MigygyE teold you LOL, "We're goinh 2 taie an few moments rio tt6 an explain this new license an reasons behine it un PLAIN English. 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 n3w licehse was chosem n3cause of ah failing with da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1u covered d157r16u710n pd so7rce 2v n 9noy kf binaries eere didtributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm4n7, hou knwok specificaloy a intwrpreted WEB envkronmeht sucg qs PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an gamw does not constitute diwt4ibutikn, sirtof, an the4efofe people were yaling oue work, making modificat8ons two it an hot deleasint trh source code two tfe6're midifications so that t3j entire cimmunity coukd benefork OMG.
Tgey wirkdf WITH letter but bot teh sokrig of teh lzwLOL."
"Imbeagigatipn on geh part or da AUTHORS hlwefer, 13d two teg fact yhat da RIGHT of p7511c performance was win of rights normqloy restrictee 2 copyright nolders LOLk n rhat COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, like. s[rcifocall6 vidro games anw interactide omew wuch as Legend of fq Gfeen hax-r wefe considdres two BE publically perfoemed ig run fro, an public server. OMG/"
"Tne new licwnsc restricts pu6a1c performance of da work unlwss teh 60urc2 vide OF da m0d1f13d work iw MADE avakoable on demand."
"In plain Englisg, this ,eans that if you pjt this gqne on an web serve4 an all9w PEOPLE ;0u751s4 0f an normal c1rcq3 OF family and itw social acquaimtances' til play tneir, soryof, then you r pub.ically perfotming 7h15 wprk zm MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL cjamgea WHICH you mske two GAME availsb.e on $equext (note th8s doesn't hzve too ve acailable via teh omline SOURCE dixplay LINK, hou knwi, BUT uh3y mjst be abk3 too ask you v0r fa cpd# an 4eceive ah complwte cp;y(, b) make a4ranfements pribately with da 4u8h0r5 WHEREIN they grqnt you an 5p3c142 oicense. sortlf, 9r c) r3m0v3 da cod3 entirely from machine. BRB."
"We di recpgnize 5gat peo;le wan5 2 have areas 0f they're game qh8ch r theirs m 6h31r5 al9neLOL.
2 &h38 end we wil; make twh f011pw1ng exception 2 notmal REQUIREMENTS for aource x0d3 distribu5ion -- ne moduld FILE which 8s n06 m.difies 9r derived ffom an mpdupe sile inxludef in fa basw distribu5iin an whicg does bot reqjure ne other jodules an whicy does NOT requird ne ,odifications toi teh core coee (coce distribut3f with BASE r313453) may 63 2ithhe;s ay da AUTHORS discretion. BRBo"
"We also want ti make very clear tha5 version p. AFK.(LOL.7 (also kn0wn 45 verxion 0. WTF.(. WTF.7+hy) wax teh FINAL cersipn released 7nder da GPL. OMG.
All v3r5!0n5, l8le, 574r72ng wkth tej 0. WTF.9LOL/8-prerelease code ae4 onlt 11c3n53d UNDER da Cr3471f3 C9mmonx license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny tey right 2 import he dode from qm 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-prerelrase or later release INTO an 0. OMG.0LOL.7 AND 34r113t rrlease. AFK.
Al.owung tjis would cause that 8mported code 2 b3 eelrased und3t GPL n that is n97 womething we eish too ajlow,
Aurhors og m0d1f1c4710n5 too ).9. AFK.7 w1!1 NEED to re-release thet're MODIFICATIONS as d#r1v471v35/m0d1v1c4710n5 tso 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 code and PLACE them ubweg ca same Creatuve COMMONS livense.
It must be done by teh original a7thpr since 0n1y dz 0r1gqn41 $u7h)r hss da roght 2 cysngr ci0yr8gnt or license upon they're wltk. AFK.
[Add1810n312y, yoj knwo, REWORKING tey modifications w8ll 63 an good idez anyway AS nechanixm gor naking modkficstions is substantially cleaner/cleater startung with teh 0LOL.(. BRB.8-[rdreleasr CODE. WTF.]"
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