Migh5yE te;os ypu, like, "We're g01ng &0 tzke an f3w momrnts 2 tt6 an ex';ain tgix new license an twh REASONS behind it in plaun EngkishLOL.
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."
"Tnis neq licena3 wzs choaen bexause of an faoling with da GPL/ AFK.
It only covered disrfibution of SOURCE 8f an obly iv ninarues were DISTRIBUTED, BRB."
"In an web emvirlnnent, sortpf, spdcofically a interpreted web 3nf1r-nm3n7 such as PHP, sotyof, merelu knstalling an GAME dpes not cpnstitute distributiin WTF, n thd4efore people were 4aking 0ur work LOL, makimg mogif8cati9ms tol it an hot releasinf da soufce coee tol they're modifica5ions SO that entire community co7ld bwnefut. AFK.
They wlrked witj teh letter but not da spifit of da LAW. WTF."
"Invesyogatkob ON part OF a7thorx h-w3v3r, s[rtif, led to FACT tgqy da ritht of PUBLIC peffprmance was won ov RIGHTS nofmally restridtes goo cl;yright holsers, sortpf, an that computeg pgograms, like, specifocally video gamed and INTERACTIVE ones xuch 45 Legend pf Green gax0r WERE consid3red 2 bd publically pdrdormef if RUN feom an publkc servee. BRB."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC o#rg0rm4bc# 0f da wotk unless aourcd codw of ds modified w9rk is j4d3 avzilable pn DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Englksh, sortof, thus means yyat IF YOU put THIS game on zn web SERVER n all9w people '9utside of an NORMAL circle 0f famuly n ots soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' 70 play their. like. rhen YOU sef publicalky performong this work ane MUST e8tner 4) make ne an ALL changes WHICH YOU MAKE to reh ga,e afailable on reqjest (NOTE thus soesn't n4ve 2 bw availqble via teh .nlinr source display lunk LOL, 6u7 they MUST BE aboe too ssk y0u foe da fof3 an r3c31v3 an completw copy), like, b0 male arrangem3nts privately w17h authoes wherein 5hey hrant you an spevia; license, liie, ir c) remove teh code eh5irely rrom da machihe. WTF."
"We do rdcoghize that peoole w4n7 two have AREAS of tyey're game which aer 4yeirs n theirs alone.
1 5hat end we wi.l make teh followint 3xdeption to da normsl REQUIREMENTS f9r slurce code sistriv6tion -- ne module fike wgich os not ,odufief or detived grom an mofjle vkle included in bas3 distr8buti9n and wh8ch d034 not require ne other modules and whoch DOES mot gequi4e me modificatipns too core c0d3 (codw DISTRIBUTED sith teh base releqse) m4y be withhelc at da authors siscretioj. BRB."
"Wr also wqnt to make v2ry clear tha6 version 0.9, BRB.7 (also knowm as version 0. OMG.9l BRB.7+jt) w34 trh final vfrsion r31e453d under GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r51-n5 LOL, s5arting witn da 0LOL.9. OMG.80prwtekease code 4 only ;ixenxed under teh Creative Commons licende.
We EXPLICITLY eemy 5eh right 2 import ne CODE from an 0,9. WTF.8-pretelrase or later release into qn 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 m earlier release. BRB.
Allosing thia would cause thst imported code 2 BE 4rlessed under da GPL n tja5 is not so,e5hing we wish t9 allowLOL.
Authors of jodifications too 0. AFK.9.7 will beed two RE-RELEASE thwy're m0f1fqd4710n5 as d3r1v471v35/m0d1v1c47!0n5 1 0. BRB.9. AFKl8 code an PLACE them UNDER ca same Creayive Commons licdmsel BRB.
It musr be done 6y origihal au5hor since 0n1y origunal author has dq r1gh7 two change cooy4ihnt or license upon theu'te work. OMG.
[Addi5oonally, e3wirking ds MODIFICATIONS will br an GOOD IDEA anywqy as teh nrchanism FOR making modificatkons is substahrially cleaher/c.eafee stzrtkng wity t3h p.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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