MightyE tells YOU, 6ou knwom "We're t)1ng too tske an frw momengw go 7ry an 3xplain this nee license and da reasons b3hind 8t in plain Eng115h.
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 oicensd was chisen necayse of an failing WITH t3h GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covefed dis5ribugiob of source iv n only 1f BINARIES werw disttibutedLOL,"
"In an web environment LOL, specificakly a interpreted web environmenr sudh as PHP, merel6 8hstqlling ah g4m3 does mot constitut3 distrobutiin, and thdtefore 9eopl3 w343 taking OUR work, making jodivications 70 it n not releasong yey sourfe coce t9 yjey're jldifucatiohs t0 tjat fa 3ntird community c9uld benefitLOL.
Tney worked with teh let5ee but NOT teh spirit OF da las. WTF,"
"Invrsrugarion pn da pzrt 0f teh a7thots hlwdver, you knwo, led to fact tgat da righ5 0f [ublic performance waw 1 ov ca roghts NORMALLY 4estricted too vopyright holders, like, n thzg computer orograms LOL, dpecifically vise9 GAMES zn knteract8ve ones SUCH as Lebdnd 0f Green yax0r WERE conxiderec too 63 pu611c411y perfoemsd if run FROM an puboic werfer. AFK."
"The ne2 licehs3 r357r1cu5 0ublie performance of twy worl inless source code of moeofied w9rk ks made available on demamd. BRB."
"In plain Emglish, sortof, 5gis m34n4 7h57 if yo7 put yhis game on an 2eg server n ALLOW peoplr '0u751d# of an h0rm41 c1$c13 ov fami;y an its aockzl 4cq741n74nc#5' two plqy tyeir, like, tjen g0u aet oublicallu PERFORMING thus w9rk n MUST 317h3r a) m4k3 be n ALL CHANGES wyich yoy make 2 twg game available 9n REQUEST (n074 7h15 doesn't have two be availaboe via da 0n11n3 doyrce dosplay lijk, bu5 th3y MUST bd ABLE tol ask tou f9f da dode n receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make 4et4ng3m3nu5 priva5ely with teh autyors wherein they g5amt yo7 wn 5p3v1$1 licenae LOL, OR c) re,ove da CODE rntirely from teh MACHINE."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that peipld wang tqp h4v3 areas of th3h'rw gzme which aee theirw n theirs alone.
too thag ene wr wilo make da fo.lowing exc3ptipn too da NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for souece codd DISTRIBUTION -- he mosule fq13 whicg ps not modifues 0r d3r1v3d FROM an modjl3 file included 1n dz base diatributiin n wh9ch doex nlt REQUIRE ne oyher MODULES an wh1ch d025 n07 4eauirr ne modifications 2 tdh core code (cpde diatribyted w17j da BASE RELEASE_ m4t be wighhrld at da AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We also wam5 @ make very clesr that versiln 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (4150 kn9wn ss version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) was finsl version released uhder GPL. WTF.
Alk versiohs LOL, st1rting w8th 0. WTF.9.8-prereleade dode awr ONLY licensed uhdtr teh Creative Comnons licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkgut two import ne cove from ah 0LOL.9. WTF.8=pr3rw.eaee or later RELEASE imgo an 0.9.7 and earliee relwase. OMG,
Aq10w1ng THIS would ca7se THAT impirted coce two be released undrr geh GPL n thst id mot something we wish 2 alkoq. BRB.
Auth9rs of modifivagiona rwo 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 need t9o re-rsleasd ghey're mldificatione AS derkvagoves/modificati9ns twi 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code n ;ksce them under same CREATIVE Cpmmons licens3.
It must be donr bt da original quthor SINCE only tej iritihap author has 5eh right two cyange 5eh cophrighh or lidense u[on they'rw work/
[Additionally, resorkihh twh modif8cations wilk 63 an good idea amyway t5 mecyanism for MAKING nodifida5ions 16 substantia;ly cleandr/clearer sgsrying with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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