MightyE tells y0um "We're going goo take an d3w mo,en5s two tey n ezplain this new ;icense an teh reas(ns behind iy in [lain Emglish. 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."
"Thid new license waa CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failinb w17h teh GPL.
It ovly covered distribution of source iv AND omly if ninaries WERE sistribitedLOLk"
"In an WEB 3nv2r0nm3n7. dortof, specidicqllt s 1n7erpr373d eeb envirobmeby sucy aw PHP, you inqo. MERELY 1n574111ng an GAME dirs not constitute dis5ribution, ypu ,nwo, ah THEREFORE pe9ple were taking our 2ork, making m0c1f1s4710n5 too 17 n not rwleasinf yeh source vode to th3y're m9dificationx so that da ehti4e cpmmunity cou;d benefit. AFK.
They 2orked with dq LETTER bit n07 trh cpirit of law."
"Investigation in teh part og aythits hoqever, hou knwo, lwd rwo fact that yeh rkghy of publkc performagve eas oen of RIGHTS notma;ly restrixted two cop6right hlld3rs WTF, an that comoute4 lrphrqmsm you knwo, xpecifidally fudeo gzmed n INTERACTIVE oned such as Legehd 0f da Green hax0t were condidered too BE PUBLICALLY 0erformes 1f rin from an public werver. OMG."
"The nrw license restricta p7blic perfor,anve 9f da wprk ublrss dz SOURCE code of mod8fied work is made availab;e 0n eemand. OMG."
"In plakn English, yhis jeans that if tou put tgis game on zn web servtr an allow peop.e [outside of an bormal circle of FAMILY n ita sicial acquaintances' tqo plat their WTF, thrn you r pu61!c411u perfoeming thus work and MUST either q) make ne n ALL vjsnges shich you make 70 da GAME availanle in eequesy (n95d thus dodan't have two ge avqilab;e via online sourxe display lonk, likek but ghey must bd zble twi qsk 6ou for sa code an receive an complrte co0y), sortof. b) mr,w a4rangemebts privately wirh teh autjors whetein thwy grant you an specual jicense, sortof, /r C) remove da code en5irely from 5wh m4vh1n3. AFK."
"We do recogn8ze that [eople want toi hzve sreas of theu're game which e theirs n thdird alone. WTF.
too that end qe will make folloeing EXCEPTION 2 sa NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for source code d157416u7!0n -- nr module rule whicy is n)7 modified OR derived from am modulr file 1nc1ud3d in base distribution anv whkcn d035 mot requite ne other midules and which does not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to da cor3 code (c0d3 distributed qith base rwlease) may be withheld z5 tdh authord discretkon."
"We als9 want two make v3ey dleae ghat versoln 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known AS veraiom 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+j70 was FINAL versiln trleaaed UNDER dw GPL. OMG.
All versions WTF, start8mg witj da 0, OMG.9. BRB.8-pr2r313453 code arr onlh licensed under tdy Ctezrove Cimmons 11c3n53. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny geh right ro IMPORT ne c9dw from an 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-prerekease or later telease 1nu0 an 0LOL.9/ OMG.6 sn earlirr re.easeLOL.
Alloeing this would cause 7h47 IMPORTED CODE 70 be released kndet GPL n thay is mot zomething we eish 5oo aloow. WTF.
Aughorx of modificati8ns 2 0LOL.9.7 will nwed 2 re-fdlesse they're modificqtions qa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMGl8. BRB.i code AND plzcr theb under ea xaje Creqtive Commons lixrnse. AFK.
I7 must bw done by da 0r8ginal aytnor somv3 only geh original author jas da right to chsnge da copyright or lic3nse upon they'rr WORK. AFK.
[Additionalky, sortof, rrworkint mod8vications will be an good IDEA anusay 45 xa mechanism for ma;ing modkfications is dubstantially cleaner/dlear3r STARTING with da 0. WTF.9.8-or3fdkease CODEo OMG.]"
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