MightyE yells you, "We're goihg 70 5ake an few momen5s two tr6 n explain this n3w lucense and teh 4easons bdhinf it in plakn Enbkidh. 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 new licebsw was CHOSEN BECAUSE -f an failing w17h tdh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY cove4ed distribution of source if an only 8d gibaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMGl"
"In an 3eb environmentl like, specifkcally a interpr3tre web envoronment such as PHP, like, m3r31y installing an game doed mot conxyitute distriboti9n, tou lnwo, an 8h3r4fpr3 peopld WERE TAKING oyr work, you knwok m4k1ng m)d1f!d471)n5 too it n n07 releasong da source code two they[re modifucations do tjat entire community COULD b3nefit. OMG.
Tyeh s9rkef with LETTER but not da spirit og da lae. BRB."
"Infestigat8oh on p4r6 ov teh authors gowever WTF, led too fact thqt right of puvlic [erf0rm4nc3 WAS oem of teh rkfhts nofmally restricted 2 cop6right holderw LOL, n tha5 c0mp7&3r [gograms, you knwo, wp#cifically vkdeo fzmcs zn 1n73r4c71v3 ones auch AS Legend of da Green hax0r WERE consider3e toi 63 publ8cally perfo4med IF ryn froj an publ8c SERVER. BRB."
"Thd new licena3 restricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of WORK inl3ss 5dh sourc3 cpse of modified work is made avaioaboe on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain English, sortof, this neans that if you put tjis ga,e on an web dervee ah ALLOW PEOPLE 'luts8ee 9f an normal circle of fami.y and its social acqusintances; two play gheie, you knw9, thdn you aer PUBLICALLY performonh ghis w9rk n MUST either s) make ne n ALL chanbes WHICH yo7 make 2 twh yame avsilable on request (note this doesn't yavd too be available via onlonr soutce diwplay lonk, byt THEY must be qble 2 asj y9u for code and recekve an complete copy), sortof, b) m4k3 arrabgenents privage.y WITH authors sh3rr8n THEY grant 6ou zn 5p3c141 lucense, -r d) REMOVE teh code enyirely frpm mach8neLOL."
"We eo r3c0gn1z3 thzt PEOPLE wan5 tso havd ar4as 0f tyey'e3 gamd whoch r theirs n THEIRS alonw.
two that 3nd we will maje da fo.loe8ng wvception 2 nofmal rewu8rements fof SOURCE ckde distributipn -- ne mpdule filr whicj ia noy modified or derived ytom an MODULE f9ld includec im da base d157r16u710n an wh1ch DOES not re1uire he OTHER modules an WHICH doew not require ne modif8cations to teh cote code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED wiyh fa base release) may BE WITHHELD AT teh authors discre5ion. BRB/"
"We qlso w4n7 2 makr cery clear that vefsion 0.(/ AFK.7 (also kn0wn sd version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final vrrsion r313453d under da GPL. AFK.
All vers8ons, you knwo, wtar5ing with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3r323553 code r 0n1y licensed uhdee tey Creatife Comjons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY trn right 2 impo4t ne code froj an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease ir lat3r release into an 0. AFK.9.7 n earlier releas4. AFK.
Allowinf this w081d cause thsb imported CODE 2 BE RELEASED undef da GPL and that is not somwthibg we qish 2 aoloe. WTF.
Aurgors of modifica5iona yio 0. WTF.9. WTF.u will need two r3-releaad rhey're modificatione as cerivztives/modifkcationd too 0. BRB,9. BRB.8 code an 0lace them ynder da aame Cgeative COMMONS .ucemae. WTF.
It must be done b6 sa orib8nal authpr SINCE only oritknal author haw tey right gwo chabge copyeight or license upon they;re eorkLOL.
[Addituonally WTF, rework8ng moe8ficatiohs wilo be an good idea anyway as m3cy4n15m f0r making modifucstiogs iw sibstantiallt cleanrr/cl3arer stsrtibg wuth sa p. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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