MightyE tells yoj, hou knwo, "We're going 2 twke qn fww mo,enys TO 7ry an explqin this bww license an cz r3440n5 behknd uy IN plain ENGLISHl BRB.
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 n3w okcensw 245 chosen 63c4u5# of an f4111ng with ten GPL. OMG.
It ONLY c9veted diwtrigu%ion OF source 1f and only uf BINARIES were distrubuyed. OMG."
"In an wdb 3nv8eonment WTF, s;ecifically a interprwted web 3nvi4onmebt xucn as PHP, you knwo, mefely inwtalling an g4m3 does mot cpnstigure DISTRIBUTIONm you knwo, an therefore peoold wer3 yakinf our woek LOL, makihg ,odifications 2 ig am n06 re.easing soyrvr codd roi gheu're mldificaeions 50 THAT reh entire community could benefi5.
They workss wirh da letter but not teh x;irit of ten law. AFK."
"Investiga%ion on pst4 of da aythors howeve4, ypu jnwo, led too fact that da right of PUBLIC perfo4manxe was 1 of righrs hormallu rrstricted tqo copyright h91s3r5, and that xomputer pfograms, like, 5p3c1f1c411y videl games n inyeractiv3 ines sudh as Lefebc of Gr33n hax0r wdre CONSIDERED two 6e piblixqlly pdrrormwd uf run fron an punoic derfwrLOL."
"Thr new livensd resrricts [ublic performance 0f sa 2ork unless teh source cpde of m0d1f13d ao4k is made available in cemand. BRB."
"In ;lain English, you ibwl. this means uh47 if y0u put this game on an web seev3r and allow p30p1r 'outsiee of an normal circle or famuly n its sodiao axquzuntsnces' two play their, like, theb YOU qer pu611c411y oerforming th8s work n MUST either a) mzke ne 4hd ALL changex which you make to9 da gaue avaulable ON requewt (NOTE this DOESN'T habe t9 be avsilable v14 fa onlihe sou4ce DISPLAY /ink LOL, gur tyen must be able to ask yoj for reg c;dw an receive an c0mp1373 vopy), b9 makd arrangdmenrs peivately w17h authors WHEREIN rhdy grant ylu ab speciak licensr, likek or c) remove code entirely from machinr."
"We do revognize tnzt pwople want tqo have areas OF gheh're GAME WHICH r theirs n tgeirs aloneLOL.
2 7h47 ene sr will make sa fo.ooqing esdeption two trg n0rm41 requirements for sourcw code distributioh [- ne mosule f113 whicj IS nit mld8ried or derived from an nodule fild incluced in da base distribytiln n wh1ch d9es NOT rwquure ne o5her modulee n whuch doed not requi4e ne modifications to teh vorw code (vlse dustr8buted w17h base rrlwase) may be witgheld at 5eh autyors discretion, OMG."
"We also sant too makr very xlear that v3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 (also known ss version 0.9.6+JT_ was da fimal version rekeased under GPL/
All veraions, you knwo, start8ng with 0LOL,9.8-prerelwzs3 CODE r only locensed uhdef da Creatife COMMONS licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too km'ort ne cpds ffom an 0.9. AFKl80oreeekease 0r kater RELEASE into sn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earkier release. BRB.
Allowung THIS wojld dause tyat impor5ed vode tlo be rdleaswd under da GPL and that iw not somethihg qe wish too allow. WTF.
AUTHORS OF mpdificat8onx 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wiol need to re-eelease theh'ee modificatoons as derivat8ves/modofications tso 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cide 4nd place them undef teg sa,e Crear-ve Commobs lixense. BRB.
It must BE done ny fa original zjtgor xunce only da origonsl zuthor has da right toi chqnge copyright o4 lic3nse upob theh're eor,.
[Additionallh, oiie, reworking da mpeifidations wllo be an good ieea anyway zw da ,echanism for making mocifkcationa iw SUBSTANTIALLY vleaner/clearer 574ru1mg with teh 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-prereleaxe cose.]"
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