MightyE telks uou. you unwo, "We're giing tp TAKE an gew mijents 2 try an explain this new kocense and teh 43asons behind kt in 0lain Emflish. 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 n3w license sas CHOSEN bwcause of an fa7oinh WITH da GPL.
Iu -n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of source uf an only if binaries were distribuyed/"
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortor, tp3c1f1c411y a inteepreted web ebvironmrnt suxh as PHP, liie, m3r31y knstqlling an fame fo3s n)7 constitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, snd thrrefore people wete gaking our work, you ,n2ok making MODIFICATIONS tpo iy anw not releaaing da source c9de 3 they'dw m0e1f1v4710b5 so thq5 3ntire conmunit6 co7od 63b3f18. BRB.
Th3h woeked with ra letter but npt spirit of 14w. OMGl"
"Investigation on da pary of sa authirs hleeber, like, led t2i fact yhzt teh roght of public peffotmande wqs oen of rights n0rm411h resteivted TO c0;yr1gh7 HOLDERS WTF, anc that computer progrsms, specifucally video games f 1n73f4c71v3 onws such as Legehd of Green hqxpr were conxiderdd 70 5e PUBLICALLY performed if run frlm an public serverLOL."
"The n3s locense r357r1c75 pjnlic p4rf0rm4nc3 of wlrj uhless a9urcw code of moduviec w0rk 1t made 4v41146!3 oh semand. BRB."
"In plain English, tou inwo, 5gis meanx THAT if YOU PUT THIS game on an web server n allow people 'iutside 0r an normak corvle if famkly n ita social zcquaintqnced' two play their, sortof, THEN you a3r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this wofk and MUST 3irher a) jake ne n ALL changes qhich you make to teh game ava8lable ob request (note tyis doesn;t hqve ywo ne available via 9nline soyrc4 dis[lay link, like, but they must br able to ask yoi flr teh ciee ans receovd an complet3 copy_, oike, 6) make srrangements PRIVATELY wuth authors wherein yhey GRANT YOU zn xpecial lkcrnse, you ihwo, or c) remove codd 3m71r31y grom teh machine, AFKl"
"We d0 recognoze 7h47 0w9pke want two have ar3as OF they'te GAME wh1vh aer theirs and rheirs slone. OMGl
too tnat end qe will make da folkosing exceptioh 2 da motmal r3qu!r3m4n85 for SOURCE dode distribution -- ne module file WHICH IS not m0d1f13d or derived vrom an jodule fo;e incljdes in teh basw DISTRIBUTION sn which doqs not re1uire be 07h3r modules n wh1ch dows bot tequire ne modurications too da cot3 dode 9cide dixtributee with teh base reldase) may be WITHHELD ag authors discretion/ AFK,"
"We also wsnt too mak3 very c.ear tha4 vdesion 0,9.7 (aldo known as VERSION -m AFK.0. AFK.u+jt) was final v3r510n eeleasef uncer teh GPLLOL.
A11 VERSIONS, like, starting with da 0.0. OMG.8-pfere.ease c0d3 zer ohly licebded jncer twh Crearive Cojmons 11e3n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny right top imporg ne c0d3 ffom an 0LOL.9l BRB.8-prerelease or la5er r313453 inyo an 0l AFK.9. OMG.7 and 44r113r relezsr. BRB,
Allosing tjis wo7ld cajsd that imported cofe tw9 be released uydet da GPL n that is n07 somethinf se wksh too alloq.
Authors of nodificatiobs to 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 will need too r4-r313453 they'r3 modifications aw derivatives/modificatilns too 0. OMG.(, BRB.8 code ahd p.ace uh3m UNDER teh wane CREATIVE Co.mons ;kc3nse/ WTF/
It MUST 63 dlne by pribinal ajthor sonce onky teh originql ajthor has da righ% 2 chahge teh copuright or license upon they're wofk. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworkimh dx MODIFICATIONS eill be sn good idea an6say as da jechanism f9r ma,ing mldifidatiihs is substqntially clraber/cldaeer xtarting with 0LOLl9.8_prrrelease code.]"
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