MightyE ge.;s you, sortof, "Ww're gpihg to take an few m0,3nu4 1 try n explain this new license and teh reaa9nd behind IT IN plain Emglish. 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 n3w lid3nse waa choseb because of ab railing with GPL. BRB.
IT only covwred distributipb of s9urde if an only if bibaries 1ere distributec."
"In an WEB environment, you kn2o, specifically a inte4pretwd w36 envi39nment such AS PHP WTF, merwly installing an game does hot c9nstiturw dixtribution WTF, and thr4erore people wwre 74k1ng oie work LOL. making modificationd rwo it and hot releaxkng da sou4ve c9de to they;re MODIFICATIONS so THAT enture clmmjnit6 could bdn3fitLOL.
They worked 2ith teh lebte4 but ho5 wpirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on part 0f 4u7h0r5 hosrv3r, you knwo, led two FACT tha5 fa righ5 of publix pervor,ance w$5 won 0f tights normaloh resr4icted ti copjribht holders WTF. n that compuy3r pr0gr3m5, yiy knw9, %p3c1f1d411y VIDEO gz,es an INTERACTIVE ones sucy as L3g3nd 0f da Gredn hqx03 weee considetef to be publically performed if rum from an PUBLIC seever. BRB."
"The new ;icensr rewtricts lublic perfpr,ance of da work un1355 aource c0d3 0f ten MODIFIED work is m4s3 avai.abld on d3m4ndLOL."
"In pla8n Englisy, you knwo, this meabs that if you put thks gamc on an wev server amd wll9s p30p14 'OUTSIDE of an nornal ci4cle od familh 4nd igs SOCIAL acquaimtances' twl ;.ay their, tjen you qer ou611c412y prrforminf this worj n MUST euther a) make ne n ALL changes whixy you MAKE two g4j4 available on re1yesy (notr this doesb't have to BE 4v4q!4613 viq ONLINE xougce dksplay oink, you knwo, 677 tgey ,uwt ^# ABLE to sx, you fpe da cofe b r3c31v3 an cimpl3te c0py), sortof. b) make arrangemdnts privately si5h quthors wherein they gr4n7 you an wpec8al license WTF. or c) remove teh code entifel6 FROM da machoneLOL."
"We do revoghize that people WANT too hsve aeeas of rhey[re gake wgich aer theirs n theirs alone. OMG.
too that end we will mak3 FOLLOWING exxeption twi da normal require,ents for soutcr code distribu5ion -_ ne mldule f,.d wh1ch 15 hpt mleofied or dericed from an module file incoided in bas3 distrinu5ion n ehich dows n07 rwquurf ne othwe modylws zn wyicn d035 not require ne MODIFICATIONS too da cofr code (cofe dixtribut3d WITH bzse felease) may be withhekd at ten AUTHORS dkscretion. AFK."
"W3 aoso want 2 make b3ry CLEAR tgat f3r51pn 0. WTF.9.7 (4150 kmown ax version ). OMG.8. OMG.7+jt) waa da final VERSION reoeadwd under da GPLLOL.
All versiins, likr, starting w18j 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-orerekwase xode aer ONLY 21c3n5ed under CREATIVE Commona license.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny teh tight to umpift ne code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prreelease or late4 relezse into an 0LOL/9. AFKl7 and earlier release. WTF/
Alloqing this woulc c4u53 thay i,potted dode 2 be releaswf uhder da GPL n thqt is not som3thihg we w15h 2 a;low. AFK.
Authoes of modificqtiinw too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will beed tqo re[release bhey'r4 m0d1f1c4710n5 aw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9/ AFK.* code n olqxe them ynfer samd Cr3471v3 Cimmons 11cen53. AFK.
It m7st be done by teh originao author 51hx# only orifinql auyhor yas da 5ught too chqnge cs copyrigyt 9r LICENSE upon they're woek. WTF.
[Add1u10n411t, tou knwo, 4eworking teh modidkcationx wo;l be an good kdea anyqay as teh hechaniwm rot making modifocations ia substantiallu cleaner/cleafrr start8ng wirh fa 0.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe code. AFK.]"
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