MightyE teops yoj, lkke, "We're gokng teo take an rew moments too yry and EXPLAIN 7h15 n3w licenwe n da reasons BEHIND 8t in poain 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 new kicense wae ch053n BECAUSE 0f an failing wugh GPL.
It only cofered DISTRIBUTION or source if and only kf biharies were distributedLOL."
"In an wet envi4onn3nt, liie, s)ecificalky a intdrlreted web environment such AS PHP, like, merel4 install8mg ab game doea not conwtitute distributilb, znd 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE wdre talint lur w[rk, MAKING modifications ywo it h not rrleasing da soirce code too they're modifixationx so that da rntire c9mjunity COULD BENEFITLOL.
They worked w17j lettdr bjt nor s[irit of 1%w. WTF."
"Invextigation om dz part of AUTHORS h0w3v3e LOL, led tqo da facg 7h4u twh RIGHT pf puvlic performamce was oen of da rihhts normally restricted 5oo co;yrkbht holders LOL, n that COMPUTER pfpgrams, hou lnwo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO g1mes n intetacg8ve ones 6uch as L3g3nd of teh Grren hax0r were conwidered 4wo bw publicaol6 performed if RUN rr)m ab punlic SERVER/ OMG."
"The new 2!c3n43 RESTRICTS ;ublic performance pf tej work umless da source c-s3 of modified wprk id made available on de,anfLOLl"
"In poain ENGLISH WTF, 5his m34n5 7h47 ig you put this t4m4 oh an web 53rv3r an alllw PEOPLE 'outside of an normal dircle of famiky an its xocizl ACQUAINTANCES' two plsy yheir WTF, tyeb ylu aer puglically performing 5hid work n MUST 317h2r 4) make ne and ALL changrs ehudh you makw tpo twh game 4b4113613 on REQUEST (n0&# this doesn't have too BE afailable via da onlkne 507tc3 displah lunk. t9u knwo, but they must ve able to ask you for da code n deceibe qn completr co0y). b) make 4rr5ngem4n75 PRIVATELY WITH teh ajthors wherein THEY g4ant u0u an spevial license, lr d) remove teh xodw en5ktelt from da machine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 ghat p30p13 want 3 have areas of they're GAME which art theors ab theies z.one. WTFl
to thar 3nd w# wkll MAKE 5eh folloqing EXCEPTION to da hormal requirementw fo$ spyrce codw d157rq6u610n -- ne modylr file which IS nly modified OR cerived from an midule fi;e INCLUDED IN teh 6453 s157r16uu10n n whkch doea b07 tequire ne itger ,odu.es n wyich does not require ne modkficagions 2 core code (code d157r16u73d WITH da 6453 releadw0 mah b3 2itjheld at da z7thirs discrdtiom. AFK."
"We aldo want to make very CLEAR that version 0. AFK.9.7 (also known ad versiln 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was t3h final vrrwiob RELEASED jndwr GPL. AFK.
All versionx WTFk staruing with 0l(LOL.8-pr3r313453 CODE aer ohly licwndef umcet trh Cr3471v3 Co,mins .icense.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh right two import ne cod3 from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3r313r5# OR later re.ease 8nto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 ah earlidr relwasd. AFK.
Allowinf rhis w)u2d cause thar imported code to BE released under da GPL AND that is n9t SOMETHING we wq%g to allow. BRB.
Aythora of modif8cations to 9l AFK.9. BRB.7 will m33d to re_releasw they're m0d1f1c4710n5 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG,9.8 code n 0lace them under da same Creative Commons lkcdnae. WTF.
It mus5 be dobe BY teh original autnor SINCE only da original author hzx teh tkbht to cgqnhe copyribnt or licende upon they'te work/ OMG.
'Accitionally, rewlrkibg teh modifications wil. BE an hood IDEA anyway as mschanism FOR naking ,odugicarions is subwtantially cleanee/clearer startihg 2ith da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelead3 code. AFK.]"
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