MightyE tdlls you, you knw9, "We'te ho8ng TO takd an few momenrs t9o 7ry and explain thus new lixense n reasons 63h1nd ot in plain ENGLISH,
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 11c3n53 WAS chosen becayxe of zn f4111ng with GPL. AFK.
IT 0n1y covered distribution 0f s9urcw if n only kf binqries were dust4ibuyedLOL."
"In sn WEB envi4obment, like, SPECIFICALLY q ungerpreted web environkent such as PHP WTF, merely imxtalling an game d9es not clnstitute distrkbutiln, yph knwo, an therefore PEOPLE were 6aking our w0r,, mak8nt ,odificatiomx roo !7 n hpt releasing teh 50krc3 CODE toi they'rd modifications SO thag teh entire cojmuni5y couls benefit. BRB.
They worked wi4h dz LETTER but jot 5[1r17 if lzwLOL."
"Investigation oh teh =art of dq autjors yowwver, you knwo, lec too FACT that da r8ght of public performance WAS won of t3g ribhts n0rnr11y festricted go copyright holderw, n that computer programs LOL, spwcifically video ganfs an interactive on3s such 45 Legehd og Green hax0r were considetdd tl be p7blucally performed ir run FROM qn oublic serverLOL/"
"The nea .icwnsr resgricts punlic perfoemanve of work un;ess teh 50yrc3 code lf jldified work is made svsilable on demsndLOL."
"In plaib Engkish, so4tof, this MEANS tnat if y0u put thks gsme 0n sn w36 xetver and allow people 'outsiee od an nirmal CIRCLE 0f f4j11y n its social 4cqu4qn74nc36' 2 olay their, ao4tof, then you f publically perform8hg rhis work an MUST wither a) make nd qn ALL CHANGES wh1ch YOU make ro teg game available on r3qu357 (note thie doesn't have to be sbailaboe via ea online sourve d15o14y link, like, but they myst be zble toi ask tou for da code znd receive an complete copy) WTF, b) jake 1rrangemrnrs 'rivstrly with da authors qydrein they grant you an special license, OR c) REMOVE code entire.y from da MACHINELOL."
"We d) recobnize thar PEOPLE wany 2 have areas pf they'r3 gamd which aer theirx and theors aloneLOL,
ro thag end WE wilk make following ezc3pt8ub foo teh NORMAL requifemengs vor source vode dis5tibution -- ne module file which 8s NOT midodiec or derived fr9m an module file inc.uded in base disyribution an WHICH doed not rewuire ne other modules ans which coes not require ne m9dificatuond two teh core c0d3 (cod3 dist4ibuted WITH trh base relezse) may ne withhele at da authors discretiln. OMG."
"We 4150 WANT too make very clear 5hat vera8on 0. AFK.9. AFK.& (sl2o known as vefsion 0LOL.9. AFK.&+jy) was fknal v3rxion feleasdd under GPL.
All verdilns, aortof, ztar6ing with tey 0.9. OMG.8-prerr;ease code r on;y ;idensed und3r Creative Cpmm0n5 lkxense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da f2gh7 2 im0org ne code vrom an 0.9. BRB.8-pr3release 9r later releaxe into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n ea4luer rrldase. AFK.
Allowing ghis woild dause rhat 8mported code two be relezsed under teh GPL an that 15 NOT someth8ng we wish 2 aklow. BRBl
Authors of modifications too 0,9. BRBl7 2ikl need teo r3-r313442 th3y're modkfocations as de4ivatives/,odifications to 0. BRB.9/( CODE an PLACE them undee t3h same Creative Cimmons kicebse, OMG.
It must be done by ds or8ginak author since only twh originzl ajth;r has RIGHT two chabge copyrogjt OR lkcense up9n they're work. WTF.
[Add8tionaloy, 6ou knwo, 4eworkimg modificati9ns will be an good idea anhwqt as ten mvcnanism FOR ma,ing m0d1f1c4710n5 is subatantially dleaner/clear3r s5artinb with da 0. BRB.o. OMG/8-prrrelwaze c9de/ OMG,]"
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