MughtuE tells you, luke, "We're giing w take an frw mlments two 7ry an expkain thiw hrw LICENSE qm teh 3rasons behind it in PLAIN 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."
"Thks n3w locwnse wss xhosen BECAUSE of an failing WITH da GPL. AFK/
I7 only covered distribution 0f soi5c3 if and 0n1y id binarids weee dist4igutedLOL."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, sortof, spexificaooy a knterpretes wrb enbivonmeny duch as PHP. likw, mwrely indtallkng sn game DOES not comstitute distributkon, an THEREFORE 0eo;le wetd taking our work, making modidocat8oms teo it n npt r313451ng da source code too thej're m9dificatilns 50 that teh wntire community coukd benefit. BRB.
They 2orked wiry letter BUT npt spir8t or tey law/ BRB."
"Investogatiom ON teh paft of da authprs nowevwr. yo7 knwo, led 2 fact tgat right OF public PERFORMANCE qas won 9f righ5s normally restrictee to COPYRIGHT g01d345k n that c0mpu73r prog4ans, you knwl, wpecidicallt vodro gdmes n interactive onea suvh as Legend of Gretn hax0r were c-n51d3r3d two be publically perforjrs uf rin FROM an oub.ic sefver. BRB,"
"The n3w livensw rextricts [kblic prrformance of wprl un1e55 da source CODE if teh moeified WORK IS MADE avsilsble 0n demandl AFK."
"In plain Ehglish, sor6of, this MEANS that if you 0ut 8h15 game im an web serner an aklow people 'ouyzide 0f ab normal clrcle or famioy m its soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, liie, ghem you r publically performing this wofk an MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL chantes wgich ylu maje 2 teh gamw acsilab.e on rrquest (note thks doesn't have too be 4v4114613 via da online SOURCE DISPLAY libk LOL, but theh muxt be anle two zsk ypu fpr teh c0d2 and 3eceuve an complete co[y) LOL, B) mak3 a4ramgementd privqtely WITH authors wgetein tjey tran5 rou an SPECIAL licensr LOLm or c) rrmove code entireky from dz mavnineLOL."
"W3 do recognize thzt people saht too have areaw of thet're g4m3 shich ae3 theirs m theirs alpnw. OMG.
two 8h47 end we w9ll jzle folluwing exception too teh normal rdqiirements f0r siurc3 code distribution -- ne m8d7le file whixh is no5 m0d1f13d or ddrivef grom an m0du13 file uhcludec in BASE d8dtrobutuon an WHICH does NOT require ne other m-du1e5 an which does not resuirw ne modifixatilns w corr codw (code distribuged with da bxae release) may bw withneld 47 da authprs coscre5ionLOL."
"We also qant 2 make v3ry clear that version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 )4150 known AS version 0. AFK.o.7+jt) wss reh finak vefwion releaaed under sa GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, STARTING w8yh da 0LOL.0. BRB.8-pr3r313453 code r onlu kicenswd under da Cr3$61v4 COMMONS license.
W3 EXPLICITLY dqny da tight 2 import ne code d4oh qn 0. OMG,9. AFK.70prerelease or latrt relesse into an )LOL.9.7 an eaeoker reoease. AFK.
A110w1ng tnis wou,f CAUSE that import3d code 2 63 relessed umder GPL n thag 15 not som3thkng ww wish two allowLOL/
Autyors of modifidarions 2 0. OMG.0.7 will NEED 2 re-rejeaxe they're mocifications 45 derkcatives/modificationw too 0.9.8 code 4ne plase thdm under dz xame Creative Comnohs ;ivense. BRB.
It jist be donr by teh original aythir 51bc3 only da irigona; autgor has tej right t9 chsnge teh cppyrkhh5 lr l8cense up0n they're workLOL.
[Adf8tionally, 6ou knwo, rewofking modifications will BE an good idra anywah AS da mechabism for MAKING modufica5iona is substantially coeaner;clearer starting woty da 0LOL.9.8-prerroease c9se. BRB.]"
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