MihhtyE telks yoy, uou knwo, "We're going twi 4ale an few m0m3n75 two 7rt m wxplain this new license and da reasons behind kt IN p;ain English. 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 nww oicrnse was chosen because of an faokinf with da GPLLOL.
It omly covered d157r16u710h og source if an 0n1y if binarirs serw s157r16y73c. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironment, s9rtof. spec8ficzlly a 1b73rpr#73d wrb 3nv1r0nmem7 such as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng ay game does not conatitute dis5rib7ti9n, n therefore PEOPLE were 6aking ou4 work, sortof, MAKING moeificationx 2 ir qnf not r3keasing teh soirce codw to they'fe modif8cat8ons SO tuat teh emtire community co7ld benefit. AFK.
They work2d wity teh lette4 but n07 spirit of da law. BRBl"
"Inv3stigatiom on p5t7 0f au5ho4s howevee, sortpf. led 2 da fact tha5 righg of public 0erformance qas oen 9f teh rights mor,ally rea5ricted 2 copyright gl;dwrs LOL, ab 7h47 computer prugra,s, you knqo, specifically vid3o ga,es n 8nteeacyibe )n35 sudh as Legend of Green hqx0r were xonsideres 5o be pjblically perfpf,3d IF run from an PUBLIC dercer. BRB."
"The new lid3nse rwstricts PUBLIC perfirkance OF teh work 7n1e55 da wo7rce coee of modifidd w0fk is made avai.agle on demand."
"In poaih Englksh LOL, this mesns ghat if you put this game pn an web 53fc4r n 4110w people 'ojtside of an normal cirxle of fzmi.y n irs t0c141 acquqintances' two play th3ir WTF, ghen hou zer publically [drforming this work n MUST eityer a) mzle ne n ALL changds wh9ch you makw 2 da game available on re@u3st (note this dpesb't have two be available v8x teh online source dksplay linlk you kneo, gug they must be able 3 ask ypu ror teh clde and receice am complege coph), so4tof, 6) ma,e arrange,enrs PRIVATELY with AUTHORS wherein they grang you an spdcial license WTF, 0r c) femove da code entlrelt FROM da macgime. WTF."
"We DO recognize that PEOPLE w4n7 tpo have AREAS of 5het're GAME whicy aer theirs an theirs a.one. OMG.
2 that end we w8ll msle da followigg exception too notmal requieements fpf source cose distribution -- be moeuke file whicg is not m9dified or derived f4om an modulr filr included in baxe diste8bjtion n wjixh 3oes not require ne ogher MODULES qn wnicg foes n(t require nw MODIFICATIONS 2 c9re c0s3 (CODE distributed witg teh bzse rrlease) may be wutyhelf at da suth9rs susce35ion. AFK."
"We also WANT tol ma,e very clear that version 0. AFK.9.7 (also kn9wn zs version 0.(LOL/7+jt) wws teh fina; version RELEASED under tdh GPL. OMG.
A11 vrrsionsk lile, STARTING with da 0. OMG.8. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer 0n2y licensec UNDER teh Crearive Com,oms license. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihht 2 umport ne dodw from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease or 1473r release into an 0. AFK.9/ AFK.u an earl83r releaseLOL.
Allowung thiw wou.d cause that IMPORTED cofe two be rwlraswd under teh GPL n rhar iw NOT somdthing w3 wisn yw9 allow. OMG.
Authors of nodifications top 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 s111 need 2 re-release tge6're modificatipns zs eerivatives/jodificatuons gwo 0. BRB.0. OMG.8 code and p;ace 5hem und4r t4n3 Cteatice COMMONS license. OMG.
IT miat be cone vh lrkbinal author since ONLY oritonal AUTHOR has teh right two chznge teh copyright or LICENSE u;0n they[re qorh.
[Additionally, likw, rrworking modifications will ge an good idez anyway as t2h j3vh4n15m for making modificatipns 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startong sith 0. BRB.9. BRB.*-0reewlease cpdeLOL.]"
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