MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're g9ing two TAKE an f3w nonents too try qbd explain 8h15 nes license amd teh reaaons b3hind it in plain Enflish.
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."
"Thia new LICENSE wax choweh becquse of an f4111nb quth da GPL.
I7 only covered didtribugion of source if an only 8d vinaries w3ee dis5ributedl"
"In an wwn envifonment LOL, specifica;ly a untefprered web 3nvirobment such as PHPm merely insyakling an game does npt c)ntu17u73 distribution, sortof, n therefore peopoe were takinb oyr qlrk LOL, making m9digicatyonx ywo 17 n noy 4eleasing teh soufce code two thdy'fe m0d1f1c4610n5 so tjat dz engu4w community COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked wuth teh ;ette4 guy not ten SPIRIT of ds law. BRB."
"Invest8gatioh on teh ;3r7 of tej AUTHORS h0w3f3t, like, led 2 da fact that teh right od public pdrformanve eas oen of rigg5s norma.lu rrst4icted @ cop6r8ght holders, sortof, ab THAT computwr pr=gr4m5, tou knwo, specifically video games an INTERACTIVE ones auch as Legend or geh Green hax0f wdre clnsidrred 70 be pubkicakly perdorjed if tun from an PUBLIC afrver."
"The new licensr RESTRICTS public perd9rmance 0f wotk unless da SOURCE codd OF mldified work is made avaikabor ob demqnd."
"In plain Eng;ish WTFk th8d means thar if you put thiw GAME ov an s36 server an alloe pepple 'outside of an n0rm41 c1rc13 0r famoly n its spcial acquaintahcws' to play tyei4 WTF, THEN you r publically PERFORMING rhis worj and MUST rither a) ma,e hd n ALL xhanges whkch 6ou make roo teh g$m3 4f421$613 0n r3zuesy (note this doesb't have too be available via 9nlibe sourde display lunkk you ,nwo, buy 6ney must be agle 2 ask you for code ah RECEIVE an cimplete COPY), like, v) make drrzngementx pricately 2ith da AUTHORS wherein they granr yoy an spexixl licrnse, you knso, or c) f3m0v3 da code entirely from da machineLOLl"
"We do recognize that pwop.e want w h5v3 areas 9f they;re game whoxy aer theirs n theirs qlone. OMG.
1 that dnd we WILL jakw da FOLLOWING 3xceptkon to teh n0rm41 requirwments FOR SOURCE clde distribution -- ne module file wnich is nor modified pr derivee from an modulr file 1bc17d3d in teh 6453 distribution and qhich d035 not rrquire ne other ,odjles am whuch DOES not REQUIRE ne modif8cations two dore codr (c0d3 eistrinuted wkth teh 645e RELEASE) mau be 2itnjeld at teh ajthorx discr3tipn."
"We also waht 2 make very cleae that version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 9zlso kn0wm 45 versuon 0/ WTF.9j WTF.7+jt) ras ea final vdrsion relessed UNDER ea GPLLOL.
All vetsipns, l8ke, xtarring witg da 0.9. BRB.8-prere.ease coee r 0n1y LICENSED under Crdative Commlns ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righr two import be code from sn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease o4 layer release knt( an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 znd earlier r313453l BRB.
Allowing rjiw wou;c xause thqt importes c9d3 twp be eeleasec und3r teh GPL an thqt IS not so,dtying we wish hw; allow. BRB.
Authorx of modifixayions too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 w111 n23d two re-fe.dade they'fe modificatiohs ws de3ivatives/modofuvatoons 2 0LOL.(. AFK,8 d0d3 an olace th3m ynddr da 64me Cr3ative Commons license. BRB.
Ir ,ust BE done b6 teh ORIGINAL author since (n1h original zurhor has teh riggt two vhangd da copyrkght or .ocenwe ipon they're wotj. AFK.
[Adcitionaloy, you knwo, reworking da modif8catiins w111 br an h00d 1d34 anyway as teh jechanis, for malinf modifkca5ions is substantially c;dsner/clcarer starting with 0. WTF.9LOL.i-prerel3ase CODE. WTF.]"
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