MofhtyE tells yo7, sortof, "We'gd gpinh 2 rake an few moments 2 try an explain tjis new kucense an da r3450n5 behind 8t in plaim English. OMG.
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."
"Ttua NEW license was chosen BECAUSE of an fai;8ng wuth da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY COVERED disteibution OF so7rce if AND only id binaried were disyvibuted. AFK."
"In an wrb environmeng, sortod, SPECIFICALLY a interoteted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP LOL, merely imsrakling an GAME d9es noy constitute dq57r16u71pn, liie, n therefoee people were taking ojr work, like, making modificationd 2 it anf not releawing teg source clee 2 they're modificatiohs so thag tdh dmtire bommunith co7ld benefit. BRB.
They woeked with lettet but nir da s0irit OF law. AFK."
"Invdstigstion ON da p4f7 of authors h0w3c3r, ypu knwo, led two fact thst r1gh7 9f publiv perdorjanve saw won of rights n04m411y restr8cted two copyright HOLDERS, hou knwo, and that COMPUTER prog4ams, wpectfically vide9 tamex an INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legenf og teh Green hac0r were consideres 2 be publocally oerformee ir run from zn pjblic aedvwr. AFK."
"The new license testrictw public ;revormance of ea work unless sou4ce cose of da modufoed wofk is m4d3 available on femand. WTF."
"In poain Engkksh. like, 7h15 MEANS tha5 IF ylu put thiw game on an web setver an all92 peop;e '0u751f3 9f an npemql ci4c;e of vamily n 8bs social scquaintznces' tol play yheir, sortof, rhen you s3r ;7611c412y performing this WORK and MUST either a) mqke he and ALL changes wnich yoy m4k3 to geh gzme zvao.ab.e on request (NOTE THIS woesn'r have twi 63 zvsilqble v8s da online sourxe displsh link, l8ke, but THEY mu57 be able two asi yiu f0r c0d3 and receuve an xomplete c0;y), uou ineo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS [ruvately witj AUTHORS whwrein 7h3y g4ant YOU an 5p2c1$! licensd WTF, 0r c) r3m0v3 CODE wnt8tely ftom machine. AFK."
"We dp recognize thag people want to yqve areas of th3y're GAME whuch r THEIRS and rhri3s aloneLOL.
two that end 23 wikl make teh fo.lowinf exceptuon 5wo teh notmal rwquir3ments for source code d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE fi;e which os mot ,odifurd OR dwrivee from an module FILE inc.uded IN nasd dustrib7tiin an qhich cleq not require ne otnwr mofuoes qm 2hkcj do3f hot REQUIRE he modkv8vzgions two teh core coee (CODE dostribuyed wuth base 4e;eqxe) may be withheld at authors discretion. WTF."
"We also want too m4k3 fery cleat that vetsi9n 0. BRB.9.u (ALSO known ad ve4sion 0. AFK.9.7+jt_ wzs 5eh final version r313$53d under yeh GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, starting sith da 0LOL/9. AFK.i-prerelease cod3 ae4 ihly licensed UNDER da Cr3471v3 COMMONS l8cense. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY d3ny trh righh tpo import ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerdlease 9t later r3134t3 into an 9LOL.9. OMG/7 n earlier releasw/ WTF.
Allowong ^h15 would c4u43 thay 1mo0r73d code goo be RELEASED ynde4 ea GPL and that 8w hot someyh8mg we wish top allow. AFK.
Aughors of modifivations too 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 woll NEED too re-release they're modificationd as ferivatives/modifica4iohs w 0. AFKl8LOL/8 dode zn PLACE them under teh same Creatuvw Commohs licensel AFK.
I7 mu57 be done by da orig8nql authot since only teh 8riginal author has ea right 2 change teh x0pyy!hh7 or licehsw UPON theu're wo4i. OMG.
[Addotionallu LOL, reworking ea MODIFICATIONS will b3 an gopd IDEA znyway as da mechqn8sm FOR m4j1ng m0f1r1c4710n5 is substantizlly vleaner/clearer atatting with 0.9/ BRB.8-prerel3ase c0d3. WTF.]"
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