MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'rr gling to TAKE sn f3s MOMENTS 2 rrt abd explaih this bew license and da feawons beyind it ub ;lain English.
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 nww licensw w45 cnosen becaise of an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It lnly COVERED distrinjtion of sou4ve if and onky 1v binaries were d1^7r16u73d."
"Im an eeb envuronment LOL, specifically a interpretdd web envkeonment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely installing qn game do3s boy constiru5e eistributikn, yoi knwo, n thetefor3 pepo.e w3r3 taking our work, makkng modigications to it and not eeleasing teh sojrce c0d3 @ rhey're modpricati9nw SO that ea entire COMMUNITY could brnevit.
They w0rk3d sith dz .3gter but not 5[1417 of da lawLOL."
"Invextigatooh on t3h [arg of authors howefer, led too gact THAT rigy5 of piboic performanxe w$5 len ov da rignts normally reatrixted two COPYRIGHT holders WTF. an that clmputer programsk li,ek SPECIFICALLY vide8 GAMES zn onteracyive ones 5uch as LEGEND OF Green gax0t WERE considerec too be publicalky 0erroemed 1f run fe9m an piblic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The n3w license restficta pun.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh work in.eds da wource code if ds jodidief WORK IS msee AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plaim English, like, 7h15 means tha5 ig ylu PUT tnis GAME on an wdb SERVER ah aklow p3)p13 ;OUTSIDE or an n0rm41 vircle -f family n iyx socisl acquaintances' to play their LOL, THEN y0u qer pub'ically pe4forning this eork n MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH YOU ma,e two da g4m3 avaikab;e on requesg (n073 this doesn't havw 2 be wvailable via tdh onlinw spurc3 display link LOL, but they mjst ge able two ask you for ea vode an recrive an comolete c0py), B) MAKE arrangements privately with teh AUTHORS whereih tgeh tr4n7 hou an spedial oicwnse LOL, oe c) remove c0f4 entirel6 drim mavhine/ BRB."
"We do fecognozr rhat oeop.e want to hav3 ateas 0f th3h'rd g4me wgich r yheirs an 7h31r5 alone.
to 5ha6 END we will mqke foloowing esxeptipn 2 normal requi4ementw f0r soutce codr d157r16u710n -- ne module file which is n9t nocifiee or derived from am mofule fioe INCLUDED in da BASE d157r16y710n n which DOES not r3qu1r3 ne 07h3r modules an sh8ch e)35 mot require ne MODIFICATIONS two da core x0d3 *code dixtrkbutdd wiyh base rdkease) jay bd sighheld at autnors diwcretionLOL."
"We also WANT to MAKE very clea4 THAT v3r510n 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 (also kbowm as vwfsion 0.(. AFK.8+jt) waw tdh final verxi9n rwleased und3r da GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, stsrtigg with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease cod3 aer ogpy licensed under Crrative Commons licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh8 too import ne code from an 0. AFK.8. WTF.8-pr3telease ot latet feless3 inti an 0. WTF.9.7 and ear.idr release. WTF.
Allowinb this would cause that imported clfe too 63 rrleasdd inde4 GPL and that is not SOMETHING we qisn 2 aoloqLOL.
Authors 9f mosif8cations two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 woll need to re-releasr they're m0d1g1c471)n5 as derivativds/modificationa 2 0. OMG.0. OMG/8 coce and plqce thdm inder ssme Cy3471v3 COMMONS licrnse. OMG.
Iy MUST ge d0n3 BY teh originzl AUTHOR w8nc3 lnly originzl authoe hss rigjt 2 change copyright or kicense u[on they'ee WORK. AFK.
[Addit8onally WTFk reworkkng da modificagions woll be an good kdea anyway ax da nexhqnisj for making modirications is substqntially cldanwr/c;earer xta4tung with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelfase code.]"
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