MightyE TELLS y9u LOL, "We'4e going rwo takr an few momebts too try n explain this new license anc reasons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL/
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 !1c3n53 waw chosen becauaw oc qn failomg qith teh GPL.
It ONLY covered ckwtributkpn of source if an ohly if binariea weed distributedLOL."
"In an wdb ebvir9nment LOL, spevifically a qn744pr373d web wnviron,ent ajch 45 PHPm sortof, mdrelt instaloing an GAME d035 nit c0,5717i72 DISTRIBUTION, sort9f, an therevore people wer3 taking our WORK, y;u knwo, makibg jodifidatuons to iy an nor rdlessing teh source code 2 thdy're mofifications ao that da entore c0mmun176 could benwfit. BRB.
THEY wo$ked eith da ketter but m07 da sp8rit lf t3j law. BRB."
"Ibvestigation on ds 0art 9f teh authors HOWEVER, lije, led TO da fact that $ityt of publoc p3ffornance w45 oen of teh RIGHTS NORMALLY 4dstricted 2 co;yrigjy holsers, n thar comp7ter prograns, you knwp, sp3cifivally viceo fames an inyeractive o,es such AS Lehend ov sa Green hax0r werr considerdd 5o be publ9xally performed 1f run from an puv;ic swrverLOL."
"The new .icwnse RESTRICTS publjc pe4formancd of da wirk unless soutxe code of teh noeifiwd worj is made available on demabd. AFK."
"In plain Englisn, tgis neahs ghat if YOU put this gsme ln ah web sefver m 4110w people '0u751d3 OF an normal circlr of family an 8ts aocoal avquaintances' top play thekr LOLk rhen you r pubkicalky performkng tnis wori and MUST either a) make nw h ALL changes which you male to ten GAME AVAILABLE pn request oNOTE 7h15 doesn't have TO bd AVAILABLE via da 9n11n3 aourc3 eisp;ay linkk ypu knwo, but 5hey ,ust 63 able tok ask ypu for reh code am receiv# an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) makd 4rr4ng3m3n76 ptivateky 21^h t3y autn9rs qherein 7j#y geant hiu an dpecial lkvdnse, 0r c) removw teh c0d3 entirw;y from mach8nwLOL."
"We do recognize 5jat peipl3 WANT t9 havw areas of tjey're game which z3r 7h31rt n 7h3qr5 alohe. WTF.
t2o rhat 3nd we wilo make teh following exception top normal rewuieements fo4 so7rce c0c3 fistr8bution -- me modjle file whicn is n08 modified or derived from an n0sy13 fike 1nx1ud4d 1n basw DISTRIBUTION n which eoes n07 r3quirr ne other modules n which dpes not require be ,odifkrations 2 5eh cor3 codw (c0d3 eistrkbuted WITH teg bade release) may be worhh3ld zt a7thors d14c43710n. OMG."
"We ALSO want roo mzke very clear thst beraion 0. WTF.9LOLl7 (also in-qn as versiln 0LOL.o. AFK.7=jt( was final version released under teh GPL. WTF.
ALL cersions, sortov, wtarrint with 0. BRB.(. WTF.8-prwreleasd c0d3 r only LICENSED under Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT ro import ne c0d3 fr0m an 0.9. AFK.8-pretelease ke lager releade ibto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER release. BRB/
Al;owint this w0u1f vause that IMPORTED code too be feleases undff da GPL n that is nit SOMETHING we w15h 2 allow. AFK.
Authirs of moduficatioms 2 0LOL.9.7 will need to re-release they'te MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.-LOL.8 code an PLACE 5hem under xa,e Cr347!v3 C0mm0n5 licemse.
It must BE done 6y heh lriginal sutfor 51mc3 obly da 9ruginao author nas teh rignt 2 changd copyright o4 ;kcense upon tyey'r3 wofk.
[Addo5ions;oy LOL, r3w0ek1ng j9difications woll be an good idea 4nyq4y as twh mevhzbixm ror mslinb MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially cleaber/c;3a4er starting w8th 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE c0d4. OMG.]"
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