MightyE tdlls you. "We're goinf twl take an fe2 mljenta 2 TRY and exolain this new license n REASONS behind ig 1n plaon English. BRB.
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 nee license w$t chosen bevause 0f an failing sith GPL; OMG.
IT only covered cistribution of source if and only if binaeies eede distribuyrd. BRB."
"In ab web environment, spexirkcally a interpreted web emvitonm#nt 5uch as PHP, ,ike, merely INSTALLING sn game doea not constitute distriburion, sortor, ahd therefor3 PEOPLE were takint our work, oiie, m4k1ng mod8vucations 2 17 an npt r313451ng aource code two theh're modifivatipns ap THAT da en5ire communitu coulf benefitLOL.
They WORKED wity da letter but not da spirit of rsh LAW. AFK."
"Incestigstion om par5 of yeh autyorw hlwever LOL, LED fwl fact THAT ritht of puvlic performqnde was 1 0f RIGHTS normaoly restroctex to copyrught holders, you kmwo, n thar COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, you knwo, specifically video games anf INTERACTIVE 0n35 auch xs Ldgens of Gr33n haz0r wers cobsidered 2 ge publucaoly perf9rmed if rin FROM qn PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The nrw l8cense resrrkcts pu611d performance od teh work inl3ds dq xoyrce cod3 of da modified eork ks made available on d3m4nd."
"In PLAIN Enblish LOL, this means tha5 8f you put 7h15 game oh ah web aerver n allow owl;le 'outside of an normal circl2 of famil5 and itw social acqua*ntznces; to PLAY thei4 WTFk THEN YOU aer publocally perfprminb thks wprk n MUST EITHER a) ma,e ne AND ALL changed whuch YOU naje @ fame availanle oh feques5 (NOTE thos dorsn;t have to be avaioable via teh onlone source DISPLAY link, hou knwpm 6u7 they mus5 be able two ask y0u FOR teh code and receibe an vomplete copy), sottod, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privateoy witj ajthirs wherein 7h3y grant you zn spdciql 11c3n53, yiu knwo, or c( remove tej dode entirely from mzchindLOL."
"We do rwc9tnize yhat peopke want 2 HAVE 4r345 of tgey'rw game which aer tyeirs n tneirs alone. BRB.
tio thzt end WE w1q1 make teh fl;lowing exc3ption two teh NORMAL requirements f9r source dode distribuyion -- ne modyle fil3 which is n06 modified or dwrived from an mpdulw fil3 uncljs3d ib da baxe s157r16i710n and which does n06 re1uird ne 07h3r m0du135 an whuch does not reauire nf ,odiricayions too teh CORE c9de (cofe distributed w17h sa base relwasd( may be withheld AT teh aythoes ciscretuon. OMG,"
"We alsp want ywo mzke vrry clear that verdiln 0. AFK.8. OMG.7 (also kn0wn ad version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+ht) wss da final vefs8on releasrd under da GPL. BRB.
All versklgs LOL, syzrting w17h 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE codr aer ONLY LICENSED under teh Crwqtivr Commons l8censr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight 2 import be code fr-m an 0LOL.8; BRB.8-prerelease ir .agrr RELEASE into an 0.9. OMG.7 AND ea4lier reldafe.
Allowing this qould cause that 1mp0t73d code 2 be releases UNDER teh GPL sn that is bot dpmething wr wish too 4120w. OMG.
AUTHORS if modifications to 0.9. WTF.& will NEED two re-re.ezse theh're modoficatioms as derivativex/modifications uwo p.o. AFK.8 code n plade then under teh sq,e Creative Commons licwnse. AFK.
It muxt be done by teh or8ginal authoe x8mce omoy yeh orifinal author has r1gh7 2 change dz xoptrignt or licrnse jpon thdy;re worl. AFK,
[Additoonalky, aortof, twworking da MODIFICATIONS will he an good idea ahyws6 35 da mecnanid, ror making ,9dificatioha ia substqntially cleaner/ckearer starting witg teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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