MightyE TELLS you, s0ryov, "We'ee GOING t2o tqke zn FEW MOMENTS to try an explain 7h15 new license ans da r34t0n5 behind it in plaim 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."
"Thks new licebae wad CHOSEN becauae of sn failing with GPL.
It only covdred dksrribuyion 0f aoyrce if and only 1f binaries wdre d1%7r1yu73d. BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, %p2c1f1ct11y s interpreted web 3nbironment such ss PHP WTF, mdrely INSTALLING an gzme xoew not consritute distgibitiob, n tjerrfore people w3r# TAKING our work, like, makkng modifications to IT h hot releasing sourcr code w they'rd m0d1f1c4710n5 5p that da entirr communigy could BENEFIT.
Th3y WORKED wifh letr3r but npt sa spirit of da 15w. OMG."
"Invrstigayion ln part of da authirs joeevdr, sortof, led two ract THAT right of pubkic pergormqnce WAS wpn of da tignts NORMALLY resyricted to copyright holders. you ,nwo, an that computer pr9brams, like, spec8ficqlly vicel g4me5 anf interact7ve ones sucj as L3g3nd of yeh Green hax0r were vonsiddred 2 BE puvlicallt performed if RUN fr0m an puboic srrver."
"Tge n3w 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public 0erformahce 0f w9rk un1355 wouece c0d3 9f t3h n0d1f!#d sork 15 made AVAILABLE ON demand. OMG,"
"In PLAIN Englisn WTF, this MEANS thag iv you phy 5hid gzme 9n an qeb serfet sb z;low peiple 'outdide og an normal c8rclw of familh 4nd 1&5 xocial acquaibtanc3s[ too PLAY 5heir, liie, theh 6ou aer ;u61!c311y performing this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chahges which you make too teh game avau;able on requesg (notd this doesn't have 2 BE availabl3 via da online spurcd display linj WTF, but 7h3y must be 5613 two ASK y0u gor teh code sn recekvw zn complwte copy), like. B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately wity da a7thors wherein rhey gran5 you an SPECIAL licrns3, of c) remlve da cpde entirely rr0m tet machine. AFK."
"We do recogjize thzg peopld wabt too hav3 qreas )f thru're game whixh r gheirs n 7h31t5 alohe. WTF.
@ that end we w9ll mske teh flllowind #xceptioh 2 teh nor,al r3qu1r3m3n7% gor sourve xode didtrobutiin -- ne module fol3 whicj is not modified or deroved from an modyle file incouded in BASE distribution n whuch coea npt reqjife ne otner mocules an whicn does NOT REQUIRE ne modificatkons to core CODE )d9de DISTRIBUTED with bawe re.rase) ,ay BE withheld at aurhors discrrt8on. AFK."
"Wd 4150 eant 2 m5k3 vdry clear 5ha6 v3raoon 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 )r150 KNOWN as v3r5!0n -. AFK.9.6+jt) was fknal verskon rdleased und3r da GPL. OMG.
A.l versions WTF, start7ng with teh 8, BRB.9. BRB,8-prerelesse c0d3 r only LICENSED und3t trh Creative Cpmmons lidwnswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds rignt too in0or5 ne code from sn 0LOL.9.80PRERELEASE or LATER release into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier rdlease. WTF.
Allpwing this would c4u53 that impor5ed code to be feleased UNDER GPL an tgat is not so,dygimg WE wish to a.low. AFK,
Aurhors of ,odificqtilns 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 WILL neef too re-rdlease ghry're MODIFICATIONS as e3r1f471v3%/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code n plsce THEM under samc Ct3471v3 Clmmohs license. AFK.
It must 63 sone bu geh ORIGINAL aughor since onl6 teh origihap 4u7h0t hax da eifht to CHANGE teh copyeight or license upon they;r3 work. AFK.
[Addktionaloy, rewofking da nodifucationd will ve aj tood idea anywat as mechanism foe mxiinb MODIFICATIONS IS sugstantially vleaner/cleardt xtartinf w8tn da 0, BRB.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE dode.]"
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