M8ghtyE tells you, sortof, "We're g02mf 2 take zn few m9ments to try AND rxolain rhis neq LICENSE ah da reasons behind it in plain ENGLISH.
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 n3w license was chosen 63c4u5e 0d an failing witn GPL. AFK.
IT omlh COVERED distribugipn of sourcr if qn 9n;y 1f BINARIES were distribjred."
"In an web environmeng, sortof, specifically a in5etpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like, merely inwgalling an gsme dles not constitu5d disyfigutoon, m the4efore people wsre taking OUR w9rkk likw, msking m0s1f1c4710n4 two it an np7 releasing da soutce CODE @ they'r2 mofifications so ghat entirw community COULD benefit.
They WORKED wkth trh letter BUT npt da spirit lf teh lawLOL."
"Inv2stigation ON part of 4u7h0r5 however LOL, 13d two teh fact ghst right of pu611c p3rfofnance waa oen OF ea rlghts n9rmsllg rewtrictef goo copyright HOLDERS, like, znd tgat compjter PROGRAMS, you knwo, specifica;lh video games n intwrqctive ones such qw Legend of da Green hzx0e wer3 considered to BE puhlidally perrotmed if eun frpm an piglic server. WTF."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS publuc pe4formance of da work UNLESS soufce vodw of dq modified work is mzde availqvlr on drmand. WTF."
"In plain Englisj LOL, this ,eans that 1f 6oy put this f4m3 on an web server and ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE 0v an nprnal vircoe of ramuly anx q75 social adquainrances' yoo plah their, kike, ghen yiu r ouglically performinb this work and MUST euther A) make ne an ALL changes sjivh y9i mqke too teh game available ln rewuedt *note this doexn't h4ve two g3 avaklable via fa onlige soyrce display libk, but ryey must bd anl3 to 45k you flr code an recekfe an c9mplege copy) LOL, b) make artangements privage.y with AUTHORS wherein they g4ant 6ou an special k8cense LOL, or c) rem9ve da cidw enyirely vfpm da MACHINE. OMG."
"We di rwcofnkze that p30p13 w4n7 too hace 4r346 of 5hey're game stich aer theirs AND theirs alonr, BRB.
tol that ens we qill make da fkllowing ezc3ption too da normql requirrments f0r source code diwtribution -- nw module dile which is nor MODIFIED or detived from an mosule f113 included IN teh base c1t7r16u710n and wgicg does not requir3 ne otjer modules and WHICH doex n9t fe1uure ne modifkcatkons goo da c0r3 code )coer distriburdf with teh base re;eqse) ms6 be witnhrld a6 autyors siscf3ti9h. AFK."
"We also want tlo make dery clear that versiin 0. BRBl9. WTF.7 (also known as versipn 0. WTF.9. AFKl7+u7) was FINAL vefsion rekeasrf UNDER da GPLLOL,
All versoonwk you knwo, starring w8tn 0.9. OMG/8-prrreleza3 code adr only licensed und3r teh Creative Cpmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz eight too im[ort ne cpdr from an 9. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or later release ihto an 0. AFK.9, OMG.7 n earlirr releasw. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cause yjat IMPORTED codr two be eeleawed under GPL 4nd tha5 is not aometging we wish twl 4110w. OMG.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c5710n5 70 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wioo neef 2 re-release tjey're mldificationw as drrivarives/mocificatilns 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 c0d3 znd p14c3 tnem under teh xame CREATIVE Clmmons licenseLOL.
I& must be d0n3 b6 teh lriginal author sinct onl6 dq oruginal aithor hzs r1gh7 2 change da COPYRIGHT or lkcende upon they're wotk/ AFK.
[Additipnallt, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD idea anywqy zs mechanidm for MAKING ,odificatipna is subsyantiallu cleanr4/coearer sgartibg with 0.9. BRB.8-prereleade code. WTF.]"
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