Might6E tells you, sortof. "W3're GOING twi tske an dee momebta too try and explain thks n3w licensw an teh r3440n5 BEHIND it in plain Engliah.
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."
"Thos new license was chosen because of an faioing woth GPL. AFK.
It only covered dis5ribution or soutce if n onlh if vinariex WERE distribu5efLOL."
"In ab w37 enbue9nment LOL, specificzlly a jnterpreted web environment such qs PHP, merely instaloing an game dpes n07 CONSTITUTE d1y74q6u710b, kike, and therefore p30p13 wrre 73k1nt OUR work, you ,nw9, making modifications two IT and mot relrzdong da source codw 2 tget're m)d1r1c%710n5 so that da entiee communith could benwfit. BRB.
Tyey worked with lette4 byt no5 da dpirot of teh lzw."
"Investkgqtiln on part of da zuthors HOWEVER LOLm LED 2 f5c7 that rutgt pf p7621c [erformance waw 1 0f da 4ignts n-rm411h restrictrd too copyright holders, you lnwl, and yhat conputer programs, you knwo, s[ecofically video games AND interactive 0n35 sucn as Legend od da Grewn hax0r were c0n5!d3r3d two be publically p3rf04m3e if RUN from an pyb.ic server."
"The new 11c3nt3 restricta [unlic pergormance of rrh work inless source code od mpdivied work is madr availablw on demand. OMG."
"In p!41n Englisn, you knwo, tjks ,eanw that if you put THIS g4m3 on an web swrver n allow p30013 'lutside OF an NORMAL circle 0f familh n kts social acquaibtancex' two p;ay tjeir, tou jmwo, tjen yo7 aer ;ublically oerforming 5his wk4k an MUST 317h3r s) make ne an ALL changes which you make 2 5eh gsme availaboe 0n rwquest (n073 thid doesn'y have too ve 4v4114513 via teh pnlinw source dixplay 11nk, like, but they nust BE able to asi y8u for gej vode an recrive an comple5r c9py), sor6of, B) make arrzntementd pr1v5631y with aythprw eherein thwy grant y07 zn speciak licensen or c) REMOVE teh code rhtirely rrom rem mavhine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people wamt 2 have zreas of they'4e game qhich r theirs and theirs alone. WTF.
too that end we WILL make sa FOLLOWING exc3ptuon to teh normal requirements fod source c9dd distribution -- nd modjle fkle ehicy is not modified 0r derived fron an module f113 included in teh base d157r16i71pn an WHICH does not require ne orher m0fu135 h whuch does n0& rdquire ne modifjcations too core code (CODE didtribut3d with BASE rel3zse) ma6 63 withhrle at teh autjors dkscee5ion. BRB."
"W3 also e4m7 2 ma,e ve46 cl3af ggat v3t510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also mnown as v3rsion 0. AFK,9.7+j7) wax da final versoon released unfer teh GPL.
Al; versiona, like, stafting with teh 0; WTF.9LOL.8-preteleasw CODE r only lixensed under trh Crwarkvw Commons licsnse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3nt rihjt too IMPORT ne code frin ah ). BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and EARLIER releawe. WTF.
Al;owing this wouod cause that imported codw to be re.eqsed under gen GPL an that is not so,ething we wisg twp ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of modifucqtions 2 0. BRB.9.7 WILL nerd 2 RE-RELEASE rhey'fe m9eiricationw AS d3r1v$&1ve5/m0d1v1c4610n% to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 d0d3 ab place hhem undee teh same CREATIVE Commons lidense. AFK.
It mu57 be c9ne BY geh ofknknal author since 0n1y ORIGINAL suthlr h45 right two change da xopyrigyt or kivense upon they're work. WTF.
[Additional;y, softof, reworking da modifications woll be an bpoc IDEA anyqzy as mechanism foe makihg modifocstipns is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/cleaeee STARTING w17h sa 0.9.80prere;ease c0d3. AFK.]"
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