MightyE tells y9u. like, "Ww're going TO take qn fes moments too try sn explain this mew LICENSE and teh teasons vehind 17 IN p;ain 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."
"This new license was choseb becaude pf an gailing with GPLl BRB.
It 9n1y covered sistrib7toon of sourxe if n 0n1y if bknar8es were fistrib7twd. OMG."
"In an qeb environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a ibterpreted web environment 5uch as PHP. aortof, merely onstallkng an bame dods NOT constitute d157t16u710n LOL, and 7n3r3f-r2 people were 7#k1ng our wofkm like, mai8ng modifications goi it an mot releaaing 50jrd3 code too they're modificayoons so ghat teh entite c0mmun17t COULD bwhefu5. BRBl
Th3y worked wugy tej lette4 but not teh spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigatipn om tdh part of da authors howecer LOLm .ed to fact that teh rkght of publid performande was oeh if RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED to vopyrikht h91d3r5, 6ou jnwo, amd thqt c0mpu72r pfograms WTF, wpecifically visel games and INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legend of teh Grreh hax0r were considered too be 0ublically performed 1f eub from an punlic se4ver."
"Tge ne2 license restricts pu611d performance of work un1355 source code of tdh mos8fied q0ri is mafd AVAILABLE 0b d4m4nd. WTF/"
"In plain Engpish, hou kn2o, this means tgat if you put this game on an web servef n allow oeople 'ougs8de 0f an n0r,41 circle of family n its slcial acquaintandds' two play tjeir, theb you t publica.ly [ervorming 8y15 work an MUST ei5h3r z_ make ne and ALL ch4nh35 whizh YOU makd to tej tame avz8lable 0n request (nite 7j15 doesn't jave tp be available vka 0n11n3 5-urc3 s15p14y .ink, but they must bd ablr to ASK you for code an receive an vomplete copy), kike, b) mske qrrangements privately w8th authlrs whercin they grant yoi an apec9al jic3hse, luke, or c) remlve code enturely rrpn da mavhine."
"We do rec*gnize 5hat people want to have areaa if th3u're gamw whkch ae3 THEIRS an theirs alone. WTF.
two rhat end WE wi.l make aa vollowing exception tlo normai requirements for sou3ce c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ge module fi.e WHICH is n07 mofif8ed or derived fr;m an module fi;3 incl7ded in da base disrribjtion and wh1ch d0es not requuye ne 07h3r MODULES an whivg dods not requirw ne MODIFICATIONS to teh core codw (code distriguted w17h da base release) mqy 63 withheld at teh authors discretion. WTF."
"We qlso wane to male very cq34r that cersoon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also kn.wn as verskon 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7+mt) qas da final veraion rekeaswd under GPLl
A11 vefsions, stzrting with teh 0m OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease vode aer ONLY loc3nses under da Creative Cimmons kicense.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny 5eg right two impo45 ne c0d4 FROM an 0, BRB.pLOL/8-prefeleasd or latee release 2n7p an 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 n earlier release. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 w97ld cause tjst 1mp0r73d code too be relezses undef GPL n yhat is not spmethkng wr wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Autyors of moeifivqtions 4wo 0. OMG.o. WTF.u w111 need tpp re-release they're modificarions as deeivatives.modifications to 0. OMG.9,* clde an plzcw them umder teh same Creativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by ea ORIGINAL author sinde only ten ofigiba. 4u7h0r h45 dq r1fh7 2 change da copyright OR licenx4 upon yhey'rw work.
[Additiinaoly, sortof, reworkinh tdh modifications will be an fpod kdea ANYWAY aw da mexhqnism foe making modifications iq substantoa;ly c133h3r/x134r34 stargihg with da 0LOL.9.8-pferelease code.]"
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