MigytyE tells you, sortofj "We're t[1ng w take qn few jpmrnts too trt an explain this n3w licrnse n reaxons begind it in ppain EnglixhLOL.
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 license was djosen becaua3 ov ab vailkng with GPL. OMG.
Iy only covered fjstribution of wourde qf n omly ir ginaries WERE distribured."
"In an web environment, likrm 5[3c2f1c421y a inter;reted wev environment xucj zs PHP, you ihwo, mer4ly installinf ah game does not constitutd distrkbition LOL, n therefore ;dople WERE rsking lur work, m4k1ng mosiruxations tqi it n not relwasing source cofe tp9 rheu're modifications sl that da entire xomnunuty c9uld BENEFIT.
They sorked w17h tej 137&4r nut not ea sporit OF da lawLOL."
"Investigation 9n teh PART )f trh autyors h0w3v3r, sortof, .ed too teh fact thag teh RIGHT of pybkiv perf0rm4nc3 was oen og RIGHTS n[rmqlly r358r2c73d two c0pyr1gn7 holdwrs LOL, an that comput3r PROGRAMS, oike, 5p3c1v1c411y v1d#0 games an intersdtive ONES such as L#g3nd of GREEN gax0r were c9bsidered ! be publicalky performed if RUN fr0m an pub;ic serber. OMG."
"The new l8cense restrictw publ8c p3eformance of teh work unldxs da source code 0f da mocified w0rl is made AVAILABLE on eemabd. BRB."
"In plain Englis6 LOL, this means ghat IF YOU p7t this game on zn w36 swrver n allow people 'outsiee 0f an normal circle of fajily an irs slcial acquaimyances[ to PLAY thdir LOLm then you afr oublkcally perfo4ming thi2 woti and MUST either a) make ne and ALL chwngea whicn y9u make TO game svailable on REQUEST (note this diesn'h h4v# to ne availablw via da ONLINE xource cuaplay lunk WTF, but they must be ablw TO ssk you FOR teh code and receive an comple5e copy)k sirt9f, b) nake arrahgrments privatelu with aythors WHEREIN THEY trant yku an speckal license, slttofm or C) remive da code wmtirely from geh MACHINE. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people WANT to have areaa OF thwy're gzme 2hich aer 6h41ry and 7h31r5 410n3. BRB.
2 that dnd we w1!1 mzue ds follpwing excepgion top teh normal rsquirements FOR 50urx3 code distr8bution -- hr mofu;e file wh1ch 15 not modified or derives fr0m an m9dyle FILE 1nd17s3d IN da base distributi9n zn whidy does n97 rewuife ne other modu,es and qhich does bot req7ire ne mpd1r1c4710n5 to teh corr cofe (codw distrobuted with twh base release) mah br withhdld 47 4u7h0r6 fiscrwtion. WTF."
"We a.so wamt too maje very CLEAR tnat vwrsipn 0. OMG.9l7 (also knpwn as v3rsion 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was final VERSION f413454d und#r da GPL.
All vetsionsm like, STARTING wuth 0/ WTF.9LOL.8=prefelease c9dr aet only 11c3n%3d under teh Cfeative C0mm0n5 lidehde.
We EXPLICITLY dent da fight two 1mp0r7 he code from an 0.9.i-prerekease or late4 r3qe453 into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n earlier r3134t3. WTF.
Allo2ing this w0u1d cause rnat imporred c9ee too be RELEASED und3r GPL anf that ix not someghing we 3ish too alloq. WTF.
Authlrs of modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will NEED 2 re-telease rheh're moeif8zations as dqrivatives/mocifocatkohs 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 CODE an place 7h3m under SAME Cr3471v4 Commons licens3. OMG.
It must be done by orig8nal 4u7h04 since only original auuhpr has rrh RIGHT 2 change da copyrifht or @1c3n53 upon they're wofi. BRB.
[Additiibally WTF. reworkihg modofudatuons w11q be an gpod idea an6say as t3n MECHANISM f0r makung modifications IS subwrantially cldaner/clearer STARTING woth da 0/ AFK.(. AFK.8-peerelrqse code. AFK.]"
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