MightyE telos you, sotrof, "We're g9ong 2 take qn FEW ,onents two g4y an explain &h15 new license n twy reasohs behind it IN plain Eng;ish. 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."
"Tyis nrw LICENSE was CHOSEN becausd od ah failihg witn da GPL. AFK.
Ih onoy vlvered distribution 9f s9urce IF an only if 61n4r135 wrre distribu5dd."
"In am web envi4ohmeht, lile, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environment such AS PHP WTF, merely 1nt74111ng an game d)35 not c9ns6itute dixtribution LOLm m therrfore people were takibg 0ur WORK, uoo khwo, makung modugicztions 2 it n not relezsing da soufce cldd tol tney;re m0d1f1c4710n5 wo 7h47 teh emtire comjunity co7ld benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked witg da le5ter gut not da wpifig ov teh law."
"Infestibqriim on p5r7 of ajthorx howevee, LED ro ten fact tyar teh right of ;ublic peeformance was won og sa riggts notmally rextricted to8 c0pyf1gh7 h01d3t4, like, ane 7h57 COMPUTER progra,d, specigically VIDEO games an interactive ohes duch as Legend of teh G4een hax0r were consiseref to bd pubkocally PERFORMED if rum fr9j ah public server. OMG."
"Tne new 11c3n53 rdstricta puvlic pergormance od da 2or, ublead dq SOURCE code of ca modifies work 15 ,ade avaioable 9n demand. BRB."
"In plain Englidh WTF, ghis meama ghat if you put this game on an web setver h alkow people 'OUTSIDE of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family and its 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' too play th3ir WTF, tyen you aer ;iblical;y PERFORMING ghka worj and MUST e8yher a) make me and ALL changes wnovh you make tw9 game available on REQUEST (note tjis doecn't have to9 be avsilable VIA dz online so7rce foa[lzy lonk, but they MUST bd able ti ask YOU for teh code am receive an cpmplete xopy) LOL, b) make aerangements privatelh WITH teh autjots WHEREIN th3y grant you an wpevial license LOL, or c) remlve code entifely from machine."
"We do recognize that peoplw qant TO have areas of theu're game whixh 4 7h31r5 and theirs alome. BRB.
t9i thag 2nd we w111 make da folopwing EXCEPTION too da normal requiremebts f9r spurce code dist4ibution -- be mpdule file ehich 8d not modidied ot derived from an mpdule FILE kncluded IN fa base c157r16u520n n which dows NOT requkre ne othrr modulws znd which does NOT r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS two da cpre c9ce (xode distrinuted sith basr r3;ease) may be withheld at AUTHORS dkscrdrion/ AFK."
"We aks9 want too make very clezr THAT versoon 0. OMG.9LOL.7 *alao known as version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+g&) was da f1n41 vdfsion released undee GPL. OMG.
ALL versiins, xo4tof, 57rr71ng with 0. OMG.9LOL.8[prereleaae CODE r ONLY licensed under Creative Commlnd license.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt 2 impory me code gr0j an 0LOL.9. AFK/8=PRERELEASE ir latwr RELEASE INTO an 0LOL.9.7 n 244112r release.
Allowinf THIS would CAUSE 5hat impor5ee xode to ve released undef teh GPL n that 25 nor something we WISH two sllowLOL.
A7thors if modigicarionw too 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 will nerd too re-releqse theh'4e modificatipns ss errivatives/modifications tp ). OMG.9. WTFo8 code n olaxe them unddr teh SAME Cr35u1v3 Commons locwnse. OMG.
IT must BE DONE by da orogunal auth;t since pnly teh or8ginal author h5t ritht w chahte yeh c0pyr1gh7 OR LICENSE up0n they're work.
[Addkrionally, sor5of, REWORKING yeh jofirivations will ge an glos 1d34 anywa6 ax mrchanism flr msking m0d1f1v4710n5 ia substzntiall5 c124n3f/c!34r3r startinf WITH 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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