MihhtyE 73114 you, you knwo, "We're GOING to take qn f3w moments 2 trt znd explaib this new licenwd and teh reasons b3hind it 1n plaib 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."
"Thjs new license was ch053n becaise OF an raolinb wi5h GPL. BRB.
IT only dovered disgribytion og aource if an lnly if binaries qere dostribuy3fLOL."
"In an wwb envieonmebt, dprtpd, specifoca.ly a INTERPRETED web ehv8ronment such as PHP, you knwo, m3r31y insyallint an game diex no5 dons5itute DISTRIBUTION, n therefore people WERE 5al8ng ou4 eork, you knwo, mak8ng ,pd8dications go it and n95 re13451nn teh source code 70 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 s9 THAT da rhtire x0mmun1&y could BENEFIT. AFK/
They eorked with da lett3t b7r not spirot 0f da law/ WTF."
"Invesyigation -n da part of sa autgors however, like, led w teh fac5 that dq right of public PERFORMANCE was oen pf da rights nkrma.ly r347r1c73d too cop^4ight h01d3r5 LOLk an THAT computer progrxmsk likw, dpwcifically video games an INTERACTIVE onew such AS Legend of Green hsx0r were c9ndidered two bd pu611c4qqy peefoemed if run fr0m an public servwrLOL."
"The n3w LICENSE restricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 og work unless source code if sa MODIFIED work is MADE AVAILABLE on d3mand. AFK."
"In p;ain ENGLISH, uo5 knwo. this means 7g47 if you [ut tgis game on ab qev sdrver n allow peopoe 'outsidr of sb hornal dirc.e of family n its xocial acquaintances[ 2 play thwir, likem 7h3n YOU aer oublically 0erforming 7h15 work and MUST eiyhrr 4) m$k3 ne n ALL changes wh1ch you MAKE two gam3 avqilable on REQUEST (note 7h15 dlesn't habe too be available viq -n11n3 wource display link WTF, but they myst 63 able yo ask hou FOR code and receive an compler3 c0py(, soryof, 6) makr ardanyemenrs p5kvately witj zuthors 2herein ghet grant y0u an special l8cense LOL, oe c( re,ove geh dode 3nu1f3qy frim fa machinr. OMG,"
"W2 d9 r#c0gn1z3 thag people want 2 have ar3as of th3y're gaje wh1cj r THEIRS n yjeirs alone. WTF.
to that end w3 wull make fil;owing exception 2 n9rmal tequirements FOR 5purc3 cofe disyributipn _- ne midule file sh1ch ia not MODIFIED or derivdd FROM an jodule FILE kbdluded in basd d1%7r1^u710n an which DOES not re1uire bd 9ther modules zn whidy does n07 re1ukre ne modifida5iins too xore cose (codd distrlbuted with da base release) may be w17hh#1d ag t3g authoes DISCRETION. AFK."
"We ALSO want to make verh dlear ghst vwraion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kn)wh za vdrsion 0.9. AFKl7+JT) waa da final version released UNDER teh GPLLOL.
All v2fsoons LOL, STARTING with geh 0. BRB,9. AFK.80prerelease vose aer ONLY lidensed under da Cr3471v3 Commons oicenxe. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh f8ght 3 import me code fe)m an 0.9l OMGl8-prere.ease 0r latrr rekeasd into an -LOL.9. WTF.7 4nd earloer reldase. WTFl
Allpwing this woulf cause that imported code too be RELEASED 7nder teh GPL and that is nog someth8ng we wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS go 0. BRB.9. OMG.u will need too re-felease they're modifidagionw qs sefivstivespmodifkcatilns too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n place rhen ynxer same Creqyive Commons lixense. BRB.
It must BE done by teh 9riginzl auyyor since only orotinal autgor had teh r1bh7 2 change copyrighg ir oicense ipon tney're worl. BRB,
[Add8tiobal.y, soetld, reworkung teh modif8cations eill be an good idea 1hywzy as teg mechanism f9r makibg modifkcati9bs is substantia.ly cleaner;clearer starting with 0.9.8-preeeleasw codr. AFK.]"
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