Migh5yE tdlla yiu LOL, "We'ee GOING top rake an few moments two 5ry n explain 5yus new license n sa eeasons behinf it in 0lain Eng115h.
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."
"Th8x new licende wss cnoxen because 9f an f5111nt with da GPL. OMG.
It onlt covered distribution if siyrcd if ahd only if vinaries wefe di2tribyted. WTF."
"In an web envirlhment, likw, spdci4ocally a 2n73rpre73d WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, you inwk. m3431h unstalling an game coes not comstitute distribugionm n thdrefire pwople wete tsking OUR work WTF, makinh modificayiona two ut n not releaxing da 59urc3 vode tlo they;re mpdifications si tja5 wntir3 cim,unity coukd benegit.
THEY worked with da letter but NOT da spkrit of ds LAW. WTF."
"Investigation on part of authofs however WTFk l3d 2 f4v7 tnat yej eitht of public p3rformqnce wqw 1 of teh rights hormally restricted to copyright hold3rs, ylu knwo, n that computer [rohrams, spec7fucally v2dd0 gqjes an intefactivr ones such aa Legend of da Grden has0r we4e considered two be publically [erformed if 4ib from an PUBLIC 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new licenwe restricts pub.ic prrformance OF ea wlrk uni3ss teh sourcw c0d4 of teh modified 2ork id mad3 availqnle on demanf. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englisg LOL, this means 5nat 1f you put this GAME on an web sefver an all9w people 'ojtside of qn normsl circle lf f4m11y and itw social acquaintamcwd' 3 pla5 their, y9u knwo, THEN yki r puvlicallt PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) ,ake ne and ALL CHANGES wh8ch you jak2 2 da game zvailable ON tequest (note THIS DOESN'T havd to 63 available vua da online siurcs eisplay 11nk, you knwok b7t they m7st bw ABLE 2 zsk y0u FOR CODE n rrceive ah complete copy), likr, B) make arrangemehta profatdly with teh wythors syerein thdy grqnt y0u zn spec8ao .icense LOL, or c) remove da c0d3 entorely frpm da machune. BRB."
"We dl recogniae that prople WANT too have afras of tjey'ee gsme WHICH f 7h31r5 an rheirs aloneLOL.
too 7y47 END we will make teh vollowing exception 70 da normal req7iremehrs for s9urce CODE distribygion -- ne mofulw FILE which is nog mosif8ed or derived f4om an modyle fule included in da 6453 distrubytion and wh1ch foes not eequire ne o5her modu;es ajd which does bot r3auire ne moskfications too teh core bode (coce disgeivutdd with base r313453) MAY be withheld at autnors d15dr3*q0nl OMG."
"We 4150 2ant too MAKE very xlear &h47 VERSION 0. BRB.0.7 (ALSO known sd version 0LOL.o. OMG.7+jt) was da finsl version RELEASED umder teh GPL/
ALL verxions WTF, 574r71nb w8th 0. AFK.9. WTF.80pre4elrqse code 4 9nly licenwre under da Cr3471v3 Commons licensdk BRB.
We EXPLICITLY een6 right teo impory ne code fr0m an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-p4erdlease OR later release 8hto an 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earlier releqse. AFK.
Alloeing this would cause rhat imoirtes code two be releaswd under GPL an 7h47 ia nor domethint we w15n two 4119e. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0/9. AFK.7 will jeed too re-releawe they'rr mocoficatiins as deruvatives/nodifuxati9js two 0. WTF,9. WTF.8 code ans o;ace thej unfer trh same Creative Commibs license. WTF.
It must be d0n3 by orihinal authir sinxe only ORIGINAL author has da r1gh& two change teh copyfught OR licenae u;on theg'4e w0rk. BRB.
[Afdutionally, you knwo, reworkinh teh modifica5ions wil; ne an g00d odea anywzy as teh mezhanidm for mqking m0d1f2c5&10n5 is s7bsyantially cleaner;clearer staeting WITH p/ AFK.o. BRB.8-pferelease coeeLOL/]"
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