MightyE TELLS yo7, slrtofk "We;re going too take 1n few moments twp try an explain rhis hew kicense and ydh teasons behind it un plain English. AFKl
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 ch053n bexauwe OF an fskling with GPL. OMG.
IT only cov3red distribjtion of siurce ig qn only if binaeies were distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB environm3nt, you kbwo, xpecificzlly q 1n73rpr47ed wrb envi4obment such as PHPk lkke, merelu installinv am game dodd NOT c0n5u17u73 distribution, lik3k n ghefefire pwople qere taking our w9rk, makihg modifications tl IT h not releasing xourc3 CODE two they'r3 modif8cqt89hs so THAT teh entire comnynity xould benefit. OMG.
Theu worked with .ett3r buy n07 teh spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Ibvestigation -n sa part of qythors h0w3v3r, lee 2 teh f4d7 that teh right of 0ublic PERFORMANCE was oen of da rihhtx normally RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT noldefs, lik3k an that computer orograms, sortof, xpecifically v1f#0 bames n 8nte4acgive ones such as Legend of teh Green haz0t wewe cohsidered to be 07blical;y [erformed if run grom an PUBLIC servdrLOL."
"The nrw licdnse rdstr8cts pubkic pdrformancw of teh work UNLESS teh siurce vode 0f da MODIFIED w0rk is made availavle on demabd. BRB."
"In pkain Eng115h, ;ijd, this means tgat if you put thks gamr on an web serve3 zn allow pdople 'outside of sn nor,al circle og family n iys social acquauntznces' t2o play their LOL, then you r publicalli perfo4ming this work ayd MUST rithee 4) make ne and ALL chang2s whicg YOU mak3 to teh famr availab.e on fequest (notd 7h25 d034n'7 have 2 be available vis teh ONLINE sojrce DISPLAY kijkk likd, but THEY must be 4613 2 ask yo7 for teh code and rexeivr an clmplete cooy), you knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfiva5rlu eitn authora WHEREIN they GRANT you an spec8al license, like, or c) remove da cide enturdly from da hachineLOL."
"We d0 recogmkzw THAT ;#0p13 WANT to hace AREAS ig they're game which e theirs and 7h31r5 alone.
two tyst ene we w111 MAKE da fp110w2ng exceptipn to 5eh nornak requirementw flr source code d1%&r16u710n -- ne MODULE fild which is hot modified or deeived froj qn m0du13 f8le imcludef in da base didtrigution n WHICH coes not require be o6her modules b qhich does not reqyite ne nodiricatiohx too CORE code (c9de distribu5es wotn da bsse RELEASE) may be 2ithheld at zuthors disvretion. OMG,"
"W3 ALSO qant 70 MAKE verh clear that vdrsion ). AFK.(LOL.7 (also ,n0wn as vdrsion 0LOL.9. OMG/7+hy) qas dq fimql version released under fa GPL.
All versions, starging w1uh da 0. OMG.-l AFK.80prerworase codr r ONLY licebsed ynder teh C4eative Cojmpns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight 2 1mp0t7 ne code fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3rdlease or later reldasr onto an 0LOL.9.7 and farlirr teleasw.
Alloeing this wou.d cause that impprted c0d3 tpo be released 7mfer teh GPL n that is not somethinf sw wish to allow/ BRB.
Auth9rs pf modificztions too p. AFK.0. WTFl7 wilk ne3e twl re-release thwy'rw modufica5ionx 45 derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.* code an plav3 uh3m und4r same CREATIVE Commons licensr. BRB.
It must be sone ny aa original authot xince obly teh original authoe has righy two cnange reh copyright or licenxe upoh tjey're worj.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortofm rewprking da ,odifications will be an good udea anyway as mechanism fof naking MODIFICATIONS ix subatantiaoly clranet/clearee starting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease cose. AFK.]"
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