MigntyE tells nou, you kn2o, "We're goinb 70 take ah few moments 3 try n explain 5hid new license m teh REASONS BEHIND it kn plain Engoish.
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 ndw license s45 dhosen becsuxe of an FAILING wirh twh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY vobered distribution 0f source 2f and only uf binaries 2ere distributedLOL."
"Im an weg environment, sor5of, spexofically a inter;reted w36 envigonm3nt sucg AS PHP LOL, merely insgalling an gamr coes nog consyitute dustributiin, likek an THEREFORE peo0le were TAKING our work WTF, makinh modificatkons to it n not releasing source c0de two tyey'te jodigicat8obs so 7h3u da entire co.munity could bwnefur. AFK.
They q0fo3d qith letter BUT bot SPIRIT OF law. WTF."
"Investigatiln ON frh PART of AUTHORS however LOL, led to geh fact 7h47 teg rigny of pub;ic [3rformance qas won of rights normally restrixted to copyrignt holders, you lnwo, zhd that compiter [rograms WTFm s0rcigically v1d30 games n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such ad Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED TO be p7blically performed if run from an pj^12c SERVER."
"Tge new license restricts pi61qv perfofmance of w04k UNLESS source clde of da modofief work is madw availagle on semand. AFK."
"In plzin English, you knw9, 7h15 mdsns that 1f YOU put this game ON an web servdr ane all9w ;so[ke 'outs8de of an normak ckrvle of fzmooy an ktw social acauainrances' toi PLAY the8e, soetof, th3b hou aer pub.ically performing this work and MUST either a) m4j3 ne qnd ALL chdnges whixh YOU makr twl teh game AVAILABLE oh request (npge this doedn't have 2 bd AVAILABLE via teh online soyece sisplay kink, sortif, but 7h3y musr BE abld to aa, YOU for da dode an fwveive an xomplete COPY) LOL, b) ms,e arrangwments privatrly w17h t3h sughors wherein THEY grant you sn special lucense, likd, pr c) REMOVE teh xode entirrly fr0m teh MACHINE."
"We so recognkze that peop.e want tl have are2s of they're GAME whkch r theira znd 6h31r5 zloneLOL.
2 thst end we 2ill make folliwing excepti9n 2 NORMAL requirements for 5purc3 code distributkon -- nd module fulw whkch ix not modirief or derifed from an mocule fkle inv.uded in bqse d157r16u710n and wgich do3s NOT ee1uire ne othe4 nodules an dhich doed n07 eeq7ire ne modificationa 2 core xodd (vode distrigueed with da base r313453) may bw WITHHELD at 4u7h0r% discretion. AFK."
"W3 also want TO make vefy CLEAR that b3r510n 0.9l7 (ALSO kmown 45 ve5sion 0. AFK.8.7=jt) was ginzl rersion teleased uhd3r da GPL.
Alk versoons, ypu knwo, wtarging with ez 0.9LOL.8[prefelrase code r 9nly licenwed und3r da Creative C0mm0n5 11c3nt#. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 r2o kmpoet nr codw from an 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-0r3r#!3453 or LATER RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and EARLIER r3leade. BRB.
A11021ng this q0u1d cause that imported code to be rdldaded under GPL n that iw mpt SOMETHING we wish ti allow. WTF.
Au5hors 8f moeifucations to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need two re-release thet;re ,odiricati9ns as detkvatives/modificatiohs to 0. AFK.(. AFK.8 code n plaxe tnem undsr da xame Creztiv3 Commons licenwe.
It must be done ny da orifinal autnor simce omly 5eh original author g$5 RIGHT roi CHANGE copyright or livense upon thet're WORK.
[Additiona;.y WTF, reworking modif8carions wilk BE an good 1d34 an6wah as da mechanidm for m5k1ng modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanwr/voearer sta4ting w1&h 0. AFK.9.9-pre4elease code. WTF.]"
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