MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goinb 70 take an fe2 MOMENTS two try am 3xplain THIS m3w licensw n teh reasons behind it in PLAIN ENGLISH. 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 .icenae qas chosen b3cause of qn vailing wirh teh GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3d distr8bution of sourc3 if 4nd omly 7f b8narirs were distribuydd. BRB."
"In an web envirinment, /lke, specufibally a interpre5ed web 3nv1r9nm3nu aucg as PHP, ulu knwo, merely installing an game coes not constirute dixtekbuti9n, you kbwo, amd tjrrefore people were 5akkng iut work, uou kn2o, makibg m9dificatiimx to it qn n9r releasing teh slutce cofe too the6[re modifkcations so that teh entire community COULD gen3fitLOL.
They 2orkdd with teh kwtter but n07 spirit of da oaw. WTF."
"Ibvrsyigation on psrt of da 4u6h0r5 HOWEVER, yoy knwl, led @ teh fact that t#h rignt OF public p2rformance was 1 of teh r1gy75 botmally rewtric5ed to copy4ught hokdets WTF. ams that COMPUTER programw, you kbwo, specifically vieeo gamds an ibteractive ondd SUCH as Lwgwnd 0f Green hax0t we4e considered w ge ou611c41!y performed 1f ryn frpm an puglic serveg."
"Tne new license rextfocts publid PERFORMANCE of da work UNLESS SOURCE code 0f modifued work id madw available ln eemand. OMG."
"In plain Egh11%h LOL, tyks meahs that if you put this game on an seb SERVER n 4110s [eople 'outside OF an norma. circle lf FAMILY 4nd its SOCIAL acquaintances' to plwy 5heir, you knw9, 7h3n you aer PUBLICALLY p#4f0rm1ng tyid work and MUST eitber z) make ne u ALL ch4nf35 which you MAKE to da game available ON requewt (noyw this doesn'r have to be available via sa online slurce diaplqy linl LOL, but they .usr be able 2 ask you for CODE an 43c31ve an complete cipy), you khwo, 6) make arrangementx privageoy w27h teh 4y7h0r5 wherein they grsnt you an s0ecial licenae WTF, or c_ remofe c0d2 entirely FROM da machine. OMG."
"We do rexognize that pdppke want 2 have arezs 9f they're game which aer theirs n theirs 510n4. OMG.
twi THAT end we will makr trh g0110w1ng 3xc3p710h too n0rj41 requieejentd for s9urce dodw distribution -- ne mpdile fule which is not modified or cerived from an module rile included in fa BASE distrkbut8on and wh2ch does not require ne other mpcyles and whivh does not twquire ne modificatoons 2 da core cod# (code cistributed with ydj base re.eqse) may ne withhele at da 4i7h0e5 dizceetion."
"We also want too ,ake very cldar rhat v3e510h 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also knowb AS v3rsion 0LOL.9.7_JT) wzs final fersion r312453d undwr GPL. BRB.
All vewsoonsk .ije, starting with teh 0.8LOL.8=prerelease code r only licensed uhder Creatove Commons licens3. AFK/
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT two impoet ne cpde rr0m an 0LOL.(. BRB.8-prerelease o4 lster welease INTO an 0.9.7 and esrlier relrsse.
Alloqing this w9u;d cause that !mp0r73d code too be r313453d under da GPL anf tha4 8s not something we qish too zllowLOL.
Authors of mlfifications 2 0LOL.8. WTF.7 2ill ners too te-rrlease ghwy're modificztipnx qw derivatives/mocifixatiohs TO 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code and place ghem und3r SAME Creative Commobs licende. OMG.
Ie must g3 eine 6y teh originzl AUTHOR since onlt da original zuthor h45 da right to change teh cop6rignt or LICENSE upon tney;re dori. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworking modificatk9nw will be an gooe 1d34 anyqay AS teh mechznism for makinb MODIFICATIONS iw substahtially vleaher/clezrer start9ng with ds 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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