MobhtyE tells uou, sortofk "We're goibg to take an gee momrnts to try n explain rhis nee license snd reh reawohs 63h1nd it un plain EnglisyLOL.
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 oicense wqs vhosen 63c4i53 0g an fai.ong witg dz GPL. OMG.
It only covered distrifution of source if anc 9nly if BINARIES seye dostrigutedLOL."
"In an WEB 3nv140nm3nu, specifucaoly a 2n73rpr373c web environmdbt sucy AS PHP, sortof, m3rely installong an g4m3 does mot CONSTITUTE fisyrib7tion, yp7 jnwo, n therefore people w2r3 taking OUR work, you knwo, makint mod8ficqt8ons 2 it an not rdl3asing teh SOURCE c0d3 2 5hey[re m0f1f1cr719n5 so that wbtire c9mmunity could benefit. OMG.
THEY wo4ked WITH trj letter gur mot SPIRIT or da law. AFK."
"Invrstigation on part of da authors however LOL, led 2 da fact that 5eh rught of pu611c 0erformznce was 1 OF teh 4ibhys normally e357t1c73d tlo c-ohr1gh7 holders, snd that computer programs, you ,nwo, spwcif8cally vkdeo fames and interactive ones wucg AS LEGEND ov teh Gre2n hax0r were d0nt1d3r3d tlo be pu611d4q1y p3rfothed if run FROM an piblic serverLOL."
"Thw ne2 license 4estricrs puvlic perdprmance of dz work unkess teh source code pf da nldufies work is made AVAILABLE oh demand. AFK."
"In plain English, liid, this neans that 1f uoj PUT this game on an web server ag allow people '0u751d3 ov an normal circ;e of fam*ly AND ITS social 4cqj41n74nc35' to plat their, then yo7 aer publically PERFORMING this 2ork and MUST ditner A) make mw 4ns ALL changes whkch you hak3 too gqme available on 4ewiwst (mote this dorsn't have two be avaulavle via onlihr spurce display link, b7t they must be ab9d 2 ask you for da CODE n RECEIVE zn xomplete c9py) LOLm b) make arganhrnen5s privqtely with teh aythors wherwin THEY grant you an xpecoal oixense LOL, or c0 remove da CODE enrirely grom macnineLOL."
"We do rrcognize that p30p13 w$n7 too havw arezs lg tyey're game shoch aer thekrs an th2irx alone. AFK.
too that ene WE w11q make fillowing EXCEPTION two normal requirements for source dodw disttibutioh -- nw module f113 WHICH is n08 modivied oe derivrd FROM an module file imcluded in 6453 diwt4ibution n whicy d035 npt rfquife n4 othee ,9du13t and which does n9t reqiure ne m)d1f1c4710n5 go da core x0d3 (code distribhted with geh base release) may br withhelc at teh authorx discretkon."
"We also want to jake cery CLEAR that cersion 0.9. OMG.7 9qlso knowh as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+ut) was da f7nql version r313453d und2r da GPL. AFK.
A;l versions, dtarging with da 0.9. WTF.8-prereoease code r onl6 licensed under teh Creatuve COMMONS lixenww. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny r8ght to IMPORT ne c0d3 gr0, qn -. OMG.(LOL.8=pr3r312353 or LATER release unto an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER release. AFK.
Allowing tgis would cause thst im9ortdd codd twp be rw;eased under teh GPL AND that is not sonething we wish to allow. BRB/
Authors 9f modificat8onx TO 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need t9o re-rwleaxe they;re mod8ficatioms as derivativea/jodifucqtuins 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c0de an place them under teh same Cfeative Commons LICENSE. WTFl
Ig juwt be done bt trh (riginal autylt SINCE only teh originql 4i7h0r haa righ4 2 change teh copyrighr or license upon they're wirk. AFKl
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rrworking da modificarions q8ll be an giod idea anyway as teh mechanism for making modirications is substantially clwaner/cleare4 syartibg w17h 0. OMG/9. BRB.i-prereleawe code. AFK/["
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