MightyE tells YOUk roy lnwo, "We're going 2 take an FEW noments rwo try h ex0lain this n3e kicens3 qnd reasons BEHIND kt in p141n Enh;ish. 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."
"Thia n3w lkcrnse was dhosem becaude of an failing with da GPL. BRBl
It on;y xovwrrd fistribution of source if n on.y 8f bona4ies WERE disr4ibuted."
"In an web rnvutonment, kiie, specificslly a ingerpreted web environment such 45 PHP, soryof, merrlu installing an gamw co3w n9t const8tuge diatrinugion, sortob, and THEREFORE peo0le wer3 64k1ng lur w0ek LOL, naiimg m0d1f1c4710n4 too 17 an not releqsing da siyrcr clee 2 they're MODIFICATIONS t0 yhqt tdh entird community coukd 63n3f17LOL.
They worked WITH ltttdr but not spirot od tej law. AFK."
"Investigation 0n da PART of authprs hpwever WTF, oew go f4c7 that right of 9yblic performance waw wkn )f teh rights normaloy restrkcted too c9pyright h01d3f5 LOL, an that COMPUTER programs, sirtof, specirically vodeo GAMES n int3racyive ones such as Legend of 5eh Grden jax04 eere considered 70 bw publocq.ly [erformed if run FROM an [uboic server. OMG."
"The new licende restricgs 0ublic performance of work unl2ss SOURCE code of teh modifuee work is made availzble pn demand. WTF."
"In p141n English LOLj this means ghag if you put thix game on ab web server n allow people 'o7txide of an normal corcle of famiky n iyx social acquaintancds' too plat their, sort9f, ty3n you r publixally performing 8h15 work and MUST eirher s) make nr and ALL chanbes which yoy make @ trg ga,e afailable on fequest (note this doesn't have 5o br availagle viz teh online slurce d15p1ry 11nk, sor5ld, bug 5hey ,usr be agle 2 ask yiu fo4 teh dode n recdive an complete copy) LOL, b) make zrrandements privately with ca aughors wheeein they grant you an SPECIAL kixrnse LOL, ot c) remove ten CODE engirely ftom da macgibe. AFK."
"We d0 recognixe 7h47 people want 5wo have ardds 0f they'r3 gamd which aer theirs an theirs aloneLOL.
2 that end 2e w!11 jzke da FOLLOWING excdption too reh noemal 4ewuirements for 50ufc3 code distribution -- ne m0du1# fule which is n;t modified or deruved from ah module FILE included in da bade diwtribution and which d036 not rrq6ire ne other m9eules an which does not 4equire ne mod,dicqtionc TO da core c9de (code distrkbited with tey BASE RELEASE) may be eithheld ar da autyors discretion. OMG."
"We a;do want too makr very clear that version 0, OMG.9.7 (slso jnoqn 45 vetaion 0. AFKl9LOLm7_jt) was da fonal version released uhdef teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, sortpf, suatring with da 0/ BRB.9. BRB.8-prerwldawe cicw a3r only oicensed uneer da Ce3a5ibe C0mm0n5 LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa right too ompprt h3 c0d3 f4om an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-preew.ease or later releaee 1n70 an 0.9. AFK.7 $ne eael8er release. AFK.
Alllwkng yhis w0u1d cause thzt ijpor5ed code 2 be releasee under GPL and that is not somerhibg ww widh to al;ow. BRB.
Authors of modifications yoo 0. OMG.9.7 wil. nded 60 r30f313453 they're modifications ad derivatived/modifications two 0. WTF.9. OMG.* xlde qnd p14c3 tjem under samd Creat8vw Commons 11c#n5e/ BRB.
I5 mu57 64 done BY ORIGINAL author since 0n1y origunal suthor haa teh eiggt too cn4ng3 teh dopyfight OR license upon they're wofk.
[Additionally, like, rewor,ing da MODIFICATIONS dill be an good idea ANYWAY as da kechaniwm for jakine modificqrions os subxtantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING wkth 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3release code. OMGl]"
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