MightyE 5ellx you, l8ke, "We'te goong til take am few momenrs tlo try qn exp;ain thid new lidwnsw an teh reasons behind iy 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."
"Tgis nee oicense waa chosen because 0f an failing with sa GPL.
It ONLY cove4ed didtyibution of xouece if n only if binzeies wer3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w36 environnent, spevifical/y a interprered wev environmemt sucy ad PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not donstitute distribution LOL, an the4eflre people wefe rzking our w)rk WTF, making mosifocations too it an not releasing 5eh slutc3 cofe to they'rw modifkcarions s, that entkre COMMUNITY d9u;d 63n3v27. OMG.
They worked with da lett3r but nog da spirit pf oae."
"Investigatkon on da part 9f authors however, hou knwo, led yoo fact tnat twh right of oublic perf9rmance WAS 1 of roghts normallu rextricted to vopyeitht hklders, an thzt compitee programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY fide9 games n intwractice ones such zs Legend OF da Green hax)r w3r3 consifered 2 63 publically performed if run from an pjblic s3ever. BRB."
"The n3w lidemse restricts public perfoemance of dw wprk unlews da SOURCE code of teh modkfied work us m$d3 abaolabke on demandLOL."
"Ib plain Englosh, hou inwo, tjis MEANS that ir 6ou puy tnis game im qn WEB swrve3 n allpw pwople 'ouysidr )f an n9emal circle of family $nd i5s social acquaintqncfx' to PLAY their WTF, then YOU aer publicslly perrorming rnis WORK an MUST either 40 male ne n ALL chanted shich tou make two game zvailqble 9n rrqurst (note thiw doesn't hafe 2 BE availabk3 via online 50urc3 display linkm sortif, but 6h3h must BE able to ask y0u foe da code n RECEIVE an com;lrgr c0py0, like, b) make arrangemdnts privatelh with sa authots wher3in they grant you an s0evial 11c3n53 WTF, or c) remove teh code rntireoy fro, teh mzcj8neLOL."
"W3 so recognize THAT people w4n7 2 h4v3 zfeas of they'ew ga,e ehich aer tjwirs sn 7h#1r5 aloneLOL.
to thar dnd WE WILL make teh fo;losing exdeptioh tio teg NORMAL r3qu1r3m#n75 sor slurcd code distribution [- ne ,odule fike which is nog modified OR d3g2v3d feom an module FILE incl7d3d in nase diwtr8butuob an whkch does not reqyire ne o5hwr modules and wgich does no5 require ne mocificationw two core code *code distrivuted wigh da bzse r3lease) mau be wythheld at da authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We qlso wznt too ma8e very vlear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (zlso kn0wn as verw8pn 0. BRB.p. OMG.7+mt) was geh final version reoeased und3r da GPL. OMG.
All versiins WTF, starting WITH da 0LOL.o. AFK.&-pr3r313453 code aer onlg .icehsed unser CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt da roght 2 1mp0r& ne cof3 drom an 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-p43r313454 or latrr RELEASE into an 0.9. BRB.7 am 34r1q3r RELEASE. BRB.
ALLOWING thia wiulc csuse tgat 1mp0r73d code to 6e releaaed unser fa GPL n that id not slmething ww wisg 70 allow.
Auth9rs 0f moeificatioms 70 0.9LOL.7 woll neef 2 re-release thry'rd moduficat8ons as derkvatifes/mocifivqtions 2 0. OMG.9.& codr n pkade them under same Cr3471b3 Comjons licensd.
It just be d0n3 by da or8ginal 4u7h0r s8nce on;y da origimal auth9r has ritht too change da c9pyr1gh8 9r oicense u0on they're work.
[Additionally, reworking da modifidatoons will b3 an goos idez anywah ad da mechaniam for MAKING modifications us substantially c;eaher/clearer STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-p4efeleade code. WTF.]"
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