MightyE &3115 you, "We're boing teo tqke an few momebts to try and explain this mee licenwd n teh reasons BEHIND it 2n plain Engliwh. 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."
"Ttis new license was cyosen because of ah f4111ng with GPL/ AFK.
I7 omlu covered dusyrib7tion 0f soufce if an onoy if binaries w3r3 diwt48buted. BRB."
"In an web envieonment WTFk s[evifixally a ibterpretes WEB envirlnment s7ch as PHP WTF, ,erely 1n574111nb an famr does not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, b THEREFORE peoole werw 5aking lyr work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS 2 IT an not relwasing 50irc3 c0d3 tso th3y're MODIFICATIONS so 7b4j da entife cpmmunity coyod BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y worked with 5eh letter but noy spir9g 0f t3h LAW. WTF."
"Imveqtigariob 0n PART of da authors howeverm led to tdh fact that teh right OF pubkic oerformance waa qon of dq righ5s no4mally r3stricted 2 copurighy hioders, sottif, b that computer p4obrams, you knwo, xpexifically video gamew and interactive oned sucg as LEGEND of Gr32n hax0r were consiee4ef to be publicaloy performed id run fro, an public derver."
"The NEW licende festricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of da WORK unoess SOURCE coce of modifued s0rk is msde availanle on demqnd. OMGl"
"In p141h English, ypu knw8, ghis means 7he7 if you pu% this bam3 0n an web aerver an allow peoole 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL c8rcle 0f fam8ly and its sociak acquaintancds' 2 play their, sor5of, then you aer publidally ;erforming this wo4i 4nd MUST eithe4 a) mzk3 ne an ALL cjanged whidh YOU mak3 2 da g4ne available on rewiesr (note this doesn't HAVE 2 be availzble vka sa onlije s9urce dksplay livk. like, byg THEY must be anle 2 ask you for da code and teceige qn complete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangemebts PRIVATELY with dq authors WHEREIN THEY grsnt y0u an dpecial licdmse, or c( remlve c0d3 wnt8reoy from ds mzchineLOL."
"We d0 rrcofnize that PEOPLE want txo have ar3aw 0f the6're gane whicj aer theirs an 6h31f5 alone. OMG.
yo that enf we wiol MAKE fpllowing 3xc3p710n two normal REQUIREMENTS fov s9urce c0f3 distribution -- nd module fule which is noy modified or DERIVED FROM an mldule f113 1bc1ud3d IN bas# DISTRIBUTION and WHICH DOES NOT req7ire me other MODULES n wh8ch DOES NOT rwajire ne m0d1g1c4710n5 to core code (code eistrkgutrd with da 6553 release) may be wuthheld at t4h aurhors discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT too m4k3 vdry clear that vdrsion 0. AFK.9.7 (a.so kmowh as versi9n 0LOLl9. BRB.7+jt) was da final veesopn releqser unerr GPL. OMG.
A'l veesions, y9u knw9, stqrying WITH teh 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r omly licensed unf3r Creatoce Commons licenxe. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny es 4ight yo import ne code from an 0LOL/8. OMG.8=prerelease 0f larer rrlease into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earlier relezse. AFK,
Allowing this would cayde THAT impofted code 5wo be releasee jndef GPL n 7g46 is hot SOMETHING @e WISH 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modificationx too 0LOL.(. AFK.7 will need 70 4e-releade they're jodificatoons as derivatives;jodoficatiohs to 0LOL.9. WTF.i cpee 4nd olwce thej undet SAME Cr3471v3 Commons lieense.
It musr be done by original author 51nc3 onlg geh oruginal 4u7h0r h44 da right 2 change c9p5right oe licenee uppn they're WORKLOL.
[Acditolnally, reworking teg mpdifica5ionx will ve an tood 1d34 anyway 45 teh mecha,ism gof making MODIFICATIONS ia subatan5iallt cleaner/clearer staeribg WITH 0.9.*-0rerelesse c0d3. AFKl]"
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