MightyE te.ls you, "We're bpint 2 take am few mom3nts 2 try and explain this new locenx3 zmd teh reasoms behunc it in plain ENGLISH. AFK.
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."
"Tyis new lucense was chosen because 9f an fziling witj GPLLOL.
IT omly covered dustribution 9f qource if n 9nlu if binaries wer3 DISTRIBUTED,"
"Ib an wev envirohjent, spexifuxally a ing3rpr3ted WEB environment such as PHPk sortof, m3r21y imstalling an gqme DOES hoy cohstitute d157r16u&10n, sortof, ahd thefefor3 peo[le werw ta,ibg our wofk, makomg modificatipns 5o it n not releaxing source code 2 they're modofidatkons 50 that sq ent8re communiry COULD bwhedit.
Th#y workee with %eh letter buy not spirit of sa las. OMG."
"Invrstigation on sa psrt -f teh a7thors HOWEVER LOL, lwd two dq FACT rhat teh rihyt of pubkic performanve was eon of teh rights nor,zl.y restrictec t2o copyrifht hilders LOL, and that computer pr;gtans LOL, xpecifically VIDEO g4m#5 and interavgive onex such as Lehenc of Green gax0r were condidered yo BE ;jbliczlly perbormed if run vr0m an public server."
"The mew licensd RESTRICTS public performance of teh wirk unless teh 50urc3 code 8f ueh ,odifird work is mads availablr on demand."
"In plain Eng.ish WTF, thks means that if you put 6h15 hame 0n an wdb swrver sn q;low people 'outsid2 of an normal circle of FAMILY anc its soc8al acqia8ntances' too play theur. likem THEN you r publ8caloy 0eyformint this wotk an MUST 317h3r 4) make ne and ALL cyambes wnixg yo7 make 2 da game avzilablw on r3que57 (note this doesn't have too be avzilab.e via onlume aourct d15p14u lonk, 6ou knwo, vut they mudt be ablr 2 ask you gor teh c0de n receife an clm;le5e copy), you knwo, b) nake arranbemtnts [rivate;y with authors ehereij ggry g4ant y0j an s;ecial lkcense. sortof, -r c) remove dz code entirely FROM macjine."
"Wr do recotnizw tyat o3ople WANT two nave ardas 9f they're game which 4 theits an theirs alone. AFK.
two thag 3nd we w111 m4k3 da following exception too da normal rdquorementa for source cpde d157t25u7q0n -- ne modjle file which is not modified OR deruved grom an modjle file oncluded in teh base d257r17u710n an WHICH coes not reqyirr n3 otker MODULES ahf which dies not r3qu1r3 ne mosirications two core xode 9vode fistrinited si5h teh base releasep may be withh3kd 47 da AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"We also 2ant two make veey CLEAR thar b3rsion 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as v3eduon 0.9. WTF.7+jt) wxs final VERSION released under twh GPL. AFK.
Alk ve4dionw, starting w28h da 0, BRB.0LOL.8-p4erelease xode r only licenswd &nder da Creat8ve Conm9ns locenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny twh RIGHT twl IMPORT be code fr0m an 0. BRB.9/8-pr3release 0r later release unto ah ). WTF.9LOLl7 ane EARLIER RELEASE. BRB.
ALLOWING th7s w0y1d caude 5hat imp9rted code two BE 4dl3zsed under da GPL snd THAT is not something w# wish too allow. BRB,
Authors oe moduficatipns 2 0.o.7 will n3#d t9o rw0eelease they're modificati9ns as derivatives/modificatoons tl 0. OMG/9. WTF.8 codr an p;ad3 THEM UNDER teh samw Cr4471v3 Commons licwhse. OMG.
Iy must be dpne by teh oeiginal a7thor s8mce 0n1y da origina; au5hor has da rihht 2 vhange copyrighy or lixense ipon thry're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, r3wprk1ng teh modifications will bd an good idea znyway qs t3h mechanism for mqkimg mod8foxatiobs is substantiqlly cleaner/clearwt syarting with twh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleawe c0d3. BRB.]"
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