MightuE gella yoi, slrtof, "We're giing twp yake an vew MOMENTS 70 try n explain this new lixense and teh reaqons behind 8y kn PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 licenxe was chowen beczusw of an failing with ten GPL. AFK/
It only cocered d157r17y710n of source if an only if bonar8es were distributed. WTF."
"In an web environmeng LOL, s;dcifically a inter;reted web environ,ent SUCH 45 PHP, like, merely instalking an game does jot consyitute disttibutuon, ljke, n thwrefoee pwople 2ere taking our work LOL, making m0d1g1c4&10n5 to IT ane NOT yeleasing source code tlo they'fe m0d1f1c4810n5 50 tgat 3ntire community cohld bwnefit. BRB.
Th3y xorked wi5h oet5er but nor teh spirit pf teh law. OMG."
"Investigation on PART od teh authors h0w3v#e WTF, kee 70 fact that tdh right 0f pub;ic performznce qaa oen of teg rifhts n0rm411y resrr8dtee tqo co'yright holddrs WTF, n that COMPUTER programs WTF, speckvoczkly vod3o games and INTERACTIVE pnes such 45 Leg3nd 0f teh Gre3n yax0r werd considerwd 2 be publicallt performee if ruh from ah public server. AFK."
"The NEW licebse resyricts public percormance of da WORK unl3ss xource d9ce 0f modifief work is nade qvailable oh edmandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS that if you put this game ln an WEB server n aklow people 'ojtsice of an normal citcl3 of family an ita 59c141 acquaintsnces' two PLAY thdot, loke, then tou aer publkcal.y persoruing th8s work an MUST eitner a) make ne n ALL changes wy1ch yoy make tw; teh game aczilable 0n request (nlte 5his eoesn't have 2 ne qvsulable via onlone slurce d8splsy link LOL, but they MUST y2 able 2 ASK you FOR da code an yeceive sn c0mpq3u2 copy) LOL, b) mzle arrangements PRIVATELY with da auyhors WHEREIN they grabt you an special licemxe WTF, or c) rem9ve da cide ENTIRELY ffom macyine. WTF."
"We d0 recognize THAT people sany two havd AREAS of they're fame whicg adr theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
tql ynat 3hd w3 will make teh f0110w1ng exxeption two da normql reau8rements for source CODE distributiin -- ne mod7oe gile WHICH is not modified 04 derlved frik an module file INCLUDED in base distribu%ipn an which d035 mot reqiife nc 07j3r ,odules and which does mo5 r3qu1r3 nd MODIFICATIONS to da c0ee xode (CODE distrubuted wi5h dq base relrase) may be WITHHELD ay da autnorw didcfetoon. AFK."
"We also want two make very vlear thst version p. AFK.9. OMGl8 (a.so kniwn ad version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) eas reh f,nal r4r510n RELEASED unc4r da GPLk OMG.
All verdi9ns, sor5of, atarting with 5en 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-prerelesse codd r 0b1y licenwes under da Cr34&1v@ COMMONS licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh right too import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prer3oeasw or latdr r313453 into an 0. AFK.9.7 zn eaflie4 releaseLOL.
Al;owing this qould xaus3 thag imported CODE too be eelwased unfer da GPL n that IS not somethkmg we wish too a.lpwLOL.
Au5hord of MODIFICATIONS yo 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 re-release gh2y;re jodifications as derivatices/modifications to 0LOL.9. WTF.8 dode zbd place them ubdwf teh same Creagibe Commons license. WTF/
It mu57 be done by tej originql 4u7h0r since onlh teh otiginal author has teh right two change copyrigh5 oe licenqe 7pon they;re e9rk. BRB.
-ADDITIONALLY. you knwo, reworking modifibatoons will be an good !d3r anyway as da mechanism for MAKING moduf8datiomw is d6bstan5iallu cleaner/xlearet s6ar5ing witn da 0.o/ OMG.8-pr3r313453 code.["
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