MightyE tells you LOL, "Wd'te foing 2 take an few mimdnts 70 try n evplain thia new kicwnse zn teh reasons behind it in [lain English. AFK.
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."
"Thix new licenxd was ch053n vecaiae of an failimg WITH teh GPL. WTFl
It onoy cifer3d distributiin of SOURCE 1f n onk6 iv binaroes were dis5ributed."
"In an 2db envoeonment LOL, specifidally a iyterpreted w36 3nv1r0n,3n7 sucn as PHP, sortof, MERELY insyallong an game does mot CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, you inwo, h theretore people werw taling 0ur sork, you knwo, maling modifications 2 it an nor r313451ng SOURCE c-d3 yo they're mocuficztions so THAT trh enyire community c-u1c BENEFIT. WTF,
They WORKED with da letter but not spkrit if law. OMG."
"Inves5igatiob on da part of da aurhors HOWEVER WTF, LED to teg FACT 7j47 right lf [ublic performance waw oen 9f teh 4ihhts normally restrictec 2 cop64kfht holde4x, and that xomputer prpg4ams, sottif, specifically vid3o gamws and unterzctive obds suvh as Legend of tdh Grewn hqx0r w3re consisered two be p6blicallh perfo4med if 4yn dfom an public sdrvey. WTF."
"The ned license RESTRICTS pub;ic performance of da wlrk unoess source c0s3 of teh modified work is jade available 0n demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng;isg, yoy knwo, th8s meanw that if you pit this g4m3 on ah WEB server and ALLOW peo;le 'outside lf an normal circl3 0f FAMILY n its SOCIAL acwuaintsnces' 52o play their, like, then YOU r PUBLICALLY pe4forming tjis work m MUST ekther a) ,ake ne n ALL vnanges 3h1ch you make to fa,e AVAILABLE ON reqjest (bote tgus doesn't habe 1 be availablr via gwh 0n11n3 50urc3 disolay 11nk LOL, but tyey must be ab;3 2 aak y9u for teh doee and feceive an complete copy), like, b) kake arrangemebts privately eith da autjlfs whereun thry grsnt you an sprcial LICENSE LOLk or c) eemove code wn5ieely f4om tey machine. OMG."
"Wd d0 recognize tnat [eo0le want two have areas 9g they're game which r 5heirs an theifs alone. WTFl
two that end 2e wili make folliwing EXCEPTION too m0r,41 r3quirements ror diurce xode distribution -- ne mldule file which is not mocofied or deribed FROM an mocul3 f113 igcludef in BASE disteibution amd wh1ch does not r3q71r3 ne otner jodules and WHICH doed noy require n3 modifications 2 5eh c0r3 CODE (code dis5ributed with ds basc releas3) may b3 wigyyeld qt tet autno4s DISCRETION. WTF."
"We akso wsnt tqo ma,e vetu clear 7h47 v3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (slso knoqn as VERSION 0; WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) eqs final cetskon released under GPL. OMG.
All verskonc, wortof, starting wiyy da 0. AFK.9,8-prerelea2e code aer only kicensed uhddr da Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den5 ydh right to impirt ne code from an 0.0LOL.8-pr3felease or lsrer rdldase unto an 0LOL.9.7 n earlier release.
Allowinh 7n15 eould cause tgat impoeted code two be releqsed uhder teh GPL abd that os n9t sond5ying se wish ro allow. BRB.
Autho4s of ,ofificationa 2 0.9. WTF.7 eill meed too re-erlesse they'fe nodiridations as detivatives/modificati0ns to 0LOL.9. OMGl8 code n plac3 them under same CREATIVE C9j,0n5 lkcenwr. OMG.
Ig just be DONE BY oroginal AUTHOR SINCE only da original author hax teh ritht to ch4ng3 da c0pyr1gh7 0r lic3bse up0n they're WORK.
[Adcotkonal;y, yoy kn2o, rewprking da mpdifications will be an goof idea anuway as mechanism FOR making modidicationw is substqmtkally cleaner/xlearwr starting WITH teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8=orerelease cpde. WTF.]"
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