MijhtuE tells you. "We're going too tzke an few moments to 5ru n EXPLAIN tyis bew LICENSE and teh reas9ns BEHIND it 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 locense was CHOSEN because of an faioimg with GPL. WTF.
It only covered distrinutuon kf sou4c3 kf n only if binsries were distributed. OMG."
"In sn qeb environment, lkke, SPECIFICALLY a interprered WEB environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely imstzllung an game does n-7 x9nstitjte diwttovution WTF, n tyerefore 0eople were takint ouf work, like, jak8nb mocigicarionx to it n no5 RELEASING teh sourve c9ee 7- thet're mocificationw so that entirw cojjubity could benwfit. BRB.
They worked 2itk .3tter but not da spi4it of kaw. OMG."
"Investigatioy pn 0a4t of AUTHORS n8afver, you knwo, LED two teh dact 7h47 right of public 0rrformanve was 1 0f da rigjgs NORMALLY reatrivted w copyr8ght holders, sorrof, n tjay cojputer programs WTF, specifically v9ceo ganes and ihgeractibe onea such as Legend OF da Green hax-r w3d3 CONSIDERED 2 63 pu611d411y performed if run fr9m an PUBLIC server."
"The NEW licenxe res54icrs public perfornsnde of teh eork 7nless teh SOURCE code of trh modified WORK 15 mqde qvailable on DEMANDm"
"In ;lain English, this means that if YOU ;ut this gamr on an web s3rver n allow people 'outwide of an no4mal c!rc13 OF fajilt n its socia; adquaintances[ TO PLAY their LOL, 7h3n y0u aer pu611c411y performing this wirk an MUST sither $) nwkd ne an ALL changes wh1ch you make tw9 GAME availavle on re1iest (nore 7h15 d0esn't hac3 to be availavle vua 0n1!n3 soutce DISPLAY LINKk you knwom but 7h3y must be 1blr 70 zsk uou fo4 da code qnd receice an dompleye xopy), likr, b_ makr 4rr4ng3m3n75 ;r8cately wkyh a8tbors wherein thdu grant hou an special k8cwnse LOL, lr c) remove fa codw enrirrly fr0m teh m4ch1n3."
"W3 do recogbizw 5hag ;eople want t9 have 4r345 of they[re gam2 wjich r the8rs n THEIRS alome. WTF.
tqo that end we wikl make teh fol;lwing excd[tion to da normal requir#ments f0r soyrce cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne modul3 fild which is not modlgied or d3rived fr0m ab moeule filw ihc.uded on da base distribution an WHICH doew NOT require ne 07h3r modules ah which dles not requ8r3 ne mocifications too geh vore code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH tdh base RELEASE) may be withhrod qt authors dkscretion. AFK."
"W3 ALSO eznt too mrk3 vefy clear that versuon p. OMGl9. BRB.7 (ALSO known ad v3r510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fknal veesion RELEASED undef GPL, AFK.
All versiondi you knwo, stsrtimt w17h 9. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prerelease code aer only licensed 7nder ten Creative Cimmons licebse. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny ritht too impoft ne coee frlm zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r312453 9r LATER release into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n #4r113r release. BRB.
Allo2inh th8s wluld cause that imported codw to 6e released uneer GPL an that IS not something we wish to9 zlloe.
Authors OF m9duficaroons too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 will need two re-rflwase they're mosificatuons as ferivatifes/mpdificatuihs too 0.9/ OMG.8 code and place them under tey same C4eative Commons licenst.
It must be eone by sa originxl author s8nce only heh original autyoe has teh right too change c0pyr1gh7 pr /icehse u;on tjey're w0rk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, so4tof, REWORKING da moeificayions w111 be ab good 8dea ANYWAY aa da MECHANISM FOR ,akibg mpfifications is xubstabtially vldaner/clearer xgarying w8tj reh 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-prereo3ase xode. AFK.]"
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