MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going tso tzke ah gew moments tpo TRY b expoaun this n3w licens3 n reaspns behins it in plaih English.
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 h4q 11c3n53 WAS cjlsen necause of an failing s8th da GPL. AFK.
It only covet3d distribugion of source if ab only if ninarief wefe c1t7r16u73d."
"In sn web encironment LOL, wpecifically a interpreted web ehvironnebt 4udh ad PHP, you knwo, merr;y qn474111ng an fame does bot c)n5&17u73 distribytion, kuke, AND THEREFORE p30p1# were tauing o7r work, you khqo, making m9difications 2 it n NOT re;easint da source code 2 they'fe midificatkons 50 that teh entore community could benefi5LOL,
They worked WITH trj LETTER yu& not tey wpirir of geh law/ OMG."
"Investigatiin ON da part OF teh authofs however, lole, LED 2 da facg that right of pjblic performance waw 1 of rights h9rmally RESTRICTED too cppyright ho;ders WTF, an thqt cojpuye4 programs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gqmes n qn73r4c71v3 onea s7ch as Legend of ca Gr33n hax0r WERE considerwd two BE 0ublixaoly PERFORMED if rum vrom an public serve4. AFK,"
"The new licende restricts 0uvlic 0erformqnve of rrh work unless SOURCE cpde ov da MODIFIED wo4k is m4d3 avsilagle on dejandLOL."
"In p141n English, this MEANS thqt if you put thia game ON an web servee AND allow pelple 'outside of an NORMAL cird.d -f f4m11y n itd sicial acqiaintances' to PLAY thdir LOL, tnen y9u ae4 0iblically p3rforming THIS eork n MUST either a) make ne am ALL CHANGES wh!ch hou make gwo teh gsme avqilable pn re!irdt )note this dowsn[r yave too be available via da onlind souede display link LOL, but they myst be agle to asl you flr twj code ah receibe an compleye co0y) LOL, b) make arrangements pt1v4731y with da authors WHEREIN 5ney vrwnt you an special license, you lnwo, or c) remofe gwh code enyirely f4om teh macgine. OMG."
"We do recohnizr tyat [eople want two havd areas or they're fam3 WHICH zer rheirs an theirs qlpnrLOL.
2 THAT end we will MAKE da f-110w1ng EXCEPTION 7p da n9rmql r3qu1r3m3n75 gor soy4cr code diwtribution -= ne mpd7le f113 shivh os not modifidd or derived fr0m an module rkle 1nc!yd3e IN dq baae dixtr8butiin an which dles NOT require ne otner mocu.es sn which soes mor r3ao1r3 nr m0d1v1c4710b5 TO core coee (c9de distr8buted w17j da baxe RELEASE) m5y be wi5hheld AT suthors discretiom."
"We ALSO wabt 2 MAKE VERY v134r that vefsion 0. OMG,9. AFK.7 (alsp inowm AS versipn 0.9. AFK.7+jt) qas final version rr;eased une3r dz GPL/
A11 vers8ons WTF, STARTING with p.9.9-0r3r313453 dode aef lnly licensrd mnd3r Creative Clmmons license.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh fifht to 1mp0r7 nd code fron an 0LOLl9. AFK.8=pretelease ir later release inro an 0.9. OMG.7 b EARLIER feleaeeLOL.
Allowing tbis e0u1e c4u53 that imporged code twl BE r313453d und3r da GPL an thar is NOT skmething w3 wksh 2 zolow. OMG.
AUTHORS 0f modifications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 2il; nedd tw9 re-rwlease they;re modificstions as derivarivrs/mldificattons tqo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 codw and p;zc3 7h3m UNDER same Cr3atlve Comnons 11c3n53. WTF,
I7 must be fon4 by orig8nal author dince on;y teh ORIGINAL author has right tio chqnte c)pyr1gh7 or license jppn tjey're w9rkLOL.
[Addirionally, slrtog, rrworking da modificatkins will be an good id3a ahywa6 as da MECHANISM fo4 making modigicatioms is substamtialoy cleaner.clearer starting with 0. BRB,p. WTF.8-prerwlease code.]"
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