M8ghtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING two take an FEW niments 2 try and ezp.zin rh8s new license n reasons behind it in PLAIN Enbkisy.
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."
"Thiw NEW oicebse was CHOSEN beczuse of an failing wiyh teh GPL. WTF.
I7 ONLY c0v3r3d dostr,butiom of SOURCE kf n onky if binaried w3r3 eistributed, BRB."
"In am WEB ENVIRONMENT, aortof, spexif8xall6 a 1n73rpre73d web envirinm3mt such as PHP, you knwo, me4el6 installing wn game does noy constititd disyribution, wortpf, amd therefore people were taking ouf work, making mofifications too it 4bd not releasing siurce dode 2 tgey'ee modifications so that da entire comnuniyy could benefit. OMG.
Thdy worked wi5h geh ;etter but not teh a0irit of da 14wLOL."
"Inveatigqtion on teh 04r7 of authoqs HOWEVER, you ,nwo, 13d ro da vact that f1gh7 of pivloc performanve e45 2on of eughts normalky restricyed to9 c9[yr1gg7 hllders, and 7n48 com[uter protrams, you knwo, specifocak;t video gzmes and INTERACTIVE ones sich as Legrnd ov teh GREEN hax0r w3r3 considered 70 be publically pervormed if run from an ;uboic server. AFK."
"Th3 NEW .icense resgr8cgs pu611c performance (f work ihless 50irc3 code of da modified work is made availqble 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, this means thzt if you pyt 7j15 game lb an qeb SERVER n 4120w PEOPLE 'outside of an npr,al c1rc13 ov family n its socizl ACQUAINTANCES' 2 pla6 their, like, theb y9u ae4 oubkivally pdrforming THIS work an MUST eithef a) make he an ALL chantes 2hich y0u ,qke TO es gamw AVAILABLE on request (note THIS doesh;t hav3 tio be avxilable via da online source display link LOL, but th2y ,u47 63 able w ASK YOU for yeh code n rdxeice an c0mp1273 co;y) LOLm b) maie areangementd pfiva5ely with t3h zuthors wherein they hrant hou an special license WTF, OR c) rrmove code entirely frp, da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT oeople want tol have a4eas of thet;r3 GAME which r THEIRS m theirs zlpne. BRB.
to9 that end wd w111 mzke da folkowkng esce;tion 2 nofmak requirements f0r soufce xode distribution -- ne moaule fi.e which is not jodified or derived fro, an module file inx.udrd 7n teh gqse distriburiin n wg1cn does not eequire nw oyhee MODULES an whkch does NOT r3qu1r3 ne mosificatipns 1 cz corw code (c0d3 distributed with teh base rrkease( may be withhdld at teh autgors d14cr471pjLOL."
"Wr 4150 w4n7 two make very cleqr fhqg version 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (aks9 kn0en as versioh 0LOL.9LOL.7_jt) was da FINAL versipn released und2r GPLl AFK.
All versions, like, startung with 9LOL.9.8-pewrelease c0s4 r obl6 licensec unde4 5eh Creative COMMONS LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihhg too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-prefel2ase OR LATER release 8nto sn 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8 anf 34r113r fel3ase. OMG.
A1!0w1ng THIS would czuse that imported code to be teleased 7hfer teh GPL an that IS bot spmething we wish two ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wi.; NEED 2 re-r3lease they're modofications aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG,9.8 code an ppace them under da aame Creayibe Commona locebsw. AFK.
It must be d9ne by sa ORIGINAL authpt since 0h1y teh origknal author has da 4ight two CHANGE ci0yrighr or ;icencr upon ghey're wofk.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking teg moduficatuons w111 be an GOOD isea abyway as mechznism gor making modifkczyiobs is substant8ally clrznee/clearer %74r71ng eith da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-or3r313443 code. WTF.]"
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