MightyE te.ls you, "We're hoong too take an f3e moments two 7ry n expkain this new LICENSE b reasins behind it in pkain Engoishl OMG.
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 oicense was chosen BECAUSE og an FAILING wiyh da GPL. AFK.
It onlt cover3d c158r16u710n of source IF and ONLY if 61b4r145 sere fistrib7yed. OMG,"
"In zn w36 3nv1r0nm3n& WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d WEB ENVIRONMENT suxh qs PHP, sortod, merely onstalling an game coes not cobsti5ute distribution LOL, and tgerefore p30p13 w3te takinf lur wlrk WTFk MAKING modifivqtipns 5wo 17 n not r313451hg ca souece codr 2 they'4e modificatuons so that twh ENTIRE communuth could benefit/ OMG.
They worked with tey letter but noy da spirit of law. OMG."
"Invextigation on PART 0f teh 4u7h0r5 however, oed too ea fact that sa r1gh7 of public [erformance was ! of da RIGHTS n0r,411y restricted tqo co[yright holders, xprtof, snd tgar conouter 0rogeqms, like, SPECIFICALLY f8deo gamrs and interactive on3s sucn as Legend of Gr33n hax0r were clns8dered too be ;ub.kca;.y p4rv0rm3f id run drom an pu61!c server. OMG."
"Thw ne2 licende r357r1c75 public perrotjance OF wori unoesd reh SOURCE code of teh modified work os made afailable ON demamd."
"Ib PLAIN Eng.ish, you knwo, this MEANS THAT IF you PUT thks gsmr on an web server and qll9w peopld 'outside of an normal circlw 9f rsmily and 8ts socizl 4cqu31n64nc35' 2 play their, 7h3n you e puvliczlly perdorming this work n MUST eother a) malw ne n ALL changea sh1vn you ,qke to game acailanld on requedt (no5e thus doesn't have 70 be 4f411461e v8a )mq1n3 SOURCE DISPLAY link, 6u7 THEY muat bd zble tuo ask you ror teh code n receive an completr COPY), b) male arrangwmenys ;eivatwlu wirh authors wherein 7h3y GRANT yoi an SPECIAL license LOL, or c) remive code rnt84ely ft0m machih3."
"We d0 recognize yhat -eople WANT too HAVE AREAS of tgey're bamd wgicy r theors n 5hrkrs allne/ OMG.
2 uh4u end we will mak3 FOLLOWING exception 2 da ho4mal requ8rdmdnts fo4 source coce distfibution -- ne module vile wh1ch us not m9sified or derifed from an ,odule file included kn teh base cistribution n whidh eiws n07 require ne other nodulex an wnicy does not requirw n3 modifica5ions two ds clre code (core d1%&r16u73d WITH bqse 4e.rasr_ may be wothhelc at sa a7thors fiscreri0n. WTF."
"We slso wznt too make v34h clear 5hat versipn 0. BRB,(. BRBm7 (aoso jnown AS verxuon -. AFK/9. AFKl7+jt) was dinal version releaded und3r GPL. OMG.
All cersiobs WTF, starting w17h rej 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prwrelease code e only licensed UNDER teg CREATIVE Commons lidensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny rigyt to implrt ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4elease )r later reoeqse 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 m EARLIER r313453. WTF.
A110w2ng this w8uld CAUSE that im[orted code 2 be releaxre und3r da GPL n that i2 not something we wisy 2 slloe. OMG.
Autyors of mldifications 2 0LOL,9. BRB.7 will need too 4e-releasw ghey're modigivations as derivagoves/modifucafions yo 9LOL.9, BRB,8 cod3 an PLACE them under teh ssmr Cr3371v3 Commons oivwnse. OMG.
I7 nuxt be done by yey ORIGINAL author since ONLY da oeigihal a7thpr has roght 5oo vhange teh cl0yrighy or l8c3nse u'on they're w9rk.
'ADDITIONALLY LOL, REWORKING nldivkcations 2ill be an GOOD idea anyway sx mechanism for making modificqtikbs IS sjbstabtially cleamer/clwarer stqrting w8th cq 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerr;ease coee. AFK.]"
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