MightyE tells you, "We'ee goint w takw an few moments too try and dxp;qin tyus NEW lkcense ab da reasons beyind oy in plaib 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 chosen becayse pf an fai;ing wi5h rey GPL. WTF.
It only c9vered dustribjtion od SOURCE of snd onlt if binarues WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an wwb wbvironmwnt LOL, specifocslky a inrdrprered web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, you kn2o. merely insgalking am gaje does not constitute cist4ibutiom WTF, n tjerefore p3ople we4e taking our work. like, m4k1ng modificatioms two it qb not reoeaaing source cpde 2 they'fe MODIFICATIONS so that reh entite community couof benefit.
Thry worked wigh teh ldtter but nlr soirit of teh law. AFK."
"Invesgigation -n teh parr of aytyors h02ev3r, aortof, led tpo da facr tba5 e1gj7 if pub;ic 0erformsnce was 1 of da right2 nprm41wy rextricted to copyrignh holders, ans that comput2r proframs LOL, specifically v1d3- games n intefsctive 0n35 such as Legend of da Gf34n yax0r were considered two be puglica.ly o3rf0rm3d if rjh feom qn public aerver. AFK."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC perfornance if dq WORK unless SOURCE code of t3h nodufied eork is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In plain Ehgl8ah WTF, THIS means that if y0u put this GAME on an wev sefvdr an sllow people 'outside of an normal curcle of vami;y n igs SOCIAL axquqintancvx' tio play their, lik3, tgen yiu f PUBLICALLY perrormihg th8w work abd MUST either a) make ne n ALL cy$ng35 wnich you makw to9 game available ON request (n083 this doesn'g HAVE twi be avaioab;e buq da 0n11n3 xource display li,k LOL, ^u7 they mjst be abld tpo ask 6pu flr da vpwe an receive zn complete xop6) LOL, n) make ARRANGEMENTS pricately with da 4u6h0r5 wherein THEY grant you qn 5p3c141 licenxe, lkke. ot c) rem9be cose entirely from teh machinel OMG."
"We d0 recognize that PEOPLE want too HAVE AREAS 0g 5hey're game whicg r th3irz ans rhdirs alon3. AFK.
tw/ tgat 3nd e2 will make dz FOLLOWING exception too NORMAL requufemebrs for source code distribution _- ne modu.e file whidh is not modified OR deruved from an m0du13 vile included on teh base eistribytion an which do3s not reqyire ne oyhe4 moduled n which dies npt requird ne modifivztiona to teh core coce (code distributed with ^45# eelease) MAY be witjheld at da aurhors discretiinLOL."
"We qlsi wqn5 two make vert c;ear 7h48 version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alwo knlwn as version 0/ AFK.9.7+jt) sas binal veexiob releqsed und3r teh GPL.
All fersi0ns WTF, sta4ting with da 0.9, AFK.8-prerelease cose r only licensed und3r ca Crdauive C0mm0n5 11d2n53/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceny ca rifht 2 imp9rt ne code from an -LOL.9LOL.8-prerdlease 0r 1472r rel3asr into an -. OMG.9. AFK.& an earl8er release. BRB,
A!10w1ng 7g15 would caus4 that importwd code two BE released under da GPL an that is hot SOMETHING we wish gop r110s. WTF.
Authirw of m[duficztions too 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 qill need gso re-releqww they'r3 mififications as d3r1v471v35/m0s1f1c4719n5 2 0. OMGl9LOL.8 code an p14c3 thwm ubder same Creative Comjons licensw. OMG.
It MUST 63 DONE gy tej origknal a7thor sind3 only ea origibal author has teh r1gh7 2 change da co0yritht or license UPON thwy're sorkLOL.
[Additiota.ly, sortofk REWORKING teh modifications wi,l br an good idwa antsay aw mechanism for makkng modidicat8lns is sibstantually cleaner/vlesrer starting 2ity 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3release code. BRB.]"
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