MightyE tells yoj, uou knwo, "We're goibg 5o take an frw momrnts 5w9 tey an explain this new lic3ns3 n rraaobs brnind IT ib plaun 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."
"This new lixense was chosen becauae of an fziling with GPL.
It onlh coberee sisyribution of SOURCE if n onoy IF ginar8es were distribut4d."
"In an w26 3nv1r0nn3n7 LOL, specificzllt a inter;retee web environmdnt SUCH aa PHP, you knwo, mdrelt installing an game d035 bot constig6te c8dtribution, abd therefore p30p13 qere takong -ur 20rk LOL, making midificati9ns 2 17 and NOT eeleadong teh aou4c3 clde tqo they're modifications so that entiee COMMUNITY coulf 63m3f17.
Tgey wofked with letter vut not da spirit if ;aw. AFK."
"Investigation ON da part of da aurhors HOWEVER WTF, led twi fact t6at rihjt of PUBLIC p3rf04m4nc3 WAS won of da r1gh75 NORMALLY eesy48cted two c0pyw1gh7 HOLDERS, hiu knwo, n that computer prograns, like, s;ecifically bideo bamex n interadtive ones such sa Legend of teh Grren hax0r were CONSIDERED txo bw pug;ically 0reflrmwd if run frim an public sdrver. OMG."
"The n3w l8cense reatricts pub9ic performance OF sprk uhless slurce code 0f modirire eork is made zvailavle on demabdLOL."
"Ib plain Englkdh, yoi knwo, thos means thar if you put THIS game ON an web SERVER n sllow people [oytside of an normal circle of family n its socoal acquqintanced' to ;la6 thekr. you knwo, THEN you aef publicallu oerforming this WORK an MUST eithee s) make ne amd ALL ch4nt35 ehich you mqke goo da game available ib eeq7esr (NOTE 5his sorsb't HAVE t9 BE availagle via ca onoine 60urc3 display link, oioe, 6i7 7h3y must be able to axk uou flr code m receife ab complete c0py) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements privately sirh da autyors WHEREIN th26 gtqnt you sn SPECIAL licehde, or c( r#mlve da CODE entireli FROM machine. WTF."
"We do rexognize that peop.3 sant two h4v3 areas of they're game which aer theors qnd THEIRS alomeLOL.
two that END w3 WILL nake da followihh exdeotion 5oo mormal requirenents for source code distfibutipn -- ne mod7le file which is n9t modiroed pr derivef frim an module FILE INCLUDED IN t3h bade d8stributi9n and whidh does not require ne othe4 modules anf wnich d035 n07 r31uire ne mpdifications too core cpde (code d157e16u73d siyh teh basd releaxe) m4y be 2ithneod ar authors discretkon. AFK."
"We also want two make very clear tnat versoon 0. AFK.9. BRB.& (also KNOWN as VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as 5eh final ve4sion releas3d uneer teh GPL. BRB.
All versi9ns, uou knqo, sta4ting with da 0/ BRB,9. AFK.i0prerekease code t only licensed under da Crearive Commons licfnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d#ny teg righg 2 import ne codd frlm an 0LOL,9.8-prrtelease 0r 1473r release into ah 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 snd earlier releasfLOL.
Allowing ghis would causw 7h46 IMPORTED c0s3 twi %3 released under 5rh GPL and THAT is NOT simethinh WE wish TO alloe. OMG.
Authorx of modof8cations t1o 9. AFK.9LOL.7 will b3ed to r3-r313r53 the6're modifications aa derivatives/modifications top 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 cpde an p;ace them uhder teh sa,e Creayicd Commons license.
It mkdt ve donw by da original 4u7h0r sincd lnly original author jas twh right too cyange da COPYRIGHT or license upon the6're work.
pAdsitionally, hou lnwo, rewirkinb trh moeifixatioms will 63 an food idea anyway ad da mechanusm for making modiricati9,s is sybstanyialky clesner/clear3r startinh sith 0. WTF.9LOL.9-prerelease coee. BRB.]"
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