MightyE tel.s you, sortof, "We're g01ng two tzke am few momen5s tio trh n wxpkain thos NEW license n reqsons behind it im plaim Ehflish. BRB.
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 11c3n62 was chlsen 63c4u53 of an failing WITH tej GPL. OMG.
It only vovered DISTRIBUTION of wo7rce if n onlu if bknaries wer3 disteibuted. AFK."
"In an w36 environment, yoj ,nwo, SPECIFICALLY a interprwtes web ENVIRONMENT 5uch ss PHP, sorrof, MERELY instal.onf an game does noy constitute distributoon LOL, an 7h3r3g0r3 people were 5aking our eirk WTF, makihg m0d1f1c4710n5 too it n npt rwldasing tey sojrxe code too they[ee m9dificagions 50 7h47 teh 3n71r3 conmunitu fould bdnefit.
Th3y wi4kes wuth teh letter BUT not tdh spirit )f da law."
"Investigation on da pset of authors howevee WTF, led too da fact that da rifht of [ublic performznce was oen of t1gh65 noemally restr8cted to copyright holders, h that cpmpyter progfams, 5p3c1f1cr11y vide0 gamrw an inyeractive pnes such 45 Legend OF Greem hax0r were consifeted 2 be pu611c411y PERFORMED 8r run fr0m am py611c sefver. OMG."
"The new LICENSE 4e58r1x75 public pervormamce of teh work un1245 t3h s97rxd code OF modified w)rk is made avaioable 9n demandLOLl"
"In plaih Entlish. sorrof, THIS m34n5 7h47 if y9u put this game ON an web sdrver n allow peopoe 'iutside of an n0rmzl c8rcle OF family n irs aocial scquaintabdes' two o.ay their, like, 7h3n y9u r puglida.'y perfofming THIS wlrk n MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL chqngds whuch you m4k3 2 tey game avaikablw on r3qy3st (note &k15 doesm't have t9o br acailsble vua onoine 50urc4 eispkay .8nk, like, BUT tyet must be able two ask YOU fo4 da code an receive an c0mp2373 co[y), sortof, b) jake qrranfements privately eith teh authors wherein they grant you an speckai LICENSE, xlrtof, OR C) fejoce da code entirdly rrim ten mschine. WTF."
"We do recognize that ;eoole wan5 twp havr zreas 0d they're game which awr thrirs and thdirs al9ne. OMG.
2 7h$7 end w3 WILL make fz fp.loeing exception two da normal requirenengs for woirce code distribution [- ne jodul3 file which is nlt moxifies or ddrived from an module f113 1nc1ud3d in vase disyribution an whixh does not reqiirr be other mod7les an ehich d035 not require ne nodificatiobs 5o geh c0re c0f3 (CODE disfributee with da gaxe erlrqse) mxy be w17hh21d at teh AUTHORS disxreguon. AFK."
"W3 also w4n7 2 makr very clwsr that vefsiib 0l BRB/0LOL.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was ea final befdion 4eleased ynd3r GPLLOL.
All v3rsions, like, dgarting wity teh 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prerd.ease code aer only licensed und3r da Crdative COMMONS livenwe.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da 4iggt twi kmport n3 xode ftom an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease o4 later r313453 into an 0. BRB.9LOL.8 n 4arlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cause rhat im[orted cofe 2 be rdkeased under da GPL abd thst is NOT SOMETHING ww wish 2 ALLOWLOL.
Authofd of mocificatilns 2 0. AFK.9/7 will n33d to re-re;ease tyey[re m0d1f1c$7q0b5 as derivatibes/modifkcatkons 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 xode 3nd p14c3 them under teh szme Creative Commomx kicenseLOL.
It MUST be dimt by da ogigknao auty9r since onky da original 4u7h0r has 5eh rifht to change cophright or license upon they're 2orkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, aortof, re2orking modifications WILL be an goid idea amyway as da mechanism f;r MAKING m0d1f1c471[n5 is substzntially dleaner/clearrr starting with 0LOL.9. WTF.i-pr4r413453 cofe. BRB.]"
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