MihyyyE tells you, "Ww;re GOING yo tqke sn gew nomdnts to9 try h ecplain 7h15 new license and teh reasobs b3hind it kn PLAIN Engliwh. WTF.
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 CHOSEN becauww of an railing with GPLLOLl
It only covweed distribjyoon of so7rce id h ONLY if binaei3s w3r3 distributed. AFK."
"In an qrb environmenr LOL/ SPECIFICALLY a inrerpreted web wnbironment such as PHP WTF, meeely insyalling qn gamr cies n07 constitute distribution, sortof, n THEREFORE p30p13 were TAKING iut wo4k, sortof, maiing modoficatipnx 2 it n b07 rel3asinf da sou$ce vode 2 tnry'te modificat8ons wo that teh ENTIRE community cluld genefiy. BRB.
They WORKED w17h teh ketter BUT npt teh spktur 0f teh law. BRB."
"Invrstugation on teh pz4t 0f AUTHORS however, sprtof, 13d gpo teh fact THAT teg right pf public pe4formance was eoh of rights nlrmallt r357r1c74d too copyright g9lders, sn yhay computer programs, sorgof, specificqlly videl gsmes an interaxtive ones 5ucj zs Legene of da Greeb hax0e WERE cobsiderwd too bw publiczl;y performed if run from an public server."
"The new license 4dxtficts publ8c peegormance of da work unless teh source code 0f MODIFIED WORK is made AVAILABLE ob d3m4ndLOLl"
"In plain English, sor5of, this meanc thay of you pu7 this game pb an web server an a.low peop.e 'outskde og an n0em41 circle of fakily an itw 50c141 acquaihtancex' twi p13y yyeir, yoi knwo, then YOU r [u611c411y performinh tjis work $nd MUST eiyher a) make ne qn ALL changes which y9u jake 2 tey game AVAILABLE in request (nite this d035n'7 hqve too be 4v411461e via tey inlohe 50jrv3 display .in,, loke, vut THEY myst be able 3 ask you for ca code and r3c32v3 an complete c9py), b) make arrantementa pr1v4731t w17h 4u&j9r5 wherein they gran5 you an SPECIAL ;ucense LOL, or c) removw da c-d3 3ntirely from da MACHINE."
"We do fecogn8zr that PEOPLE wabt tp yave areas of they're gane wyich aer THEIRS ane thwirs ALONE. OMG/
two that end wr will makw teh following rxcwpti9n to ds notmal requir2menrs for soyrce c0d3 d15&r1577q-n -- n3 moduke file ehixh is NOT modified ir DERIVED from an MODULE file included in da bqse dix5ribytion ahd which eoes n9t require ne other moeu;es n qhuch does n;t require ne modifucatiins 2 teh core CODE (code didtrigjted with da 6453 RELEASE) m4y be withh3ld 47 teh authors d15cr371pn. BRB."
"We also w4n7 to make very CLEAR rnat verxiin 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also kmlwn as v3r510m 0. AFK,9. BRB.7+j5) was teh funal versiin released undrf GPL/
All versioms, y9u kneo, sta3ting WITH 0. OMG.o. AFK/8-prerelease code afr only licebsed under da Creativr Commins lkcehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right tlo import ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prwrelease oe !473r rrldzse into an 0.9. OMG.7 and earlie4 release. AFK.
Allowihg this would cause ghat imporred code 2 be r3pdasdd undet da GPL an 7h4u is not something we wish 2 qllow.
Authors pf mosificationx 2 0LOLl9LOL.6 will nerd 2 re-release thwh're m0d1f1c4710n5 as defivatives/mocificatioms tpo ). AFK.9.8 codr an olace them UNDER da same Creztive Comjons livdnse. AFK.
It mus6 be done by da 9riginal 4u7h0r skncw 0n1y da orig8nal author h45 teh figjt to cnante t3h co;yright kr licenae upon thehpre wirk. BRB.
[Addi5ioma;ly. reworlong da mod8ficqtions will be an GOOD odez anyway as da MECHANISM for m$k1ng modificagions 15 substantial;h cleaner/clea$3r startinb with teh -LOL.9. AFKl8-prerrl3ase vode. BRB.\"
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