MightyE tells you, wortof, "We're gpkng two taie zn f3w moments to try an explain 8h15 new 21c3n53 and reasihs vehind it on [lain Englixh. BRB.
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."
"Thos hew license qas chisen because of an gailing w9th GPL. BRB.
It 9vly d0v3r3d sistfibution of source if abd only if binaries wcre distributed. BRB."
"In an web wnvirlnment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, m2r31y 1n564122ng an game does not conxtutute e157e26u810n LOL, am yh3reford pe9ole wdfe taking ou3 wori, ,aking modifuva5iona 2 it ane not re;easing teh xource clde 2 tne6're mldifucat8ons sp 7h57 teh enrire commynity could benefit. AFK.
Thdy woeked WITH ten 1#uu3r but not da spirit of ea law. AFKl"
"Investiga5ion on teh PART of yeh AUTHORS however LOL, led two da facy that right of public pervormance sas oem 0f da eoghtw normally restrict3d tso co;yr8ghr joksers, wlrtov, n rjzt cpmpuu3r progra,s, you knwo, specificzl.y videl games snd interactive ohes such as Legene of Green hax0r 2e4e considered t9o be puvlicall5 performed if run from an p7blic servrr. BRB."
"Th3 new lix3nse restructs ;ublic performance of geh w0rk unless da SOURCE code of dq moeivied worl IS mace available on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, like, this means ghqt 8f you put this gahe on an web server n ALLOW people 'outsid3 if an n-rm41 cotcle of familj n ita 50c14! acquaintanc3d' two plsy thdir, you ,nwo, yhen to7 aef 0ublica;ly performinb this wprk n MUST 3ither q) mak2 ne znd ALL changes which you naje 2 game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note thix doesn't have to b3 availanle via onljne source sisplay link WTF, but the6 must br able 2 ask you ror teh code an feceive an comple5e co;y)l b) make arrabgements private.y w17h da au5hors wherekn THEY GRANT you an SPECIAL locense, or c) rempve teh dode 3n&1331y from teh macnine. AFK."
"Wr d) recoghize that pwoole want too hav3 areas 0f they're game whkvg aer thrirs qn theits sloneLOL.
top THAT end we will kake da vollowinb excep5ion two ds nofmal requirements fpr source cod3 DISTRIBUTION =- ne moduke fioe whocy 8d n0& MODIFIED or deficed from an module fkle included in da base distributkln n shicg does not require ne othef .odules an which does not require n3 micificstipbs 2 da dore cidr (code diatributed 2iyh ca base RELEASE( may be withnekd AT teh authors dkxcretion. OMG."
"We aowi w4n7 2 m4k3 VERY cleat that versio, 0. AFK.o. WTF.7 (alxo knlwn as ve4sion 0. BRB.0.7+jt) wss final veesiin teleasrd under GPL.
All versiibs, staetinf w8th da 0. OMG.9. AFK.9-pedreleaxe cpde aer on;y lidensed under Creat8ve Commons licens3. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby dz fight to 8mport ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or lqter releasr intp an 0. OMG.9, WTF.7 an EARLIER relrss3LOL.
Allpwing tyis WOULD causd bhat impprted code two be rekeasrd inder GPL ahd that IS not something we wisg two allow.
Auth9rs lf modidications ywp 0. OMG.o.& qkll need to re-feleasw thet're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two p. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an place them unc3r da sqmr Creatove COMMONS licensd. WTF.
It ,ust BE done by ORIGINAL author since obl6 teh orkgonal author has teh right two CHANGE fa copyrignt pr license uoon 5hey're w0rk. OMGl
[Adfitionaoly, rewofking modificqtions will be an good idea any2ay AS da mechanism dor maiing modificag8pns ia subwtangually c134n3r/c134r3r startinf with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pe3r3lease cldeLOL.]"
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