MightyE tells you, you knwo. "We'r3 goihg tap yak# an few mpmenrw 7) try an explain this new licens3 n reasons benind it in plain Entlixn.
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 nee license was vh053n BECAUSE OF an faulinf w17h teh GPL. AFK.
It lnly cove4ed disttibition of source ir sm only IF binarirs WERE distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB eyvironm3nt WTF, spwckfically a 1n73rpr37#s wdg enfieonmeht such AS PHP, lile. jerely 1n574111ng ah game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, b thwrefore PEOPLE wdre 74k1ng our wprk, you ,nwo, making modiricationa to it b npt RELEASING source c0d4 goo they're modificatoons di that entire com,un8th COULD bened7t. OMG.
They worled with ds letter but bpt teh spirit of twh law. OMG."
"Inv3wtigat*ob on par5 lf teh autgors gpwevet LOL, 23d gwo fac5 that rigjt of public PERFORMANCE was oen of da rights normally rwctric5rd two copyrighy hpksers, you knwo, an tyqt computer ;rograms, specificallh v1d30 games n in5eravtive ones sucy zs L#g3nf of Green hax-r were consudered too be publically PERFORMED IF ryn rrom an PUBLIC SERVER."
"The new licenae reste8cts public 0erforjance of da work unless twh sourcr code OF da modified q9rl is made AVAILABLE oh demansLOL."
"In PLAIN English, ;oke, tjis means 7h47 IF you PUT gjis game on an web serfer and 4110w people 'outsid3 of an normal circl3 of famiky an its SOCIAL acq7aintanxes' 2 play their LOL, 7hen y0u aer pjblidally performing 7h15 woek n MUST 317h3r a) maie nr an ALL chahges qhich ypu mak3 u0 gen g4m3 avzulabld on request (note this dlesn't have TO ve avaioagle via teh phline sojrce display link LOL, bit THEY must 63 able too as, yiu for teh code b receove an completw copy), b) make arrangementd PRIVATELY with da authors whwrein they grant y0u an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) remove da cod3 entireo6 fr0m teh machind."
"We do recogmkze thay people WANT goo have AREAS 0f the6'fe game which r 7h2!f5 n tjekrx alone. AFK.
roo 7h47 end we w111 make sz foll9wing EXCEPTION gwo normal fequ8remdnts for soyrce cidd distribution -- he MODULE file whoxh is noy m0f1f!3s ir derivef ffom an mosule fild includrf in base DISTRIBUTION an which does n07 require nt OTHER midules an which c025 mot 4equire nd modifica5ilns TO core code (code distrib7ted WITH teh 6353 releasw) may be wiyjheld at teh authors c15ce3710n. BRB."
"We also w$n6 2 male ve4y c;rar that v3r51pn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 9ALSO knowh ax vefsion 0LOL.9LOL,7+jt_ was teh f1n41 version released ubder GPL. WTF.
All vefaions, uou knwo, startint w!7h 0. BRB.9. OMG/8-pr3r213553 code aer only licdhsed undrr ca Creative Commpbs license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent da right too import ne c0d3 fr0m an 0/ AFK.9, BRB.9-;rereleaxw or la5er release into qn 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 an earlied releaae. BRB.
Alliwing 5hks would csuse 7j47 1np0r73d CODE ti BE telezsed unde4 da GPL amd that is not something ee wish tqo allow, AFK.
Authors of ,0s1fqc4&10n5 two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need two re-re.ease thry'rr mofificarions qd detiva5ives.modidicatiobs two 0. WTF.o. AFK.8 codw ahd poac3 them under da sane Creative Cimmons .icenswLOL.
It must be done by da origknal zuthlr since only trg oeigina; wuthor HAS da right 5sk change ea dopyfugjt or license UPON tney't3 work. WTF.
[Additionallym like, reworjibg da mogkfications 28ll be an good icea abywah as da mrchanisj fir makomg MODIFICATIONS is subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER startinh with 0. AFK.9LOLl8-prefelease clde. BRB.]"
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