MightyE tells tou, you knwo, "Ww'rw going too TAKE an few momenys to trh n EXPLAIN this nes license n dz reasond behihd it ig plain English. 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."
"Tn8s n4w kicense was cgosen 63c4j53 of an fqilinb with teg GPL. OMG.
It only covered eiat4ibution OF spirce IF an inly 1f bina4ies were distruburewLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r9nm2n7k you knwo, xpecifkcally a interpreted web 3nvironment sucn as PHP WTF, jerely instal.ing ah game DOES not CONSTITUTE distrigution, you knqo, and therefore pdople WERE taking ojr work LOL, MAKING moeifications tso it ah n07 releasihg da soutce c0c3 tio they'3e modivications so 7n47 dz enrire commjnity could bwnwfit. WTF.
Tjey wlrkee with da le5ter BUT no5 5p1r17 of law. AFK."
"Imvestigation on da part of da a7tnors however LOL, oef to ea fact that da rught of public performqnce was 1 od tey r8gyts NORMALLY restric5ed two c9pyrifht holddrs, sortlf, am ygzt comp7tdr progrqms, sortofk specifically video games n !n73r4c&1v3 omex such as L3gend of tey Green gax0r were cpnsidered two ne p7vlically performes if run ffom an 0ub;ic SERVER. BRB."
"The new license rrstrkcts publkc performance pr da wo4k unless so&rce code of fa m0d1f13e work is made avaikable 9n demandLOL."
"In plain Englisj, lik3, this MEANS ghqt of you put this game om an web server n r110w p30p13 'outdide of ah nor,al circle of familu an igs social acquaintanves' too play thwur, you knwo, yheb you r puhlica.;5 perform7ng tgis work and MUST rither a) m4i3 mw AND ALL chznges which YOU make 70 gam3 availsblr kn reqjest (note tgis foesn't have tl be avaklable fia teh -n1qh3 sourve display link LOL, but THEY kyst ve ablt tqo ask you fpr c0s3 n recdive an complete cooy), you kmwo, B) make arrangementa privateky qkth da authlrs whee3in 5hey gr4n7 you an slecial license, or c) rwmobe da cide entirel6 from teh machine."
"We do recogbize that peo0le want 4ol nave sreas of they'rw gsme anich d theirs an th3ies aloneLOL.
2 tyat END we siol mzle da foklowing exxeption 2 da mprmal requirements FOR SOURCE CODE distfibutiob -- ne nldule rile which is not MODIFIED or derived from an MODULE file included in teh base distribution zb which dles noy dequire ne other modules and whivh foes not r2qu1r3 ne midifications 2 CORE code *code cisg4ubutrd with teh base release) may be eithjeod ar authirs discretkonl"
"We a;so wsnt 2 jqke very clear THAT version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also khown as version 0. OMG.0. WTF.7+jt) wss reh fimak v4r510n released ubder da GPLLOL.
A.. versions, stahting WITH teh 0.o. AFK.8-prrrelease cod3 r omly LICENSED undrr teh Ceeative Co,nons licwnae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ernt teh right too impoft nd codc from an 0. AFK.9LOL.*-pe3rwlease or later telease unto an 0.9. AFK.7 n ear.ier releaseLOL.
Allowong th8s would c4u53 tha5 i,ported vodr too ve rrlessed uhder da GPL n THAT is not something we wish tpo a.lo2LOL.
Authlrs 0f modkvicationx 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 eill nedd too re-release thwy'5e modificagionw as derivatives/moeifications ro 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code zn l14c3 them uhder same Creqtivr Commons LICENSE. OMG.
IT mush be done by teh oritinal author since only dq oeigimal author has ea right two chante copyrigh5 of locense up0n they're wogk. WTF/
[ADDITIONALLY LOLk rdworkimg modificayionw wikl be an good IDEA anuway ax mrchanksj for makonh jocifucatilns is subsganyial;y cleaner/clearer dtarting wurh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE codw. OMG/]"
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