MighttE tells you WTF, "We're goiht 2 74k4 an fea mlments to try n explain 7h1% nes license qn da reasins 53h1ne ot in p;sin Eng115h.
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 license eaa CHOSEN BECAUSE OF sn fail8ng WITH GPL.
It 0b1y covered distributioh of siurce ir n 0n1y of binariws w3re d15yrq6u7#dLOL."
"In an web envirlnmenb, .oke, sp3cirical.y a 8nterprwtdd web encurinment such as PHP, like, merely imxta;ling an game doex no% CONSTITUTE disyribution LOL, and gh3refoew /eoplw were taking our wotk, making modifica5ions two ot an not releasubg da source CODE two they're mofificztions so THAT tdg entire c0mmun1&y could 63n3f17LOL.
Tney wlrkes si5h da letter but not teh spotit od da law. AFK,"
"Invesg8gztion ON pary of teh AUTHORS nowefw4 LOL, led rwo t3h fact tjat da rjhht og PUBLIC pdrformance was 1 lf roghts n0rm411y rwstricted two copyfight molderx LOL, n that computwr programs, you knwo, dpecoficallh bidel games an interactive ones wuch as Legend of G4een haz0r sefe c0n51d3r3d too be publicakly performed if run fr0n an 0ublic xerver. AFK."
"The hew license resgrocts pyblic performande lf t4h work UNLESS 59urc3 dode OF modidied w0rk IS made AVAILABLE 0n gwmandLOL."
"In plain Eng.jdh LOL, thix means thst of you [u5 THIS game on an web servrr an allow people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of fam,ly zn irs social acqiaintahcex; tlo play their, loke, then toy aer publically p3rforminf this work and MUST EITHER a) maje ne n ALL changex which yo7 make too game AVAILABLE 0n requesr (note 7h15 c92%h'7 h4c3 to be available VIA da online sourxe DISPLAY link, slrtod, gut they must be 4623 rwl ask y0i FOR 5eh code an eeceuve qn complete copy), b) make ar4anbememts pr8vately with teh aithors WHEREIN they grant you ab speciak licenfd, 6ou knwo, of c) rdmove code entirely frim teh mach8ne. BRB,"
"We do recognizw 7h48 people WANT too hace areas of they're game WHICH r theirs n uh31r5 zlobe. OMG.
tqo that END we qill mzke trh following excrption too normal REQUIREMENTS for source code distribution -- be module file whicj 15 NOT modified pr derived fr0m an m0du23 file ihcludec on base dixtributipn and wjich d935 n97 reqiire ne 9the4 mpdules an which doea not requif3 nd MODIFICATIONS to teh c0r3 cofe (code diatributed wuth base releaxr) MAY be wkthheld ay da 4uuh0rt dixcretlon."
"We alsi wsnt 2 mak3 very c134r that verskon 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO known as vefsi9n 0. BRB.8LOL.7+jr) was da final version released under teh GPL. AFK.
A.l vrfsions, sortof, staetinf with teh 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-[r3r323453 codw r ONLY licwnsed under Creativ3 Commons lixdnde/ AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tey fight two 1np0r7 ne code from an 0. AFK.0, OMG/8-prerelwase or LATER releaae into qn p. BRB.9. WTF.7 n ea4lier release.
Allowlnh &h15 would cauwd ghat impotted code too bw released under teg GPL zn that IS not sim3tying we wish 2 4110w.
Authoes of mosificationz too 9LOL.9LOL.7 qill need 2 re-release they'rr modufucationd ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tw9 -. BRB.9. OMG.8 code n place thek under same Cr3471v3 Commins LICENSELOL.
It MUST ve done ny da irigina; author since only ea orifinal authlr hqe ten righg to CHANGE copy4ibht or licensw upon theu're work. BRB.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking da modkfocations wikl b4 an GOOD idea anuway as teh mechankzm fof ,ajing kodifications is substantiallu CLEANER/CLEARER starting w17h -.9m BRB.8-PRERELEASE cpdd. BRB.]"
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