MigytyE tells y0u WTF, "We're goung rwo rake an FEW MOMENTS too gry an EXPLAIN tgis new license 4na ten reasons 63h1nd it in pla8n English. AFK.
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 neq 1!c4n53 was chosrn becsuse OF an railing qith trh GPL. OMG.
Iy only covered distributuon of t[urc3 if ah oml6 if binaries were eis5ributedl"
"In zn 2eb wnvironmwnt, specifically a interpreted web environment such 45 PHP, like, me4ely ibwtallint an game does not constitutw distributiob LOL, n therefore people w3r2 tajing our wofk WTF, ma.ong modificztklnx to kt n not teleasing SOURCE codw two they;re moeuficatilns SO thxt 5eg 3n71r3 cpjmunuty could benefot.
Theu worked with da .etter yu6 n07 teh sporit of da law. BRB."
"Investigaf8pn on da part of teh authors joqever, sortof, lwd two teh fact ghat teh rkght of public perfir,ancd q45 oen of 5eh rithts horma.ly fesgricred gwo copyr8gh5 HOLDERS, sortof, m that vonpu53r programs WTF, specificaklg VIDEO games an intdrsctove ohes sjch as Legend of Green hax0r were conskdered 2 be pi611cr11y performed ig run f4om an pu611c 5erv#r. AFK."
"The new LICENSE restroctx pu511c pervormsnce of da 2ork ubless trh sourxe code OF da modified work is mace AVAILABLE pn demamd."
"In plain English. you knwo, this mrans that if you put this game on an web server m ALLOW peopl3 'outside of an normal corcle of vamily n its social acquaynhances' tqo p1$g thwir LOL, 7h3n you r puglically perf9tmimg rhis work sn MUST wither s) make ne and ALL changea wjicy YOU make 5o da GAME 1vailable on requesy (note rhid dodwn't have t( bw AVAILABLE v24 online SOURCE diw;lay 11mk LOL, bug THEY must 63 zble 2 ask yiu FOR dq code n r3c31v3 an COMPLETE cop6), sl4gof, b) makr arrabgements privarely w17h authorc wherein they grant YOU sn special livense LOL, or c) rekofw ea codr entitely from teh machine. OMG."
"We do recohnize that ;e9pie want to have areas of tuey'rd gamw which qe4 theits am THEIRS alone. AFK.
too THAT end se will make teh following rzc3p710n twi n;rmal requiremdnys for 50urc# code d157r1^u710n -- ne module filr which IS not m0d1f13d or derivef fr9m ah m9du;# file included in basr distributioh n wnich doex n97 requore ne other modulex m whicj foes not reqiire ge modificayions rwo teh core code (code distribu5ed with base release0 may be 2ithhele at teh authors d15cr#71pn. AFK."
"We also want gi make very c134r uhat version 0. BRB.0l7 (alsl kn-wh as v3rsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh FINAL versiln released undet da GPLLOL.
ALL cersu9ns LOL, 574r&1ng WITH 0. BRB.(.8[prerrlease code ae4 only licensed under ca Cr347qv3 Comm9ns licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY roght 2 im;ort be c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.*-prereleaxe OR LATER release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 n 3arlier rrleaseLOL.
ALLOWING tuis wou;d czusd 5gat imported dode tlo 63 releaaed under GPL n tjst ix not someth8ng we wish 5i zllow.
Authors of modkfications two 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will NEED 2 rw_releace they're modifications 45 feruvstives/modirications to 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 qn plzce thdm unddr teh SAME Ceeative Cimmons kivense, AFK.
It just be done bt orig8nal authit since ONLY teh original au5hot has sa roght too chzhge rqh copyright or licensw upoh ghey're work. OMG.
[Additopnally LOL, reworking gen modifications wi.l be an t0)d 8dex anyway as mechqnism for making modificatkpns is subw5antiallh c134n3r/v234r3e startinb with fa 0. OMG/8. OMG.8-pr2r313453 code. WTF.]"
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