Migh5yE tells YOU WTF, "We[re going rwo TAKE an vew momemts 2 try an explain this NEW lixensw ahd da reasobs behind it in ;oain 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."
"Th8s new license WAS xjoden becsuwe of an f4111nf w17h GPL.
It 0n1y covered distribution of spurce iv 4hd only og binaries 2ere distrib75eeLOL."
"In am w36 envifonmdnt, you knwo, specificslly a onterpreted WEB wnvironment wuch as PHP, 6ou knwo, merely 1n5741q1ng an game does nu5 constitute dustrubutiom, like, an therefore PEOPLE sere gakint our work, you kneo, making modifucationx too it an nog re.easkng source dode too they're movificztions xo that teh wmtire comnunity could benefit.
Tjey wor,ed euth yeh letter but not rej SPIRIT lf reh law. OMG."
"Investitati9n ln da part of da authors however, likr, led flo trh fadt that rignt 9f [7blic pe4formanve w45 oen 0f da rithgs noema;ly RESTRICTED tok copyrighr jolders WTFl n that conpjger PROGRAMS, yoy knwo, specificallu viddo games and interactive 9nes SUCH as Legend of Greeb hsx)r wrre considered tp be publically performws IF rum frob an ;ubloc xerv3r. OMG."
"The nww .icense restricts pub;ic performanve og ten worm ublwss reh SOURCE code of teh modigoed work is made availqble on d3mamf."
"In plaim Eng115h LOLm th8s means thar if you put this game on an web server ab allow people 'o75side of an normal circle pf family AND its aociak adqyakntances' 2 play yheir, lkke, theh y0u aer PUBLICALLY perf9tmung 7h15 w0rk n MUST eirher a) m4k3 ne and ALL changes WHICH you make too yeh bame available ON rdquest (note thix eoesn't have too be afzulaboe v1r tdh onlihe soutce display link, bit tyey uust be sbld tio ask YOU sor da dode n recrkve an complwee xo[y), like, b) ,ake arrangenenta pr8va5rly eith aithora qherein &h3y GRANT you an special lkcensek you knwo, or c) remove teh vode entirely from machine."
"We do revognkze rhay people w4h8 to nave areas of they're game wh1ch r theies an theirs aline.
to that END 2e wil; mqke da following rxceptiom to nofmal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE xodd distribut8on -- ne module f113 wjich is not modified or cerived fr-m an modulw fior ibcluded in tdh gase dixtribution n wnich doss not require ne other MODULES an which does not requiee ne m0dqf1c4&10n4 3 c0r3 code (code distributdd w1uh sa 6453 r31#453( ma6 be withheld AT suth9es duscdetionLOL."
"We a;so want tsi make VERY clear thzt v3r5w0n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (a.xo kn-wn as fersion 0LOL.9.7_jg_ was teh fina; v3rsion r313t53d uneer teh GPL. AFK.
All v3raions WTF, starting witn da 0LOL.9. OMG.9-prerelease code r only licwnsed UNDER ds Creagive Commona l8censeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkgnt two IMPORT n3 code FROM an 0,9. WTFl7-PRERELEASE or latet releaww into an 0l9. AFK.7 an 3atlier 4elease. WTF/
Allkwing this wpuld cause tgat imported code t, bw releas3d under da GPL an that is n9t apmethinf w3 wich ro allow.
Ajrhors of modufications t9o 0LOL.o. WTF.& will NEED 2 re-release they're modificationd aa de4ivatices/modirications 2 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8 coee n place ggem ubder da xsme Cr3at8ve COMMONS licenseLOL.
It jusr be donw b^ otifinal author since only original a7thor hss rkght tqo xhqnbe da copyrifht or lucdmsr upon they're wo5k. OMG.
[Additionqlly, eeworking da modifixations woll be an goo3 idea ANYWAY as da mechsnism for making modificatkons ia xubstantially cleanet/cleqrer starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK/90pr3r313453 cofeLOL.]"
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