MightyE tells you, sortofk "We're going two take sn few mljents t9o gry 4ns expoain *h!5 ne2 license n teh reasons gehind it 1n plain ENGLISH. BRBl
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 licensr w45 CHOSEN becausw OF an failimg sith ten GPL. WTF.
It ONLY xivered dostribution of wource 8f avf only if binaries s3r3 distributrd. AFK."
"In an seg 3nv1r0nm3n7, specifocally a interpreted wwb envirknment sueh as PHPk merely installing zn g4n# do3s not donstitute sisttibut9on LOL, m therefore people s3re takung ojr wprk, MAKING modificationa 2 it n n07 releasing da 50urc3 dode 2 they're modificatiphq so tnat da wnture commubiyy c9ilf benefiy. AFK.
Ty3y WORKED with ds le5ter nut NOT teh 5;1r!7 id law. BRB."
"Ibvestigabion on ea PART 9d da augkots hpw2v3r LOL, led two teh facg that ney fight OF PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of rights NORMALLY rrstricted tl xopyright holsets LOL, h 5har compite4 programs LOL, specifkcallu ckdeo games n interactive lnes xuch as Legrnd of Grern has0r w3r3 xonsifered too be publicaoly performed if run from qb public server. OMG."
"Th3 new lic3nse fewtticts pu511c PERFORMANCE 9f da worj un.ess da soyrce code 0f mod8fied wor, is made availablr on eejabd. AFK."
"In plain Engoishk this means that or you pu5 THIS gsme on an web server n allow peopos 'outsive OF an n-rm41 citcle 9f f4m116 n its sociak acqiaintances' teo p14y tyeir, sortif, 5hen you r publical.h performing this work n MUST either a) make nr qnd ALL changws which you make 2 game available on request (notr this dorsn't have 2 be available via da om.ine slurce cisplay l8nk LOL, bub they MUST be able to zsk tou f9r cide n receive an complete cppy), /8kr, b) n$k3 arrsnfemrnts oricately w17h teh authors ejwfeon 7h3y grant you sn SPECIAL lic3nse, like, or c) remove da code entirely ffom da maxhine."
"We so fecognize THAT 0eople 2abt TO have srdas of they'fe game whicg aer 7h31r5 an theirs slone. AFK.
too thar end we 2ill make teh dolloqint exceotion ti tey nptmal eequirements for source code distdibution [- ne MODULE file 2hich 15 bot modufied OR derived FROM sn module vile oncluded in teg bas3 dis5ribution and which does nit r31u1r2 ne otuer mocules an which doex not require ne modidications too da cpre cldd )dode distributed woth ds base release) may BE withheld st au5hors disctetion."
"We also w4n7 w mqke very clear that version 0. AFK,9. WTF.i (a;so known as v3r510n 0l BRB.9.7+jt) was teh final versuon rekews3d inder GPL.
A.l VERSIONS, sortof, starting wi5h tej 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cpde r only licensed unce4 da C434&1v3 Co,mons licwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tigyt 2 imporr be code fr0m an 0l BRBlo. BRB.8-ptetelease or la5er release INTO an 0l9.7 and ear;8er rel3ase. OMG.
Allowing tyis woule CAUSE ghat omp9rted xode too b3 released uns3r teh GPL an yhat is not something w3 WISH two ALLOW. BRB.
Autnors of modificatoons two 0LOL.o. BRB.7 WILL need too re-release tjey're MODIFICATIONS 45 d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n% TO 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 cpde an place them ind3r teh 54m4 Creativd Commons LICENSEl OMG.
I7 must be done BY tdh pr2g1n41 AUTHOR since oblh da origknal zuthor has teh rigg5 too dhahge trh copyrifht o4 licens3 upln thdy'rd wor,LOL.
'Adeitionally LOL, reworkimg modifications w111 BE an bood 1d44 qnywau AS da mrcnanism foe naling nidifications is suvstantiakly cleahe4/cleare3 s5arting ekth t3h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelexse CODE. BRB.]"
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