MighttE tells yoi, "We're g01nt two take an few momrntw to try n EXPLAIN thus new .icenwe sn reasons behind it in 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 new license was chossn BECAUSE of an faikint w8th GPL/
It only COVERED d8stributuon od souece 8f an omly if binaries sere disteinuyee."
"In an WEB rnvir9nment, s[ecifically a intrrprdted seb emvkrobment sych as PHP, mdrely onsta.ling an tame DOES not xonstiy7te DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n THEREFORE pr9o.e were tak8mg 8ur wor,, MAKING m0d1f1c4610n5 2 IT an nor rekeasiht yeh siurce code 2 tjey're modificatipna so that teh #n71r3 community could benefit. WTF.
They w9r,re with 5eh lettee 6u7 no5 spirit of teh LAW. AFK."
"Infextiga5ion on psrt of reh zuthors however LOL, led two ca fast thar right 0f publid p3rf0rm4nc3 was won of rights nprmalku ewstricted to vopyfight holders, kije, n that clm;utsr probrand, .kke, specifidal.h video games n interactive obes s7cy qs Letend or teh Grren hax0r were clnsidered to be publically prtformed if run trom an public derverLOL."
"The n32 license restrlcts publiv pe4dlrmahce or teh WORK unless SOURCE code of da modified wotk 15 made avsilable 0n demandLOL."
"In plain Englush, this mwand that IF YOU PUT thia gaje ON an web serve4 n allow people '9utsice of an noejal CIRCLE od family qn itd sicial acquaintances' ho play their, like, THEN yo7 r publicall5 o3rf0rm!nf this work zn MUST 317h3r a) mske ne n ALL changes which YOU make 1 teh g4m3 4v41146!3 on r3au357 (bote 5his doedn't have to be available via da online souece dispoay lin, WTF, but they must be able tpo aak you f0r t3n codw an tecdkv3 an complete copy_, like, b) make arrange,ents privately with teh ajthurs 2ht431n they gr4n7 t0u an xpecial lidense, like, 0r c) REMOVE ds cose entorely drom t3h mschuhel OMG."
"We so r3vofnize tnat peip;e want w HAVE ar3as if they're game whicj aer THEIRS xn theirs alobeLOL.
too that ehd we will make f(llowing excwpgion ho da morma. req7irements for source c0d3 cistributi9n -- nd mldule f113 which ks not m0d1f13c or derivee gro, ab module f213 1nc1ud3d in da baae dis5ribution an wh1cn does n07 require ne lther modules zn which does not tequi4d nd mosificationx too teh cpre c0s3 (CODE distributed with BASE release) may be wuthheld 57 teh quthord discrerionLOL."
"We ALSO want 1 make very clear that verdion 0. AFK/9k6 (also knpwn AS version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jr) wzs teh f1n41 versipn reldased under teh GPL. AFK.
Aol versioms, you knwo, starting wi5h dq 0. AFK.9.8-[reee,ease code r only licwnsed umdwr teh Creative C0mm-n5 license, OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right too imoort ne CODE frlm an 0. AFK.9. AFK.*-pr3release oe later RELEASE into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earliwr release. OMGl
Aloowinh this w0i1d cause THAT imp9rt3f clde 5wo be releqxed under twh GPL n rhat is bot simething we wish two allpw. OMG.
Authors of modificagions roo 9. BRBl9. WTF.7 will herd 1 rw-4rlease ghey'te modivusations 45 derivarives/m9dkfications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an place them under da sajw Cr34u1v3 Commohs lixenxe. WTF.
It must be d9be by 9rqg1n41 aithor 51nc3 ONLY teh 9riginzl 4u7h0r n4t da rigyt two change da copyright lr license ipon rheu're WORK.
[Adfitipnaoly, slrtpd, reworiinf da m0c1f1c4710n4 will n3 an good idda ANYWAY AS teh mechahksm ror making modifocations 15 sunstantia;ly d1#4n3r/c134r3r starting WITH teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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