MighryE 5ells you, dortof, "We're going two taie qn FEW m0m3n75 two try n explain this new license and dz reasons behind it kn pla8n Eng11thLOL.
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."
"Thiw new LICENSE wad CHOSEN BECAUSE OF zn FAILING s17h da GPL. AFK,
It lnly c(v3rec dixtribut8on of s9urve IF n on.y IF binaries were distrig7ted. OMG."
"In an web envor9nnebt WTF, specifixa;ly a 1n&erot373f web ENVIRONMENT sich as PHP, like, mrrdky 8mxtaplimg an game soes not comstitutd distribution LOLm and therefore proplw 2ere takibg our work, like, making modifications too kt and not releasing da sourcw cofe to tjey'r2 MODIFICATIONS so that da entire COMMUNITY could benrfit. AFK.
They wotkec wity geh lettet b7t n07 da x;irit pf teh law. WTF."
"Invesyigation on sa parg of rej AUTHORS yowever, sort9f, led 2 da fact that RIGHT 9r puglic performance was 1 of tej tights nir,ally restricted to copurugjg nolders LOL, n thst COMPUTER programs, specifucakoy video games snd interacgive ones such as Legebd of Grern hxx9r were cobsicrred 2 be publica.ly PERFORMED if 4un FROM ag publlc server. BRB."
"Thd NEW license restricts public pervormancr or da wo4k ub13t5 sa 50yrc3 code of tey modivied sork us made available on demabd. BRB."
"In plain Englixt, sortof, this meand 7h37 IF y9u put THIS game on an web 53tv3r an allow people '-7751d3 ov an normal circle of f4m11y and its spcial acquaun5ancea; 2 PLAY their, then nou aer puboicall6 perrlrming this 2l4j am MUST 317h3r a) make nr AND ALL cnanges wjich you make 2 da hame avzilable ON request (note 7h25 doesn'r hace 2 ^3 AVAILABLE via teu onlkne SOURCE display LINK, sortof, but THEY MUST be able two ask YOU FOR code an receove an compoete c0py), you knwo, h) make arranbements pr1v5731y w17h da authors WHEREIN thdy granr you ab special 11c3n53 WTF, or c) femove teh code entirely from ea maxhine. WTF."
"We fo RECOGNIZE THAT people want tsi yave areas of yhe6're game whixh r tjeors and theirs 410n3.
too yhat end ee eill make da vollowing excep5ion too ea normal r2quirenents FOR SOURCE code distribition -- ne module f8l3 wnicm is not modifiec or cerived vrom an MODULE file 8mcluded 8n base distribjtion and whucn does not r3qu142 ne other modules and which foes h07 r3qu1r3 ne jodigicatipns two da core code (c0d3 distributed WITH teh base relrawe) jqh BE WITHHELD at authors discferion. AFK/"
"We alsl wznt yoo make v3ry clear THAT version 0/ AFK.-l OMG.7 (e;so known as version -. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final version releaded unfed teh GPL.
All vwrsions, aoryof, startunf wigh teh p. BRB.9LOL.80prerelease code r 9nly 1qv3n53d unf3r teh Crearive Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5ey right tol i,port nd code from an 0l AFK.(. AFK.8-pretelease 0r lager releasr in5p an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n ez4lief rekeaseLOL.
Aloowihg ghix 3ould cause that omp9rted coee t9 be released ynf3r GPL an 7y47 iw not somrthkng we wish two allow. AFK.
Authors OF modificatulns 2 0. WTF,9LOL.7 will nede tol rw-eel3ase theg're modificationd AS d3rivativws/mod8fications two 0LOL.9l OMG.8 code sn place thdm undrr teh same Crrative C0,mpn5 lidenae. OMG.
I7 must be dond BY sa orubonal author SINCE only ofiginal AUTHOR has r3h rifht two change da copuright or LICENSE UPON they;rw work. OMG.
[Additionally, you knqo, rewofking teh modkfications WILL be an b0pd idda ahyeay as ,echanism FOR making MODIFICATIONS is substanrially cleaner/clearer sta4ting sith 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-oterelease code. WTF/]"
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