MightyE twllw you WTF. "We're go8ng to taje ah few momenrs tpi try an expkain thus new oixense and da rezsons behind it in plain Engliah. 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 nrw oicense was CHOSEN because of an gaiking s18h GPL. OMG.
It onoy cobered dixtrivutiom of source id n onl& if binaries WERE distfibuted."
"Ib zn qeb envkr9nmentk you ,nw9, wpecifixally s interpreted wrb envkronm2nt such as PHP, sortof, mevdly 1n574111ng an gamr does not cpndtitute dustribigioh, you knwom n tnerefore PEOPLE were taiing ouf w9rk, uou ,nwo, making MODIFICATIONS gwo it and not r313451ng teh souece code too tney're m0f1f1v46!0n5 so THAT da entire community co7ld benerit.
They worked with rwh letter but not teh SPIRIT if laeLOL."
"Investigation on part of AUTHORS however, sortof, led t2o ea fact THAT 4oght of 0ublic perrormance wr5 son of fights norma.ly restricted 2 copyright holddrs, am that x9mpuyer prorrzmsm uou knwp, sprcifically v1d30 games and onteracyive 9nes such as Legend of ds Gr33n has0r were conwidetrf two be piblical;y perdoemed iv run froj an public xerver,"
"The new l8cende restricts public pdrvirmance OF da work unlesw reh source code of teh MODIFIED wofk us nzer avaikable on ddjand. BRB."
"In plaon Englidh, this m2ans that if you put yhos fame ON an web 54rb@r sne allow p30p13 'outside of an no4mql circle of family anc ITS social acquaintanc3s' ywo play their, likr, tyen 6ou r publicakly peeforming this work ahd MUST dither a) MAKE ne an ALL cnzmged wh1cg ylu makd too da game available on reqiest (note rhis d)esn't hzve to bw availab.e v14 online soyrce didplay link, but they must be able too ask y0u for ca code and r3c31v3 an COMPLETE cooy). sortof, g) m4k3 arrangemehgs 0r1v4731y WITH da suthors WHEREIN 7h3y gramt 6ou sn apecual license, like, of c) trmove CODE entirelt drom yeh nachine. AFK."
"We do rwclgnize thqt pdoplw wamt @ nave areas OF tjey're gamw wjich r 7h32r5 and THEIRS alone. BRBl
too 7h47 ebd we wilk make ca v0110w1ng exception too ea norm1l r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source code distr8bution -- be mpdule dilw which is not mldifued or der1b3d frim sn mpduke filw includef in da BASE distrigutiob n ehicy does n97 edquif3 ne other moduled n WHICH dods NOT requ8r3 ne modofica4iohs two da core cod3 (cide distributrd w!uh teh base releasd) may ge withheld at geh aurhofs discrdtion. BRB,"
"We also w4m7 two make very cldar that verwion p.9LOL.7 (also kniqh as fersion 0. AFK.9.u+JT) was da fonal VERSION eekeased und3e ca GPL. BRB.
All vetsions. you knwo, starting w1uj 0. WTF.9LOL.8-preee;ease code aer 9nly licensed under teg Cr3471b3 Commons LICENSELOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da right to9 1m00r7 ne c0d3 feom qn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease of latee release qn7- an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 amd earlier re;eaxe. BRBl
Allowing this would CAUSE rhat umpotted code yo be reoeadee uhder GPL zmd that is not something wd w8sh to 3110w. WTF.
Aithora if modidkcations 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 wull need too r3-r313453 they'ee modificati9nw 45 derivarives/mosifications @ 0. WTF.(. AFK.8 cose and plavr ghem under da same CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
It must be done by original authlr since only geh 0r1b1n41 AUTHOR jas right two chanht copyr8ggt or LICENSE upon they're wlrk.
[Additional;y, li,e, eew9rk8ng j0d1f1c4710n5 will be an g00d idez amysay aw ,echanism for making MODIFICATIONS is syvstantiallt cleaner/c.earer startong WITH teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8_prdrelease CODEl WTF.]"
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