MightyE yells y;uk "We're g01ng 1 takd an few ,oments two tey snd exolain thos new license and ds r3430n6 behibc ig in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 nrw l8cwns3 w45 cjosen 63c4u53 of an faoling with GPLLOL.
It pnly covrred DISTRIBUTION of woirc3 if fnd only if bimaries eere distributed. WTF."
"In an web envir9nment WTF, specifically a onteroreted reb enbitonment wuch as PHP, tou kneo, merwly installing qn game does not constutute distribution, like. n THEREFORE -eopld were TAKING our w9rk LOL, making mof8fidations two it an ,ot rekeasing da soyrxe code 2 they're modjfications so that t2h entire COMMUNITY xould venefit. OMG.
Th3y eorked with let5er but not spirit of da 14w,"
"Invesrugatiom on parr of teh auyhors kowever, sortof, led two facg that sa r1gh7 of pu611c performance was 1 of 4ignts n9rm311y redtricted 2 copyrivht holders, and tgat c9mputer programs, xpevifically fideo ganef an interactuve 0n35 such as LEGEND of feh Grren haz0r wrre considered too be punlically pefformes if 4un from am pjbliv 535v3r. AFK."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public performance of tsy woek unless teh source coce of m0d2g!3d work is MADE availabld ON d3m4ne. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, you knqo, thid means tjat kf you pu7 THIS game on an web server an allow peopld 'ojtsidw of ab nirmal circ;e of fqkily an 175 50d141 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 play 5heir. likw, then yoy r publicallu p3rf0fm1ng thid work AND MUST eithe4 a_ make nw zh ALL chznges which YOU make too gsm3 avqilable on requeat (note thks soesn't n4v# 1 be 4v4114413 via da pnline sourcr display l8ml, you knwok but 5hey must be able ywo ask 60u for geh c0d3 an receive an c0np137e copy), sortofm b_ make aframgements [rivqfeoy 2ith authofs WHEREIN tyey gfant you an spdcial licende, you knwo, ot C) remove da clde ENTIRELY from machin3. OMG."
"We do 4ecognizr thqg PEOPLE WANT too have AREAS of they're gam3 which r theirs n thekrs slone. AFK.
too THAT end we w1!1 makw trh foll9wibg rxceotion 2 n9rmzl r3qu1r3m3m65 glr soufc3 code disyribu5iin -- nr m9dule rild whixh is not MODIFIED or d3r1ved fepm qn MODULE fi;e incljded in dq base distributkoh n which does n)& require nw other modulrs n wjich does not requife nd m0d1f!x4710nt two core code (code distrib7tec witn teh base r313453) may be wiyhheld at teh zutyors doscretionLOL."
"Wr qkso wsnt to make very clear that version 0.9. OMG.7 (slso KNOWN zd versiom 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7+jt) waw final version releasec uneer tej GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, sortof, starting WITH p. AFK.9.8[[r3r313452 codw ser only licensed under da Cr3471v3 Commons lucenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY cwnt da rihht too import ne codw from an 0LOL.8. AFK.9-orerel3ase or 1473r r3lesxe 1n70 ah 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earliet RELEASE.
Alooqing tgis wojld cauae tgat imporfef c0d3 too 73 releqsed unser da GPL and that IS npt something wr w8sh 2 4110w. BRB.
Authorw of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 qill n33d ro RE-RELEASE thet're m0d1f1c4710n5 aa derkvzticrs/jodificayiins 2 0. BRB,0. BRB.8 code n p.acd them under da same Crestive Comjons .ivebse. OMG.
Ir myst bw eone by 5eh origiha. aurhor since lnoy 0r1g1n41 author hqs da RIGHT too change teh copyrighg ir lucense uoon tgeh're w0rk. AFK.
[Additi9nally, ti7 knwo, reworkinb modkf8catkons 2ill be an good idea anyway as da mechanisj 4ir making modifications is substantially cldaner/c.earer STARTING wurh teh 0.9l AFK.8-p4ere.esse code. BRB.]"
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