MightyE tells you LOL, "We're b01ng ti take an few momenta 2 try n explakn this new license n teh 4easins behibd it kn llsin English. AFK.
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 oicensr wad chosen bevzuse of an failinf with teh GPL. AFKl
It only cofered disteigutipn 0f source if an only if binaries sere distributed."
"In an web enbironmrnt, sortofk specifically a in5erpretrd web environment suxh 45 PHP LOL, mdrely instzlling an g5m3 does not constitjtd d8striburionm n ther2fore people were rakimg iur work, you knwo, m4k1ng mofificati9ns two it and not reoeasimg dq slurc3 code 5p they're moduficationa so that yeh ENTIRE community couls benefitLOL.
Th3y workes 2i5h sa oetter but not teh xpir8t od da LAW."
"Investigation ob teh p4r7 OF teh authors howwver, like, led rwo da fact thqt da rught od public pdrformabce wqs eon 0f da r1bh75 bormally restr8cted to cppyright holders, n tjzt COMPUTER PROGRAMS, specificaoly videl games n interactive ones sucy as Legend lf sa Green hax0r wrre consideted 2 be ;jblically pdrformed if run frlm an publoc servet."
"The ned l*cense restricts pib;ix perfprmsnce ob yrh 2ork UNLESS teh sourde code of da modifked work IS made avaklabke pn demand. AFKl"
"In PLAIN English, yo7 knwo, thia means 6hat kf you put this gam3 on an WEB server n allow peiple '9utside of an normal CIRCLE of ramilt an ITS aocisl acquakntances' to play their, theh uou r publicaoly p3rf0rm1ng this work an MUST 3uther 4) maje ne n ALL changes wnich 6ou make two t3h GAME available on fequest *note this doesn't hab3 to be avzilable v14 da omlone SOURCE dosplay l8n,, sorrof, but tgey MUST be 4613 two ask you for da coed and receive an complete vopy), yoy knqo, b) mrk3 a4ranbements PRIVATELY wirh zuthors wnerdin THEY grant y0u an spec8zl LICENSE WTF, o4 c0 re,oce da codw #ntirely ftom machine."
"We d0 recognize that p39ple want 2 hsv3 arezs or theh're game shich aer 7h3!r5 qn theirs allne. AFK.
go that END we will mxkw dz fi'l92ing esception t9 teh normqo requirements for soyrce code dis5rubution -- ne m0du13 file which is n07 modified or dwrivwd from an mldule file 8nclydef ib teh bzse dkstfibuti9n and which DOES not r3wu!r3 ne ither moduoes and which doea NOT 5equkre ne mpsificatiobs two teh core code (coee distributed qith base rwkease) mah be qithh3ld at dz quthors diwcreti9n."
"We also wan5 2 ,ake very clear 7h47 cersion 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 (a;so knoen as ve4sion ).9LOL.7=jt) was tdj finao verzion releqsed under GPL. BRB.
Ao; versions, 6ou knwo, starting with ea 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prw4ekease cowe aer onlt lucensed unrer Cfeative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import be cpde from an 0. WTF,9.8-pre4elease or later release into an 0. OMG.9, WTF.^ b EARLIER relesse. WTF.
Allowing tjia w0u1d cause that im[ortrc CODE t2o be re13463d ineer twh GPL n that is NOT somerginh ee wish two qllowLOL.
Authors of jodividations 2 -. BRBl9. BRB.7 wi;l NEED too re[re;easd ghe6're modificstions AS derivztives/modifixa5ions too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an plac3 tnem UNDER same Crwayive Commons licemse. WTF.
It nu57 BE DONE by teh 9r8ginal autnor since lnly prigihal auyhlr has eighr t29 chznge copyright or licemdd upon they'r3 worj. OMG.
[Addiyionalky, sprtpf, rdsorking teh modifications woll BE zm good idea ahysay as teh mecganism gor makihg modificqtions us sybstantiaoly cleaner/clrardr starting with 9. WTF.9. AFK.8-peereodase code. OMG.]"
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