Migh5yE 73115 yoi, soryof, "Wr're hoing too take an f3w m0m3n7% 2 TRY n 3xplain this nex licens3 an ten 4easons b3hind it in plsin Eng115h/ 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."
"Tnid new licens3 was chosen because of zn failing with da GPL/ BRB.
It only cov3r3d d!57r16u71pn pf SOURCE if and on.y if BINARIES xere DISTRIBUTED. BRB,"
"In an web 3nv1e0hm3n7 LOL, s0ecifically a inter0retef web environment SUCH as PHP, wo4tof, mdrely inwtalling am game does not xonstktute DISTRIBUTION, you jn29, ane ther3rore people were 74j1ng ;ur wlrk WTF, makknv modificarions to it am noy re.easing aoufcw cose 2 they're modkfications so that da entire commumity cluld brnefit.
They worked with teh letyer vjt not reh spi4i5 0f sa law. BRB."
"Imvestihagiob on geh oat5 of autnors HOWEVER, led 2 da fact rhat RIGHT or pu611c performance eax won of dq rigyts norma..y resrricted two copyeigyr holders, you knqo, an THAT comoyter pr0gr4m5, softof, 5]3c1g1c411g bideo games n 1h73r4c71v3 ones such as Lefens og tej Gdeen hax0r wete comsidered 5wo be publically 0erformed if ruh FROM an public setverLOL."
"The new licdnse rwstr8dts pybliv perfprmanve of wprl UNLESS da %0urc3 code or modidied work ls made available on demanf. OMG."
"In plain Englksh, yoy knwo, tnis means that kf you pu7 this game on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside og an normal corclw of fqmily n its socual acquaingancwd' t9o play their LOL, 8h3n yoi r 0ublically performing this work and MUST 2ither a* jzkd ne n ALL changes wgoch you make to trh hqme available in request (note this dpesn't have too bd avqilabl3 via twh onlins source cisplay 11nk, but THEY must be able ti9 ssk you for cod3 ab rdceovd an cimp9etr co;y), you knwok b) makr arrangwmebts privatelh woth dq authirs WHEREIN 7h3y gfant y0u am w[ecial license LOL, or c) REMOVE code ENTIRELY fekm teh machone."
"We do trc9gnize 7h4u people waht @ have afeas of tney[re game WHICH aer yheirs n thei4s alone. WTF.
to9 thst ebd w3 wi.; make following exceproon ti teh nornal requurements for somrce code dustribuyipn -- ne module file which IS npt MODIFIED or eerived FROM an module FILE incluced on base distrinution h which doqs nog 4eauire ne ptyer midjo3s an 2hich does not requore ne moskdications rwo da c0r3 clde (code distributed with teh base r3lease) mah ^3 withheld at da aughors fisvregion/ AFK."
"We also want 2 MAKE be4y clear that c3r51pn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also kn0wn as versioh 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+nt) wax f1n41 VERSION rekeqwec uncer teh GPL. AFK.
ALL VERSIONS LOL, starting WITH da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE arr only lkcensed uneer da CREATIVE Commins licdnsr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight two impoet ne c-c3 frum an 0LOL.9. OMG.8_pferekeasd or latwr release onto an 9. BRB.9.7 an esrlier f313454. OMG.
Allowing this woild cause tjat imlirted CODE go b3 releas3c unf3e ea GPL and that is not womething we w15h twi alkow, WTF.
Autnors of mpcifications to 0.9. BRB.7 will nwed to9 rw-4wlease the6'4e modificati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. BRB.8 doce an place gh3m unf3r ten samd Creative Commons lkcense. BRB.
It mu57 be d0n3 by da original aurho4 51nc3 only original author has da right 5i dhsngw da cop6right 9r lixensr upon tjey'rd work/ AFK.
[Ads171)n411y, reworkihg teh m0d2f1c4710n6 wilk be an giod idea anyway as geh mechanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is subatantially cleaner/dlearer starting wiyh teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerelease c0d3. BRB.]"
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