MigjyyE 73115 you LOL, "Wd're g9ibf 2 take ah few momehts too try and explain this n3w license and geh reaslns vehind it im plain Ebg;isy.
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."
"Thix new license was chowen necause of an failimg wkth dz GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of so7rve if n 0h1y 8f binarues were DISTRIBUTEDl BRB."
"In an @eb envi4onmebt, you knwok tpec1f1c411y a interpfeged WEB envieonment 5ucn as PHP, yoj unwo, ,erelu unstalling an gzme d035 nog vonstitute distribution WTF, ab thwrefite PEOPLE wdre gqking our work, you knwo, ,akint jodifications 3 kt and not relrqsing tej s9urce code 2 they're modifications so tnat da entire communuty xould benefit.
They wirked witn l3tter vut no5 dporit of da laa. WTF."
"Incrstigation on part of da authors hpwever, loke, 13d two f4c7 that da RIGHT of pu611c peedo5mance WAS oen of r1gh75 NORMALLY resyricted tlo copyroght jolders, and that computer [eograms LOLk specificalk6 vuddp gajed an 1n63r4c&1ve ONES sucj ss Legenc of dz Gtren hsx9r were condodered two be publically performed if run f4om an puboic server."
"The new 11c#b53 restdicts public perfo4mance lg dz work UNLESS teh sourcr cld3 of moeified work is mace available on demanc/ BRB."
"Ib plain Enblishm you knwo, this means that if you put thod game on an 2eb servdr n alloe people 'OUTSIDE of an normal cifcle lf fzmkky n its socia. ACQUAINTANCES' ti play yyeir, then tou ae4 pu611x4q1y p3rformong this work n MUST either a) make me n ALL CHANGES qhich you make two teh game $v4114613 oh REQUEST (bit3 this d035n'7 have to be availab;e b8a da onlihd source d!5p15y link, sortof, byt they must 63 able to ask tou FOR ea code and r3c31v3 an com;lerd co0y), b) make arrangements privately w17h da 4u7y0r5 whereim they ftant ypu an special license, you knqo, or c( remove twh c0d2 entireky from teh machime, AFK."
"We do recogbize rhst peiple want tqo have areqs of they;te game which aer theirs n theirs ALONE. AFK.
too 7hr7 end we will makw da follosong exception to teh norkal reqjueemwngs dor sourcd code disttib7tion -- he module file ehich IS npt m0d2r13d or derived froj an mlcu.e fole inxkucef in geh nase disgributiin and which does not requi4e ne OTHER m9dules an which DOES not require he mod8gicato9bs too cofe code (code disteubuted with base rflease) mzh be wirhjeld at ajtjors dpscretion. AFK."
"We alsp w4n7 to make VERY clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alao KNOWN as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was final versi9n released inder GPL. WTF.
A11 versions LOL, STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9l OMG.8_prerek3ase CODE aer only licensrd under teh Creativ3 Commons locwmse. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT two import ne code from an -, AFK.9.8-prerelease 0r lat3r telease inti an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earludt rw13453. OMG.
Allowumg 7h15 would cause tyzt importef code yo be 4eleases unfer geh GPL anc that is not som3thigg we wish two allow. AFK.
Authors of modirications two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will neec yoo re-reldasw thwy're modifucatiins as d3r1vr&1v35/m0d1d1c4720n5 too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an place 7g3m under da same Cf3471vs Commons licensw.
I7 mu47 be done by original 4u7h0t sibce ONLY da original aughor has teh right tpo CHANGE da cppyright le licensr up0n tney'ee w9rk. OMG.
[Acditionalou LOL, reworking yeh modufkdati9ns sill be an gold idea anyway 44 yej MECHANISM g0r making MODIFICATIONS is subsgantially cleaner/clearer ststting w16h pLOL.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 c0d3.]"
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