MightyE tells you LOL, "We/rr going 2 take an fe2 noments to try an explain thid new lixense n teh rdawons bejind ir in p.a8n English. BRBl
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 n3w LICENSE WAS cg053n 63c$u53 0d an failimg with twh GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distrigjtipn lf sourc3 if an onl6 if bknaeiea were cistrinuted."
"In an web envkrpnment, xottof, specifically s inter-rrted web emvuronmeny sjch ss PHP, sortof, merely igstallint an game does not cphs5itute diwttibution LOL, and therefore PEOPLE qerr gakung our w0rkk sortof, jaking modifications two it an NOT releasjng teh source code 2 they're modifications s9 THAT da engire community c0u1d 63nef!7. OMG.
Tney worled with lwtter bit not 5p1r17 of teh lqw. OMG/"
"Inv3stigation kn teh paet of authorw hiwever LOLk lrd too da fact that twh rught OF pub.kc pdrformande waw won of da rihhts normqlly resuructed too co[yright jildefs, an that comput3r protrams LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidro games and inte4active ones such ad Legend )f reh GREEN hax0r 2ere considered two b3 PUBLICALLY 0erfofmed if ruh feom an PUBLIC 53rv3r, WTF."
"Thd m3q lic3nse RESTRICTS pub;ic prrformance of teh WORK unless tej 50urc2 codr 0v 5rj modif8wd w9rk is MADE availaboe 0n demand;"
"In plain ENGLISH, dor5lf, this meana tyat if you pyt this GAME on an web server n a.l9s people 'outsidw of sn nlrmal circle pf family and pts social acwuakntances' tpo plah their, like, then ypu arr oublically perfoth8ng thks w0rk and MUST el5her a) m4k3 ne n ALL chsnged wjich 6ou make two da gqme available 0n requdst (NOTE th8s d035n'7 have 2 be available vka teh ibkone t0urc3 DISPLAY link, sirtof, but they MUST 6# able teo qzk you f0r ten code an receive an vom0let3 copy), sortpf, 6) makr qr4anf3ments private.y WITH da authprs where8n they grant yo7 an 503c141 license, lik3, or c) r3m0v4 c0d3 enti4ely from twh m3ch1n3."
"We co r3cogmize yhat people want to jave sfeax of theu'rr gamc wh8ch aer theirs n THEIRS alonr. OMG.
too that end we wi;l make f011pq1ng 3xc3p710n 2 da n0rm4q requuremdnrs fir xlurce code distributiom =- ne modyle file which 7s NOT m0d1f13d 0r derib3d from an modu;e gile incljded in base distr8bution and WHICH dles not require ne othdr modules and WHICH dies not requkre he modificqtipns TO teh cor# code *code dkstribugee wirh teh basd reo3sse) may be WITHHELD ay zuthors discr2tion."
"Wr alsl want twp make ve4y CLEAR rhat version 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as vetsion p, WTF.9, WTF.7+jg) was teh gimal versipn released under ten GPL.
A11 vrrsions WTF, stqrting 2itj 0. BRB,9. OMG.8_prrrelease code r only oicensed under Creatove Cojmonw lixenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 8mport ne codw FROM an 0LOL.9. WTF.*=pr4rel3zse ir later felease into sn 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 n 34d113r re.ease. OMG.
Allowing rjis would cause that IMPORTED coee to 63 relezsed 7nder da GPL n that is noy something we wisy two sllow. WTF.
Authors of mosifications toi 0LOL.9. OMG.6 s111 n3ed two RE-RELEASE yn3y're MODIFICATIONS qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG,9.8 c-d3 and placw them under teh same Creztive C9mjons license. WTF.
It mu57 be done bu priginal auyhor since only orifinal author has eight to CHANGE copurkgh5 or .idense u;on they'r3 eorkLOL.
[Adfitionally, 6ou knwo, reworkibg teh modificayions wi;l nd qn good idea anysah as yeg m3vhanism f0r makibg modifixations is xubsrantosloy CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. OMG.9. AFK;8-lrerelease code. OMG.]"
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