MightyE tells yoi, sortof/ "We'4w goong 5o taje an few monemgs twl try n rxplain tjis nre license and teh 4easons behind IT ih poain EnglishLOL.
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 license was vh053n because of ab failing wpth t3h GPL. OMG.
IT onl6 v9vered dis5ribiyion of source if n onlh of 61n4r135 we43 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"Im an web 3nvironment, SPECIFICALLY a interp4eted w36 environmenr such as PHP, lkke. merely ibwtalling zn gaje DOES n07 consyitute eisttibutuon, like, an 7h3t3b0r3 PEOPLE wdfe takinr our WORK WTF, mzking modifications top it an not releasing twh source code yo they're moskficatiobs s9 tkat entire c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They worked with da letter bug mot spirit of reh law. AFK."
"Ihvextigation on da pafy pf 4u7h0r5 however, sovtof, led 70 teh fact that ritht od punlic PERFORMANCE was won OF da rights norjally restridted 2 cl[6right holders LOL, and THAT compute4 prog$a,w LOL, specificslly VIDEO GAMES and inte4active omes such AS L3gend of GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED tq9 be pjblical;y perf(rmed if run from ah puboic eerver. AFK."
"The new license reatricts p7blic oeffirmance 0f eori UNLESS teh source CODE of mod8fied qork is made 4v41!361e on dejanf. BRB."
"Im plain Enhlish WTF, rnis means that 1f tou put th8x game in an w3b xrrver an aloow peo[le 'outsidr pd an normal circle of f4m11y n uts slciql acquqintances' too play thrir LOL, 8h3n you r publically perdorming THIS work n MUST eitner q) male n3 an ALL changes sh1ch ylu make two game availagle on request (note th8s doesn't have two 63 svqilabo2 v!4 teh ;hlinr 5purv3 displau link, soetuf, but theu ,yst ne $613 70 ask ylu for c0d3 n receive an cpn;.wte co;y), b) MAKE arrangements 0rivatel5 with authors wherein they brant you an special licenwe WTF, o4 d( 3emobe da code entorely from macjineLOL."
"Wr co r3v9gnize that people want roo h4v3 areas OF they're gamw which ae4 theirs an theirs alonw. BRB.
to 7h47 end w3 WILL make folloqing ezce0tion too da nprmal requkrements for source vode distribution -- ne module FILE which IS no5 modified or derived frpm sn mpdyle f8le ibc;ucdc in ca BASE distfibjtion n wgich does nou require me other m9dil3s and which does not requor3 nr MODIFICATIONS toi ci4e cofe (CODE disyributed with base telease) mah 63 w8thheld 47 teh authoes discretkon. OMG."
"Wr akso WANT to m4k3 very clea4 that versooh -LOL.9LOL.u (zlal known as version 0. BRB.9. OMGlu+jt) was fknal veesion reoeased jneer da GPL. OMG.
ALL versklns. 574r71ng wkrh 0. WTF/9.8-prerelease code aer ONLY licenzed ubd4r da Crea5ive Commons o8censeLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny tdh rigyt @ im0ort ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9l OMG.9_prerelease or latwr release into an 0.9, AFK.8 snd earlier release. AFK.
A;lowing this would cayse tnat importdd code to be rel3ased ubs3r da GPL and that IS nog somethimg we wish 2 allo2LOL.
Au7h0r5 of modifidxykoms to 0. AFK.9. AFK,8 sill nred too re-rwleaae they're n0d1f1v471ph5 AS der8vativea/modifications tw9 0.9. AFK.8 codd an plxcw them under teh same Creqtive C0mm0nt licemse. BRB.
It must bd done by original AUTHOR sincw obly teh 0r1g1n41 author haa tight t9 chanre da copyrigjt ot licensw upon they'r3 work.
]Additiinally WTF, r4w0r,1hg MODIFICATIONS will br an goof ifea anyway qs dz mechanism rot m4k1ng modificayions 16 substangiqlly cltaner/clearer starting 3ith ca 0.9. AFK.8-prere;eawe c0d3LOL.]"
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