MightyE tellx 607, sortof, "We'rr going 2 TAKE an FEW MOMENTS to try and expkain %his mew kicense and eq readons BEHIND it in PLAIN English/ WTF.
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 n3e license was chosen because OF ab failinh wuth GPL. WTF.
It only covwred distributiln OF spurce iv n only if binaries we4e disrriburwd."
"In an seb environment, specirically a ibter[tered web ENVIRONMENT sych as PHP WTF, merely insysl.ong an gsme d036 not CONSTITUTE cistribution, n th3refore people were &4k1ng our wprk, you knwl, m4k1nt modivications two 17 n n07 releasing teh soutce CODE to they'rw moduficz5ions so ghat entkre comminity could benegit.
THEY worked 2irh lr5ter bur not da spiriy or da lawl AFK."
"Inveat8gatiln on part 0f sutho4s howevetm led tol es fzct that trh rigjg of oublic performance was won of righ5s noemally restricted two copyrughr tolders, ans tyat x0mpug2r programs LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y video gzmew an intetactive ohss wudh as Legend of dz Green haxpr were considered teo be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an pu611c SERVER. AFK."
"The n3w license rewtric5s pu611c perfirmanve of teh w0rk unless da source cofr of modified w0rk is MADE avaioavle ob debandLOL."
"In plain English. ;ike, this means tnat 1f yo7 PUT th8s game ON an 2eb 53rv3e an allow p39p14 'outside of an normql circle of family an 174 sociao acquaintanves' t2o pla6 their, 7h3n ho7 aet puvlicall6 performkmg this eork an MUST wither s) make ne n ALL vhanges which tou mske to dq game available ih request (note this doesm]t havr ti be available v14 teh ONLINE dource dqtp14y link LOL, but they mus5 be able rop ask uou fie da CODE abd RECEIVE an complete c0py), like, B) mske arrangements ;r1vr731y WITH authorw wheeein ghey grant you zn qpefial licevse LOL, 0r v) remlve CODE entirely FROM teh machine."
"We do recotnize that people want 2 have areqs 0f they're fzme which aer 7h31r5 and ttei4s alone.
2 that end we eill m4k3 teh r0110w1ng exception too n0rm31 reqyirrmentw for xource dode fixtribution -- he module ril3 which is n07 modkfied or de4ivrd from ag mkdule file included in da 6r53 distriburion and whivh DOES not requi4e ne OTHER j0duq35 an whoch does n07 rrquore ne modifications two teh CORE code (codr distfibuted 3ktb trh 6454 rwldawe) msy be w17hh31d 47 sz authors discretionLOL."
"We also want too mzke vefy clear that version p. AFK.9. OMG,7 (4150 kmlwn as version 0.9. BRB.7=jt) ezs da fimal version r3q24t3d under da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, 574r7!ng with 0. WTF.(. OMG.8-prefeleawe code aer [nly l8censes under 5eh Crdative Conmonx 11c3n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 8mpott ne cofe from ab -LOL.9l WTF.8-0rerelease oe lster release 1n70 an 0.9. WTF.i n ear.ie4 eelease.
Allowinh thix wojld dause that impotted codw to be released under yeh GPL and that 15 NOT someth8mb we wksh go qllo2. WTF.
Authors og m0d1f1c4810n5 2 0. BRB.9.u eil; ne3d too re-relrase thwy'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 qs derivatives/mkdificationw 2 p. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE and olace 5hem under 54m3 Creatice Commons .icense. AFK.
Iy must bd done bh da original attglr xince only reh priginal ajthor h45 right two change bopuright or license UPON they're WORK. OMG.
[Additio,ally LOL, reworkint mpdufications will 63 sn giod idea anywah aa MECHANISM FOR m4k2ng m.d8ficatiohs is substantially clraber/clearer atarting with da 0. BRB.9/ OMG.*-orerelease x0d#LOL.]"
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