MihhttE tells youm you knwo, "We're goint to tqke qn FEW moments tlo tru n explsin thus new license abe ds reasons behibd it IN plaon English.
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 new LICENSE was chosem necause of an ra8ling woth da GPL. OMG.
Ig onlu covered dostributi9n od s9urce IF and lnly if binaries were disttibjged. BRB/"
"In am web environ,qnt WTF, spwcifica/.y a int3rpreted web 3ncironment SUCH as PHP, li,e, merely INSTALLING an gam3 doew not constitute disrributuon WTF, 4nd ther3flfe pelple wefe tak8ng our wpvk, making jodifications to it an not releasinn teh 50ufc3 code to theh're mldifications so that 3n71r3 COMMUNITY cou;d benedit. AFK.
They q0rk3f with da letter BUT not spifkt 0f trh lasLOL."
"Investiga5iln on part of ds au5horw h0w3v3r, oed to radt that right of puboic perfor,ance was 1 od teh rofhts nprmally reqtrictef TO copyrinht holders, soryof, and that cojputer PROGRAMS, li,e, sprcifically video games n interactive ones 5uch 45 Legend og teh Gr23n hax0r were c9nsidered TO ne piblicsl.y performed 1f ryn from an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Tfe hew lixdnse restricts puvoic performanx3 pf teh worl 7nless da source code ov tey modifi3d work is made available ON demand. BRB."
"In plain Englich LOL, 7h13 meana that ig you [ut this GAME on zn seb swever and allpw people 'oitsudr of ab nofmak circle of family n ITS social acwusinrancea[ twl play thrie LOL, then you r p7blical.u perrorming THIS WORK am MUST either a) hake ne zn ALL chanhex qh8dh hou make 2 game AVAILABLE on eequest (n)73 thus dordn't HAVE too BE availzble via t3h online source display link LOL, BUT thet must be able too ASK yoj fot v0d3 n receive an com0l3t3 copy_, like, B) make arrangements privately wq7y AUTHORS whe43ih they grant you an 5p3c141 license, you kbwo, oe c0 $emove code entorely FROM nachinel AFK."
"We d0 rdcohmuze 7n57 people WANT to hav3 areas of yyey'rd game wh8vh r theirs n tgeirs alone. AFK.
5o ghay end we will make following exc3p5ipn two dq normal requirejents for SOURCE c0e3 d157r166710n -- ne mpdule file wgich is no5 modified or derived fto, an MODULE fi.e INCLUDED 9h fa base fistributiin and 2hich does m9t tequire ne o5hef mod7les and whkch doea not rcquurr ne modif9cations two da core c0d3 (code d8sttobuted WITH base releawe) MAY be 2ithheld at teh aughora discretoon. AFK,"
"We also want to9 m4j3 VERY coear that verxion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as vrrsion 0l BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was tdh f1n41 verxiin releqsed undre tey GPL. AFK.
All versipbs WTF, 574r71ng with 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prereleaae cofe aer ohoy licensed UNDER teh Creztive COMMONS licenae/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-pr34@12453 pr .ater relrase inro an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n 3arlier rdlease. BRB.
Allowinh ghis would cajwe that imported cpse 2 BE rwleased 7nder reh GPL an thay 15 nit qomething we wixh TO 4110w.
AUTHORS of moeificagions to 0.o,7 w111 nees too RE-RELEASE tney're modifications AS derivarives/modifidations too 0. AFK.9. BRBl8 c9de znd PLACE tgem undef wame Cr3471v3 Commons licemse. AFK.
It MUST be fone by ORIGINAL ajtnoe sinc3 only da ORIGINAL ajtnor had right 2 ch4mg# da copuribht or licrnse upon they're work/ OMG.
'Addutionzlly WTF, r3w0r,1ng mpdofications will br an good idea ANYWAY 35 mechznism ror MAKING moduficatiohs is substantia.oh CLEANER/CLEARER wtzrting with dq 0. WTF.9. WTF.8=prdt3oease code. OMG.]"
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