MightyE telld y0u, sortof, "We're gounf to 74ke an few moments to 7ry and explain thid nes license and yeg resfons behknd i5 in plain Ebflish.
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 was chodrn bdcause og an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
I7 onl5 c0v3r3d distriburion of source if n only if vinariea were d147r16u73d. BRB."
"In ah web ENVIRONMENT LOL, spdcificallt a inherpreted web environment such as PHP, 6pu kbwo, mereky knstslokng an gem3 does not c9nstktute dis5rub7tion, you knqo, n th3rrfore people WERE takumg i7r wi4o, making modificati/ns 2 it znd not eeleasing teh sourcq code 70 thwy'4e MODIFICATIONS si that teh entire commumigy COULD benegir.
They 2orked sirh ca lettef but NOT ren soirig of LAW. AFK."
"Investifstion on da part lf authors yowever, sortof, 13d to da FACT thst right of puvlic performabce wqs won of teh 5ightx normal;y r3strkcted gwl copyfoght holderxm xo4tov, n 7h47 comp7t3r PROGRAMS WTF, specifivally v1d30 bamds znd inteeactive ones SUCH AS Legend of da Green hzx0r werw vonsiedred 2 be pi612c411y pegformdd if run from an PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The NEW license restric5s public performance of da wotj un1355 da sourcw vide of midkfied wot, is made available ON demqnd. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h, you knwo, thiw means yhqt if you PUT THIS gaje on an web swrver an allow pw9ple 'o7tside of an n0rj41 CIRCLE 0f familu and its s9ciq. acquaintahdrd' two PLAY theirm thwn hou arr publicallu PERFORMING this woek m MUST 317h3r z( make n3 n ALL changes WHICH you make 2 dw game qvailable -n request (note thus do3sn't have tio be avai'able cia teh ONLINE SOURCE diapkay link. h9u khwo, but theh must be abl3 2 ask yoy for teh code ah r3c#1v3 an cinplete copy), like, c) make srrangements PRIVATELY with teh auyhors wyerein they gfamt 7ou an 5p3v141 license, or x) REMOVE cice entirely from teh macnine. AFK."
"We do recohnize that people sant 1 nqve ardas of tney're game wnich r THEIRS an THEIRS alone. OMG.
twp that rnd we will mxk# teh sollowing exd3ptkon tio n9rmal r3qu1r3m3n75 fpr sphrce codd distribution 0- nr MODULE rule which IS not modifued or derived FROM an module f8le inc.uded in base distribition zn wjich dofs nog require ne other MODULES an which d9ws NOT require ne m9d1d1c4810n6 2 core coee (code f147e16j73f with base teleqse) may ge witghe.d at t3y authors discrerion. WTF."
"We a;so waht twp make ferh x134r that version ).9. AFK.7 (ALSO knowh 45 vefsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt0 was da fihal ve4soon released ynder teh GPL.
All versions LOL, syartong with 0LOL.9. OMG.8=prereleas3 code r pnly licens3d under teh Creative Commons licensd. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da roght to import me code from an ;LOL/9. BRB.8=pre4elezse or LATER r313453 intp an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and earliet rdlease. WTF.
Alkiwing thid would CAUSE that inpprted code 2 be r313453d under heh GPL an that is not 50m37h1ng we w15h 2 aklow. AFK.
Authotx of modivocations two 0.oLOL.7 sill need roo te_rel3ase they're modificationa as derivatives/bocificatkons 2 -. OMG.8. BRB.8 code n place them under tdh aahe Creagive Commobs lucemse. BRB.
It must be done bu priginal auyhor since only origihal author HAS r1gh7 to chanfe cipyrig6t OR l8cense ipon tney're work. WTF.
-Adeiti.nally, like, reworking teh modifkcs5iobs will 63 an good idea anhway aa m3chanosm fot jaking modificatioms os substantis;ly cleaner/c.earee 573r71ng w8th teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-[rerelease code. OMG.]"
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