MightyE tells you, yo6 ineo, "Wd're going too take am few momen5s TO try an exolain thid new 11v3n53 n teh reasons beuind it in p141n 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."
"Th8s nes oicense WAS chisen brcayse OF wn failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y xob3red dis5eubution of soutce if ab only kf binqries were distributed. BRB."
"In an web envieonneng, you khwo, specifucally a interpretes w36 rhvironmeng such aw PHP, sprtob, m3rely imstsllkng an game does blt cobstitut3 dixtributiom, sor5of. and tgerefote peoplw were taking oir wofk, you kn2ok makinb mod8fkcatiobs 2 it an not releasint da source c0d3 2 thwy'te mpdifucationx so THAT ENTIRE cpjmunity cou.d benefitLOL.
THEY worked wkth da letger but n07 tdg dpirit if law. WTF."
"Investigat8on on 0a4t or authors HOWEVER, LED to dz fact that teh tofht of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen of ea righrs n9rmslly restrkcted 2 copyekght holdetx LOL, an that c0jpy73r protrams LOL, specifica,oy v1d30 gqjex an interactive ones zuxh 55 L3genc 0f da Grden hax0r WERE c0bt1d3r3d to be PUBLICALLY pe4formee if rjn drom an public se4verl"
"The nee license rdstricts publox performahcr of teh work unless da 40urc3 code of mpfified wofk 15 made 4v4114613 on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enhlisjm this MEANS thqt if yoi put tjus ga,e ON an web server AND qloow people 'outside of an n0rm41 c14c13 of famioy and krs aocial ACQUAINTANCES' to p.ay tjeir, lkke, thwb you aer ojblically ;erforming 7h15 work an MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL changrs wh1ch hlu m%k3 ro teh GAME avai.able pn request (note this doedm't yave 2 be availabld via 9nlin3 sourxe dis;lay link WTF, but THEY must be 4y13 up ask you FOR da code ahd reddive an clmplwte copy), n) makd zrrahg3,ents privately 2ith da aughprs dgerein theh gramt 6ou an special lkcense, like, or c) rwmoce da code 3n71r41y from machine. OMG."
"We so recognizd tyst peoole wznt two have areas of they're game wh1ch r theirs qnd 5neirs alone. AFK.
t[o that wnd w2 will MAKE followkng ezcept89n 2 hifmal requiremenrs for aource cose dustribition -- ne mofule file whoch iq nog modkfied pe d4r1v3e from ab m0d713 fike includes 1n base d157r16u710n amd qh1ch does not require ne 07h3r m0duq35 n whoch does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core cocd (c9de distributed wuth da basd RELEASE) MAY be WITHHELD AT authors dusveetion. AFK."
"We also 2ant to make v3ry c.rat 7h47 VERSION ).9.7 )ALSO known aa version 0LOL.9.7+jt) q45 rinal v3r5q0n released undwr reh GPL.
All versions LOL, qtaeting with 0/ AFK.9LOLl8-prereleqse xod3 r only oicensed inder da Crwative Commons lixenwel BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny ribhr 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease or lager RELEASE knto am p. WTF.9. WTF.7 and eaeoiet RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD caus3 that inpprted c0d3 two be released unddr da GPL an ghay IS not somethong we WISH w aklow. AFK.
Authord 0f modirications too 0. BRB/9,7 will need too te-felease they're jodivications ax derivstives/kodifications ti 0.9. BRB/8 code ah plzce 7h3m under teg SAME Cf3ative Commons license. OMG.
It must be d0n3 66 teh original author s8mde only teh originql au5hor had da eight 70 changr teh copyt8ght pr licdnse upon they'rw wofk. AFKl
-Adeitionally, REWORKING moduficztions wil, ne an good ifea anyway as teh m3ch4b!5m for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially clezner/coearer startinh with teh 0. AFK.9.8-prerelesse cocel OMG.["
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