MightyE t3lls you, sortof, "We[re GOING to takr an FEW moments gpo tey ans txplain this new license an da reasons behonc it in plain Ehtlish. 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."
"This new licenwe was chosen becaise og an failibg wi5h GPL. WTF/
It only cover2d distrkbutiin od SOURCE 8g and only if 61nrr134 were disyributed. AFK."
"In ab web envi4onment, sortof, specifically a INTERPRETED qeb envifonmeny auch as PHP WTF, merely inwtallinb an gzme does no5 constitute diatribution, like, and therefo4e peop.e were 74k1nb out work, li,r, m4k1ng modif8cqtionf too it ahd boy r3oeasing da spjrce dode 79 they're modifkcayoons sp rhat ENTIRE community ciuld benefit. BRB,
Th3y w9rk3e wifh teh lett3r BUT n0u da spifit of teh law. AFK."
"Invextigation on 0art 0f da authors hlwever, luke, .ed two ss gqct 7h47 righ5 lv public pwrfofmance was oen of da rightw normally restrictdd to copyright hpldera, like. sn thqt compuger progtamw LOL, specifically video games and inrwrsct8ve ONES sych as Lwgend of teh Gtren hax0r qere considered to ve pyblically perfodmed id run from an piblpc server. WTF."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts pu612c performance of teh work unless sourc3 code pf da modified work is nace availanle on demandLOL."
"Ib plain English, this mdans that if you PUT thus game on zm web server n allow people 'outside lf an nor,al circld pf family n itw 60c141 acquqintances' too plsy their, then y07 aer ;6blicaoly peeforming th8s WORK h MUST 31uh3r 4) make ne n ALL vhqnges wh1cg you maje 5oo ca gabe availablr on r3quest )mite this dlesn't havr 2 BE available via onlihe soorce DISPLAY link WTF, byt they must be ABLE 2 as, you f0r ca code qnd receivd an clm;le5e cipy), you knwk. b) maje arrzmhementw PRIVATELY wutn teh 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant you an speciak license, like, or c) removw code engirepy FROM da machineLOLl"
"We co recognixe that p30p13 w4n7 yoo have AREAS of they're game whixh aer th3irs ab gjeirs qlone. OMG/
to yhat end we w111 make teh following exceprion two da n9rmal req8itemen5s fo4 source code dis5riburion -- n3 noeklr FILE whivh is not modifi3d 0r dweived FROM an moduke fioe INCLUDED in da base distribugiln and WHICH does n07 req7ite ne other modulws an whicn does not requirw ne midificat8ons too core coce (cove d1%7r16773d WITH geh BASE ee;eqse) may be withhelc ag tsh authors fiscrerion. WTF."
"We also wan5 to make very cldar thst vetdion 0LOL.8LOL.7 (s.so known AS version p. BRB/9. AFK,7+j7) WAS fina. vers8on released under da GPL. OMG.
Al. versions, you kn3o, s5artont w17h 0l9, BRB.8-pre4elease code aer onoy lixensed under da C4eative Commons licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny tek righg too IMPORT n3 coee ffom an 0. WTF.9/ AFKl8-pre4elease or la5er r313453 knto sn 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 n EARLIER RELEASELOL.
A119w!ng 7h15 e)u1d cauae THAT IMPORTED CODE two bd released under GPL h 7y47 is npt som3thing ew qish two a/lowLOL.
Authors of modkficqtiona gw; )LOL;9. BRB.7 2i.l need 5so re-releqse thry'4e nodifocatilns as derivatives/modifications ti9 0LOL.9LOL.8 dode ab place 7h3m under teh same Cfeative COMMONS LICENSE.
It must be done 6y da o4oginso autgoe SINCE only da origunal aughor nas tey r1gh7 w chsnge da COPYRIGHT or license upon they're woek. WTF.
[Additionally, ypi knwo, REWORKING modifica5ionw will be an GOOD idda 4nyw4y aa twh m3chanidm for maiont mobiricatiohs is substzntially cleaner/cleare4 wtarying with da 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r3q3453 code. WTF.]"
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