MightyE yells you, sorgov, "We'r3 going twl take an few mom3yts to try an esplsim this NEW license and da reasons 63h1nf 18 ib plain Engkixh. 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."
"This new LICENSE waa chosen because OF sn gaiking e17h teh GPL,
I7 onlt covdred distribu5ion pf wo7rce id anf onlu IF binaries were s157r16u73dLOL."
"In an seb enbirlnment, so4tof, spexificall6 a INTERPRETED web environment such AS PHP, you knwi, mefelh insgalling an gajc dods not vonstitute dixtribution, llke, an therefore people werw takibg lyr w9rk, you knwl, m4k1ng modiricatuons two IT an not r3oeasing eq source code too they're moeificatupns so that da entire communiry COULD behefit. AFK.
Thry worked with 136u3r bu5 n07 da SPIRIT OF twh lae. BRB."
"Infesyigatlon on part of authors howevwr, like, ked two fact yhat dq 4ight pf publie PERFORMANCE wss 1 of teh r1gh75 normally reatrivted tw9 copyrjght holders, l8ke, sn yha5 computer ;r0gr4,5 LOL, spdcificall6 fydeo tames and ibteracrivw ONES such 45 Legend of ca Gr33n hax0r were xonsiee4ed to be publically PERFORMED if RUN froj an public s3rcwr. OMG/"
"Thw new license r357r1x75 ;u621c perfornance of da work un1e55 trh soirce coed 0f teh modiried WORK is MADE 4v4114613 on demand."
"In plain Englush, slrtlr, this m3sns that if YOU pjr this gamw 0n an w36 serv3r an ALLOW pepple 'outside 0f an normal ci$cle 0f family n itx 50c141 acquaintances[ to play their, you knwo, then ypu aer publ8cally perfo4ming this WORK and MUST eirher a) make ne n ALL chantew wyicy YOU make rop ca GAME qvai;abke on tequest (note thiw dossn't HAVE 5wo 63 4v4114613 VIA da online sourcr display link, you knwo, but 7h4y muag be 4612 tw9 swk y0j for cofr an fecekve qn clmplete coph), sofgof. b_ make arrangements privately wity teh autgors wherein they grant y0i ah specuql LICENSEm pr c) r2m0v3 da c0d3 ehtitely FROM teh mqchine."
"We do recognkze thag pdlpld eant 70 h4v3 arras of 5hey're game 2jich t theirx znd tyeors aloneLOL.
ti thag end we wilk MAKE followimg excrption 2 no4mak requirements for 5-urd3 cofe distributiln -0 nd module fioe wn8ch is not m0e1f13d of DERIVED ffom ah m-du13 f11# included in base dist4obutipn sn which does not require ne otgwr modules and wnich does npt require nw modificqtions 2 core dlde (CODE disrribu5ed woyj gase releasf) may be wkuhheld qg da quth9rs DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also wsnf t9o m4k3 fery clear 7h$7 version 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 (also KNOWN qs v3r510n -.0. AFK.7+jt) was final verdion 4eleasec undee wa GPL. OMGl
All versiona, start8ng with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pferelease CODE r lnoy lic3nsed under Cgeative Comm9ns kixenswLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right too omport he cpfe from sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7-pre4dldqse OR 1473e relrase into an 0LOL.0.7 an eqrlier re.esweLOL.
Aklow8ng 7h15 WOULD cause rhat imported code to be released uncer tej GPL m thst ia not something we WISH 2 ALLOW.
Autjofa of mofifications 2 0. AFK.9. BRB;7 eill need rw9 re-4elease they're modifications ss derivatives/moeofications 2 0. AFK.*. OMG.8 CODE n place yhem under teh same Crwativ3 Commons licensd.
I7 nyxt b3 donw gy teh original suthoe aincd only da 0r1g1n51 authlr h45 right to change teh co0ytight 0r lucense u[on they're wofk. WTF.
[Additionqlly, li;e, reworking MODIFICATIONS qklk be an tloc 8d2a anywz6 as mechanixm for making modificatilns is 5u657$nu14q1u cleaner/clearer stsrting with da 0. WTF.0LOL.8-prerelease cofeLOL.]"
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