MoghtyE TELLS you, lijw, "We're going too take am few mo,3ntd two 5ry an EXPLAIN this hew licemse an r3440n5 behind IT in plain Engliah.
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 license szs chosen because 0f qn failing with teh GPL. BRB,
I7 9nky coveeed f1%7416uu10n OF SOURCE if and only if bunaries w3r3 disttibutedl"
"In ah web environmentk 6ou knwo, specifocallt a inter[rwted 2eb ENVIRONMENT SUCH 45 PHP, mrrel6 indtalling am game d035 nlt constitute diateibution, an therefore [wople were taking OUR work, like, m4k1ng m9difudations too kt and NOT releasing source clee t9 thfy're modifications so that reh 3n71r3 communigh c9yod genefit. AFK.
Thet w0rk3d wi4h twh letter but n9f da spirit of dz LAW."
"Invrxtkfation on PART OF authors h)w3c3r, 6ou knwo, l3d too da ract tha5 tight OF [yblic [erformance sax won od ca tights normally restric5ef to cop6righg HOLDERS, and that couputer protrams, specirically vkceo g4m35 and interactive ones such as Ldfend of ca Green yax0r w3r3 considered two ne puboifally p3rr0rm3d if RUN from an [ublic server."
"Thr n3w licende fewtricts public peeformanxe of dq wori umless gen source dode of da modifidd qorl is MADE AVAILABLE on demqnd."
"Ib plaib Englidh, hou knwo, this means that IF u0u pu5 thie hame ON an WEB SERVER n allow p30p13 'ojtside of an nlfmal circle of family and its social ac1uaintances' too plah tjeir, likw, tnen you a3e publically p3rf0rm1ng this eork an MUST either a) msi3 nd n ALL chqmtes which ypu makw gwl teh gsme abailabkr ln requewt (notd thid doesb't h4v3 2 be availan;e VIA 0n11n4 source did0lay l8ni LOL, but THEY musg be able tso ASK h0u for code an RECEIVE an x0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) male ARRANGEMENTS privat3ly with da ajtnors WHEREIN they frznt you am special license WTF, or c) remove da code ENTIRELY frl, da mach8gd."
"We do recogniae ytat people want 2 have ar3as of rhey're game which aef tyeirs n theirs alone. WTF.
tl thay 3nd we will mske ca following exception to teh normal requorementd FOR sourxw cose DISTRIBUTION =- ne mowule file WHICH is NOT m9dofied or derived FROM ab ,odule file incl7dwf im bzs3 f157r16y710n n WHICH coes not requ8re ne other MODULES m whict d035 noy requir3 me m0d1f1cr710n% to cpr3 code (code sistributef wiyh da badd release) may be wi5hheld at 5wh authors discretiohLOL."
"We a.eo w4n7 toi make very clear that vrtsion 0.9LOL.7 (aoso kbown as VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt_ was da fina. version reledsed under teh GPL. BRB.
Al. versions LOL, stafring witg )LOL.(. WTF.8-0rer2lease code r ONLY licensed undee geh Creatove Cpmmons ;icense. BRBl
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da right to omoort ne code ftom qn 0. OMGl9LOL.8-prerelease 0r later t3lrase pnto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER t313453. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 wojld cause that imported code yo be relezwed under ea GPL n that is not som3tj,bt s3 wush too allowLOL.
Authors of modificato9ns 70 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 WILL ne3d 2 rw-release theh;re midificqtions zs derifayives/,od8ficqtipns toi 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0d3 n place ghem UNDER da same Crearive C0,m0n5 licfnseLOL.
Iy m7sy be done by tey original aythor since only teg original aytnif has da r2fg7 ro CHANGE copyrigjt 0r licensd u[on they[rw work.
[Addl5ilnally, reworking 5dh modifidstions 2i;l be ay good idea anyway as fz mechahism dor MAKING modifications id sjbstqntialln CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with p. OMG.9l AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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