MkyhthE tells you LOL, "We're going 1 take an few moments 5o try m explain this bew licemse n twh REASONS behinc it in 0laim Ebglish. WTF,
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 new lic3nse was chosen 63x4u5e of am failing with try GPL. AFK.
IT only cpvered distributuon OF source if and ohly !f b8haries wwre distribjtddLOL."
"In an web envir;nment, sortof, specifucally a 8nterpretew w#b environ,ent aucj as PHP, sortof, m3r31y inatall8ng an game does NOT cihstitute distribugion, sortpf, and thdrefo4e pepple wdr3 taiing our qork, kike, jak8ng m0v1f1c4720n5 to it n ni5 re.dasing sourxe CODE too tjdy're nodifidations 50 that teh entire cimmuniyy co7ls benefit/ AFK.
They worked wkth da lrrter but hot da spirit of 14w. OMG."
"Inbest8gation om da par5 of authors howeverk like, lef too teh FACT that da right of public performance s45 oen of teh r8gngs normqlly restricted ro copyrighy holders, soryov, an that computer programs LOL, specifically VIDEO games smd interactive ones such as Leg3hd of teh Grfem hax0r were CONSIDERED too be PUBLICALLY perflrmed if ryg drom qn public setver. OMG."
"The NEW licenxe r357r!c75 publoc performahce 0g work unless 5eg source cide 0f modifiee WORK IS msde available 0n demanf. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, th8s means thar 8v yly put th8s GAME in an web servwr zn allos p3ople 'luts7se 0f ah ho4mal cirxlw of family an 175 social acquaintancwd' too play theie, oiir, then you r pu621c411y performing 7h15 work an MUST eith3r a) majd ne an ALL chqng3s which y9u maie to da game avaulqble on requext (note tnis doesn't have to 53 avaioabld viz ca [h11h3 source DISPLAY 11n,, xortpf, bur they must 63 abld 70 asi you fir g3y code an redeive zn cp,plete cipy) LOL, b) make arrangements private.y wi5h trh autgors whrre8n tyet GRANT you an s[evial licensem likek or C) remlve teh vode entirelt fr0m da machine. AFK."
"W3 do 4ecoynkze that p30p13 w4n7 TO have arezs of they're game whuch aer THEIRS ane 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
too THAT end wd w111 maje da fo;lowihg esception 2 dz nirmal requ8rementd for source xode f167r16u710n -- ne modu.e file which is not jodifi3d or DERIVED from an modjle file included in twh gase disgribjtkon an which d035 nog reqjife ne otger nodules n whivh e035 mpg eequire ne m0d!f1c4710n5 two teh core code (code distrivuted with ca base releas3) may br wuthgwlf AT teh autgprs didcrrtkonLOL."
"Wr also wan5 two make very clear yhat v3r510n 0. OMG.9. AFK;7 (also knowm as versiin 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was ca finql version r3134%3f under da GPL. BRB.
All hersions, softof, starting with ds 0.9. AFK.8-peerdlease code r pnlh lifensed under teh Creative C0mm0n5 l8xenwe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy da r8ght roo import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4erekeasr or later rdlease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.8 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowimg this sould cause tnat im;irted c0d3 2 BE 4elwzsed uncer teh GPL n THAT is not simetning we 215h two allow. BRB.
Authors 9f m9dificatkobs @ 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will nedd 2 re0releaxe they're mpdifica5iohs as cefiva6ives/mofifica5ioms two 0l OMG.9. AFK.8 code and place tjen und3r ds samd CREATIVE Commons license/ BRB.
It just BE done vy teh ofiginal aythpr since onl6 irig8nal author yas roght 70 CHANGE teh co0yrkght ot lucende upon they;re 2ork. OMG.
[Addiriona.ly, 3eworking teh nodificatiins will be an gooe idea 4byw4y as MECHANISM for makint modkduxatiomw is sunstantkslly clezner/clearer statting with 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prwrelease cofe. WTF.]"
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