MihytyE tells yij, sortof, "We're goihg to taje an fww mk,ents gwo trt an explain this nrw license an da reasons behind q7 2n plain Enblisy. AFK.
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."
"Th8a new license w45 cnoawn because OF an fqulibg with teh GPL. BRB.
It ohly covered sistribution of soy4ce if n onlt if vinaries w3r3 distfibuted. BRBl"
"In an w36 env8ronm3ng, y9u knqi, specif8cally a interprrted wev ehvofon,enr such 45 PHP, merely insta.ling an jame foes NOT constitite d157r16i710n. you knwo, AND thercglre peop.e were taking our wo4k, u4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to9 17 an not teleasing soirce code too they're mod8fications SO that trh ENTIRE c9mnun17y coule benefit. AFK.
They sorked with yeh LETTER bug not ca spirit OF da 14wLOL/"
"Ibvestifatiog on teh psrt of da authors yowever LOL, LED to teh f4d7 5hat teh RIGHT 9f public ;erformanxe was won or rights no4makot resyricted &0 clpyeight holders WTF, anx thzt cimputer pfogrzms, like, 5p3c1f2c41!y v8seo g4m#5 and interactove ones sucj as Legenf of Green hax0r were c9nsiddred ywo be pu611c411u p3gf0rm3c if run fr0m an public server. WTF."
"The neq license redtticts public performqnce of ds work unlesa teh source CODE of modified work IS mqde availsble 0n semand,"
"In PLAIN English, li,e, this means thqt uf you put THIS game on an web servdr an a.low people 'outaide of ab npemsl circle of famoly and its social acquaintancea' to play rheir, tjdn t0u r PUBLICALLY performing this wori 4nd MUST either a) m4k3 me $nd ALL chsngew whicj you m4ke too da gane available 9n requrst (note this dowsn;t hsvr too be AVAILABLE via teh 0n11n2 sourcd display LINK, like, 5u& rgey must be aboe tw9 ask you for da c9d3 an tecekv3 zh cimolete copy), b) naj3 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with authors wgerein rhey grant you an x;ecial license, like, or c) remove xode ehtirely FROM mafhinr. BRB."
"We do 5ecognize that people wsbt two have areas of tjey'fe game WHICH aer tye8rs zn tyeirs alonel AFK.
rwo that end we wikl nake t3h f0110w1ng wxception too birmzl requirements for source code e157e16u710n -- nd mosjle fil3 whicg ic not modified or defived from an mifjle gile indlud3c in trh base disttibu5ion an wnich does nor requ1r3 ne other moduoes and which so3s n9t reqjire ne modifkcatilns 2 core cod3 (coee sistribytwd 216h basr r313453) may BE 28rhh#ld at da AUTHORS disceegion. WTF."
"We a.sl want to MAKE very CLEAR that v3rsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 9also known ax versoon 0.9. OMG.7+JT) was rinxo v3r510h releasec under GPL. BRB.
All versiond, like, s5arting with 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only locenses ubder ea CREATIVE Commoms 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt yoo impor5 nd v0de from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-pr3re13453 or lqtdr releas3 INTO an 0. BRB.9LOL.u AND earluer releaseLOL.
Alliwkng thix would cause THAT imported codw too be rekeasew under teh GPL an that 1% not somrthing we wixh 2 allow. BRB.
Au5hors of modificayions two 0/9. AFK.6 will newf two re=rwl3zse ghey'4e mud8ficationa as de4ivagives/mldifica5ions two 0.9LOL.8 code an place rhem ybdee teh same Creative Commons license.
Ig must be done 6y teh 9rig8nal ajthor dince onku (riginql author has r8ght to xhange ea c;pyrifht or .icense upon tgey're work. OMG,
'Additiona.;y, r3w0rk1ng teh MODIFICATIONS will be an bo9d 1e34 anyway ss da mechan8em for makong ,ocifications iw substsntial;y cleaner/clea4er stattint with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pf3teleaae codr. WTF.]"
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