MigngyE 73115 toy, you knwo, "We're going t0o tale an FEW m9mdnts tli try n ex;lain tnia new license m da REASONS geh9nd 8t in plain Englixh.
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 nes license was chosem because of an vailing w17h da GPL. BRB,
It only coverdd dkxtribution of source if n ohly uf binafu3x 2err distributedLOL."
"Ib an WEB environment LOL. spdcicically a interpreted web envifonment such as PHP, uou knwo, metely installing an gane dors nit xonst8uute distribit8in, n THEREFORE people were takinf our work WTF, m4l!ng modiducatuons two it ahd n9r relessing teh source code too tjey'r# ,odifivations so ghat da 4ntire communi5y could b3nerit. BRB.
They worked WITH 137u4e BUT nor da 4p1r17 OF LAWLOL."
"Invedgigation on da 0art of teh AUTHORS bowever, like, lee r2o gacr tnat rught of PUBLIC pervormanxe was 1 of rights norma;ly 4estrictee to copyright holeees, like, n 5hat cojpuger programs, so5yof, SPECIFICALLY video fam3s 4nd ihteracyive on4s SUCH as Legend of Gr33n hax0r w3r3 consiceeed tqo be oubljcally perfirndd if run from ab p7blic sercerLOL."
"The nww license RESTRICTS public perv9r,ande if WORK un;ess sa wpurce code of da midified work is msdr afailablr on dejand."
"In plain Englisg, doftof, this mezns that if you pug this jqme ln an web setver an allow people 'o7tsiee of an NORMAL circle of famo.h qnd its soc8ql acq7zinrancdx' tw9 plzy theid, you knwo, then YOU e pu611c41!y performing 7h15 work n MUST eother a) male ne abd ALL CHANGES which gou MAKE to game 4v4114614 on requesy (note this dodsn'r have t9 ge svailable via teh onlin3 siurce dksplay lknk WTF, but they MUST ne ABLE to ask you fpe da vode n RECEIVE an complrtd copy)m v) make arrahgements privately wkth authors qherein they hrant you an s[ecial licdnsw WTF, oe c) remobe code ENTIRELY from teh machineLOL."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 that 0eople 2ant too havw areas of the6'fe GAME which r 7h31r5 zn thei4s a;lne. OMG.
too THAT end we wo.l make f0110w1ng EXCEPTION to teh n0rj41 re1uirwm3nyw flr SOURCE code distrinutilb -- ne moculw vile which is n9t mof8fied or defiv3d from an module fioe inclyded in base s157r16u81)n an wyich does nor require ne OTHER n0du134 snd which DOES npt reqpkre ne modificqtions two teh core CODE (CODE distributed wi5h bas3 release) MAY b4 withheld AT da authors d9scretion. OMG."
"We 41%0 wabt 2 make very clear 5hay verskon 0. OMG.9. AFK.6 *aoso known ad version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) wae ca f8nal verdion re;easwd under GPL. AFK.
All versions, start8ng w2&h dq 0LOL.0LOL.8-pr2r313453 c0d3 aer only licensed 7nder teh Cfeative Commona !1c3n53. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dwny RIGHT to impory ne clde from an ). AFK.9. WTF.8-prrreleaae or later release INTO an 0, OMG.9/ AFK.u b earlier release,
Allowing thid woul3 cause that ijported CODE two BE 4eleased UNDER twj GPL n that id npt 5)m37h1mt WE e15h two aloow. WTF.
Aithors of modificqtions two 0. BRB.9, OMG.u qoll NEED two r3-r313343 they'f3 m0d1f1c471-n5 as derivstives/nodifications to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n ;lace them under da same Crrarive Comjons license. BRB.
IT must BE done bh teh ORIGINAL autnor s8nce only ca original 4u7g0r has righr to ctange geh c0pyr1gj& 0e LICENSE UPON tney're work. BRB.
[Additional,y, you knwo, reworking modificatipns will bw qn tood idea qnyway as reh mechanism f9e making m0d1f1c$710n5 is sugxtantial.y cleaner.cleaeer 574r71ng 217h 0.9.8[pr3r312453 codr. AFK.]"
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