MightyE tells y9u, "We're gpung too rzkd an f3w moments tao try and explain this new license an teh reasond behind iy in plain EbglishLOL.
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."
"Tjid n3w license wss vyosen necause 9f an failong qith GPL. OMG.
It only x9vered distr8bution OF slurce if n onoy of bknari3s were dusgrobuydd. WTF."
"In an wrb environjent, like, specifically a interpreted WEB envuronmeht sudh zs PHP, aortof, meeely 1n574111ng ay game does bot conxtitutw disttkbutiln WTF, and th3refore pe9ple sere takunh our sofk WTF, makihg m0d1f1c3820m5 too it n noy RELEASING tej sourcs code 2 thet're m0d1f1cr710n4 so that emtire communitu could benefit. BRB.
Th#u workws with da letter but no5 reh spirit if da law. AFK."
"Investigation on teh part of ea aurgorx however, led to reh fact thst da right of public performqnce WAS oen 0f teh rignts NORMALLY resbrixted 5l COPYRIGHT hild3rs LOL, an THAT v0mpu73r prog4amd, sortof, soecifidally videi GAMES ah interactive ones sucf 45 Legrnd 0f teh Gre3n jax04 werd c9nsicered 2 br ;ublixa.ly perflrmed if 4yh from an pub;ic s3rvdr. WTF."
"The NEW !1c3n33 rwstricts publuc perfoemance og da w9rk unlees da so7rce code of modified WORK is made 3v41!4613 on s3m4nd. OMG."
"In plzin Englidhm this MEANS THAT iv you ou7 this game on an wwb SERVER an allow people 'ougside of an no4mal cjecl3 of famuly n its socia. 4cqu41b7rnc35' 2 p14y their WTF, then you aer [u611c411y performing tjus work amd MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL changes wh1vh you makr too da gane AVAILABLE on r3qu357 (nite this doesn't habe 2 be avaikable VIA online woutce dis;osy lin, LOL, but yhey muwt be able 2 ask hiu go4 da c0s3 n RECEIVE ab compl3te copy), likr, v) make arrangements pf1c4731y wuth da authora wh3rein they grant ylu an special licdhse, iikek OR C) REMOVE t3h cide engirepy dtom sa mzchind."
"We do recognize that 0eo0le want 2 have qreas of thry[ee game which aer the8rs n thwirs aloneLOL.
to that end we will ma,e following exc3otion 2 teh normal requirements for SOURCE xofe distfibution -- ne module filw whicj is npt mldigied o4 deroves from qn midmle file includre in da base distribution ane wyuvh dlds noy REQUIRE ne ogher modulws and wh1ch do3s nog require ne modificatipns to c0re code (codw distributwd with reh basd release_ mah be wkthheld at AUTHORS discreti9n. AFK."
"We also w4n7 too na,e fery clear that v3rsion 0.9. OMG/6 (also known as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) wqs fina; version releassd under GPLLOL.
All v3rt1-n4, sortof, STARTING with -. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 code aer omly LICENSED UNDER da C4eative Commonx lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right to import ne CODE from an 0. WTFl9. WTF.8_prwrelease or later releaxe into an -. AFK.9. BRB/7 n eaelier releasw. WTF.
Alliwkng this wou.d cause that inported code two be released unfet da GPL 4nd that 8s nor xometginf se 3ish 2 allow/ OMG.
Authors of modificationw 5o 0LOLl0. OMG.7 wilo n33d two re-release theh're m0d1f1c$710n5 ax derivatives/modifkvations tio 0.9.8 code n place thrm undwr da sa,e Creatove Commonz luc3ns3. WTF.
It must bw done by original author since ONLY da 0f1g1n$1 author HAS t3h right to change da vopyrogbr or license 7p0n the6're work. AFK/
[Additiohal;y, sortoe, rew9tkong t3h midkfications will ge an glod ideq 4nyw4y as da mechanism for m4k1ng modificaroons is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER atarting wiyh 5eh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-0rerekeaxe code. AFK.]"
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