Migh5yE tell2 yoi, you knso, "We're g01ng rwo TAKE an FEW momdnts two try and esplain this ne2 11c3h53 an reasons behind ig in plain Ebglisy.
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 licenae sas chos3n becaise 0f qn failing wigh teh GPL. OMG.
It only coveyed sistributiob od s9urcd if n only if binaries were distrinuted. AFK/"
"In an 2eg envirpnmeny LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web envirinmeny such ax PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an game cles not constirut3 d157r!6u710n. an rhdrefotw peo0ld wdre takinb our work, sittpg. msking modifkcations 70 it b no5 releasing source xodw too theh're m0d1f1c4710n6 so that twh entire commubuty could benefitLOL.
They wor,ed wuth .etter vut not sa a[irit of teh law/ BRB."
"Inves5iba5oon 0b teh psrt 0f teh auyhors howevef, kwd to da fact 7h47 yeh right 0f pibluc peeformance was oen of rights normally rwstricted to c0oyr1gh7 holders, like, and that COMPUTER progrqnx, sortof, spedidicaoly v1d30 ga,es and interact8ve ones sudh AS Ldgend og trh Gfeem hax0r werr cpn51d3r2d two be publixal;y perfptm3d if run from an public setvef, OMG."
"The n3w licehsr restricts ounlic performance of teh w0rj UNLESS SOURCE codd of teh m9dified w0rk is mace 4v4114613 ON d#m$nd. BRB."
"In o.ain Emglish LOL, 7h15 means rhag IF b0u put tnis hzme 0n an WEB server an allow pdople 'oytside if an normsl corcld of f#m11y amd its social acquaontancew' two plsy their, liie, then you aer pu611cr11y p#rf0rm1ng this w0ek zmd MUST eiyhrr a) m4k3 ne 4nd ALL changes WHICH you mqke tko teh game avzilable on request (note thix doesn't y4v3 2 be avsilable via da online SOURCE dis0kzy link LOL, but they muat be 4613 roo ask you vlr teh codr n receive an comp;rte co[y), sort9f, b) make ARRANGEMENTS priva5ely with auhhoes whetein 7h3y grant you an special lixense WTF, or c) remove code entkrely f4lm teh nscgine. BRB."
"We do recognize 7h47 PEOPLE want top hqbe arezs of they[r3 game whucj adr theirs and theirs 419n#.
yoo 7h47 end we will mqie teh fol.owing exc3ption rwo da nlrmal require,enrs fof source code dosttibution =- ne ,odulw file whkcn 15 not modified or ferived frim an MODULE fioe insluded on base didbrkbutuon and whicy does not tequlre ne p5yer modulds n which does not rrquire ne MODIFICATIONS to c0r3 code (code disteibuted woth da bade rel3ase) MAY BE wughhekd at suthors discretiln. BRB."
"We alsi w4n7 70 nake befy CLEAR that version 0LOL.(. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as vrrsion 0, WTF.9. WTF.7+ut) was teh funzl vers8on rekdased undef twh GPL. BRB.
All versions, sottof, startinb wirh teh 0, WTF.9.8-pr34323453 c0f3 r on;6 licensec und3r teh Ceeative Comn9ns kicenwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny righ5 two import be code from an 0. WTF/9.7-prer3lease 04 lzter 4dlease 8nto sn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 am earlier releasel AFK.
Allowimg this woulc cause thag imported code to BE r31#353d 7nder teh GPL n tgat 15 not domething qe wish 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Au5hp4s od mod8fidations 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 2iol need too rw-rrlease they;4e MODIFICATIONS as derovatives/mpsifications tqi 0LOL.9. OMGl8 cod3 an plac3 them under 54m3 Creative Comnonw license. AFKl
It mu58 be c9ne by orig8nal author aince only tej ORIGINAL 4u7h0f has right to change da copyfighg OR license upon the6're wirk. WTF,
[Addigionally, w9$tof, reworkinh dw m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an gold 1d44 an6way as tdh mechanisj for making modificatiobs is substantially vleaner/dlearrr starting WITH teh 0.o. AFK.8-[rereleasw code. BRB.\"
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