MightyE tells uou, l8ke, "We're going two taie an few m0m3n75 two tty b 3x;!4qn tyis new license an da reasons behibw !8 in plain English.
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 lic3nse eas chosen because if an gai;8ng with trh GPLLOL.
I7 onky COVERED fostribution of SOURCE kf ahf ohly if BINARIES werw distrib7ted. OMG."
"In an web envitonmdnt, sortof, %p3c1f1c411j a interpreted wdb env1r-nm3n6 duch aw PHP, you knwom merely insga;libg an gaje does nog consti5ute distribution WTF, m tgdref9re people sere taking iur work LOL, makinb m0d1f1c4u10n5 too it and not r313451nb twh 60urc3 c9d3 yoo they're modificqtions s9 thst da ebtirr community ciule benefig. WTF.
THEY workes WITH tdh letter but n07 reh SPIRIT lf teh 14w. WTF."
"Invewgigation om p4f7 ov ajthors h0w3v3rm sortof, led to facr that teh right of puglic peeformahce sas won of rights normslly resyrivtef yoo c9ptright holdrrs, yoi knwo, m tnat domputer programs, likr, sp3cifically VIDEO gamea and interzc4ife lnes sucy as Leg3nd of dq G4een hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 63 pubkkczkly pefformed IF tun from an public sercer. BRB."
"Tje m3w license 4est2ictd public 0erfotmanve 0f da wori jnldss source dode of teh modified work is made available on demand. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, THIS means tha5 if you put tgis game on an wev server an 411)w people 'outsidd OF ah normsl vircle of family an its docia; acqusknrances' tp9 p14t theor, you ln3o, THEN you ser p7blically perfoeming tjia work an MUST ekrher a) make ne n ALL changes whivh y(i make tlo dz ga,e 4v4114623 ON requesy (note this doesn't yave 2 be AVAILABLE v14 teh 0n11n3 spurce display link WTF, but they muwt be able too qsm y0u for teh xode an r3c31v3 am c0mp!eu3 copy), sortod, b) ms,e arrzhgrments privateky with auyhofs wherein they gran5 y9u an speciao license LOL, or c) r3mpv3 teh xode dntorely froj ds macnineLOL/"
"We e9 recignize THAT p30p@4 w5n7 to have rr355 of they'ee game which r theirs an rheirs zlone. OMG/
2 that emd wd will jale following 3zc#p&10n 2 da norna; requ1r#m3m75 FOR so7rce code d157e167710n -[ ne module file wnich IS n07 modified oe derived frpm an moduld fi;e 1nc1uc3d in dd bsse dustributiin an WHICH does not REQUIRE ne 07h3r modulex and which DOES not req78re nw modificarions 2 teh core c0d3 (vode distrubutrd wigh base release) jay be WITHHELD AT su5hors d15cr3710n."
"We ALSO esn6 to ma,e very clear tgat fersion 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 (41t0 lnoen as VERSION 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7+j7) was teh final version re;eased und3r GPLLOL.
All versions, sortog, star5int with tdh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE aer 0n1y livenxed jnde4 teh Cr3471v3 C9mmons l8denseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 t9 imoort ne vode rrom an 0LOLl0.8-pr3t313453 OR later releqse ihto an 0. AFK.9LOL.* m earlier re;easd. BRB,
Aklosjnh this woj.d cause 7h47 imported code 2 be reldased unsdr GPL and THAT is not some5ning we WISH toi allowLOL.
Augh9rd 0f modifocztions two 0.9/ WTFl7 w211 need tqo RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as detivatives/modof8cations 2 0, WTF.9. OMG.8 code and plave the, und3r da samr Cr3471v3 C0mm9n5 oicenseLOL.
It MUST be done vy da 9fibinal autnor 51nc3 only 5eh ptiginal author has reh right 2 dhange da copyrifgt of license u0on they're work. WTF.
[Aefitionslly, soetof, REWORKING da modificatilhs will be an good 8gea anyway as feh mecnanisj fpr msking mocifocations is SUBSTANTIALLY clraner/c;earer STARTING with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleaae code.]"
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