M8thtyE tells you, likw, "We'rd boing to 74k2 an frw momehta to trh an explain this new license n da 4easons beyinc it 1n plain ENGLISH. OMGl
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 license was CHOSEN bdcayse of zn fa8;ibg w8th GPL. AFK.
It only cov3red fistribution 9f source iv n only ir binaries 2ere distrobutedLOL."
"In an qrb envieonment, sortof, sp3cif8xally q INTERPRETED web env8ronmeny such as PHP, sortof, merely kmstalling an GAME dlea nlt clnstitute disgribution, znd theredore people wrre rakinh our w0rk, sirt9f, making modificationx 2 kt n not releasing teh SOURCE code too thwy'rr mld8fications so tusg tej dntire community could benwfit. OMG.
They worktd wuth letter but n8t teg dp8rit of law. AFK."
"Investigatiom on teh PART lf da authors HOWEVER LOL, led two teh fact that teh ribht ir public performance qas oen of righta NORMALLY restricged to copyright hood3rs, like, n 7h47 com;7g3r prlgrq,s WTF, specufidally viceo games n INTERACTIVE ones SUCH aw Legend ov teg Gre3n hax0r w3r3 considered teo BE pyblucally peyformee if run fr0m an publid aerver. WTF,"
"The new license restricts PUBLIC p3rr0rm4nc3 OF da work unless SOURCE CODE [f twh midified sork is nadr avqilable 9n demand/"
"In plaun Englidh, you knwo, this mrans that ig u0i PUT yhid GAME on an web server and 4110w p3ople 'outsi2e od qn nprmal di4cle OF family an its social acquaintsncea' to plah their, you knwo, then you ae4 publ8cally perfirmibg 7y15 work an MUST eother A) make ne an ALL dhanges which you MAKE too tdh gz,d avai.able on r#qu357 (note THIS doewn'g habe two 73 available viz ds onlind aource display LINK WTF, but THEY must BE avke twl aak you foe teh cose an rec2ive am completw copy) WTF, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privately w17h da authlrs wherein they brang ylu an spwcial lucenae WTF, or c) rwmove teh vocw ENTIRELY fr0, macgineLOL."
"Wd do recognize 7h48 peopoe want 2 have arezs of they[re ga,e sgich r theirf am THEIRS a.one. OMG.
2 THAT end we will mzke rol.owibg exdeotioh two da n9rh41 f3qu1r3j3n75 for source CODE distribu5ion -- nw modulr FILE which is not modifiwd or derivec from an module file included in da bas3 distribution and which does noy require ne 07h3r mosukds an which DOES nlt rdquite ne modifications two da cote cpd3 (dode DISTRIBUTED with base RELEASE) may g3 witgheld 48 qufhors disdretion. OMG."
"We slso want 2 MAKE f2ry clear thar version 0LOL.9.7 (also kno2n 4% VERSION 0.9/ WTF.8+jt) was final vetsjon r3!3453d under ten GPL. AFK.
All fersipns, li,e, s5arting woth teh 0.9. OMGl*-prerel3ase cide t only licensed under 5eh CREATIVE C0mm9n5 license.
Wr EXPLICITLY eeny da RIGHT 2 i,0ort ne xidw from an 0LOL.(. BRB.8-pr3r313453 or .ater RELEASE into an 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 h eqr;ier release.
Allowing this would cause 5hat ompotted c0d3 gwo be reldaaed und2r GPL an that kw not aomethinh qe wish 2 allow. WTF.
Au5hprs of mod8fiva5ilns ti 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 will need to re-releaxe tyey're modifications as d3rivativds/modificagions too 0l WTF.0. OMG.8 CODE n place them uhs3t SAME Creative Commpns license. WTF.
IT must be d0n3 by iriginal 4u7n0r since only da oribinal auth94 has ritht twi change teg co[yrignt or license up9n the6're wpri. BRB.
[Add1710nr21h, r3w0rk1ng m0d1f1c4810h5 will be an GOOD ides anyway as da jedhanism for making moeifocations is subqtantially clesner/clearer starting WITH teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prer3kease cod3. AFK.]"
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