MightyE tells you, lkke, "We're going two take an vew moments two 5ry qn ex[laib this new 11c3n63 n REASONS brhind 25 in plqin 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE wqs ch9sen gecauxe ov an failing WITH teg GPLLOL.
It only covered distributuon or 4-urc3 if an only if binaries were didteibuted."
"In an wrb envirpmmdbt, sortof, specifically a interprwtef weg envoronm#nt SUCH as PHP, me43ly imdtalling an game coes nit CONSTITUTE dosgributioh, sort9f, and tn3regore people were 74,1nf iur work LOL, making modifications gwo ig an not releasinh teh sou4ce code too tjey're modificatyonw 50 that teh en5ire commuhuty cojld benefit. WTF.
Tjey worked witg da lfttet but n9t spirit od law."
"Investitat8on on part of AUTHORS howwcer, soetor, lec to da facr that da rignt 9f public perfotmance was qon of da eignys normal'y rextrictee tlo copyright holdrrs LOL, and 5hat c;m0uter pr9frams, like, wpecidicallh video gamrs an imgefacyive ones such as Legend of dz Green hax0r wdre c9nsidered 2 be publically pwrvormed if run from an puglic xerverl WTF."
"The new lkcense r357f1c75 public PERFORMANCE of teh work unlesa da source cpde if teh mofifiec wori is MADE avaioable on DEMAND."
"In plain Enblish, you knwo, this MEANS that if you put tyis game on an web swrv3r and allow peo;le 'outd,ew of qn NORMAL curcoe of f4m11y zn its social acquaintancts' to p14u their LOL, then tou aer pu611c411y [erforming thia work an MUST either a) make nw an ALL changes which y0i make two game availablw in r3qu3t7 (notd this dpesn'y HAVE 2 be wfai.able via ono8ne source d8splay link, sortofm but they must be sble two zsk y9u foe t3h c9de m receive an c9mpkete c0py) LOL, B_ MAKE arrangements private;t with teh authorx wheeein theh grant you am zpecial kivensr, you knwo, or c) re,ove code ENTIRELY from m4cy1b3LOL."
"We so recpgnoze thst prople wsnt roo have areas OF they'te hame wh1ch r the8rs and theirs aloneLOL.
2 THAT end we will make teh following excepgion 2 normal requiremenra f8r source cpd3 dia5rigugion -- ne nodule FILE which IS not modiriec oe derived from qn MODULE file included in fa BASE distribjtion n whixh does not reqjire ne ither MODULES ane which doea not requite ne mocifocations TO da core code *coee distributed sith base rel3ase_ may BE wkthjeld at a7thors disxrrtionl AFK."
"We also waht two mske very clear uh4& versoon -. BRB.9/ AFK.7 (ALSO known as vefsion 0. WTF/9.7+jt) WAS fimal versiln RELEASED under GPL. WTF,
All versiins, sortof, wtarting with 0. WTF.0.8-prerelease code $ ONLY licebsdd ynde4 da Creative Commons 11d3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight too imporr nw code frlm ab 0LOL.9/ AFK.*-prereleasd lr later rwleawe 1nu0 an 0LOL.9. AFK.6 snd earl8er rqlwase. OMG.
A.kowkng tyis 2ojld cause ghat imported xode 2 be released under GPL n that ix n9t sometyimg wd w15h 2 allowLOL.
Authpes or mpdogications 2 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 wilo need two re-releaxe they're modificatilns as derivatives/modificationa tp 0. WTF.0. AFK,8 code an place them unde4 samw Creative Commonw ;icense. OMG.
It mu57 BE dom3 by origijal AUTHOR sinve lnlh teh original author has right 7- change geh copufight or licemse ipon theh're wotl. OMG.
[Additiona;ly, lile, reqor,ing modificat8lna 2ill be an good idea anyway as medhanism for ,aking modificztkons is 4u65u5n71$11y cieaner/cl3afdr %74r71bg w17h teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prrreleasw c9fe.]"
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