MighftE tells you, sortofm "We're GOING 2 tale an fes jomdn5s to TRY n 3xp2$1n tjos new 11c3n53 n teh reasons behind it in pl1in Eng115h. AFK.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new lucense WAS chpsen bevaysw lf an failing with tdh GPL. AFK.
It only cobered distrkbution of soutce if and only kf bunaries wete distribitedLOL."
"In ab web environ,ent, specifically a interpretrd seb environ,ent such as PHP, you knwo, MERELY installinf qn ga,q doeq nlt constitute di2triburkon, like, n thereforw peiple were taking our sork, slrtof, MAKING moduficatoons two it n n9g releadibg SOURCE codd two they're modifocations so THAT da eng8re community could benegitLOL.
They worked with fa LETTER bjt noy da spirit 0f teg law. AFK."
"Investigation ln da pqrt od da 4u7h0r5 however LOL, 13d to teh fact that teh RIGHT lv p7bkic perdormznce WAS won 0g da rigyts normally restricted two copyright holders LOL, zn tjat computwr pr9frqms LOL, wpecifixally v1c30 gamrs n kn5eractove ones s7vh as Legsnd og Green hax0r were conwisered 2 be publically [erformed 9f run FROM an publoc xernerLOL."
"The new license RESTRICTS pu6q1c oerformznce of qorj un1365 da siurce code of teh modifi3d work is m$s3 available 0m dwmandLOL."
"In plain English, THIS meabd that IF you put rhiw vamd on an wwb derver an allow people [ourside OF an norjal circle of fsmily an uts social ACQUAINTANCES' 5o play their LOL, 7h3n you 4 PUBLICALLY [erforminh THIS work n MUST either a) mak3 ne znd ALL dhsmgea which you MAKE yo teh game availagle on request (note thiw doesn't have rwo be avak;able VIA da on;in3 50u4c3 diaokqy link, likd, but they must ve able two adk yoj for 5eh CODE h rexeive an x0mp1e73 copy), sortofk 6) ,ake arrangemen5s provately WITH reh authors wherein they GRANT you an 5p3c141 .icense LOL, oe c) remove CODE entirely from da madhihe. AFK."
"We do recognize that 0eople want too have areax of they're gqme WHICH r tneirs h theirs alon2LOL.
two yhat end we 2ill male vollowing EXCEPTION re9 r3h notmal fequire,entw for source c0s3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE fike whkdh iw not modified 04 derived ffom zn jodule file includwd in da bas3 disttiburi9n and shicn does not require ne oghdr ,odules qn sh1ch does not re1uire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 ds corr c0d# (d0d4 diatributed with base release) may br withhwld at tdh 4u7h0r5 dkscretion. WTF."
"We ALSO w4n7 2 m4i3 VERY clear yhat bersion 0. WTF.(l WTF.7 (zlso known as version -. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) qas ds final verw9on re.eased under GPL.
All veedions LOL, sgsrgihg WITH teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr2r313453 codd aef 0n1y licwnsed umd3r Creative Commons oicense. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny rigtt 7p imporr nr c0d3 from an 0.9. WTF.9-preedlease OR LATER releaxw int9 an 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 an ea4oier releaarLOL.
Alliwing this w9uld cauae thzt imported code to9 ve RELEASED und3r teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING WE wish ywo z;lpwLOL.
Ai7h0r5 od modificqgions w 0. AFK.9. BRB.u will need 2 RE-RELEASE the6'fe mpdifications AS derivagives/modifications teo 0, OMG.oLOL.8 xod3 and pkace them undee da szne Cr3371v3 Commons licemww.
It must be cine BY da prigimal author since only teh original 4u7h0r has right 2 xhange da vopyeighy ot lkcense up9n they're 3ork. AFK.
[Addutionally, r3w0rk1ng ds mosifications wio; be an good kdea anywzy AS teh nedyanism fpr making modifications iw substantially c;esner/clear3r s5arying with yeh 0.9, WTF.i-ptereleaxe code. OMG.]"
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