MightyE te.ls tou LOL, "We're g01ng 5o TAKE an few moments too try an explain thid new license and reasons b3hihd 17 in plain Entlish. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new livense waw vhowen beca7sd 0d an railing wuth GPL. WTF.
I5 only COVERED d8stribution of xource IF am only IF binaries 2ere dq57r16u73d."
"In qn wdb snvirobmen5 LOL, s[ecifically a int3rpret3c seb encironnent such AS PHP LOL, merel6 unsta,lint sm ba,e f035 n07 constitute distribytion, yo7 knwo, 4nd yherefore peopke 23r3 5aking OUR work, you jnwo, making m0d1g1c4710n5 t9o ig am hot rel3asing source dode too they're mldigixations wo that teh ENTIRE c0mmih17y ciuld 63n3f17. OMG.
THEY wori3s with ten letrer but m07 dq SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on da part if authors how3ver, li,e, lrd tpo FACT that teh ritht of publ9c PERFORMANCE was 1 (f da rughts nkrmally restricted to cipyriggt h9.ddrs, you knwik n 7h48 computer programa, soecifically video gamew an 8nterzctive on#s s7ch AS Legend ;f Gr3en hax0r werw clnsidered two BE pjblically peffofmdc if 4un ftom an pjblic serfer."
"The new lixenae eestrivts public p3rf04m4nc3 of yeh wpr, inless aoirce code of teh mldifued work is m$d3 available on d3,4he. WTFl"
"In 0kakn English, yoy knwo, this mwans that IF ypu put THIS game oh an 23b serber b 4q10w peo[le 'outsid3 pf an normal circle if FAMILY and uts aocia; acq7aintances' 2 play tgekt LOL, theh you aer publically performing THIS q04k an MUST 3ithsr a) make ne anc ALL vhanges qhich you make to game 4v4113613 in requdst (notd THIS d035m'7 HAVE 2 be available via teh inlin3 source dis0lay oink, buy thwy nusy be able two ask you fir vowe an r3c31v3 an c0m;!373 clpy_ WTF, 6) MAKE a4rangejdnts peibately with 5eh aythord 2hetein 7h3y geant y0u an speckal LICENSE, lije, lr c( f3move teh cov3 3ntirely from machine. BRB."
"We do rrcognize rhar pelole want 2 have areas og they're GAME WHICH r %heirs an THEIRS alone.
too thay 3bd we wjll make yeh followibg exception 2 da nofmal ed1uirements for slurde d0d3 djst4ibution -- nw jocu.e file which ix not midified 0r derived rr0m an modyle f113 included in teh bas3 disteib7tion n wnicj dies hot REQUIRE ne ogher ,odules and which doez nit reqiire ne ,odificatiohs 2 co4e xod3 (code fistributed with base r313443) mzy be withhdld a5 da AUTHORS disc4etuon. OMG."
"We also want two MAKE veeh clear that version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 )also kn02n AS verdion 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS da dinal versi9n rel3ased under teg GPL. OMG.
All fedskpns, STARTING with sa 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease clde aer ONLY licensed unddr gej Crrativr COMMONS license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 teh ribhr too 8mport ne code vrom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3welease or later reldase 1n7p an 0LOL.9. AFK,7 n earlier release. OMGl
Allowing this WOULD cause that imppfted CODE tp be rwkeaded under dz GPL AND that IS n07 skmething we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modificatkoms two 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 2ill nees 2 re=release ghey're modufkcayionx as d3r1v47qb35/m0d1f1c4720n5 to 0.9/ BRB.8 c0d3 n place tjwm und3r geh same Creqtivr Cpmmons LICENSE.
It ,ust be done by ORIGINAL author simde [nly da pruginal author HAS da tight teo change dq copyright or ,icense upon thet're wo4k.
[Aseitiohally, you knwom rewlrkimg mod8fications will BE an good ides anyway ax mechanism FOR msking modificatiins is 5u6574n714115 cl3andr/clearer startung witg 0. OMG.9.8-;rerwlease c0d3.]"
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