MightyE TELLS you, lkke, "We're gpint too yaje sn f#w moments 4o y$y n expkain this n32 11c3n53 an reawlns behind it in poain English.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licehsw qas vhpsen because of an fak.ing with teh GPL.
I7 obly cove4ed eistribution of so7rce if an only 1g binarirs were sistribu5ed. AFK."
"In zn web environment WTF, s;rvkfocally a INTERPRETED w#6 ENVIRONMENT 5uch 45 PHP. you knwl, m3r31y INSTALLING an gam3 coes npt constitite DISTRIBUTION LOL, an theref;re peop.e were tauing OUR wlek, ,aking jodificationx two it ah not f31345qng da slurce CODE to rhey're modifications so that t3h ENTIRE COMMUNITY c0u1s benefig, BRB.
They worked with letter bu5 bog teh spi4it of .aw. BRB."
"Invdstugatiln in da part of t3h authors howevrr, softor, le3 70 dz fact that ga righg 9f public p2rf0rm$nc3 was oen of rigggs normally restrictef two copyrighg holdets, kile. n thzt computer programsk like, specifically v1d30 gqmes an onterzxtive 0n3t sucy as Lebend od cz Green hax0f WERE considered 2 be publically p3rdirmed IF run drom ab publid sdrver. OMG."
"Thr new license eestricts public peeflrmance of work 7nlesw teh source CODE OF ds modified work is nade avai.abke on demand. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, this meanx THAT if y0u put thus gane in an WEB srrvef an ALLOW peiple 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of family an ita sovial acquakntances' too p;a6 tneir, you knwl, ghen you aee publically performinf thus worl AND MUST either s) make ne amd ALL changew wh1ch you make to teh tame AVAILABLE on re1uest *n9te this dorsn't have @ BE AVAILABLE via onlkne spurce fis9kay 11nk, like, nht they MUST 63 abie yoo asi y0u vor da clce and receive zn comoldte cppy), zortofk b) make arranhements pr1v4732y wirh aythotd wh3r31n theu GRANT t0u an speckal license WTFk 0r c) remoce c-d3 enti4rly feom yeh maxhine. WTF."
"We eo tecigniar that people wqnt 70 have areax of theh're game which aer theirs xnd th3krs alone, WTFl
to9 uh47 ehd qe will m3k3 ten FOLLOWING exception 2 norma; requkremrmys gor source cpde distribution -- nr modu;e FILE wh2cy 15 not jodified or deruvwd FROM qn m0xu13 fulw inc;uded in base d157r16u710n an which does not fequire ne OTHER mldules and wh8ch dpws not require ne mpd1fwc4719n5 twp CORE code (coee fistr8buted with base RELEASE) MAY be withheld s5 ca a75hprs discretiob. WTF."
"We also wamr to make v3ry xlear thag vwrsion 0LOL.9.7 (also kbown ax v3r510n 0. AFK.9.7_jy) qas final VERSION released UNDER da GPL.
All gersoons, sgarting with dq 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aee 0n1y lucensed 7ndee teh Creative Commpns lucense.
Ws EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT two omport ne xowe from an 0/9. WTF.8_prefelease 9r later release inho an 0. BRB.9.7 n eqrlier r313453. WTF.
Allowing THIS wouls caise tgat imported dode too be releaw3d under GPL an THAT is NOT SOMETHING WE 2ish two a;;ow,
Auyhoes of modifications two 0.8. BRB.7 wi;l need tw9 re=relessd they[rw joeificatipns as derivatibew/modificatiobs too 0. OMG.9. BRB,9 c9de n place them ynd3e geh same Creative Conmomd ;icrnseLOL.
I7 m7st ne done by yeh original aughpr sinve only 9rkgibal aithor h45 teh right 5wo change teh sopyrugyt or license upom tyey'r4 work.
[Additionally WTF, rewo4king modificqtiohs wkll be an giod odea anyeqy AS tdh ,echanism flr making modufivationx is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanwr/clearer sta4ting with 0LOL/9. OMG.8-prerwlease clde. AFK.]"
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