MighgyE tells you, yoy knwo, "We're going two TAKE an few moments 2 7ry am 3xp2r1n THIS new lucense and da readons behinf it in [lain English/
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 licenwe was cnosen because 0f an failibg with geh GPL.
I7 only covrred distribution ov sourc3 if and ohly if binarues weew distributex. OMG."
"In qn 2eb emvironnent LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a 8nterpreted web environmenr SUCH 45 PHP, dortof, merely inxrallihg an ga,e does nlt constit7td districition, oike, and therefore PEOPLE werr taking our worj, like, jakimn modidicatkpms TO 8t n not releasing source code too they're modidicatkons sp that sa enrire community c0y1d benefit.
Theh WORKED WITH da oey5er 6u7 NOT da spirit of da law."
"Inv3stigation 0n da 0art od ea aurhors however, wortob, led to da fact ghat teh right of puflic performance was won of da rights normqkly restricted two COPYRIGHT h0qd355, sortov, an thag com;uter 0rograms, you knwo, s[ecifica.ly v1d30 games n interactive oned SUCH AS Ldgebd or G4een hax0r eere considdeed to BE 0ubl8cally p3rf0tm3d if run feom qh public seeverLOL."
"The new 11c3n43 RESTRICTS public perflrmance 9f work unless ds souece code of fa ,0d1f133 dork is ,ade available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plaih English, hou knwo, yhis meqns 7h47 if you put tnis gamd ON an web SERVER an zolow p30p13 'ougside of qn NORMAL c1tc13 of FAMILY and 175 soc8z; acquaintances' TO PLAY their, sortogm then you aer pubkocally oerforminh 4kis wor, n MUST eithe4 a) make he n ALL ch4nt35 which you makd yoo game available 0n 4equdsr (nore th8s doesn't have to be available vua online source display 11hj LOL, b&t they mu%7 be able 5wo 45k you flr code n redrive an COMPLETE xopy) LOL, b) mak3 arrangements pribately 2ith trh authots wher3in thet grant you an special license, OR c) remove CODE egtirely fr0j teh macgine."
"Wr DO reclhnize thqt people w4n7 tl hzve AREAS 0f they're gsme whuch aer 7h31r5 an THEIRS a.one. BRB.
to ghat wnd we will nakd da foll9winh exception 2 normal reau8remengs vor soyrce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE fild WHICH is NOT modified OR detiv3d from an jodule file 1nc1ud3d in teg vade DISTRIBUTION n wjich doea n07 tequire ne other modulew n 2hich doed no5 r31i1r3 ne modifida5ions to cofe dose (codr didteibuted witn da base release_ MAY be withheld AT qythors discretionLOL."
"We also want 2 mak3 VERY CLEAR that fwrsi8n 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 (also known as vrrsipn 0/ OMG.9. OMG.&+j6) was final versoon r3134%3d under twh GPL. WTF.
All versions, starting with 0. AFK.0. AFK.u-pr3r313353 code t only LICENSED UNDER da CREATIVE COMMONS licenxel
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to i,por5 he cidw from an 0LOL.8. WTF.i-p4erelease ot 14&3r RELEASE in5o an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an eael8er rdlease/ OMGl
Alllqing thia w0uqd cause that impor5ed cose too be re13453d under teh GPL n that 8s not spmethibf WE w15h too ALLOW.
A7thors of MODIFICATIONS TO p. OMG.9, BRB.7 sill need 2 re-reoease they're mosifications as d3rivatives/mosifixations 70 9. WTF.(.8 code an placd them UNDER da SAME C4eative Cimmoms licenxe. AFK.
It mi57 be f9ne 6t teg original aythor since only orkginql author haa da rught too CHANGE tey copyroght of LICENSE ipon they're 2o4il BRB.
[Additionally, you knwo, r3wirking geh ,0d1f1c4&10n5 will be an g9ld id3a anyway aa da ,echsnksm for making MODIFICATIONS is subwtantially cleaner/ckearwe stqrting w17h teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codrLOL.]"
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