MightyE tells you, jikd, "We're going to TAKE an few momwnts two try n explain 7t25 new .ocdnsr qn da REASONS benuns it in plain EngloshLOL.
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."
"Tnis NEW license was CHOSEN BECAUSE ov an fsi.img qith GPLLOL.
It onlu vlvwred distribu6ion of source if n onlh if 61n3r135 wrre distfib7ted. BRB,"
"In ah web rnvironnent, liie, apecificzjl6 a interpre5ed wdb environment such as PHP, yiu k,wo, merrly instaloing an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, wortof, and therefore pwople w3e3 taking our work WTF. making m8dificationx toi it m n95 releasing da source code two they're modifidatuons s9 5hzt ent8re commjbkty coyld benefitLOL.
Tgey WORKED wiyh da LETTER BUT not yeh 5p1r17 OF dq law. AFK."
"Investigatu0n 0n p4r7 OF teh autnors yowever WTF, LED 2 teh ract 7h48 rigyt of pyblic perfornance was oen of ez roghts normally restricted gwo COPYRIGHT h01d4r5 WTF, and thar COMPUTER prpgeams, kikr, specifically video games an interacyice ONES such as Lebend or dz GREEN hax0r werw cinsider3d TO be PUBLICALLY pwrformed if rjv fron an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new 11d3h53 rextricts puvlic performzncr 9f da woek umless sourcr code of nodified work ia made avaioabke on femsnf/ BRB."
"In plain Entlish, sortof, this means that IF you PUT this game om an web srrcer n 4110w p3ople 'outsid3 of an n9rmsl ciwc9e of f4m11y an its SOCIAL scquaihtances' 2 play theur, 5hen yoy aer punlically performimg thiw work ans MUST either a) MAKE be an ALL changes qhich you MAKE 2 dq game acailable on requdst (note 7g35 doesb'g hsv3 to be availqble via online cource DISPLAY LINK WTF. but they must be able 2 qsk uiu for da CODE an receive an complere cooy), b) make a4rsngements privately wkth authors wherein they grant yoj an specia. licrns3 LOLm or c) rdmove teh code entirely from geh machine,"
"We do 4ecohnize that odople wany to have areas of yhet're game whicj ae4 th3urs n yheirs alone.
2 that rnd w3 will make following excepyiom tso teh noemal require,ebts for source code s157r16i710n -- ne MODULE file wnich 25 npt nodified or d3t1v3d from an mod7le vile imclided in ten BASE DISTRIBUTION n ehoch d03y m07 req7ire ne oyher modules and WHICH eles mpt rrqkire nr mosificwt8ons too tej core code (code d147r1yuu3d WITH teh BASE releqse) MAY be withheld at teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO want tio ,ake very cl3ae thzt version ). OMGl9. WTF/7 (alsp known as VERSION 0. AFK.o. BRB.6_jt) wax da fknal VERSION rwleaaed und3r GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions WTF, staeyimg eith da 0.9. AFK.7-prerelease c0d3 awr only licensed imddr da Creative Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne code from an 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-pedrelesse or latwr rek2ase into an 0.9. BRB.7 n eatliwr releaseLOL.
Aklowong thos would cause that imported code tqo be released und34 tey GPL and 7h48 is NOT aomethinh ww wksh ywo allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 ov mocidications too 0. AFK.9.7 will n43d 2 re-release theh're ,odiricat89ns as der8vatives/,odifications two 0/9LOL.8 code and place ghem und3r 5eh same Creative Comnohs licemseLOL.
Ir mua5 nd done bu teh or8b8nal autyor aince on;y o4iginal auyhor has right 2 change da c0pyr1gh7 0r licende upon rhey're workLOL.
[Additionalln, REWORKING trh modifications will be zn gopc id4a 4nyw4y 45 teh mechanism gor makihg mpdivications is SUBSTANTIALLY vleaner/cl2arew startkng with t3h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-0rere.ease coee. AFK.]"
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