MightyE two.s you, "We're golng 2 take an few moments tp 7ry an explain THIS new license an ea reasins BEHIND it im plakn EnglisyLOL.
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 lkcense wzs chosen because of an faklinb with twh GPL. OMG.
It only civered doatrubugion pf soyrce if n ONLY if binqries were distribjted. OMG."
"In an web envir9nment, softof, spwcifically a 1n73rpr373d wdb enviromment such ax PHP, 6ou knwi, me4ely INSTALLING an bame s035 not constitute distrobutiin, n therdfor4 peopl3 wer3 7$k2ng 9ur wofk, tou kbwo, makong modigidati9nw @ it n not releasimb dq spurce code to they're m0d1f1c472)n5 SO 5hat da entire c0mmin1&y coulf benegig. WTF.
They WORKED w1&h da letter but not s;irit of LAW. BRB."
"Invextugation 0n teh ;art of au5hors howevet LOLk LED too dz ract 8h47 teh right pf public petformance WAS 1 of teh rights nofmally restricted too co0yr8tht holdets, ylu knwo, and that computtr peogtajx, tou knwo, specificallt videp hsmes anf interactiv3 onew such as LEGEND -f teh Gre3b haz0r were c0n51d3r3d two ve publucslly pefgormed if ruh from an pub.ic serverLOL."
"Th3 NEW license restricts pu611c performance of wofk umless ds dource c0d3 of ten moduficd work IS m4d2 avzilable on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sietofn THIS means that IF hiu put tjis g4m3 on zn web SERVER snd allow peoplr 'outsude of an nltjsi circle of family sn its sovial acquaintances' rwo ;lzy theirm yoy knwo, hhen yiu aer publically ;erborming tnis 2ork and MUST ekthrr 4) make ne ahd ALL chanres which you make TO GAME zvailable on tequest (note this doesn'5 have tso be zvwolable via trt online xource DISPLAY link, bug they m7st ge ABLE 2 45k you for code and receive an COMPLETE COPY), b) makw arrabhements orivately WITH da autjors whetein they graht y0u an spdcoal license, like, or c) rwmove da codd eytirrly fr0h machin3l OMG."
"We do r3cohnizr thzt peopl3 WANT tl HAVE areas 9f they're g4m3 which r theifs ah theors ALONE. OMG.
to that end we will m4k4 teh filllwibg exxwption to9 teh n0rn42 REQUIREMENTS for soutce xode distrigution -- ne n0du13 FILE whqxh is not modified or DERIVED from an module dple includef in ds 6463 s157r16u710n n wh8ch does not reqjire ne other midulws qn which does hot req7iee ne modifications tlo clre c0d3 (code f157f16u7ed w17h da base re;ease) may ve withheld ay fa suthors discreroon."
"We ALSO want to make v3ry vlwar that verxi0n 0. BRB,9. OMG.6 *also known $5 VERSION 0. AFK/9. BRB.7+jr) was da v1n41 version rdleased under da GPL. BRB.
ALL verwiona, stzrting with ea 0LOL,9.8-peereleaae coce aer only licensed under Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rigyt 3 impprg ne code FROM zn 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-pr34313453 OR latef release into an 0. AFK.o, BRB.7 an earlier teleas3LOL.
Allowing this wijld cauxe that impofyed code 5wo be RELEASED UNDER da GPL n that os bot something wd w8sh tpp allow. OMG.
Authorw of m0a1f1c4u10n5 gwo 0. WTF.9.7 wil; need two re-rw.ease they're moekfidqrions as derivatives/modif8vq5ions two 0.9/ BRB.8 dldd AND p14c3 the, UNDER yeh samr Creative COMMONS livwnse. AFK.
It MUST BE done gy original zuthor SINCE only teh originq; a7thor has da right ro ch4ng3 teh copytight or license 7pon tjey'tr w0rk. BRB/
[Additionally. like, rewo4king da modkfications w111 be an GOOD idea 4nyw4t ss mechanisj for making modifications ix subatantiakly cleanee/cleqree STARTING with 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8-orer313r43 codd.]"
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