MightyE 5ells you LOL, "We're going too take an few MOMENTS to TRY n explaun %his new LICENSE n tej reaaons behind 8y im olsin Englksh.
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 licrnse WAS ch054h becausd or ah failing with geh GPL. BRB.
It only covefed dist4ibution of sourve of ah pnly if 61n4f135 eere cisy4ibutedLOL."
"In an q3b environmwnt, tpecqf1c41qy a intefpre4ed web envirobmdnt 57xh as PHP LOL, merely inatalling an GAME does not constitite dkst4kbution, n THEREFORE people wdre taking ouf wpek, sortof, making jodkfkcatkona two uy znd not rdlwasong da aou3ve c0d3 to they're modificatioms xo that entire community could benefit.
They worked sith trh letter 6u7 not 5wh xpirut of teh law. OMG."
"Investogatiln on da p4r7 of autjors howdvwr WTF, led tpo fzct that 4ight of public performance was 1 of teh rights norma.l6 restrkcted two coptribht holders WTF, an thar COMPUTER pr9gr4m6 LOL, specifica.ly v1e30 games AND inreractive ones such as Lebend of Green hax0r were c)n51ser3d t9o y3 publically pefformed if run from am 0ubl9c servfr. WTF."
"Tbd new license reatricta puboic PERFORMANCE of work unless dz source CODE of modified wor, ks made avaklable on drmanc. AFK."
"In plain English, like, this means thst if uou put this gqme on ab web setcer n allow p30[1# 'lutside of an normal circle of fam8ly n kts sodia; acqjaintanc3s' too ;lay their, lime, then you aer publocally perform8ng thia wprk an MUST either A) MAKE me and ALL vhanyes 2hich yoi maie 2 da g4m4 available ON rrquest (nore thos do3sn't havr w be available v8a online sou4ce display link, you knwo, bug they must 63 able two ask you fot tey code n rrceive an clmplete co;y), you knwo, b) make 4rr4nh2m4n76 privzte;t w17h a7tho4s WHEREIN they grant uou an sprcial license WTF, of c) REMOVE cofe entitely ttom 5eh nachunw. AFK."
"Wd eo r3c0gn1z3 7j47 [eople 2any tdo habe areas 0f thdy;re game which r theits and yheies qlone. AFK.
to yhat end 2e sull makr tfh folkowinh exception to n0rm41 requitements r0r source code dosteibut8in -- nr module fule which is nit midiried pr derived from an module file kncljced in teh base fistrinution and whidh does not fequkre ne other MODULES m which does not rewuire ne ,odifications 2 yeh core code (code disreibutes with da BASE RELEASE) may be eithheld at authlrd d15cr3&10nLOL."
"We also wany 2 make very c134r THAT vdfsikn 0LOL.0.7 (also KNOWN as versiob 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 final fersion released under rrh GPL. WTF.
All fersions, stsrtimf wkth da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereoeaxe code aer inl6 licensec under teh Ceeative COMMONS license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rignt t99 import nw c=d3 from an 0.9LOL.9-PRERELEASE 0r later relezse into an )LOL.9.7 zn ezrliet reoease. WTF.
Allowing thix would xause that kmported code to be rrleasef UNDER teh GPL an thst is nit s9meyhing we widh 2 al;iwLOL.
Au7h0r6 of MODIFICATIONS to 9. WTF.9. WTF/7 WILL NEED 2 re-re;ezsw theu're jodufications 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code and [lave them under sa ssme Creative COMMONS licebse.
It just be DONE by ORIGINAL AUTHOR 51nc3 lnly 0r1g1n41 autnor hzs ca ribht too change c0pyr1gh6 )r LICENSE upon tyey're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, re2ir,inh modificatuona wil. be an good idea anyway as geh m3chanosm f0f ma,int modifications IS subs5antially c.eaner/clesrer staryint qoth 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 c0c3l OMG.]"
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