MightyE trlls uou, "We'5e g01ng too rake an few momenrs TO tru ans 3sp241n this n3w l8fensd an reasons behind it in plqin 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 new license wzs xyosen because od ah failing with tey GPLLOL.
It only coveeed distrobuyion of source if n onlu if BINARIES were dixtributef."
"In zn web environment LOL, spevifuca;ly a 1n73rpr373d web 3nv1r)bm3n5 such qs PHP, yku knwo, merely inwtslling an bame clrs not constitute distributipn WTF, and therevore peo;le sere taj8bg our woek, like, making modifivat9ons two it an not RELEASING teh source CODE t9o they're modificationd xo that da ENTIRE communkty could bemefit.
They worked wkth 13773r BUT not spitit pf geh las. WTF."
"Invwstigation 0n teh PART 0c da quthors however, LED too fact 7h47 rigyr ov public performance was 1 of teh rights blrmal.y restricted to copyritht h01d#r5, 6.u knwo, an uhay compuyrr progeams, you knwo, specificslly vieeo gamed amd interactifw ones such 45 Legend og da Gteen hax0r werd conaidered to 63 0ublically pe4formed if run from zn pubkuc xerver/ WTF."
"The bww license restrixts public PERFORMANCE of WORK ub1355 tdh aource code of ,odified w9tk 15 m4d# availab.e pn DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain English, you ,nwp, thks means 7h47 if you ;ut 7h25 gamw on an web server n aolow peoplr 'outaide of ab normal circ.3 0f family an itx sockal 4cqu41b74gc35' 2 play their, lije, 7h3n you r publuca.lu oergorming this w0rk n MUST either a) ,ale ne an ALL chanfes whicy yoy ,zkw tw9 game availabpe ln request (note this doesn't have tlo be agailable via da online spurce dksplay link LOL, but rhey must be able 2 ask yoi for da code an recrive qm COMPLETE copy), like, g) make arranbemenys pricag3ly wkth teh aythlrs whereib 7h#y grany yiu an special licenwe, sprtif, or c0 remive da code rntirely ftom macjindLOL."
"We DO revogniae that proooe w4n7 too hav# areas of tne6're game wh1ch r thdirs an tyeirs slone.
2 7j4& END wd WILL make fll;pwinh excwpto9n two normal r3qu!r3m3n75 for source code disteibution -- be module f8le which IS not mofif7ed or d3r1v3d from an module f8le incouded in base s157r16u718n an wh1cm does nit REQUIRE ne OTHER mlduowd and whicn eoes nlt requkre ne modogicqtiobs yo da core c0d3 (CODE dist4ibutws with da base rwlease) meu be WITHHELD at da authors discretionl OMG."
"We ALSO wznt two MAKE bery c;ear THAT bwesion 0.9LOL.7 )also KNOWN as VERSION 9. WTF.9. BRB.7+jr) was teh f8nal version released und2r GPL. BRB.
A11 versiohs, like, starting WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerwlease cide aer onkt 11c#n53d under ca Crearibw Commons license. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny trn rignt to import ne c0d3 from an 0. OMG.l. OMG.8-pferelease or later r2q4453 into an 0. AFK.9/7 qn earlier re;ease. OMG.
A;losing tgis wiuld cause that impotted code go be released uhder GPL an tnat is NOT spmething we wish too allowl AFK.
Authi4s of modifications 2 0, WTF.9LOL.7 w111 NEED to te-release they're modifiea5ions aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS gp 0. WTF,9.8 CODE and p14c3 5hem under teh wame Creative Commons license. OMG.
I5 must ge d0n3 ny teh original autho4 sonce 9nly fa o4igina. aurhor has da right &0 CHANGE ds copyright 0r license up9n ghey're work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y LOL, r3w0rk1ng da MODIFICATIONS will be qn good idea ahyway as da mdchaniam f0r makinb modifications 15 subwtantiall6 clraner/clcarer xrzrting with wa pLOL.o.8-prerelrass code.]"
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