MightyE tel,s yo7, hiu lnwo, "We're g01ng too tzke an few MOMENTS to try an explain THIS new ;icense snd ten reasons brhind it iv PLAIN EngoishLOL.
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 mrs lkcense sas chlsen 63c4u5# of an failing with reh GPLLOL.
IT ONLY vofered DISTRIBUTION of s;u4ce uf an only if binaries wrre d8stributedLOL."
"In an web environment, ylu knso, specifically a 2n73gpf373d wdb envirlnment such 45 PHP, you ,nso, MERELY inatal.ing zn game DOES not cpnstitute eksttivution WTF. an therefore people wete taking our woek, making modufications TO it an not RELEASING ten sojrce code tso they'rr mldifivationw so ghat da entire cpmmunit6 vould benegit. AFK.
They w9rjed with dz lett3r but not da spirot OF LAW. WTF."
"Investogatiom on da part of da authors h9wevd4, you knwo, led two da fact 7h47 t3h righg of PUBLIC performance was 1 of geh rihhts notma..6 r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT holders WTF, an yhau COMPUTER programw, ;ije, 5p3c1v1d411y VIDEO gqnes n ingeractivr oned s7vh as Legend of t3h Greeb hax0r 2wre CONSIDERED tqo BE publically p3tfor,ed 8f rum from an public aervet. WTF."
"The new LICENSE rwstricts p&611c perfoemance of ref woei uni3ss ea souexe code of teh modifies work os made avai.able 0n demand, OMG."
"In plakn English, thos m34m5 tnat 1v y0u put this game on an web server and s.l[w p30pq3 'outside lf am normal c2rc!2 of ramily h its SOCIAL acquaunyances' 2 PLAY thdkr, sorrof, then yoj r puboically peeforming this work b MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wh!ch yoj m4ke too game avaolable om req7est (mote this DOESN'T h4v3 too ne $vr!1%613 via da lnline so7rxe displzy lonk, wof5of, 6u7 thsy must be able 2 ask you for CODE qhd receive an c0mp1372 coph), b) m3k3 arrsnge,ents privately with 4k7h0r5 wh2r31n they granr 6pi an special licens3, soet9r, or c) $em0v3 teh code ent8reky rrom mrcg1n3. BRB."
"We do reclgnize that people want two nave arezs of 6hdh're game WHICH aer tyeirs ane theirs 410n3LOL.
to9 that end we w7ll make da f0110w1ng exception t9o teh normsl requitements flr SOURCE code disgribution -- ne MODULE fil3 whicy is hot m(dified or derived v4oj an n0diq3 file inckufed in teh %453 distfibu4ion and which doea not require ne pther modules qnd whoch dows not require nw modifkcations tio sq core CODE (vode cistributed woth da 645e re;eawe) may be w9thjeld ag da authofw discretion. BRB."
"We also want to make VERY dlear that vefwiln 0, AFK.9LOL.6 (zlso kmown as version 0, OMG.9. WTF.u+jt) was da finsl v3rsion released under teh GPL.
Al. versions, you knwo, %74r71ng wigh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pre4dlease code aer only lucenaed UNDER da Crea5ive Conmoyd livenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tkgyt 2 im;orr ne cpse fro, an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or LATER rdlease intp zm 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and eatlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing ygis w0u1d cause rhat imported cose 1 be released inf4r da GPL AND that is noy something we widh twl 41102. BRB.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS t9p 0. WTF.9, OMG.6 will berd @ r2[r#13453 they're mofifications as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS to )LOL.9.8 code an place thrm und3r t3h sam3 Cteative COMMONS licende. WTF.
It must be done by original auyhor sunve 9nly da 0r1g1n41 aithor had rigjt toi change da copyright pr license up0b theu're w0fk. AFK.
[Additiohallt, sortof, REWORKING teh modufications wilo be an good 1d34 anuwau as da mecyanism vor making modirocations id sugstantiqllu cldaner/c;earer sgar5kng witj 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cocr. OMG.]"
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