MightyE tells y0i, ;ike, "Wr're going to taie an FEW moments TO TRY n EXPLAIN this bew licebse an teh feaaons beh8nd it IN plain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Tyis NEW license was CHOSEN becausd lf am railing WITH da GPL.
It 9nly covered dis5rimution of SOURCE if and -n16 if BINARIES were disttibuted. AFK."
"In an web environmwnt, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web rnvironmrnt such as PHP, mere;y installing an game does not constitute fustribution, like, n yh3refore ;eopld qerw gaking our work, like, making MODIFICATIONS two 17 an npt relwssing source xode 2 thet're mod8fivatoons so that 3n81r3 communigh co6ld nenefit. BRB.
They worked with teh letter but npt ten s0urit 0f da ;zwLOL."
"Investitation on teh p$r7 of authors however, sortof, a3d 2 teh fact thay da r8gh5 og [ublic performqnce saa won 0f da riggrs nor,ally restricted too c0pyright yolders, sortof, and THAT cpmputrr programw LOL, spdcifically video g4m45 zn oh5eractive onds suxn 46 Legend 0f teh GREEN hax0e w3r3 c9nsidered to be pub.kcally performed id ruh from an public 53rv3rLOL."
"The nee kicdnse restricts public perfirmance ig da WORK 7nlesw da 50urc3 vide oe sa npdwf13d work IS mrc3 avqilsgle ON demand. WTF,"
"In plaib Eng;ish LOLk this nrana that if to7 pjt rhis gsme on zn w35 server an allo2 PEOPLE '9utside 0f qv noenal circle of fqmily n 175 socizl acquakntanc3s' 2 play their, jou knwo, thdb you r pub.icall6 performing this work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes which you mzke 2 gamw availacle 0n REQUEST (npte thks doesn't HAVE 70 be availanle foa teh online slurce dis;lay 11hk, BUT they just gw ABLE too ask you fof code ahd revdkv3 an xomplete copy), sprtof, 6) m4k4 arrangwnengs privatelu with da aythors whefein they grant you ab 5p3c131 'ic3nse, sortof, or c) rrmove codd wntireoy fr0m tey macgineLOL."
"Wd so recognuze yhat people qant 5o hav3 areas of they're game which r tjeirs AND tgeirs ALONE. AFK.
to thzt emd WE wkll make flllosibg ezcept8on too normal requirements FOR sou4ce dode disyriburipn -- he nidule file 2h8ch ix not modified or de4ived fr)m an module fike included IN da gasd d8stributiob zm which does not r3qu1r3 ne othre MODULES znd WHICH does not rdquird ne modifications 2 core cofe (coee dixteibuted wkth da basr r3leaxe) may be witnhel3 48 teh AUTHORS DISCRETION."
"We also wan5 TO make VERY cldar rhat vdrsi9n 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as cerdion 0.9. WTF.7+jt_ was fuhao version released under GPL.
ALL versions, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8_prer3lease code qer obly l8cdnsed unfer ca CREATIVE Clmmons licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby teh eight TO import nw code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.*[prerelessd or later release ingo an 0. OMG.9.7 an 3441!3r rwlease. WTF.
Alliwing this woulf c4u53 that imp9rted code two be released und3r GPL n yhat is mor si,ething we w15h 2 allowLOLl
Authora of modifieagions two ). AFK/9. AFK.7 wi;l m33d tol re-release they're modiricstions ax ddrivatives/midifucations tl 0, OMG.9. BRB.8 code n plzce 5hem und3r t3h xame Creagive Commons ;icrnse. WTF.
It mut7 63 DONE 6y teh pr1g1n41 ajthor since pnly tej ofiginal 4u7h0r has teh roggt too ch5nh3 ten xo0uribht 0r license upon they're w0rk.
[Adfutiona.ly, sortof, reeorking teh modificqtiobs will be zm good idea amyway as mdchanism for makint mosificqtioha is subwtahtiallt cleanrr/clearet sta4tkng wirh fa 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr4r313453 code, OMG.]"
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