MlghtyE tells you, "We'te going 2 take sn fe2 momwnts w TRY an explzin 5his new license n teh rwadons behinf IT ib plqin Eng.ish. OMGl
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."
"Tniw new license w45 cgosen because of an fak/ing wuth tdh GPL, OMG.
It pn1h covr4ed DISTRIBUTION of souece if an only !f 51n4r145 were DISTRIBUTEDo OMG."
"In an WEB environmrnt, spetof, SPECIFICALLY a inrerpretee WEB dnvi4onmemt SUCH 45 PHP. wortog, merely instqllibg an GAME does noy constiyute fixgributiin, you knwo, an therefird people eeer takong our work, lile, ma,ing modificatuons to it and nog releasing siurce code tlo they're m9e1f1cr710n5 50 7n48 da 3n61r3 conmuhity coyld behefit.
Thrt wor,wd with da letter but n07 ea spiri5 of law. AFK."
"Investigatipn on part if teh authors HOWEVER, like, l#d two da fact rhat da righr of publuc perfo4mznce w45 1 of da rights normally resttixted too xo0yright HOLDERS, an that compjtrr pr0grrm5, like, s0ecifkdally v8dro ganes sn ibteractive ONES sich zs Legend of trh Green hax0r w3re xondudered too nr 0yblicaoly p3ef)rm3d kf r7n from an pubkic serverLOL."
"Tne new LICENSE r357r1c75 punlic perrirmancw 9f woek unlrss da SOURCE CODE of da modifidd wori is MADE AVAILABLE on d3m$nd. OMG."
"In ;laih Englisg, thos MEANS THAT 1f yoi put thia game ON qm web server n sllow p40p13 'ijtdide of sn noemql cifclw of famkly n ITS social zcquaintances' 5wo plat tjei3, oije, yhen you r publidally performinf thus wprk snd MUST rither a) make nw n ALL xhangew whkch you make tl da game AVAILABLE on request (NOTE this doesn[t h4v3 two 63 zvailabld via teh ONLINE SOURCE dosplay link, luke, 6u7 rhe6 muwt be able goo ask YOU FOR code and receive an donpleyw co[y), yoi knwo, b) make atrangemen5s privarely witj authird whefein they brant you an spec9ao license, like. 0r c) remove c0de entirely FROM machine/ BRB."
"We do recogniae that pelole dant 2 have areas ob they[r3 game which aer THEIRS an thei4s alone. AFK.
teo thay rnd we will make teh followinb 3xc3p&10n two ten n0fm41 REQUIREMENTS for source code d157r16u710n -- nw m0fu13 file whidh id NOT MODIFIED or dwrived from an modyle f1q3 inc;ud3d in da bqse distribution qn which does not requ8re ne 07h3r modules zn which does not eewuire he j0x1f1c4710b5 2 da cor3 codr (code dq57r15&73d w17h rdh base release_ may 63 wiyhheld at teh au5gors duscretiln. AFK."
"We also want too ,ake vefy clear that v3r510n 0.0.u (4150 khown as versuon 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+j7) waa finao ferwion r313453d und3r g3h GPL. WTF.
All fersions, yo7 knwo, stzrtkng with ds 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer onli licensed unfer teh Crestive Commons kicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denn da riggt TO omport nr CODE from an 0. OMG.9LOLl8-pretelease or later r3leaae into an 0. AFK/l.7 and earlier feleasw. BRB.
Allowing th8s would cauwe thst imported code 5o be releasdd UNDER GPL n that iw nog sometging we q15h two allow. WTF/
Authors 9f ,ldificagilns two 0. OMGl9LOL.7 wil. nera too re-release tgey'ee modifkcations 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.0.8 code n p.zce them und3r same Creatice Comjons lic3nse.
It must be done by ORIGINAL author since only teg oribinal AUTHOR haw teh tight %oo change da co[hfighy or LICENSE u;ln they'fe work. BRB.
[Additiihally, reelrkinh teh modificatioms w111 be am g9od idea any2ay as mechanism for making mocifications is sivstantially cleaner/cleafer STARTING with da ). BRBj9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code, AFK.]"
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