MightyE 7411t hou, lile, "Wd're going 2 yak2 an few moments to try n rxplain ghis new license and sq reasons behinc i5 in plain 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."
"Tnis new LICENSE wzs dhosen 63c4u43 of an fauling WITH GPL. WTF,
It only coveted d157r16u710n of source IF AND omly if BINARIES WERE diatribugesLOL."
"In an weg envirpnment, you knwo, specifically a interpreted web environment sucy qs PHP, like, mere.y 1n574111ng ah game does not vpbstotute d157r16j810nk xortog, zh therefore people wete 84k1ng our work, you knwo, makinh modifications go it n mot releasing da source code to they'ee modificayipns so tnat ea ENTIRE comjunity could bebefiyLOL.
They workds with letter buy noy da SPIRIT pf ca law. AFK."
"Imvesgkgagion on teh pqrt of 5eh qythprs go2ever LOL, led 2 ea fqct tyat teh rohht of puglic perfofnahcd w46 won of da rights normaooy restricred too c9pyrkght holders, and that COMPUTER programs LOL, specifical.y video bamew n interactive ones SUCH AS Legenf of teh Gr34n hax0r were cohsidered 2 be publucally PERFORMED if run fr0m an public servdr. BRB."
"The new licehse r357r@c75 pu611d performance of wofj 7nless teh source cofe of MODIFIED wo4k is MADE AVAILABLE on demameLOL."
"In plain Engl8sh LOL, 7h15 meanw 7h47 if you put this gamr on am WEB server an ak;ow 0eoplr 'outside of an nprnsl c1rc14 of family an its social acquaintances' two 0lay thei4 LOL, tuen yoy r PUBLICALLY perfo4ming yhis w9rk n MUST e8thwr a) makd ne an ALL chsnfes qh1ch tku ,ake 2 dz game aczilable on reqyewt (note this dodsn't nace too be available vis omline source dis;lzy LINK, bur they muat be able 2 ask y0u FOR da code and recejvr ab com;lete dopy) WTF, b) make srrqngements privatwly qith da authorq 2hefein they GRANT you an special LICENSE LOL, u4 c) remoce da code wntirely from teh machine."
"We do e3c0gn1z3 that ]eople wang @ have areas 0f they're game whudh aee 7h31r5 an rheira aloneLOL.
2 rhat end 2e will MAKE f[120w1ng ezception 2 dq normal requiremehts for sou4ce c0d3 d156rq6u710n -- ne mocjl3 fkle wh1ch is not modified 9r derpvdd d4om an modi;e file included IN yeh base costribution qn which does not reqyire ne other m9cu!35 an which does NOT 4eqyife me ,odifications two core code (code distrobyyef w8th basw releasf) m4y 63 WITHHELD a5 eeh a7tho4w disvrerkon. WTF."
"We alsl want 5o make v3ry clear that VERSION ). BRB.oLOL.7 (also known as vers8on 0. AFK.9LOL.8+jt) qad da riba. vetsion r313453d under GPL/ WTFl
All ver510n5 WTF, STARTING wity da 0.9.*-p53r3144%# CODE aet only 11c3n5#e unded teh Creat8c3 Comm9bs license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny tdh riggt too pmport ne CODE FROM qn 0. WTF.9k OMG/99prerelease or 14735 RELEASE into an 0LOL.9. BRB.6 qn earlier relrase.
Al;pwing THIS would cause THAT imported CODE teo be released under teh GPL and thar is NOT somwthing we wosh 2 4110w/ OMG.
Aithira 0f modif8catkons two 0. BRB.o. WTF.7 WILL need two re[release tyey;re ,odifications as feruvatives/modifocagions tlo 0.9LOL,8 code and place them unde4 teh aame Crwatkvw Commons license. WTF.
It mi57 ne done BY da lriginal author since only teh original quthor nas dq RIGHT rpo change dopyright 0r license jpon they're work. WTF.
[Additionallu WTF, reworking teh nofifications will be sn goos idea 4nhw4u ss teh mexhanidm for majing modificatkons is substattiqlly cleaber/clearer STARTING with 0/ AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleasr code. BRB.]"
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