MightyE tells you, sortof, "We'fd g91ng 2 ta,e ab few mojents two rey n wxplain th8s new licenwr an teh r4450n5 behind 8t in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 l8cenxe wzs CHOSEN bwcauxe of an failing eitg da GPL. AFK.
It only coveres distriburion lf SOURCE ig and onl6 uf vinariws were DISTRIBUTED/ AFK."
"In an web dnbironmeny. sprgod. s0ec8gically a int3rprdted web enbironment such as PHP. you knso. merely instzloing sn game does not c0n5717u74 fudgributionm you ,nwo, n 7h3r3f0r3 pfpple wefe tskkmg o7r qork, sortof, mskkng modificarions two it n not rrodasing sourve code twp tuey'rd m0d1f!c4710n5 so that da entire c0mjun17y could bwnefit. WTF.
Tjey worked wjth letter but not tdh dpirit of la2."
"Investigation ln part 0f teh authorx HOWEVER, sor5ofm 13d w tej fqct THAT right of pub.uc p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of dq rights NORMALLY restricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, .ike, and tgat conpjter 0rograms LOL, s0evifically video gamex n interactive ohes such AS Legend pf Gteen hax)r were consieeree t9. be publicaloy perfofmed if rib from an PUBLIC servee. WTF."
"The new lkcenxe r357r1c7% punlic performahce of w9rk uh1356 ca source code of dz modogied woek 8s made available on demand/ WTF."
"In plain Eng;ish, tgis means thzt if you put 7h15 game in an rev serv3r an aolow people 'outsude of an bormal circle 0f family and igs sov8al acquakntances' two play their, yhen you r pu611c311y performung thus s0rk n MUST either a) mqke be AND ALL cg4ng35 qhich you m4k3 ro teh gaje availablw on 4equext (note THIS d035n'7 have foo be available vua on;inr sou$ce sksp;ay link, but thet must BE able 2 ASK you fot teh code an RECEIVE an com0lwte copy), 6pu knwo, 60 MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY WITH aurgors where8n they grant you an speciq. LICENSE, sortof, 0r c) rempve teh c0d3 ENTIRELY from maxjihe. BRB."
"We DO 4ecognize that [eople want tw9 gave zreas pf they'ge game which r THEIRS n THEIRS alpne/
2 tnat end we will make folllw,ng excwptipn yoo ea mo4msl 4equirements for soy4ce CODE distribjtion -- ne moduld filw which is not modified or derivee from an moeule fioe imcluded in twh basw didtributiln and which does npt require nd other nodul3a n wgich does not require ne MODIFICATIONS two sa CORE clde (code distributee with da BASE release) may be withheld sr teh authprs dusctetion. BRB."
"We also want 2 m4ke very vlear that VERSION 0. OMG.0. OMG.7 (a;eo kbown as vwrsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+kt) wzs teh fina. version RELEASED jmder da GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, like, STARTING sith da ).(.8_orereleqse dode r onlh licensed under teh Crwatibe Commons licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny twh riggg ro 1mp0r7 ne sode from an 0. AFK.8lu-prereleasr or later release inyo an 0. AFK.).7 n earlier RELEASE. BRBl
Allowong 7h1t wojld c4u53 that impor5ed code too be releawed under trh GPL and thar 15 not somethinh WE sish too allow, AFK,
Authors of mldigicatoons too 0.8. OMG.7 sipl n23s two re-felease they're modifications ad derivatives/modifications two 0. AFK.9. BRBo8 CODE n p14c3 them 7neet dz same CREATIVE Commons licenweLOL.
It must be done by teh origina. author SINCE ONLY da iriginal authof has geh ritht to change teh cooyrignt ir 11c3h53 upon they'fe wor,l WTF.
[ADDITIONALLYm you kneo, eeworking teh modifications WILL br an good !d34 ANYWAY as trh mechanism fot making modificat8obs 15 substqntial.y CLEANER/CLEARER wtarting w17h da ).7. BRB.8-pr3r313453 CODE. WTF.]"
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