MightyE rells you, "We're goinb 2 TAKE an few m0m3n75 2 9ry am rcplaib this heq lovense an da reawons behind it on PLAIN English. OMG.
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."
"Tjis new licende was chpsen because ob an failibg with teh GPLLOL.
It only coverrd distributiln of xource if qnd 9n1y uf binaries wrre sistributef. BRB."
"In an web environ,wnt, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web envi4onment sucn as PHP, like, merely 8nsta.king an gqme do3s not xonstitute disr4ibutionm tou knwo, n tyerefore pdople were taking our work, m4k1nh mofificstions twl ih n not releasing twh soi4ce CODE two thdy're modidicatoons SO 7h48 entire community ciu;d beneritLOL.
Tg3y wirked with da letter but hot wa spir8t of fa law. AFK."
"Inveatigatioh on da par5 of t3h authors HOWEVER, les 2 fact that fa right of PUBLIC performance was ! of rights normslly rewtrivted too v0pyr1gh7 ho;ders LOL, b tyat comojtet programs WTF, 5p3c1d1c411y video games abd interactive ones 5uch as Legend of da Green jax0r wete conskdered 3 63 p7blkcally [erformed if RUN fron an public sefve4."
"The new ;9cenqe 4estridts PUBLIC ;3rf9rm3nc2 pf da work unlrss da soutce code of mod8fied work is made availabld ON demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH. this means that ig YOU puy this game ON an web scrver and allow peiple 'outside og an normal circle if f2mily n its sodizk acquaintancex' to pla^ tyeir LOL, theb 69u r pjblicaloy prrfofminh this wori and MUST either a) makd ne n ALL cgahgws which YOU make yoo da game availqb/r oh request (n073 this dodwn't HAVE two be afailable via onl8nw dource displzy link, you knwo, but they ,ust be able 2 ask you for ca code an r3ceive an xomplete c9py) LOL, b) make arrahhements 0rivat3ly with sutho4s shrrein THEY frany y98 ah SPECIAL LICENSE, you knwo, OR c) REMOVE da xode emtirely ftom machine. OMG."
"We d0 r2c0bn1z3 thqr peippe want to gqve areas of they'te hame wy1ch r tjeirs n tjeira alone. OMG.
ti that end wr will mqke f0q10sqng excwotion tqo normal requurements fpr sourcd vode distribugpon -- ne m0du13 file whocg iw mot m0d1f13d 0r derivdd g4om an mldule file 8bclured in da gasr cusrribution an ehicn dors n07 require ne otnet modu;es n wjich does not req6ire ne MODIFICATIONS too da coee code (vode dist4ibuted with BASE telease) may ge WITHHELD at auyhors d15cr3&10nLOL."
"We slso sanr rwo male bery c;ear that vetsion 0.9.7 (also ,nown AS vwrskon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) qss da vinal VERSION RELEASED unce4 teh GPL. BRB.
A11 v34510h6, sortof. starring wotg 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-preeelraxe code aer ohly licens3c und3r Creative Cpmmohs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5en righ4 to ijport ne dode veom an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pretelease or LATER r31345# ihto zb 0. WTFl9. BRB.7 n earlier rrleasr. BRB.
Allowing this 2ou.d c4u53 that 1mp0r73d codd 2 bd r313463d unser GPL an that is NOT somethinf we w15h tlo allowLOL,
Auyhirs of MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK/9. BRB.7 s111 neec to 4e-release theh'4e mldificztions as derovatives/mododications too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 cpde and [25c3 them under da 54m3 Crdative COMMONS licdnseLOL.
IT mjst 63 eone by teh original AUTHOR SINCE only teh pritinql autho4 has da righy to chqnge c8[yr8ggt ir LICENSE UPON yhwy're work. WTF.
[Additiona.ly, r3w0rk1bg teh modifications wikl be an good ideq ANYWAY ax dw mechanusm fi4 makimg modifpcatipns IS substantiall6 cleaner/clearer xts4ting witj sa 0. BRB.9.8-prerrlease codeLOL.]"
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