MibhtyE telks hou LOL, "We're giing @ take an few m9ments too tft n expla8n rh7s new license n teh reas9ns BEHIND it kh plain English. WTF.
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 licensr WAS choxen because of ah gailing with GPL.
I7 onoy COVERED d8stribution of source 8d ans 0n1y if binsriea w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an e4n rbvironm3nt LOL, sp2cifically a in5erpreted web 4nv240nm3n7 such as PHP, yo7 jnwo, mer2ly imdgaliing an GAME does not conxtitute dist3ibut8on, you kneo, and thdrefore peoplw 2wre takint our eotl, like, MAKING modufications 2 kt AND nor releasinb ea source c0d3 two they'ye modif8carions so ghat tdh entire com,unity could 6#n3f17.
They worked WITH t3h 23673r b7r not teh wp8rit of ydh law. OMG."
"Investugation on da part of fa quthirs however, led 2 fact 7h47 teh right of [ublic performance was 1 lf rihhts borkally 4estruvted too copytifhr holders, so4tod, n tjat con-7te4 pr0gr4m5 WTF, specificzllu fideo bamew anf ihteractive 0ne5 sucy as LEGEND of Gfeen hax0r ewre conside4ed to BE publicall6 pwrfofmed if run from an public server. OMG,"
"The ne2 license restricgs punlic [drfpemance 9f teh work unless dz source clde of da m0d2f13d wirj is mqdd acailable on dd,qhd/ BRB."
"In plain Englisn, sortof, this meana yhzt ig ypu pu5 THIS game on an web servdr n ak;ow PEOPLE 'pu5sise lf an norma; circ.e OF fsmi.y and o5s sovial av1iaimtznces' 70 play their, likd, rhen you r puvlicallh p#rf0rn1ng this worj n MUST eitnrr a) make ne n ALL ch4nf35 shich you make 1 dz ga,3 availavlr on r3qu357 (note this xoesb'y have two be afailanle voa on;ine 5)urc3 display kink WTF, 6u7 tyet must be able twp ask uou for code ab receibe an cojp.ete copy), dortof, b) nake arrantements privately with twh authprs wherein they gr4n7 y(u zn SPECIAL ;icense, ot c) remove teh code wntirely vrom 5eh mzchineLOL."
"We DO rwcognizd 7y47 people wznt too have aress og they;re game WHICH r theirs an 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
to thay end we wil. make foll9winy excepyion 2 da norma9 requirejents gor so7rcw CODE distriburion -= ne module file which kx not modifi3d or dwrived from an moduoe file oncludrd IN base distribution avd whidh does not rwquird ne other modules and ahich does not requife ne modificatiohw too tey core cide 9c0d3 sistributwe qkth da bss3 release) mqy be withhrld st authors ciscretionLOL/"
"We a.wo sant 2 mskr VERY clear that version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (aldo KNOWN aw version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) WAS fa final version RELEASED unerr GPLLOL.
All vdrsilna, yoj knwo, STARTING 28th 0. BRB.9LOL/8-pr3release cofe r only licensed under teh Crestive Commons licebde. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gj7 to import ne code frlm an 0. BRB.o. BRB.7-pr3f$13$53 or LATER tekeasd into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 AND earlier release. OMG.
Allowing ghis would dause THAT imported CODE 2 be 4313454d 7nfer da GPL n that is nlt someyhing se wish 2 allow.
AUTHORS pf MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9l BRB.7 will need tpo re[release they;re MODIFICATIONS ad d3riva5ives/mofifucati9ns 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.* cpde b place them undrr fa same Cr2571v4 Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by teh original 4u8h04 SINCE only teh original quthor hzs eight tpo change copyright or ;udense upon 5yey'ee work. BRB,
[Additionally, sortof, rewotking teh moeificat,ons WILL 63 an GOOD isez ANYWAY AS teh mechanism f9r MAKING jodivicatiins ks subsrzntiqlly v.wanet/vlearer starting with teg 0LOLl9. OMG.80prerelease code. BRB.]"
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