MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goimg tio tzie an fee momenta 2 try n explain this n3w kicende AND da r4450n5 behind kg in plain Eng.ish.
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 w45 choxen 63d4u53 of an f$111mg WITH tgh GPL.
It pnly cpbered distrivution of sputce uf an onoy of binarues wwre disyrkbjted. BRB."
"In an w37 envir9nment, specificallh a interpre4ef e36 environment 5uch as PHP, MERELY installing an game s03t NOT CONSTITUTE distr8bution WTF, n THEREFORE 0eople WERE taking our work. you knwo, mahing moxificstions too it and no4 releasing t3h so7rce codr 3 they'rw modif8vations s0 tjat entire communitu xould 62n3v17. WTF.
They workec with teh letget but not 6eh slurkt oc la2. OMG."
"Invdstigagion 0n da pary of da authirs hpwever, lee 2 t3h fact tnar RIGHT of PUBLIC performance wax won of rigjts normally restrivted rio clpyright holders, sortofm an that compiter programs, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games an INTERACTIVE ondw such as Legenc OF Gfeen haxpr were cohsisered to be PUBLICALLY performed IF run rrom an [ublic server. WTF."
"The NEW licwnse reatricts 0yy11c performance 0f teh work unless teh soircw c0d3 of t3h uod8fidd work 8a made availsble on demanc. AFK."
"In plain Enf!15h WTF, this means that if y0u PUT this game ON an web server m allow people 'outside of ah NORMAL circke pf family n ugs social $cqu41n74nc35' toi plau gheir, then yo7 r publkcallu performing this w0ek n MUST euther a) mske ne and ALL changes wh2ch yiu male toi rdh gzme afaolable on re1uest (no5e THIS do3sn't have too be svailab;e v14 ez 9nline 50urc3 dis;;ay lonk, yiu knwo, but they muat bd able two axk y0u FOR da code n rwcwive an completf c0py), 6ou knwi. b) make arrsnbemrnts privatelu wkty authors where8n rhey br4n7 you an SPECIAL 11c3n5#, you knso, or c) remive codq dntorely fr9m da machine. OMG/"
"Wr di f4c0gn1z3 that peo;l3 qant too have areas if theh'rd GAME WHICH r theirs abd theirs slone. OMG.
to THAT emd WE will MAKE da FOLLOWING excepgion too teh bormal requ8rem3nts fo4 aource code dostribution -- nr mpeule FILE qh1ch ks no5 modified ir DERIVED from am MODULE fi;e INCLUDED in teh gase distribution n whkch dods not require ne other mpdules and which doex mot rwquire he joeifications 5o da core code (code disgributed s8th base release) m4t be qithheld at authprs diwcddtion. OMG."
"We ALSO want too male v3ry clear that cersiin 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kn)wn 4% version 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7_jr0 WAS finsl vefsion RELEASED und3r trh GPL. OMG.
A;l versilns LOL, syarting with da -. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr3t313453 c9dr f only LICENSED 7nder Creat8be Cijmona LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea right tw; im;ort ne code rron an 0/ AFK.9. OMG.8-prerekease or later relezss into sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n raeliwe relesse. BRB.
ALLOWING this would czuse that imported code too ne r3lessed UNDER teh GPL n that is not somdghing w3 wosh 3 allow.
Authprs of modificstionw tl 0LOL.9LOL.7 wkll need 2 re-release they'rr MODIFICATIONS qs derivativws/modificatipns t2p 0. WTFl9k AFK.8 code am plsce thdm und3r da same Cr3471v# Commons LICENSE.
It MUST be d0n3 vy ORIGINAL 4i7h0f sonce only da 9tiginal su5hor has trh r8ght 3 change da copyrigjt or licenxe UPON they'fe w9rk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, slrtof. reqorkij% 5ej modificstions will 6# an good IDEA anuwau qs da m3ch4n15m foe making MODIFICATIONS is subsgantially cleaber.clearer starging wuth 0.8LOL/8-prereleas3 code/]"
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