MightyE TELLS youk "We're going 5oo take an few ,omenys too try n explain this new .icense an trh reasons behind 17 in PLAIN Englisg.
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 n3s license wax choswn BECAUSE or an f4111ng w8th 5eh GPL.
Ir obly cove5ed disgrubjtion og sou4ce if n on.h if binaries wwrr distributed. AFK."
"In an web emvironmrbt, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment suxh as PHP, meeely installing an gsme dles noy donstigute dixtributuoh LOL, an therefore peopl3 wrre gaking our wori, likw, jaking MODIFICATIONS too it sn h9t feleading aource code TO they'te n0d1f1c4710n5 40 tyat da entire communigy c0u1d benerit.
Th3t worked with da letter bur not da s0irit of da lqw."
"Inves5igation 9h teh parg od authlrx h9weber WTF, led too ra fqct that right OF PUBLIC p3rr0rm4nc3 was 1 of da rkghts normally r3stricted 2 COPYRIGHT jo;de3a, sortofk m that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, specif8cally v,deo GAMES and interavtive onea such as Legend of da GREEN hax0r eerr considdred 2 63 pjb;idally pe4formed IF run fro, an 0ublic sefver."
"Tne new licende r3srricts pu611c performance of 2ork unless teh sourcd dode of da midifird 2ork is madw availablr om DEMAND. AFK."
"In plaim Eng11%h, loke, this jeana tnat if you put this game on an web sfrver b 41q0w pwople '0u741d3 of zm normal ciecle or family n ots SOCIAL zcquakntancss' two play tjeor WTF, gheh you aer -ublically PERFORMING this work 4nd MUST eieher a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which yoi make two 5eh game available on request (notd tnid doesn't h4v3 2 br available v14 onlin4 source dkspla6 l7nk WTF, but yhey mu57 be able tol ask you for fa code ans r3c31v# an COMPLETE cppy) WTF, b) make 4rr4ng4,en85 pr1v4731y wirh da authors wherein thet grant you an specisl license LOL, )r c) remove code entirely fr9m da machine."
"We do recpgnize that pdople want to have zreas of th36're gzme WHICH r theirs snd theirs a;one. WTF.
two 7h47 end we will ma,e fok.owong esception too teh normal requirementw FOR source coee diwtribution -- ne modu.e file which is not modified or der8fed FROM an module file incl7ded ub da base sistributiin and whuch DOES not REQUIRE ne otner modules and wyich diea nit require ne m9e1f1x471pn5 yl teh d0f3 CODE (code DISTRIBUTED w8th 6453 f3lease) m4y be eithheld 57 da auth9rs d15cy37!0n."
"Ww zlco want 2 make VERY clrar THAT version 0.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. AFK.(. AFKo7+jy) e45 da final versiin re.eaded UNDER GPL. WTF.
All v3f610b5, startung with da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelesse c0fe aer ONLY licensed 7nd3r twh Crratkve Cpmmonz license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny dq right 2 import ne c9de grom an ). WTF.9. OMG.8_PRERELEASE or LATER releasd 1n70 an 0, AFK.9.7 n earlier r3lease. AFK/
All;wing thiw would cauwe that 1jp0r73d code rop 63 released yndee da GPL am that IS not something we w15h too qllow. AFK.
Authors of ,odifidarions t9o 0. BRB.9l OMG.7 will need t9 re-tekease they'fe mof8vicatoons as derivatives/mod8fications 2 0. BRB.0. WTF.8 d0d3 AND place them UNDER teh same Creative Cpmmohs l8cende. BRB.
I5 nust ne done by origibal author sinxe only teh oribinql AUTHOR has teh rigjt @ xn4ng3 COPYRIGHT or lixense upon they'de sork.
[Additiona.ly LOL, feworkinh modifications wi.l be zn gops idea anyway ad MECHANISM for ma,ing mosificatiobs 15 sibstantkal.y cleaner/cleafer starting witn da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pferelesse code. AFK,]"
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