MightyE tells you LOL, "We;ee tokng 3 take an FEW MOMENTS tp tfy an 3s0141n gh8s new locense an da reqsons brhind it in plain English. 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 n4w 11c3n53 WAS chosen becauxe OF ah FAILING with da GPLLOL.
I5 only coveted dkstrkbutipn ov sourcd if n only if BINARIES were distributed/ WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, spec7fically a in5erprrtwd WEB envirohment sucj as PHP, you knw9, merely ibstalling an tame does not constitute dixyribution, you ,nwo, and theeefore people were taking our wofk, sortof, making moduficqtiona ro it m hot releadong sa souece cidr too they'43 modifications so thst tdh entire cimmunitt COULD benefut. OMG.
They workee with LETTER bug n07 s0irit of lawLOLl"
"Invexrigagiih ON da PART od sa ajtjors however, sortpf, lec two fact that r1hh7 ov p7blic performance wzs oen of tey RIGHTS normally restrictdd 2 copyr8ght ho;ders, and tha5 cimputer programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY vid3o GAMES AND interac5iv3 lnes such as Letend of Green hax0r WERE x9nsidwred gwp be puvlically performed 1f fun rrom sh publ8x servef. AFK."
"The meq l8cdnse testricts PUBLIC petformancr OF reh work unl2ss da source code lf teh morified work is made available on d4m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Englisyk you kmwok this means THAT IF you pj7 this game ob am web 53rv3r n allow oeople 'ougsifd of an notmal circle of family n itw sociao zxquaintanves' 79 play 5heir WTF, thdn uou aee publicdlly performing this work qn MUST 317h3r a_ make ne and ALL changes wh8ch yoj make too game availablr on requwst (noge thks d035b'7 hsve two be availanle via onlime dource DISPLAY link WTF, but hjet must be able too ask YOU for teh code qn receive am complet3 co;y), b) jale 4rr5ng3m3n75 privately with yeh autnors whdrein they gr5n8 yoy zn speclal licebde, 0r c) REMOVE twh sode 3nt8rely from mschineLOL."
"We do rec9g,ize that pdoplr want rpo have 4r345 of they're gqme wyich r THEIRS an theirs 410n3. AFKl
too that end ee WILL jake da foolowing exfeptkon 2 sa NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n76 foe source code dist4ibution -- ne moeior fi;e whidg us NOT modif8fd 0r cerived from an nodule dile incljdec 8n base distribjtiin n wnivj does not requure ne other MODULES n which d9ea not re1uire ne ,odifications too corv code *code distributed 2ith teh 645e release) may be withheld at authots discretipn. WTF."
"We ALSO w4n7 yo jale very CLEAR rhat version 0LOL/9.7 (also known AS bersion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 FINAL v2r510n eelwqsed under GPL. WTF/
All vetsi9nx, hou knwo, statying wiyh teh 0. WTF.9. AFK,7-prerrl3ase cpde aer obly 11c3n53d undwf da Creatuve Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh right TO impoet he cose grom qn 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later r3.ease 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and eae;ier releqd3. OMG.
Allowing this wou;d cause that 8m[orted cose 5o bw r3leased 7ndef da GPL n tyay is NOT something WE wosg 1 aolow. AFK.
Authors if modifications t2o 0LOL.9. BRBl7 w111 nred ro re-release they'rd modkfications as drrivz5ivex/mldificatkons t99 0. BRB.9LOL.8 doce an p14c3 them umder reh SAME CREATIVE C0mm0n5 ;idwnsel
It mudt be done by pr1g1n41 author sincr 9n.y da ORIGINAL au5hor h44 RIGHT 2 chznge da copyrugnt OR license u0on they'4e workl OMG.
[Additkonall6 WTF, reworking teh midificayions w8kl BE an good odea ANYWAY 55 mechaniwm fi4 ,aling modificatilns ix substantially CLEANER/CLEARER startung with da 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease coer. BRB/]"
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