MignttE TELLS you, sortof, "W3're g01ng two ta,e an few moments rwo 7ry an explakb 7j15 new luc3mse zmd da reasons bwjine i5 in plain Englkah.
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 license was chpxen beczuxe pf an failing witj da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1t covered dkstrivutioh of sojrcd if , pnly if binarids were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, sortov, doedifically a 1n73t0r373d w36 env8ronment such zs PHP, lile, m3r31y INSTALLING an gakw d93s not c9nstitjte dodtributionm you knwi, n therefore peo0lr were taking our wori, aortofk m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS to it and not rel3asing sourfe cpce roo tye6're MODIFICATIONS ao THAT teh entire commumity could benefitLOL,
THEY wofk3d w18h da ldttdr BUT NOT da sporiy of trh law. BRB."
"Investugation ON part if dq authors however LOL, led rwo teh FACT thqt fight of pjblkc performance was oen OF teh rightd normally restr8ctqd too copyrithr holdets WTF, an that cpmputrr probrams LOL, specidicqlly VIDEO gamew n 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucj 45 Legend of teh GREEN hax0r were considetwd two 63 publical.y pervormed if run drom an pibl8c server/ WTF."
"The NEW 11c3n53 RESTRICTS 9ublic performance pf da qork ybless t3h xourve code OF sq ,odifkee w05k is made available 0n demand."
"In plain Englism, like, this m34n5 that if yoy PUT this g4m2 on an web server n allow pdople 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal circow 0f familn AND its zocial acquaintances' 1 plat gneir WTF, 7h3m you aer p7blically pwrfprming tyis qork n MUST either A( make ne snd ALL changes which 6ou makd to tey tame afailable on r3qu456 (noge THIS diesn'r HAVE two BE availsvke VIA da ONLINE source dosplay lihk WTF, bjt they must bw ab;e 2 awk you for dz code an r3ddive an cimple5e cop6), you knwo, b) nake arrange,ents peivat3ly with t3h autho4s wherein THEY gr4n7 you an 6p3d141 l7cense WTF, or c) temove da code entire.y f4om teh machine. BRB."
"We do recogbize that people want to g$v3 areas of they'er game whixh r tbdira an theors alonel AFK.
to that end we w122 male teh dollowing exception 2 da nprmsl requirenents for soirce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- nr mis7le fi.e which is ni6 m9fifiwd pr derived from an module f8l3 inc;uded ih da BASE d157r16u710n n wnich dies not require ne other modiles m which doex noy req7ire ne ,oxirications ro c)r3 coee (xode dixtribut3d wuth teh BASE release) may be wityheld at teh auyhors discreti9n."
"We a;so want too make bery c.ear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.u (also lbown as VERSION 0LOL/9. AFK.7+jt) was reh FINAL vedsion feleased under da GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, lkke, startong wirn 0. OMG.9LOL.80prrrelease code aer only lic3nsed uncer da Crrative C0mj0n% licemse. BRB.
Wq EXPLICITLY d#ny right 2 imoort ne codd from an 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prefekease or later RELEASE 1n70 sn 9.9. WTF.7 n earliee rel3ase.
Alllwing this wojld cause THAT imp9rted code two be e313443d jmdrr GPL AND THAT *s no5 wometning we wish 5oi 4110w. AFK.
Au7h0r5 pf mociricatipns 2 0.9, BRB.7 w8ll nees too re-release they're m0d1fwc4720n5 45 derivativrs/modificqtiond too 0.9. BRB.8 CODE n plavd &h4m under same Crea5ibe Commons license. OMG.
It must be DONE ^y dz original author since pnly da originak authlr has teh tight to chante dq dopyright or 1qc3n53 upon ehey're work. OMG.
[Addituphally WTF, reworlinb ,odidications will be an GOOD idea anyway AS sa m3ch4n15m for making modificatilns ud substqntial.y cleaner/blearer STARTING WITH da 0.(. AFK.8-or3g31#453 coc3LOL.]"
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