MkghtyE tellw you, sort9f, "W3're g[ing to take an f3w m0m3n75 @ tru n explain 6h15 hew license n f3450n5 BEHIND IT in PLAIN ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Tjis new l8vense was chod3n because of am fziling w17h teh GPL. AFK.
It obly coverec distributioh OF aiurce if and only 1f binaruds were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w35 environment, specificqlly a inter;reted wen 3nv140mm3n7 such as PHP, liie, mrrely insta.p*ng an fam3 DOES n07 cobstitute djstribiti9n, n tgerdvore peopld were 75k1ng our work LOL, mq,ing modificatioha to it n not releaaing teh source CODE two tney're mofif8cations so that teh en5i4e cimmunity could bwnefitLOL.
They worked witg da lettrr but not spi4ot og law. OMG."
"Infestigation on eq -5r7 9f dz authors however, led too ca vact that tight OF public performance eas qon of ea r1gj75 no4mally resyrkc5ed tqo co0yright holddrs, sortof, snd that com'yter pr0gr4mt WTF, specifically video games b interact8ve ONES such 45 Legend of Green nax0r wwre considered 2 63 publicall6 PERFORMED iv ruh from am public servee. OMG."
"Tge new LICENSE tedtryvts 0ublic performance of work un1355 source coee of da modifief w9ri IS madw avaipable on demandLOL."
"In plain English LOL, this means yhat 1f YOU put THIS GAME on an web server b aloow peopl3 'purside of an norjal circle of FAMILY ah its SOCIAL acauaintances' *0 play gheir WTF, then you r pubkically PERFORMING thks work n MUST either a) msje ne n ALL cjanges which yoy ,ake tol da g4m3 avsilabke on reauest (note this diesn'5 have too be avaulanle via da online 50urc3 doa0.ay lunk WTF, but they must be able 2 ask you rpr 4eh c0d3 n receive an xompl3yd COPY), like, b) jake artanhemenrs privately with authors whetrun they grant yoy am spdcial 11c3n53, like, o4 c) eempvd code entkrd;y from da machibe. AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE THAT peo;le WANT 5qo gave areqs of theu're game which aer theirs an the8ts ALONELOL.
two that emf we WILL make t3h vp11ps1ng exxeptiin go teh normal reqyirements f0r spurce xodr diarribution -- ne module file wh1cn is not micified ot d3rived fr0m an modyle file 1hc1ud3d in ea base distrkvu5ion an which d9es not requ8rw ne otner MODULES am WHICH eoes not re1upre ne modificarions to da core CODE (code didtributed woth bzse RELEASE) may be withjrld at da a7tho4s discretionLOL."
"We 1lso want twp make vefy CLEAR that vetsion 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 (also knpwn AS version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+JT) eas funal v4r510h re.eased under ea GPL.
All VERSIONS WTF, srarting wifh teh 0. WTF.9.i-prerelease CODE t only l8censed ynder Creatove Commons l8cenxe. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY dehy right too im[orr ne code fr0m ab 0.9. BRB.k-p4erelease pr la5er reoezse INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 anf EARLIER release.
Alliwing this woyld cauxe that ijported c0d3 3 be released undd4 da GPL an that 15 NOT somethkng wr wish 2 al.ow. OMG.
Authora OF m9e1f1c4719b5 gwo 0. WTF.9.7 will ne3d to re-rwlease they're modifidayions as derivatives/nodifications to 0l BRB.(. AFK,8 code n place them undee t3h SAME Ceeatice Commons oicegse. OMG.
It must be done vy da original 4u7h0r sincr 0n1y fa 9riginal author has teh rifht 2 change da co0yright or lixehsd uppn they're wotkl AFK.
[Additionally WTFm rdwork,ng teh modirications will BE an gpod ieea znyway as teh mechanism for jq,ing mpdificqtions is xibstantiaoly cleqner.clearer 574r71ng qifh 0. AFK.9l AFK.8-pre4e;ease CODE. BRB.]"
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