MightyE tr.ls you, sortof, "We're 501ng to take an f3w moments ywo TRY n EXPLAIN ghis new 11c3n53 an yeh REASONS behimd ig in p141n Engoish.
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 licehae was chlsen ^3c$u53 if ah vailing w17h t3h GPL. OMG.
I7 only covered d157r16u710n of soutce id an onlu id binarids eere disrribured, BRB."
"In an web environmwnr. oike, specifically a INTERPRETED web environmeng such as PHP, like, merely ohstalling zn game fo3s NOT conwtoyute d!%7r16u710n, you knqo, b tyerefore pdople wet3 gaking iur work, soryof, n4,1ng modificatiinw too 17 n nit rekeasing da sourxe code 2 they'te ,odifivatiobs so that da enti5e commknity could 63n3f17. WTF.
Th3y worked with lettr4 but NOT teh spurit of teh 1rwl WTF."
"Invesrigati9n ON da pafr of teh authors hisever, sortof, 13e 2 tdh facr that rught ov puboic p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of teh rights normall6 resttictef to clpyright golders LOL, an thst computer programs, yli ,nqo, spdcifically viddo gamrs an unteraxtibe 9nes such aw LEGEND of da Green hax0r w3r3 cohsisered two be PUBLICALLY performwd if run FROM an pibloc sd4ver. WTF."
"The new license RESTRICTS public p3rf0rm4nc3 of q0rk inleas da siircw code of mofified wo4k os made sva8lable om dekamd. OMG."
"In plain English, this mwanx that if yoh pur this gamw on an web 5erv3f and ALLOW peoplr 'outsifr of an normal x1rc!3 od family an its social acquaintances' 2 play theid, like, 5hen you r pubkically perdorming tyks eori n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chang3s whicj YOU mqle 2 teh game 4v5114613 on reqiest (notr THIS doesn;t have 2 be 3v4114613 via teh onl8ne source display lknk, yoy kmwo. BUT they nuxt ne 46w3 to ask YOU vor teh cofe and RECEIVE an conplwte v;py), b) make arrangfmenys privareky with teg AUTHORS wheeein rhey grant ypu an specizl lifense LOL, ot C0 r3m0v3 ds c0d3 enrifeky fr0n machineLOLl"
"We ro recognjze 7h47 people waht two have areas ov tjey're game whicg aer thwirs an theirs alone. AFK.
two thzt 3nd we wilk hake da following wxception too teh notmal requirements for source c)d3 d*strivutiln -- ne module fi.e which IS not modifjed 0r derived r4om sb modu;e file oncluded IN trh base disteibution n which DOES not requ8re be otger moful3s and qhich d035 n9t r3quire mw modifications to 5eh c0r3 dode (c(de distribugef WITH da base releqse) may bw withhr.d AT da authlrx discrd5ion. OMG."
"We also wang two msoe very clrar tjat verskln 0. AFK.8. BRB.7 (also inowm as v3r510n -. OMG.9. BRB.7+j7) was tej fina; version r3leased under teh GPLLOLl
All versions. 574r71ng qith ds -. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelesse v8e3 a3r 9nly lixrnded unfer teh Creayive Commons kicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drny RIGHT t2o 1m[0g7 be CODE from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease )t latw4 release 8nto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlief rel3ase. BRB.
Allowing tgis woyld CAUSE that imported coee too 63 released jnder teh GPL 4nd 7j47 is not something we w9sh foo 411_w. AFK.
Authlrs of nodifocatiohs 2 9LOL.9LOLl7 will need to re-r4lesse they'r3 modifications as derivatkves/m9difidations 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code b olave them jnder same Crwatpfe Commons lifems3. BRB,
It must be done by ORIGINAL authpr since only tem originql autgor has sa rkght 2 chamge da cppyrigtt 0r lucensr uppn thdt're work.
[Aediyionally LOL, rewlrking da modifications will 63 an g00s idwa anyway as da mechan8sm for j4k1ng modigicatipns is wubsyantially vleaner/clearer sbzrting with teh 0. BRB,9, BRB.8-prdrelease code. BRB.]"
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