MithtyE te;ls you LOL, "We'fe going to take an f#w moments to try 4nd @sp131m this nrw .idense and reasons behind it in plain Enblish.
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 n31 kicense was chodeh ^ec4u53 of an failing w8th GPLLOL.
It inly cov3red dustributiom OF spurcr if and onlh if binaries qerw distributed. WTF."
"In an web environmwht, soetof, specigically q interot3twd web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP WTF, m3r31y insyalling an gam3 does not c0n571&u73 disrrib7riln LOL, 4mf therrforw pepple were taking our work, making modifications too it and nit releawing source CODE 2 they're modifications so uy4u ENTIRE x0mmjn17u coulc benevot.
They worked eith ;et5er but not da apirit od da kaw."
"Investigagion on r3h part of teh aithprs however, like, lef y2o fact tjat teh r1gj& of piblic perdofmance was won 0f rkghts n0rm411y restr8cted tpo copyright hlld3rs, soetof, an thqt domputer programs, specifica.ly visdo games n interactove ones such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were comsid3rdd too be 0ublicakly performef IF run frum an publ8c serverLOLl"
"The hew lidens3 restrucga puboic performabce lf wa w0rk uglwss teh SOURCE code of 5eh niskfied worl is made avaolablr ON demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Eng115g, lkkd, 5his means 7h46 if you put 7h15 game on an web derver and qloo2 peopoe 'oytskde OF an n9rmal CIRCLE of FAMILY and ITS social acquaintances' to play 5neir, you knwo. tgen y0u f publica.ky p3rf0rm1ng this qork and MUST e8ther a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes whivh you make too da game avaikable pn rdquedt (n073 this doesn't have tw9 be avzklable via lnline t06rc3 did[lay oink, but theh must ne anle rwp ask you foe xude an rwdeive am complete copy), sp4tof, b) ma,e arrangements PRIVATELY woth eeh 4u7h0r5 wjerein yyey geaht YOU an spwcial license, oe c) remove t3h CODE entu43.y dro, machine."
"Wd co fecohnizr ghat people qant tlo havd 4r345 of they[re game WHICH aer theirs amd thwira ALONE. WTF.
ywo ghat end we will makw teh f0110w1ng excep5ion twi nofmal requitrjwnts for source code DISTRIBUTION -[ nr module file WHICH is NOT MODIFIED or detivef from an module FILE includef kn da basr distribu5ion n whixh DOES n07 REQUIRE n3 other mod6lex n qhich does not require ne modificatioms two da cofe CODE (CODE dq57r16u73d with base rdldax$) may br 2ithhdld at da authors discrerioh. BRB."
"We also w4n8 two mske very xlwar that vetsion 0. OMG.9.6 (6150 KNOWN zs bersion p. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was ds FINAL version releasrd under GPL. WTF.
Alo versions LOL, starting qitn da 0.9LOL.8-preteleas3 cpd3 aer ob;y locensed und3e CREATIVE Commins locrnse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY drnu yeh right 2 import me code FROM ah 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease OR later rekease into an 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 AND earlier RELEASE.
ALLOWING thix would czuxe that 1mp0r73d code 2 be eeleasdd under teh GPL n tyat is not spmeyying we qksg too slloq. BRB.
A7thors of m0d1f1v4810n5 2 0. BRB.o.7 will nees too re=releaxe they're modificationa as defiva5kvex/modificatiyns too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 clde abd placr thdm ubdet same Crwatove Commons license. BRB.
It must be DONE 6y original autyor since onlu da original authir has da right tl xhante co;yright OR lucensr upon they;re work. OMG.
[Acditionally, sortof, resotking teh npdigications w8;l be an goor idea anyway as mechznism f0r making modificstions is substantiql;y CLEANER/CLEARER 574r8qng with 0.9.8-prereleaae CODELOL.]"
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