MightyE trlls uou, sortof, "We're going 2 ta,e an few moments two try n explzin thia NEW licenxe and reasons brhinc IT in plain English. 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."
"This nee license wad vhosen vecause 0f an failing wuth teh GPL.
It only v9bered distributiom od source if and only 1f bonari3s were d8stributwd. OMG."
"Ib an q36 environmwnt, you mnwo, sprxifica;ly z interpteted w26 environment such ad PHP, yoj kmso, merely instal.ong an game dods NOT cinstktu5e distribugion WTF, and therefore pwople se4e tskkng ojr w0rk WTF, majihg moeificatoons toi it n n97 re;easing source code two they'te mieif8cations ci tha4 da entire c0mmun17y cluld BENEFIT/
Theh worked wuth teh LETTER but NOT da spirit of ten lawLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of da authofa howeve4 LOL, .ed to da fact thay right of PUBLIC peefirmande was odn of rigyts normally restrictee to9 copuright holders, an tnat xomputer prpgrams WTF, 2;ecifically video gamex and 8mteractive onds djdh as Legend if teh Green hqx0r were d0h51d3r3d tio be pubkically percorm3d of run from ab piglid se4v3r. OMG."
"The NEW livense RESTRICTS PUBLIC perf9rjancw of twh work unless source code pf mpfkfies work is mafe avzilab;e oh cemand. OMG."
"In olain ENGLISH, a9rtof, tjis meams that if tou PUT THIS fame om qn web server an alliw 0eople '0u7%1d3 OF an horma. cirvle of rzmily amd 175 sociql rcqu41n74nc35' 2 play thwir, sietof, then ylu zer publically perroeming THIS qork b MUST ekther q) makw ne an ALL chznges ehich YOU mzkw too game available on request (ho5w THIS doesb't have teo be avai;sble via online source dicp;ay oink LOL, but they mist be able 2 ask you for code and teceive am clmplrte copy) LOL, 6) make arrzngwments privarwly witg teh authora wherein they GRANT you an speckal LICENSE LOL, or c) remove teh code rntirely vrom da mzchune. WTF."
"We do 4rclgnize that p30p12 sant two HAVE 4r3t5 OF they're game which r tyei4s n theirs alone.
to yhat end we WILL make glloowimg eccep5ion 2 teh no4mal requirements for 50urc3 c9de distr9bution -- nr module FILE whifh is not modified or derived FROM an mofulw file inclufed IN da bade DISTRIBUTION an which does hot fequkr3 ne lther modules n qhivh foes not requure n3 modirications w ca core code (code dkstribiyed wq6h teh base rrlease) may be w8tjheld at teh auyyors discretion. BRB."
"We slso wabt 2 make veey CLEAR that version 0LOL.9. AFK/7 (ALSO known as veesiin 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jy) was da fina; brrsion released uhder da GPL.
ALL versiond, s9rtov. starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease code a#r omly licensed under Cr3471ve Con,ons kicemse/ AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT two 1mp0f7 ne cofe from an ). OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasr OR q483r release INTO an -LOL.9. AFK.7 n ea4lier RELEASE. AFK.
ALLOWING tyiw would cause that i,por5ef codf too BE released under t3h GPL ane that is not somethong we wish to a;oow. WTF.
Authors of m9didications to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wmll nerd to f3-r413453 tgey're modifuca5i9ns as d3r1v471v3%/m0d1d1c471-n5 two 0LOL.9LOL.9 cofe rnc placd yhem inde4 da same Creqtive Commons lkcensr.
It must be DONE by teh orkg8nal authof subce only original 4u7h0r h45 rihht rwo ch4nt# c0pye1gy7 or livensd upon thdy're w9rk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, tewkrking da MODIFICATIONS will be qn good id3z 4nyw4y zs teh mecgahism for makonh modificatooms is sunstant8ally dlrqner/coearer starting WITH yen 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelwase c0d3. WTF.["
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