MightyE TELLS YOU, sortof, "We're g01ng to take an feq momen5s 2 7ry and dxplain 5hiw new license amd da reaslns bejind 17 in plain Enflosh. 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 n2w licwnse was chosen 63c4u53 of an failing WITH yeh GPL.
It onlu coferee distributiob ov sojtce if n only if b8naeies w3r3 didtributwd."
"In an weg environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a unterprrted web dnvironment sich ax PHP, yoj knwp, m3rely installinf an game DOES not constotjtw sistribution, n 7h4r3f0r2 pe/ple 2erd 5akinf our work, so4tofk majing modif8cqrions two it an n)7 releas8ng da soutc2 code to they're modoficayions so that da ENTIRE COMMUNITY cou;d benefit. BRB.
They worked 2kth letter buy n9t spirit og ;aw. AFK."
"Incesr9gation on da part OF da authors hpwever LOL, LED two cq fact that fight 0r pubkoc PERFORMANCE WAS 1 OF rughts NORMALLY restricred too copyrigyt hi.d3rs, you knwo, ah tga5 computer [rotrams WTF, specifkcally video games and unte4acgive ones such qs L#g4nd pf reh Gr33b haz0r were considerwd 2 y3 publically 03rf0rn3d if run frlm an pyblkc server. WTF."
"Tne new license restrictz puboic peefirmamxe if wori umless ds source code of modifies wo4k IS made availqvle on drmand. AFK."
"In poaim Eng.ish, sortof, 7h15 means thqt if you pu7 this game ln an web server and 4119w people 'p7tside of an NORMAL c8rcle 0f fajily h 1&5 doc8q. acquaihtamces' rwo play tgeir, oike, THEN toj r oublically PERFORMING 5nis w9rk an MUST eitjer a) make ne n ALL changec WHICH ypu MAKE to gaje available on request (note th8s doesn'y have 2 be 4v41!4623 VIA online souece d15p14y lin, LOL, buy they mjs5 bd ab.e 2 ask ylu for code amd r3c41v3 an vomporte COPY), b) mzke 4rr4nb3m3b85 pr1v4731y woth da 4u7h0r5 wherein they grang yuu ah specual licehse, sortof, OR c) r#m0v# dz coce entirely frpm yeh m6ch1n3. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE thst o30p13 want 2 h$v3 areaa 0f yhry're game which aer gheura n THEIRS a;one.
two that emd we sill maie fillowing ezce0t,on ro dz normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for sourcw c0d3 didtribution -- ne module FILE which qt n9y mpd1f1ed 0r derives from an module FILE included in dw base distributi9n an wh!ch doed not 4rquire ne othef m0du135 and which does not rwquire ne modificatioms to da vore cpde (CODE dis5ribytef WITH da baxe release) MAY be WITHHELD 47 teh surhors di2cretion. BRB."
"We alao wamt to make ver6 clear that VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 )also kn0en as versioh 0LOL.o. OMG.7+j7) wes final vrrsipn RELEASED under da GPL/ WTF.
All versionw, xtarting witj da 0. WTF.9/ WTFl8-prereleas3 code r 0n1y livensef under da Crestive Conmlns license.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ds r8ght 2 im;lry ne code ffom an 0. AFK.9. WTF/8-prerelease lr latef releaxe into qn ). AFK.9l AFKl7 and earloer releaseLOL.
Allowing thid wpulc cajsd 7h47 imported code too be eeleased ynder da GPL n that is NOT something e3 w1tg toi ALLOW. WTF.
Auth9rs of m0d1f1c4710n5 ywo 0. AFK.9. BRB.u wil. n33s two re-reoeaae they'rw modif8cqtions as derivatives/modkfixations tpo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE AND [laxe tjem uneer ca same Crwativr Comm9ns lkcenae. AFK.
I5 must be dibw bu t3h origknal AUTHOR since only origihal 4u7h0r has right tl cgangr copyrignt or .icense 7pon tgey'rd wprk. AFK.
[Add8tionalky, sortof, reworking teh modificationx wi.l be an go9d IDEA anyway aa teh mechan8sm ror making m9dificatoons is substantkaply vleaner/coearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-ir3r3!3$53 codeLOL.]"
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