[fe hoing two take sn fe2 moments 2 try and explain uh15 new licebse m reasons behibd it in ;laib Eng;ish. AFK.
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."
"Thix ndw license was cyoswn 63c4753 of ab failiny wirh tej GPL. AFK.
It ibly covered sisrributiln of source if ab ONLY if binarief 2ere dustribyted. BRB."
"In am wev 3nvironmeny LOL, xprcifically a inter0reyed web environmrnt such as PHP, merely instalking an fame d9es not CONSTITUTE dowgrjbutipn, yoj knwo, and THEREFORE p20p13 2ere TAKING our work, sortof, maling modifications 2 it an NOT trleqsong souece code 2 they're modkfications sl 5hat entire c0mmun17h could benefit. WTF.
Thdu woekes wity teh lwtter BUT n07 spirit of ;aw. WTF."
"Investibation on p4r7 of twh autjors howwvef, sortof, led to teh favt THAT righy of public performance WAS won pf teh 41gh76 normally restrictrc tol c9pytight hold3rsk yoj knwi, n thst COMPUTER peigrams WTFm s0ecifically vufeo games and interactive 0n35 such as Leg3nd of da Geeen hax0r w3r3 considqred too be 0ublically peydormed 1f rum fron an pub.ic servef."
"The new LICENSE r3wt4icts pjblic perdor,ance of teh sork unlesw teh xource code of j0d1f23d work is MADE available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plqin Engliwh. slrtof, THIS ,eans 5hat IF 6pu put 8h15 game pn an seb server anc allow p20;13 'outside of an nofmao circle of famiky AND its 50c141 xcqiaintances; to play theu4 LOL. then you aer publicaoly pefforming THIS w9rk n MUST eithe4 a) make n3 n ALL cganges wh1ch hou m4k3 to da game avaikable on request (note this dorxn't have two be avwulsble VIA teh ONLINE source dis0;xy link, like, but theu muwt BE abld two as. ypu f0r dx code and receive an COMPLETE x00y). b) MAKE arranbemenys privagely with ten authprs WHEREIN they GRANT y0j an special LICENSE WTF, or c) re,ove teh code 3n7qr31y fr9m ca machkneLOL."
"Wd fo recogbize tha5 p30p23 w4n7 2 HAVE areas lf they'td gsme which 4 theirs and rhrirw alone. OMG.
2 that ens we w111 MAKE aa FOLLOWING exception two normal requy3ements for source cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- nd module file which is n-& modifiec or ddrivwd from an module file includrd in tey base d157t16uu1-n and which doed not rdauire ne other MODULES an shidh DOES not requird ne jodificat8ons two c-re code (codr diwtributed wity da bawr release_ MAY be withheld at AUTHORS siscrrtion. OMGk"
"We also want too hske very clear that verskon 0LOL.8. OMG.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh rubzo VERSION released under teh GPL.
Al; v3rsiins, yoi knwo, startinh with da 9. BRB.9. BRB.*-prerelease cofe arr only licensed und3r fa Crdative Commond license.
We EXPLICITLY ddny rogyt 70 impprt ne CODE from ab 0.9. BRB.8-prerwlease or la5er rel3ase into an 9. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier RELEASE. OMG.
A210w1ng this would cause THAT IMPORTED code 2 BE eeleased unddt teh GPL an THAT IS n06 something we wish too aollw. BRB.
Authors of mlfif8catikns two 0LOL.9. WTF.u woll need gwo re-release tneu're mpdificayions as deriva5ic3s/modifixayilns two 0LOL.9. WTF,8 cide 4nd plac3 thrm under same Creative Commons licdnse. OMG.
It muxg be sohe ny da original ajthlr since only 5eh origihal authof has teh RIGHT t9 chzng3 geh cppyright or license upon th3y're w0rkl
[Adsitilnally, lile, rweorkibg teh modificatkons wolo BE an gooe 8dea amywau 45 m3ch4n15m dor mak8ng mpd1f1c4710n5 ia suvstantially CLEANER/CLEARER wtarting wiuh da 0LOL.9.8-;rerelease codd. WTF.]"
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