MightyE TELLS yoi, "We're going TO tal3 sn veq mpments to try and explain this new lkcense AND fa reasons behind ut in plain 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 licenwe was ch053n BECAUSE of an fqilibg w8th teh GPL. AFK.
It onl6 cover3d distribytion of source if and on.6 ig binariea were dis5ributedLOL."
"In an web envi4onment WTF, specifical.y a ingerpreted wev ENVIRONMENT such aw PHP, you knwo, ,drely inqtal;knf an game does not donstitjte dis5ribution WTF, n yheregore people sere tajing our work, sortof, nakinf modificatioms ro IT and not releasing fa souece codw @ they're modigicatilnw so tnat entite x0mmun17y cou.d benefit. WTF.
Thrt worked with LETTER vut not da wpirit ov law. OMG."
"Invesrogatiob on sq part of da zuthofs however, you knwo, led too da FACT 8h4& teh rifht ot pubiic prrformance wds 1 of teh fights normal;y 4estrictwd 2 c0pye1gh7 holders, sortof, and THAT c9mpyt3r pe0gr4m5, sortof, specofidaoly video gzmes an INTERACTIVE ONES such as Legend of teh Green hax9r wrte considdr3d to ne publically performdd if fun drpn an public sdrver. BRB."
"The mew 11c3n53 res5ricts pjblic o2rd0rm4nc3 of teh work 7nless dq source vode of modified s94k is m4d3 AVAILABLE 0n demandLOL."
"In ;lain Ebglish, likek thkx means that if y0u put this g4m3 on an wen srrv3f sn alllw pe9[le 'o7tside of ah NORMAL circle of fami.y h utq social axqiaintances' t9o play thrir LOL, then yoj aer publicalky performing 7h15 WORK n MUST 3ithre a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH y0u make to da GAME AVAILABLE on rrquest (note this doesn't HAVE two be afailable cia teh online sourcd display linj, you knwok vut yheu must be ab;e two ask YOU fpr code an r#v41v3 an complete c0py), sottof, b) make srrangdments prifatdly qith teh sith9ts wherein 7h3y brqny y9u an 5p3c141 .icense, like, ir c0 REMOVE da code entirely from machineLOL."
"Wf do 5rcognizd that 0e;ple want too hafe areas of tgwy're game which aer theirs n gheirs 410neLOL.
t9o that rne we eill mqke ea FOLLOWING exceptipn gp da nlemql requieenents for SOURCE cofe distributioh -= n3 m0du13 file which is not modifiwd or der8ved grom an module file included kn teh base DISTRIBUTION and wnixh does noy requirr ne other MODULES ab wyicg does not requ8re ne modificatilns too coe3 clde (code DISTRIBUTED with teh baad re;eaxe) may 63 WITHHELD at authors discretion/"
"We a;do wabt two make veey clead that VERSION p.9. AFK.7 (zlxo lnown as ve4sion 0LOL.9. BRB,7+ht) was f1n4! vers*on relrasee und3r da GPLLOL.
All verdionx, like, startimg with da )LOL.9. WTF.8-prdreleqce code aer only licensed under Cfeative C9mmons license.
We EXPLICITLY drny rignr too imporr ne c0d3 FROM an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prwrelease or later release inyo an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earloer 4elease. OMG.
Allowing this wpuld CAUSE that 8mpprt3d code gok BE released und3r teh GPL anf that is not sojething we eish two allow. WTF.
Aythord of miwificq4ions 2 0.9. BRB.7 WILL meed yoo ed-rel3ase yyey're modificationd as eerivatovds/mod8fixatkonw to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cide n p14c3 7h3m under same Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
It must be dohe BY teh origina; author 51nc3 obly ca origihal author nas da rught 2 chanhe teg co;yrighg or locense upon tjey're WORK. WTF.
[Addktionall6 WTF, reworling tdh modugications will bf an good idea snyway as da mechaniwm for making MODIFICATIONS ix sybs5abtially cleane4/cldarer startibg WITH teh 0.9. WTF.8-p4er3ldase code. WTF.]"
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