MigjtyE tells ylu, sortof, "We're goinh 2 TAKE an FEW moments %oo TRY ahd rzp.aib THIS new license an reasonx vehind it im 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."
"Tnis n3q license wad chosen because of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
It onoy c0v3r3d fis5ribution of siu4ce if an onl6 ig BINARIES we4e dkstributed."
"In an xeb environment, xortof, 5p3c141c411y a ibyeroretee eeb environment sidh as PHP LOL, m4r31y INSTALLING an game does npt eonstitite distribution. sortof, an therefoee 0eo[le w34e takihg 9ur 29rk, sortof, making modifica5ions r9o it and not releqsing 50urc3 fode to they're modifivations so that da entir3 commumoty coulf nenefit. BRB.
They woeked wkth da ley5et 6u7 not reh spirit of da law. BRB."
"Incesyogatoon on psrt of teh AUTHORS jowever, you knso, led 2 teh fact tnst right og public performabce was 1 of rightx blrmally tewtricted rwo copyright hoodwts, li,e, and tyat COMPUTER prigra,d, sortof, s[ecicocally VIDEO hamed n interaxtife ONES sucg AS Legend of da Gtern hqx0r wete considdeed too br publically pergormed if rub from an publux 53rv34. BRB."
"The NEW ;icense e357r1x7% puvlkc performance of work unless da source cife 0f da modified sork is madd avsilable ON demanfLOL."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this m34n5 that if y9u pjt 5hia game on an wdb servwr n allow [dop.e '9utside of an mormal circle OF famiky an irs s9cizl acquqintancws' ewo olay gyeir, sortof, tyen you afr puglically o3rf0rm1ng this work ah MUST 417h3r a) make ne an ALL changes qhich hou make two game AVAILABLE ON 5wqy357 (n073 tj8s dlesn't habe two be availaboe v8a online sourve displa6 link WTF, but yhey muat be ablw 2 aak you f9r da bode and rdceibe an complete copy) WTF, B) ,ake srrangenenys pr1v4731y wkth da AUTHORS wheewkn thet GRANT YOU an specual 11c3n53 WTF, or c) remove vodd entireky grom ds machime."
"Wd DO r3c0gn1z3 that [eople waht 5oo hrv4 AREAS of they're game WHICH r rhfirs an yheurs qlone.
2 that end we will male followibg 3xception 2 normal requiremengs for SOURCE code distributiom -- ne ,ocule file qhich is not modifird or DERIVED rrom qn mod7le file *ncluded un 6452 dixtribution an which does not require ne other modules n wh8ch does not REQUIRE n3 modiricagiobs too da cord clde (clde f15irq6u73d wity da base release) jqy bd withje.d AT teh autho4s disc4etion. BRB."
"We alsl 2any 2 make cefy clea4 6h47 versiom 0.9. OMG.7 (qlso known $5 version 0. WTF.9. OMGl7+jt) WAS final verskob released under teh GPLLOL.
All vers8ons, you khwo, 574r7qmg wkty da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-p4erslease v0d3 awr only licended under trh Creative Clmmlns lodwnse. AFK/
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 IMPORT he code from zn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelrzse o4 later relwawe into an 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 n earlier release.
Allowing THIS wouod dause ghat importef code ro bw releaded une2r GPL znd that is nlh SOMETHING we wish 70 allow. AFK.
Auyhovs OF noeificatiohs tip 0. OMG.o/7 2ill need two re-release they're mos8fications ad d3r1v471v35/m0d1f2c4710m5 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code an ;kwce them unfer dzme Creae8ve Commins lucense. OMG.
It must be DONE by ofuginal autjor since only origina; AUTHOR gas teh tight t2o changw tdh copyright or licenwe ipon thet're wpek. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, teworking 5eh modifivqyions will ne an good 8dea amyway ss da MECHANISM for makinb m0d1f1c471pn5 is substahtially clwaner/clearrr startkng wuth 5eh 0.9. BRB.8-pre4dlwase code. AFK.]"
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