MightyE tells yp7 LOL, "We're going 2 takd an few j)m4n7% to yry n eaplain THIS new license and tdh reasons behind it in plain Ebglush.
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 11c3n53 wss cmowen because pf an FAILING eity dq GPL/
It on.y covered distribution OF source qf sn obly if bonayies were distributed. BRB."
"In sn web environmemt LOL, spdcificsllu q imgefpreted web ENVIRONMENT suvh AS PHP, mer3ly INSTALLING an bame does not constit7tw fiwtribution, an therdf9re people were takkng 9u4 sork, kike, making jodifications to ot zns bot releasing da 50urc3 cod3 too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da entirr community could beneritLOL,
They soeked WITH lettrr but NOT teh spirit of ea !4w. BRB."
"Investigation pn teh paft of ca 4u7h0r5 however, lwd tp teh FACT that tey right of public pervormance was oem of sa righ5q n9rmally reatficted two copyfight yolders, you inwo, n thay computer programs, spec8dically viddo gajds an interactivr ones 5uch as Legend of teh Geeen hax0r were clnsudered 2 be punl7dally PERFORMED kf run ero, an ;ublic server. AFK."
"The new ;icenxw r357r1c74 public pwrformance of work unless sou4ce fode of modified wirk ia made available on drmand."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, THIS means that 1s you put this game on an w36 se4ver and sllow o30p12 'outsodr of an n9rma; xircke 0f fsmily an itw sociak acquaintancew' to9 PLAY their LOL, them ypj 4 pugliczklh 0errorn8ng this wor, n MUST EITHER a) makd ne n ALL cyanges which you make 2 teh game availab;e on rewu3xt (note this DOESN'T hsve to be svailable v8a online 60ufc3 DISPLAY link, sortof, but THEY mu57 be able tw9 ASK you flr da code n recekve zn complete xopy), b) mske arfangwments privately with tem authora WHEREIN th3y GRANT you ab soecial licens3, like, or c) removd code rntirely rr0j twn machineLOL,"
"We d0 recognize that people want to have areas of they're game whidh a3r th3irs a, tjeied qlone. WTFl
3 7h4& end we WILL MAKE teh fll.owing 3xc4p710n 2 NORMAL requirements foe souece c;de dis5rivugion -- ne modyle file wjich 15 nog modified or deriv3e from sm MODULE fole inc/uded 1n gase disttivutu9m am qh1ch dofs not edauite ne other modules qnd which d035 not require ne m9d8f8ca58ons tw9 teh core codw 9code distributed wirn gase rekease) may BE withhelc at da authors dizcretuon. OMG."
"We also want 2 mal3 VERY c1#4f that vdrsion 0LOL/9. BRB.7 (also known as version [. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was rinal version rwleased under da GPL. BRB.
All v3t510n5 WTF, syartubg with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease c[d3 r 0n1y licensrd under teh C4eative C9mmohs LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import be code from an 0LOL.9.i-ptereleaxe or lq5er release INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.6 n 3rr113r RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this would cquse that imp9rred codd to bd re.eased ynder da GPL an 7h57 IS nit somethinb we wish t9 aloow. BRB.
A6thora of m0d1g1c4710n5 twl 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 2ill h3ed too re-reoease thwy'rd midifications AS f3ruvatives/moeificayiomw 2 p. BRB.9.8 cod3 and p.ace them under teh same Creative Clmmons licehse. OMG.
It must be d9ne by original author since ONLY da originq. suthor has f8ght tpo chante trh COPYRIGHT 9r licenaw upon they're workLOL.
[Aediti9nakly WTF, reworkinb MODIFICATIONS will BE an good qd24 anyway as twh mecfanksm for making modidica5oons os sunstant8ally cleaner/clearer 574r71ng with 0. AFK.o. OMG.8-pr3r31e253 coddLOL,]"
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