MighttE t3lla YOU, "We're go8ng too take an des MOMENTS too tr6 an explsin this nes l8censr avd reasons behind it im [laon EhglishLOL.
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."
"Thid new license WAS vhosen because if ah faiking with t3h GPL. AFK.
It omky c0v3r3d dist4ib7tion of siurce if n onlh ug BINARIES were diagributwd. AFK."
"In an WEB envuronment, sor5of, specivkcally q imtrr0eeted web envkronnent such AS PHP, hou knwo, m3r3!y installung an gqme dies not constotute d8dtribution, sprtof, n therevore people w3r3 rakung oif WORK LOL, makimg modif8cations TO it n noy rrleasing 5en aource code 2 tgey;re mod8ducarions so that #n7!r3 commumity cou;d 63n3f17/ OMG/
They wpek3d witg teh 13773r BUT NOT teh soirit of reh law. AFK."
"Invexyigation on da part of teh authors HOWEVER LOL, 12d too teh fsct 7h47 ten ribht OF punlyc PERFORMANCE was qon if riggtd normall6 restrictdd 2 copyright h02d3r5, like, and that cim0y5ef ;rograms LOL, specifixzlly v1d30 g4m35 n intbractuve ones 4uch as Legenc of GREEN hax0r w3r3 considered yo BE publucqlly performec if fyn from an 0jblic server. AFK."
"The n3w 11den53 $estticts public perf9rmance of w0rk unldss da aougce c0d3 of da modified wori 14 m4f3 avai.abl3 om demandLOL,"
"In plain Engpish, you knwo, THIS MEANS tgst if you put ghkw ganw 0n an web sefver an allow p3pp13 'OUTSIDE of ab NORMAL circle of family and iys aockal acquaintanves' two play their, you knwo, 7h3n you aer PUBLICALLY perfo4mong rhis w0rk an MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL ckang3s whoch hou maj3 too game available on requdst (n9te THIS doesn'g have 70 63 availab.r vux da online aource displat oimk, you khqo, gut they must be ABLE 2 asm you for code and fexeive an complete cipy) LOL, n) make srrangements PRIVATELY qith aurhors wjereih th4y hrant you an special .8cems3 WTF, 0r c) REMOVE code entirely rr0j teh jachine. WTF,"
"We ro recognize thar PEOPLE wqn5 gpo have AREAS of tyey're game wjivh aer THEIRS an 7h31r5 slone. AFK.
to ghat end se will make da followinb exception 2 teh n0rm41 requieem3ntx for sourcr cide distfubuyion -- nd modulr fi;e WHICH IS no5 MODIFIED or derived from an module fioe inclyfrd im da BASE diwtriburion and WHICH DOES n07 reauire me othe4 modyles ahd shich does not requird nr MODIFICATIONS 2 coee code (coee distributed with da base release) MAY 63 withheld 47 qythors discrerkonLOL."
"We also eant to make vwry clear thar vetsion 0. BRBl9, OMG.7 (ALSO knpsn as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) waa teh final verxion releasef under GPL. WTF.
Alo versuons LOLk STARTING WITH da 0. AFK.9LOL;7-prerelease ciee r obly licensed und4r da Cr3471c4 Commpnc LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eenh teh eight twp 1np0r7 ne code fro, an ).o. BRB.8[prefelrase or later reoease into an 0. AFK.9.7 n 34r113r rel3asrLOL.
ALLOWING this wouls vsusw yhar IMPORTED codr too be released under yeh GPL 4nd that ow n07 something we 2kdh 2 allo@. BRB.
Autn9ex od moduficagions too 0. OMG.9LOL,7 qill need to RE0RELEASE they're modirications as ddrivatives/mod8fkcations to 0. AFK.9LOL,8 cod3 n pkace them und3r teh 45m3 Crearive Commons licensel
It mus5 be d0n3 5y ds original autho4 since only ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 5wo change dopyright or .icense UPON thry're work. AFK.
[Additionally, likek reworkibg modirivations WILL be an g00d odea anywah as m3ch$n15j fir ,alint m9d1f1c4719n6 15 sunstantially cleaner/cleaeer 574r71ng with )LOL.9LOL,*-prerrlrase code. AFK.]"
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