MightyE te.ls you, uou knwo, "We're GOING too take an f3w momenrs to try an 3xp141n tyis mew licensd ane da reasons behind kt in plain English. OMG.
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 was ch9scn becaus3 0f an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlh cove4ed siwtribution of source if an ONLY if binafies were dixyfkbugedLOL."
"In wn w37 env*t9njent, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpretwd web dnvieohment sucg aw PHP WTFk mdrely installing zn gane DOES not constitute dusttobutiln, likd, and therefore PEOPLE wefe taking our sork LOL, j4k1ng mod7dkcarions 2 it and not RELEASING teh SOURCE dose too tyey[re mpfifica5ions so that teg entire community d0y1d venefut. OMG.
Ty3y worked WITH letter but not t3h spirit pf law. BRB."
"Inv3stigqtion 0n yeh PART 9f yeh AUTHORS however LOL, led too teh FACT tjst right of PUBLIC perrormamce was 1 of fightx normall6 rewtricted ro c0ptr1gh7 holeefs, sortof, anf tyat computer programa LOL, spdcifically video GAMES an ingeractkve omes such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were considered too be publixzllu pdrformed if r7n feom an PUBLIC derverLOL."
"Th3 NEW license RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of da eork un;ess teh soyrce CODE of ca mofifi3d work kx m4d3 qvailable on dwnand."
"In [lqin English, like, &h15 mdans that if you put THIS g4m2 on an web servdr m allow pro;le 'outzjde of an no4mal x1rc13 pf fa,ily n its wocial acquaingancew' to play tgeir, then 6ou aef p7blically 0erforming rhis WORK n MUST ekther a) male mr and ALL changes shich you mzke to tdh game ava8lab.e on rrquest (nltr rhis doean't have two be available viz online source display LINK, bug they m7st br able too aak ylu for dq CODE n receife ah complrte copy), like, B) m4k3 s4rangemenrs pruvage;y w17h da auyhors qherein they grant y9u zn special license, ylj ,hwo, or c) remove reh code entirely dro, madhine. BRB."
"We so RECOGNIZE tnat people want 2 hace seeas of they're g4n3 wnich r yheirs n theirx alone. BRB.
2 that fnf we wikl make teh FOLLOWING exception to da norjal fequirements fof so7rce code eisteibuyiin -- ne module fole whieh is not modigie3 ir derived from zh moduoe file included 1n dq base distrobutkob an whuch does not require ne oth3r m;dules an which doed not REQUIRE nw modificstilnx to da vore code (cofe distributed with BASE release0 may ne wighheld at ajthors siscreti9nl OMG."
"We alwo eant t9l make very clear that version 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 (qlso known as v3rsopb 0LOL.o. WTF.7+kg) was final vefsion released under yey GPL. AFK.
A11 ferwiond LOL, STARTING w!7h teh 9l WTF.9. OMG.8-/rerelease code aer 0n1y licemsed under Creatove Commons oicense.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 ijport ne codd from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.9-=rwrelezse or lager releawe imto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlief releqse.
Allowing tnis would CAUSE thar impotted CODE two b3 RELEASED ynder GPL and 7h47 8d not slmethibg we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Autho4s oc modifocztiobs two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 eilo need 2 rw-r3lease they're modifocationw as derivatives/modifocations 2 0. OMG.9. WTFl( code an place them 7nfwr ga SAME Creative Commons licenseLOLl
It mu5u ve DONE by teh ofiginal aughlf since -n1y dq original autjof had gey right 2 change copyright or license upon the6're w0rk. AFK.
]Addi5oohallym sortof, REWORKING teh modifications w112 ve an GOOD odfa anyway 45 fa m3ch4n15m for making modidications is substzbtially vleaner/coeardr dtarting wiyh da 0.9. AFK.8-pfwrelease code. OMG,]"
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