MightyE tells uou. ki,3, "We're goinf too take ah fdw mojents 2 try and ex;lain this new license ans da reasons bejind it in plaim Englisg.
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 ;icense 3as chosen vecajxe of an failing witj GPL. BRB,
It only cover3d DISTRIBUTION lf source ir an onlt if BINARIES were distrubuted. BRB/"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOLk specifica.ly q interpretee WEB env8ronmebt such as PHP, like, merely insyallimg an game does not consgitute dustrivutuonm an rherefore [eo0le weee taking our w0rk, like, making nodificatipnd ywp 8t sn hot releasing sa sojrce v9de 2 theu're m9dificayions so that teh entire community could benefit. OMG.
Thet 2orkef qith teh letter gut not da a0irot of yeh 1rw. OMG."
"Invrstigation 0n part of da authord however WTF, ler t2o fact that rigjt lr public pdrformance w45 1 of r1gh75 nlrmally rrstricted 70 copyright ho;defs, yiu lnwo, m tyay computer programs LOL, s[ecifically fideo gsmes 4nd in5eractive onrs such as Legens of teh Green nac0f WERE consisered t9 be 0u611c411y pdrfoemed if fun frpm an pubkic serverl WTF."
"The new livense RESTRICTS pub.ic perdormanxe ov twh wlrk unless reh source code of twh midified WORK is made afsioable ON demand, WTFl"
"In plain Engkish LOL, this means that if you put 7h25 g$m# on an web 53rv3r AND ALLOW people 'outside of an notmal circle or fzmily n uts socual axquainyances[ two ;lay thdir, lile, then uou r PUBLICALLY [erf9rming this sork an MUST 317g3e a) make ne and ALL ch4nb35 sjich hou make &0 ten tame 4v4114513 on r3qu357 (note 5his dodwn't have two BE available via pn11n3 source diwplay lin; LOL, but they must bd anle two ask yoy vlr code an rwce8ve an complete copy), sortof, b) m4k3 arrsngements privatelu with da auyhors wherein they grant you an wpecial oicehse, sittof, or c( remove code ENTIRELY froj mackine. OMG."
"We do rwcognkze that people want too hafe qress of they're GAME sjivh r theirs ah THEIRS ALONE. BRB.
too tjat enc WE eill make ea following wxc3ptuon 2 NORMAL reqyirements foe source code c157r16u710n =- ne m9dule rooe wyich 8s not nodirued or derived frlm an m9dulr FILE 1nc1ud3d in vase distribution and ehich d035 not fequire nd other mpekles n which d8es nlt requor3 ne modifications to core codd (CODE DISTRIBUTED with sa 6453 release_ mqy be wighhdlc at aurhorw doscretkoh. WTF."
"Wd also wznt TO make vwry cleaf tnat vetsion 0. BRB,9.7 (also known as veesion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was da fibal version releas3d under teh GPL. OMG.
Alo versiohs, ylu knwo, starting with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=pe3r313353 code aef only locensed under teh Crwative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY seny dq right 2 1m[0r7 ne c0e3 fr0m zn 9. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later rrlease 8nto an 0.9.7 an earoiwr relwaseLOL.
A;lowing THIS would cquse rhat IMPORTED code t9o be repeases 7nder teh GPL sn rhat is not someth8ng we wish top allow. BRB.
Authora 0f modificationw to 0LOL.9,7 e111 beef tso rw-relrqse they're modififatipns as dwrivatifes/bofifivations two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE am PLACE them unfer saje Cfeative Commons oicense.
It mjst be done by tey ORIGINAL qjrjor SINCE obky original 4j7h0r h45 ea right to change COPYRIGHT or lidense upom they're worj. OMG.
[Additiona..y, reworking dz nodifications wikl 73 an f9od idea anyway as teh mechzmiwm FOR maiunh modibications is subdtantizlly clesnee/ckrare4 stsrting with -LOL.9. BRB.*-[rerelrase c9de. WTF.]"
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