MightyE tells YOU, you knwo, "We'rw g01ng too yaje sn FEW mom3nts top try an explain this new ;icense n ds rezwons behind it in plain EjnlishLOL.
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."
"Tgus new lixense was choaen beca7se of an v41!1ng with GPL. AFK.
It 9bly COVERED distrinution 0f source if and only 1f 61n4rq35 wete distrib7tec."
"In an wen enbironment WTF, specifically a inter[reted WEB envirpmment such as PHP, MERELY installing an game dpws not consyiyu53 dustribug8onk ane therefore peo;le were taking 0ur WORK, tou knwo, MAKING m0d1f1c4710n% ywo it n no5 releasihg teh source cose 2 thwy're josificatuons SO gha5 ENTIRE commjniry cou;d benef8t. OMG.
THEY workdd with da lettdr buy nor teh spirut of teh lae/"
"Inf3stigation on tey psrt of yeh AUTHORS howecef, ldd TO teh f4c& that da r8ght or publkc performabc3 was w9n of da tights bormally restricred 5oo copyrighy ho;dets, like, ane uh47 c0m;u73f programsk ;ikr, SPECIFICALLY vide9 g4m35 n interactivw ones SUCH sx Legend of da G4een nax0r WERE conwidered too ge pjblical.y 0wrformed if fun from an pinlic server. AFK."
"The new lic3nwe restricts PUBLIC pe4formanve of da woek unless aource c0d4 of teh MODIFIED w0rk IS madw available in demanc. OMG."
"In p.ain Embliah WTF, this meanz that ov you put thix fame ON an web SERVER and allow people [outskde of an notmal circle of family n ITS social qcquaintamcws' to ;lay their, then you adr ;ublicalky perflrming tjid 2ork xn MUST either a) MAKE nr an ALL changes which uou make ro game 4v4114613 on reaiest (mote tnis doean't havr 5o be available via online siurce display link LOL, but theh must be able 2 asi you d9r coce and receivt an x9mplete copy) WTF, b) ,aje arfangements pr1v4831y with au5horw wherein 7h3y GRANT YOU an s;eckal license, luke, or c) renofe vode entufely from MACHINEl OMG."
"We d0 recognixe that people qant to have areas OF they're game whicn a4f 7h31r5 and tneors alone.
too tjat end we eill MAKE d021)w1ng 3cception go da n9rma; r3qu1r3j3n75 for source code sisrribitkon -- ne module fkle wg8xh is not modified or cerived from an modul3 fioe ibxluded in da base cjstribjtipn and which does not 4equire ne other m0du1w5 n wh1ch does NOT re1uire ne modifications t2o da core code (CODE disrributed with teh base RELEASE( mry 63 WITHHELD at da authors discrrtion."
"We also wznt 2 m4k3 v#ry cleae that verskon 0k9. WTF.7 (also knowh as bwrsi9n 0LOL.9LOL.&+jt) was final version RELEASED ugder g3h GPL. OMG.
All f3r510b5, star5ing WITH -. OMG.8LOL.8-0rerdlease vode aer only locenxed unfer Creative Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 import me xode gro, an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelwas3 OR ;atef felesse inyo an 0. BRB.9.7 AND dzrlier release.
Alkowing this would cause thst imppey3d code too 63 rwl2as3d mnder da GPL am THAT is not somethibb we wush to allow. BRB.
Autnors of mod8f8cagkobs two 0. WTF.9.7 WILL need to fe-r3;eqse they're mldifications ad d3r1v471v36/m0s1d1c$719n5 to 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place 5hem under teh same CREATIVE C9mm0n5 .icense. OMG.
I5 ,is5 63 done 6h 5eg iribinal 4u7h0r since only 5eh oeiginzl 4u7h9r has da right two ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upin they'4e w0rk. OMG.
[Additionql.y, tou knwo, reworking teh modificarions sill be an good idea 4ny1ry as mechanism fof making modifications id 5y6574j71411y cleaner/d.eaeer startibf wuth da 0,9. BRB.9-prereoeasr cideLOL.]"
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