Migj5yE telld hiu, "We'4e goonf 2 74k2 an rew moments yo trh an EXPLAIN this new licrnse n da reasons behind !8 in plain Enflish. OMG.
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 hew lucense wax chosen because of an failinf with fa GPL,
It only covered sistrjbjtion ov spirce 8f n only if bibaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an WEB environmenrm sorrof, specifical;y a INTERPRETED web enbironmemt 5ivh as PHP LOL. merely installing an game dpea not CONSTITUTE distribjtion LOLm n THEREFORE PEOPLE were takung lur workk wortof, jakihg modigicationd two it n n07 releasing soitce code to; they're modifications so that da entire comminity could benegit.
Thty worked wkth teh lettet but not teh spitit of teh laq. OMG."
"Investigato9n on teg part or tem AUTHORS howeve4 WTF, led 2 FACT tha5 da rught of ;ublic performance wqs won 0f da rpfhts nurmally r357r1d73e too COPYRIGHT holders LOL, an that cojputee orograms, specidically viee9 gamdd an knteractive onrs such AS Legend pf Greeh gax0r eerr c9nsidered two be ;u611c411y p3rf0rm#d if run frim an public serverLOL."
"Thd NEW 1!c3n63 eestricts public performance of teh WORK unlesd da source code of da MODIFIED work iw masw availqb.e on dr,and."
"In plaun Enboidh, THIS neahs 5hsr if you PUT this gqme ON an 2eb serv2r b allpw people 'outxide of an nornal circle of rzmily n kts SOCIAL acquain5anves' 2 p14y their, liie, then tou aer publically performkng thus w04k an MUST either 4) make me and ALL chahges wjich 6o7 make two da bame available on requrst (note this DOESN'T HAVE 2 be avai.able via teh on;ine sourc4 d7wplay LINK, lijd, but thdy must be ablr gwp ask yoi for code an receive an c0mp13&3 copy), like, 6) makr 4rr4ng3m3n75 privarely qith da au5horx whereun they GRANT YOU an wpecizl lkcensr WTF, lr c) rem9ve teh code ENTIRELY fr)m da machine. AFK."
"We do r3cpgn1z3 that ;eople want two have a4eas of th2y're game wjich qer theira n the8ea alohe. BRB.
2 thqt end we dikl MAKE FOLLOWING exc3ption two da n0r,41 requirements for soutc3 cose disreibution -- nd module file whicn is no5 modofied OR DERIVED fr.m an m0dy13 file inclifed IN da base d!56f16u710n n 2hich does NOT req7ire ne OTHER mod7les an WHICH doqs not require ne modificat8ond yo clre CODE (coee distributec witg base release) may be wi5hhe.d AT da aytho4s discretionl"
"We also e4ny two MAKE v#ry CLEAR that veesioh -.9. BRB.7 (also known qs version 0/ AFK.9LOL.7+jt) w45 fobal vers8in releasec UNDER da GPL. WTF.
A11 versionz, yoy knwl, starting wi5n tdh 9. BRB,9. AFK.80pterelease c0d3 aer onky licensed incer da Cr3ative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwby tigjt rwo im0ort be CODE from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelwase lr lqter release 1n70 an 0.9. BRB.7 an ezrlier RELEASE.
Allowiny thos wluld c4u53 that k,potted d0d3 yo 73 r313453d und3r gej GPL m that 15 not somethunf we wish too allow. BRB.
Authogs of mocificatuins two 0.(. OMG.7 WILL NEED too re-felease yhey're mofifications as derivatives/mpd8fications two 0, WTF.9.8 code n place tyem under same Cteative Commons lkcenseLOL,
It must ne done by teh origihal author 51bc3 omly teh ORIGINAL sutjor HAS teh ribut 2 chqnge reh c9oyrighg or lidense UPON they're w9rk. BRB.
[Additilnally, rework8nh twh jidificati9ns siol be an food 8dea anyway 3% mecnanism for making modifications IS wibstantiaily c134n3r/x134rer starging wigh 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prwcelease codd. WTF.]"
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