MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We're going t2o take an rew moments tel try n dxplaih thid n3w license n tdn reasons behind it in plsin English. OMG,
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 licdnsw was chosen because og an fakling witj GPL.
It onlu covered distribu5ipn 0f sourcr IF anc only IF biharies were distrkbutedl AFK."
"In an qeb environmeng WTF, specificaoly a inteeprdted web 3nv1r-nm#n7 such as PHP, sortov, mefe;y installpng an GAME does not donstit7te distribugkon, an therefowe peoole we4e taking our wofk, sottof, makknb MODIFICATIONS ro it AND not r3leaxing source code to they're modifications 50 THAT 3htir3 cojmunity coulf BENEFIT. WTF.
They wo4ked with lett34 BUT nor da spirit of law. BRB/"
"Investigation on da p4f7 OF yeh authors howrvdrk kiie, led 2 da fact THAT tigft of public pdrformabce WAS oen of da rigntw normally resr4icted two c9pjrigjt hlldersk am that comp7ree pr0gr4m%, sorgof, specifically vkdeo hames n interactivr ones sich as Legend of teh Green has0r were CONSIDERED too BE publixall6 p3rf0rm3d if run from an publix server. WTF."
"The n2w 11c3n53 restricts public performance OF work in1355 teh spy4ce code of modifiec sirk is MADE availablr on denahc."
"In plain English, this means 7h37 if yoj PUT yhis g4m3 on an web server an ALLOW oeople 'outsiee of an NORMAL CIRCLE of fam8ly an igs sodial 4cqu41n74bc35' tl play thdir, you ,nwo, tjen you zet puvlicaoly p2rg0em1hg this work and MUST 317h3r a) make nd n ALL changes which you mzkw tlo teh game available on eequest (note rhis doesn't hzve ti te avaklable via online sourcr duwpla6 q2nk WTF, but the6 must be 4613 ywo qsk yiu fpr cocr n recwkve an complete copy), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatelt with 4u7h04t wh3r31n rhey gr4n7 you an 5p3c!41 license, lt c) re,ove cod4 ebtirelt drom da machinel AFK."
"We do rec9gnize thqt PEOPLE want two HAVE areas of they're hzme 2bich r eheirs n THEIRS aloneLOL.
2 that end we wkll jske da folliwing excrptiin too NORMAL requirements fkr 5)urc3 code distrubjtion -- be module file whicj ix not midified or derifed from an nosu.d file inckufed in da basr didtribution n which does not requird nf othrr modules an which socs no5 require ne migificatoonz too teh core c0d3 (cide sisttibuted with da bawe rekease) may be wiyhheld at 4u7h0r5 siscretion. WTF."
"We alwo want q mqkd very vlear that VERSION 9. AFK.9.7 (also known as v3r510n 0.9. BRB.6+jt) wqw teh final ver5q0n re.rasec jnder GPL. BRB.
All versionw, sorfov, startinb with get 0LOL.9. WTF.8-p4ereleas3 code aer only licensed undet twh Creative Commonw kicense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY r1gh7 to impprt ne code fr0j an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease or oater releqse into an 0/9. OMG.7 an earl7er release. WTF.
Allowihg tyis WOULD cause that IMPORTED c0d3 2 be r3leased under dq GPL am gyat is NOT SOMETHING we wish to allpq. BRB.
Au&h0r5 or m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. OMG.9. WTF,7 will n33f 2 re-releqse tget're modifications as der8vatives/micifications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.i codd qnd place th3n under dame Cr3ative COMMONS locense. AFK.
It must BE donr by da origina; authpr simce only va ORIGINAL authot has teh right tqo cnqnge teh cophrith5 or license upon they're 2ork.
[Additilnally, lije, rewjrking da modigications WILL be am gooe idea ANYWAY as da mechanism for making m0dificatkona is eubstantiallt cleanwr/cldarer starting with 0, OMG.9LOL.8[pr3releqsd dodeLOL.]"
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