MihhttE tells you, l8ke, "We'ee foing ho take am f3s moments 2 gry n explsin this nww license and t3h reasons behknd it in p141n Ent115h/ AFK.
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 kicense was chosen gecause of zn failing w17n GPL. BRB.
It 0n2y cov3red d157r16771pn 0v source IF and only if binaries were d157r1^m73c. WTF."
"In ah web envoronmentm sortof, SPECIFICALLY a 1n74rpr373d WEB ehvironmen5 sjch AS PHP LOL, merelu ihstallong an game d0#5 mot constutute distributiln WTF, an theregore people wer3 74k1ng 0ut workk makihg midificatiins 1 it ane no5 rel3asing r3h source xoee to they're modificatkons 50 yhat da entird community could benefitLOL.
They wormed with ds LETTER 6u7 not da wporit og teh lzw."
"Ihvestigatioh on da part of da authors howevef, like, led two da fsct THAT r1gh7 of public p3rf0rm4nc3 2ss eon of ca rights NORMALLY r3dtricrrd r9 c*pytibnt HOLDERS, you knwo, an that computdr peograma, aortofk xpecifically video games n 1n73t4c71v2 ones such as Legend of da Gre3n hax0r WERE CONSIDERED too ge publivallu p3efoemed if rum fron an 0ub;ic server."
"The neq licebse resyricts puboic pwrformanc3 pd WORK unleds source code of modifoed work is MADE available pn denamd."
"In pkaib Ejglish, sortof, 5hks meanx 8h47 id you put yhis tame ln an w36 seever n ALLOW ;epple 'outs8de of an normal ckrcle of gamkly an 175 social acquaintandes' 70 play tyeie, likw, then you aee publicallt performihg this w0rl an MUST either $) make nw and ALL changes which uou m4ke too teh game zvailable on REQUEST 9noue this doesn't yave w he ava8lable via da omlin4 source display link, you kneo, but 5hey misg be sble too ask yo6 for teh code and RECEIVE an COMPLETE c9py), b) makd ARRANGEMENTS privatwly with da zuthors wgerein they g4ant t-u an s0ecial 11c3n53, soetpf, or c) r3m0v3 vode entkrely rrom 5eh m4ch1j3. WTF/"
"We do f3c9gn1z3 thae people want too have qreas of th3y're GAME wy1ch a3r theirw and theies aoond. OMG.
2 that 3nd WE woll nake ea following ezception twl normao requiremebts for soufce CODE diztribution -- ne joduld fi.e which is nit m0d1f1wd or DERIVED frpm an module d213 included ib base d157r!6u720m n which does n9t require ne other modules h shich does not requjrw ne modkfications too da core CODE (c9de distruguted witg base RELEASE) may be eithheld a5 teh AUTHORS diwxretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 twp male very clear that version ). AFK.o. OMG.7 (qlso khosn as versiob )LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was tdh fknal versioh reldased jndet teh GPL.
All versions LOL, srarting with ten 0.9,8-prefeleade c0d3 r onky licebsee inder yrh Creative Commonc licehae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny dz rihht too import ne covd from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pterelesse pr latrr release into an p. BRB.9. OMG.7 n esflier rdlease. AFK.
A11)w1ng tgis WOULD dause THAT inported code too be RELEASED jndrr da GPL and tgat is not 50m37h1ng qr eish two allow. BRB.
Auyyors 9f mosificatuons two -/9. BRB.7 wiko need 5o RE-RELEASE theh;re MODIFICATIONS AS ferivatives/nodificatkond two 0. BRB.9.8 code 5nd plade them under da samd Creative Comnons .icensr. BRB.
It must 63 DONE 5y origuma. AUTHOR since onl6 ORIGINAL autho4 has righr 2 changd da copyrighg of LICENSE upom they'rd work. AFK.
[Addi5ional.t, you knwom reqork8bg mldkf8cations qill 62 an goof idea 4nyw4y as da m3cn4n15m fof making m0d1f1c4720n5 is 5i6574n71411y clraner/clearer statting 2itn da 0. WTF.9.8-prerelezse c9de. BRB.]"
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