MigytyE telkx hoj, sortog, "We're hoing to9 64,2 an FEW moments 2 try n explain thia nee license a,d reasons behind it in plain Englisg. OMG.
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 xh053n 63c3u53 9f an fail8ng wity GPL, BRB.
It pnly covered d157r16u610n or sojrce if anc 9nly 8f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envirihment LOL, speduficall6 a INTERPRETED w36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, lik#, merelu inxtalling an game doea not CONSTITUTE distributiom, soryof, and 7h3r3g0r4 peopld we4e raking ojr work LOLk ,aking modifucstions two kt an NOT ewlezsing da SOURCE code 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 50 that 3bture community c0u1f brnefit.
Th3y worked with teh letree but NOT spirit of 14w. BRB."
"Invest8gation on twh part og ten authors HOWEVER, led to fact that 4ight od pubkic performamce WAS oen of rights normzlly restricted to c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS LOL, m that compute4 programs LOL, d[edificallh vid3p games an intdractive ones such as Legend of Green hax0r 2dre consudered two be 0ublically o3rf0rm2d IF rum FROM an public servwr,"
"Th3 hew license restficts publis prrfirmance of da work UNLESS SOURCE cide of m0d2f13d WORK is madw availabl4 )n DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Enhlixg LOL, this mesns that IF uou pu7 this game on an web SERVER n allow [30p13 'OUTSIDE of an norma. dieclq of family n itx social acayaihtanvrs' too PLAY their WTF, 5y3n you r PUBLICALLY ;errormung ghis wlrk ab MUST eitger a) make nw n ALL chsnges wgich you make 70 teh game availanke on r3qu357 (note yhix doesn't havf two be availabld via da 0n11n2 dlurce display link, sortof, vut THEY musg BE able two ask uou f9t da code n recekve an cp,plet3 cl[y), b) make ARRANGEMENTS pricagely eigh teh auth9rs wherein THEY gr4n5 you an 5p3c141 l8c3nse, sortof, lr C) remof3 teh cide ENTIRELY fr9m machune. OMG."
"W3 d0 revognize 7h47 peopld wany 2 hafe areas of thry're game WHICH aer theirs n theirs allme.
too ghat end ww wi;l mak3 FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n two teh normal requiremdntd fof source dode DISTRIBUTION _= be modu.e f1q3 WHICH IS nit MODIFIED or eerivwd fr0j am jofule file included in t3h BASE distriburion and which doea not require nd other modu.es an which d035 nlt requ8re ne mpdificatikns to teh core code (code d157r16j73d with ea vas3 rwlease) may be w17hh31d at authord fisceetion. OMG."
"Ww also wsnt to make vef6 cldag 5hat version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (a;ao knowb as fersiob 0. BRB.9. BRB,7+jt) qas yeh final ve4siom releaaed under ds GPLl BRB.
All versi9ns, you knwl, STARTING e17h 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere.eaae cod3 aer inly LICENSED undet da Creative Comm0ns lidense. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght tqo IMPORT ne cofe fr0m an 0. WTF.0LOL,8--rerelease lr later release in5o sn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this w0u1d cause that implrt#d CODE 2 be releaaev UNDER yeh GPL zn THAT !5 not 50j37h1ng we wosh to ALLOW. AFK.
Autgors of modifications tol 0.9. OMG.& w112 nwes two rw[releas3 they're modifications as der8vativea/modigications 60 )l AFK,9LOL.8 code n place them under same CREATIVE C9mmons license/ AFK.
It MUST bd d0n3 by teh original zythof 52nc3 only origina. qutjor has rugnt 2 chang# da COPYRIGHT or licemse up0n they're WORK. WTF.
[Additionall6, you knwo. REWORKING sa mosificztions wi.l be an fo9d idea anyway AS ca mwchanism for making modificati9ns is sjnstantusoly cleaner/clearer starting 2ith twh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease cude. WTF.]"
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