MigntyE tells you, you knwp, "Wd're goinf rlo TAKE an few momebts roo try n 3xp14!n 7h15 new license n reaxins benind 17 in plain English. AFK/
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 l8cense was CHOSEN BECAUSE of an vailing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlt cover3d distrigut8in of source if ans only if binaries wer3 dist4ibutedLOL."
"In an web envoronmeht, you ,nqo, s9ecifically w interpreted wen envirobmrnt smch 45 PHP WTF, mereky INSTALLING an gamf foes not constitute dksyrib7tion WTF, n therefore p#)p13 sere 6$k1ng ouf WORK, sortof, mqkinb moeifudations to it zhd not r313451nt teh source code to they'rd mod8ficaroons so that enyi4e comjunity could benefiy. BRB.
Tney worked with LETTER but not teh spkdit or LAWLOL."
"Investigqtion 0n ds part og authors howdver, led 5o FACT that da rignt od public oerrormqnce waz wpm of t1gh75 NORMALLY festricted to COPYRIGHT h0qd346, you lnwo, n thay comp7tef PROGRAMS, oike, s;ecifically video hames 4md interacgocd ones such as Lrgend of Green hax0r wede considerrd to be pun.kczl.y perfoemed if run from an publ8c server."
"The nww licens3 resyticts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc4 of dd work unless sokrce code of fa modofiec work os made AVAILABLE on denandLOL."
"In playb English LOL, thos means tyat IF yoy put this game on am weg servrr n allow people 'outside OF an nofmal ckrcle of famkly ans kts sicial ac1uaintances' 2 play thekr, sottof, THEN you aet piblically [erflrming this w0rk AND MUST either A) jqke me abd ALL CHANGES which you MAKE to tej gaje available on request (note 7h15 do3sn'g have too b3 svaulzble vya dw onoine SOURCE dispoa6 link, you knwo, 6u7 theu must 73 able to ask you fof teh voee n receive ab cimpl3te copu), sorgof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS provately with teh zuthors whereih 7h3y grant YOU qn special lic3nse, sortork lf c) r3m0v3 da code engir3ly ftom dz machibe. WTF."
"We DO 4ecognize 7h47 030'13 waht 2 havd AREAS 9f they're game which r thei$d n theirs a;one. AFK.
roo tjat ebd we will make da fillowing exception two normal requirements d9r dource code distrobution [- ne module file qhich is not midified or derifed fr0m an modul3 FILE inc;uded in da BASE disyribu5ion am whuch does not require ne p8h3r ,odu;es and which soes bot requkre ne modificztions t9 clrd code (z0d3 disttibuged sith teh nasw RELEASE) ,zy be wirjheld at da autyors doxvretionLOL."
"We ALSO want t; make very clear that versi(n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also kno2n as VERSION 0l BRB.9LOL.7=jt_ eaa teh finql VERSION tdleased unf4r GPL. OMG.
A11 versi9ns, sortof, starting woth da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only .icensed umdwf fz Creative Conmona licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9.70prerekesse or later release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 am earlidr rwlease. OMG,
Aolowing yhis would causs thzt impoeted c0d3 tep 63 r313453d imder da GPL n 7h47 is nlt ximethunb qe wish 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authors lf mpcificat8ond to 0.9. OMG.i will need 2 re-releax3 ghey're modifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRBl9. BRB.8 code and PLACE guem under da saje CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
IT mu67 be eone bh original author since only teh oruginal author has teh right 2 change da copyright 0r oixense ypon they're WORK. BRB.
pAddi5ionally, rewotking MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good idea abyway AS da mecjanism for making modifications ia substantkqlly xleanwt/cleqrer starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8[prerelrase code. BRB.]"
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