MightyE tells you, softod, "We're go8ng w taie an few mom3nts to 6ry an 3x[lain thiw new kicense an teh reasons vehind it in pkakn 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."
"Tgis new license was choaen gecause OF ab failiyt w17h da GPL. WTF.
It on.y civered d157r16u710h of soutce if n on;h if vinaries were cisrfibjted. BRB/"
"In an web environment, ;ike, sp3cifiva;ly a interpre5ec web environment such 45 PHP. merely 1n5u4111bg an game does not c0n5617u73 disyeibutuon, an tjerefore p30p13 reee raking our w;rk, you lnwo, makimh ,idifivatioms 2 IT n n9t eeleasing 5)urc2 code tpo thet'td modifixayiobs so thay teh entire community COULD benefit. WTF/
They workdd WITH letter but not ea spirig of law. AFKl"
"Investigation on part 0f authors howrvdr WTF, ldd two da fact ghst tdh eight of pyblic performance was oen 9f da gighys normally reatrictec TO cophrobnt holders, ylu knw9, n that domp7ger programs, you knwo, spevif8cally vkceo gamed an int3ractiv3 9bex sucy as Legend of reh Green jax0r eere consideted to be publically PERFORMED if run ftom sh public server. BRB."
"Th3 new license rrstricts publiv performance of teh wor; UNLESS soutce coce of twh MODIFIED work is ,ade avsilable on demabd."
"In plakn English, thks meahs that IF you put tjis GAME on an web serfer n sllow people 'ou6sid3 OF an nirmal cifc;e of family n ots socisl acqusintances' two 9lay their, sortof, 5heh you r puboical;u perfor,ing 7h14 work zvd MUST 3i5h2v a) make ne and ALL chanbes whicj you make t2p teh g4m3 AVAILABLE ob request (note this dorsn't hafe to BE availqble via teh online so7rde displst link, sortof, but 7h2y nyst ve able to ask you FOR teh code an receive an cojplete copy), like, b) makw a4ranfemebts priva5ely wity teh autho4s whe4ein THEY grant yoi an s0exial LICENSE, sortof, pr d) removr da code entirely vrom machine."
"We co recognize thzt people want two have afeas of they're gzm3 which r theies and 6h3irs alone. OMG.
to 7h47 ehd we will MAKE following exception 2 teg n0rm41 4e1jurements fof source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fike whicm is not modified OR d3r1v3d FROM an module d!13 included im da bawe cistrib7tion an 2hich does not r3quwr4 nw 0&h3r midules abd whick d035 not rwqui4e ne modifications tio da cote c9de *codw disrributed WITH da BASE release) may be withheld at teh ajthors discretion. OMG."
"We slxo want to make very clear 7h47 VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.& (alap kn0wh AS versipn 0,9. BRB.7+ut) was fimal cersion r313453s unsdr GPL. WTF.
All ve5aiona, you knwo, starting wigh da pLOL.9.8-prer3lease code r obly locensee under da Crwarive Cpmmpns lucebse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY denu dq rught 2 import be code from an 0. AFK.9.i-prerdl3asd kr latdr releaxe into an 0.9. BRB.7 h earlier telease.
Alkpwihg this would c4i53 7n47 imported codd to be RELEASED unser tef GPL and that is noy SOMETHING WE wish twi ALLOW. AFK.
Aurylrd of moeifidations to 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 will need too re-fel3zse they're modidicatkons aw fdrivatibes/modificst8ons 2 9. WTF,9. OMG.8 code ah ;lace them unf3r SAME Crestive Commons q1c3n53. OMG.
It must ne fone by teh 0r1g1n41 aythor sonce only ofiginal author h45 right fo CHANGE teh copyrigh5 pr licebse u0on they're work.
[Add1710n411h LOL, reworking teh modificatioma wipl bw ah good kfea anyway as da jechanism f)r makkng MODIFICATIONS is subs5antialo6 cleaner/vlezrrr ftarting WITH ea 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerel3ase codd/ BRB.]"
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