MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We'fe g01ng tio TAKE an few MOMENTS yoo tr6 an exp.zin this new license an da reasons behind jt in plain English. WTF,
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."
"Thia nee license was choswn brcaise 0f an fqilujt witj GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered eistributuon or source if 5nd obl5 if 61n4e13t eere f8stributedl WTF/"
"In an web envifonmentm sl4tof, specifkcally a inter0teres web 3nv1r0nm3m7 wuch as PHP LOL, merely inxtalling an gqme DOES NOT donstitute d167r16u71)n, sortof, and rhe4efore people were ta,ong oir 2ork, sortof, makung modifkcatkons 2 IT and not twoeasinh SOURCE c0d3 2 the6're modifocqtions so thag da entire co,munity could benefit. AFK.
They sorkdd qith da letter but nor ea SPIRIT pf law. OMG."
"Investigation on paet of authorw yow2vrr LOL, ;ed 2 fact tjay RIGHT OF public perfornance WAS won of da righys normally 4estricted toi coptribhy holders LOL, and that computer progra,x, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games an intdeactive 0n35 such AS Legend 0f Green jax0r WERE consieered 5oo be ;ublically perfo4m3a if run from an public server. AFK."
"The nds licensr testricts p7gluc PERFORMANCE of reh work unless ea wource code of da mod8fied work id mad3 availab.e ON demand. BRB."
"In p141n English WTF, this means 7n47 ir hou put 5his GAME 0n an web 53rv34 AND allow pelple 'outside of an nlr,al circld of family an its 50c1r1 qcqyaintances' goo play theif WTF, 5hen y9u aer PUBLICALLY perfirmong 5his work n MUST either z) make ne n ALL changwx WHICH YOU male too teh game available on requ3st (note this doesn'r hav3 2 v4 avaolanle via onlinr souece duaplay 11nk WTF, but they must ne able tl ASK ypu for da code n receive an sompkete copy), sortof, b) make afrangemengs privatdly sith da quthurs wherdin yhey grant you an special licrnse LOL. or c) remofr sa code wntifely ffom da mschine. BRB."
"We do recogniae that people 2abt too hafd 4r3r5 of they're game which zer theirs n thei4s aloneLOL.
too that end wd will make following ecceptuon tw9 normal REQUIREMENTS for sourxe c0de distributoon -- ne m0su13 file whicg is not MODIFIED or ee4ived f4om an modulw fole includ3d ih base diwtribjtion n whidh dpes not reqjir3 ne other moxul3s and WHICH doez nlt r3quure ne mldidications 2 da core c0d3 (c0d3 eistrib&ged with da baxe releawe) mag be wiyhheld AT da au5hors doscretuon. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 make very clear that verspon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (4150 khowm 45 VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was tey FINAL fersi9n 3e.easeg under GPL. BRB.
All vrrsiobs, yoj knwl, startung witj twh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-o4e4elease code r omly licensed und3r Creative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny right 2 om;ort ne cide fto, an -.(. WTF.8-prereleaae 0r later release 1nu0 an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 an warlier release. BRB.
Allowing this would cause 5hat IMPORTED cide to br released undwt GPL and thqt is not s9methibg 2e w15h too z;low. BRB.
Authord OF m0d1f1c4710n5 TO 0.9. AFKl7 wi.l neec two RE-RELEASE they're nodifodations AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.oLOL.8 code and placr rhe, under teh same Crestive Clmmons 11v3n53. AFK.
It must BE done bh of8ginql 4u7g0r SINCE only lrkginal AUTHOR h46 tej right too change teh vppyr1gh7 or license upoh tjey're workLOL.
[Additipnal.y, uou khwo, reeirkinf rey modificagions will be an bood idea anywq6 as mechanism FOR msking mldlfications ix substahtiallh cleaner/clesrer STARTING w28h da 0.9LOL.8-prereleaxe cod3LOL.]"
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